I'll Show You Mine If You'll Show Me Yours (Part Deux)

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Originally Posted by User Name

So there you go. It's my old/new Cz 52!

If Lassie were a handgun...

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Preparing to register my first 3 rifles. 3 Mauser rifles to be exact. But alot of diffrences between them.


Above we have my M/96 Swedish mauser (Gevär 96). Fully serial matched, made in 1915. Rare Husqavarna Stock. The rifle seems not to be issued to the troops as it does not have a cleaning rod nor a stock disk. upon checking the barrel, it seems this rifle has not or barely been fired.
The Swedish mauser is based on the Model 93 mauser(often called the spanish mauser) but the swedish altered the design and it is commently referred to as the Model 96 swedish mauser.
The swedes builded this under license.

in the middle my Mauser K98k. Built by Mauser Obendorf in 1944. This is a russian capture with a Belgian FN Herstal barrel. Otherwise this rifle seems to match minus the Rear sights wich are off an early war K98k. This rifle was, however, not electropenciled. Only the bolt lug and the mosin nagant rifle sling slot give away that this is a russian capture. The barrel is in excellent condition.
The K98k is derived from the Model 98 mauser action. I will explain below

And the last rifle is my M1917 Enfield. Made in 1918 by remington. Very good condition. The barrel has some wear but not all that much. This rifle was Not refurbished however between the wars. Nor did it recieved a new barrel in WW2 as most M1917 Rifles did. This greatly adds to the historical value. But since i am taking this baby to the range, this is a bit of a dissapointment to me (As in WW2 many M1917 Enfield rifles recieved newly manufactured High Standard 6 Groove barrels wich were extremely accurate (Even more accurate then the WW1 barrels!)
The M1917 is derived from the P14 wich is in turn derived from the P13. After the boer wars the British wanted a mauser action rifle because there SMLE's were outranged by the Model 1895 7x57mm 'chilene" mausers by the boers. Back then it was tought that in future war range would be important. So the Brits copied the Mauser action and magazine system (without permission from Mauser) and designed the .276 enfield round. This round was to recoil heavy, muzzle flash intense and overheated the barrel. Suddently WW1 erupted and the brits decided to chamber it in the .303 round and produce it in the US(so that Vickers could focus on machinegun production)
Mauser decided to sue the US and UK just before the war not for the copying the bolt(wich is not a full copy), but for copying the Magazine! (wich IS a full copy)
Something that was settled with 20 000 pounds



Here you can see the bolts. Left Swedish Model 96 bolt, middle the german model 98 bolt, and right the mauser/enfield hybrid bolt of the M1917. The biggest diffrences being the end of the bolt, the 96 and M1917 bolt being cock on closing, not opening. And the Model 98 having a third locking lug (Between the bolt handle and the Guide rib)




So much cartidges were chambered in a mauser action. The following above being
Left:6.5x55mm Swedish (One of the best rifle cartidges designed IMO)
Middle: 8x57mm IS (The heavy hitting German firepower of WW1 and 2!)
bottom: .30-06 Springfield (Or 7.62x63mm) (The long range whispering death!)
(The above are all Deco rounds. They are made from Pvri partisan rounds. No authenthic Cartidge was harmed in the making of these photo"s!)


And something little extra=




LOOK at the german superiority! A rifle that can stand on its OWN!!!!!!

[Seamie]

22. LR STG 44. It's like a toy that shoots bullets!

[User Name]

I got a Finnish VKT M91 for $133.74! The guy at the shop thought it was one of those "Old Russian rifles" and you could see it on his face that he thought he was ripping me off when I agreed to buy it for $125.00! When I got it the bore looked ruff and the bolt head was missing. I replaced the bolt head and the sear (which turned out to be broken) cleaned the bore, shot it, and cleaned again. You'd never know there was a spot of rust in there now!

Here she is!



She is a real sweet shooter! I need to take out to shoot for groups.

Oh and German rifles aren't the only ones that can stand on their own!

[RedGuardist]

Here are some of my latest acquisitions.


Early (1934) m/28-30. All original and matching. Been there done that-sort of rifle. Bore is still shiny, if bit wore.









Shoots pretty nice.




SVT-40 refurb. 1940 Tula with 1945 naval infantry AVT-stock.

[Flogger23m]

Originally Posted by User Name

Oh and German rifles aren't the only ones that can stand on their own!

My AR-15 can.

Though that is a good price. How much did the extra parts cost you overall?

And the SVT-40 is one very nice looking rifle.

[User Name]

Originally Posted by Flogger23m

My AR-15 can.

Though that is a good price. How much did the extra parts cost you overall?

And the SVT-40 is one very nice looking rifle.

I already had them. I'd bought a grab bag type auction for cheap (less than $15) off of eBay that was full of Finnish replacement parts and tool kits back in 2006. It's paid for itself many times over since!

I got another one. It's a Swiss M1889 Rifle.

Considering the time these were released it must have been a shocking sight. Quick cycling straight pull rifle and 12 rounds on tap! This one was made around the mid/early 1890's and is all matching down to the bolt knob.

It didn't have any sort of tag but "Miller" did scratch his name on to the butt.

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