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

Thanks, guys. No, it's a visible Class III red laser. I got the laser to serve more as a deterrent than to help paint targets and such (if someone breaks in the house, a red laser in the face may make them stop where they are, avoiding having to shoot someone).

It's a Bushmaster M4A3 Izzy. It's a 14.5" barrel, but the flash hider is permanently affixed, so it is legal.
 
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Nothing wrong with the round handgaurds. Though I do prefer the mid length ones or older CAR-15 style ones as they are thinner. On my upper they are rock solid with essentially zero wiggle. I also thought that the bayonets could not attach to extended flash hider barrels?
Most of the rifles made around the Maine area seem to come with bayonet lugs, and all the flash hiders are the right size, so military issue bayonets are compatible. The bayonet does wiggle a little near the front because the flash hider isn't milspec, but it will still do the job.

Nice killing spree rifle Ostmann, so when's the big day?
Nice post. Are you from San Francisco?
 
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Most of the rifles made around the Maine area seem to come with bayonet lugs, and all the flash hiders are the right size, so military issue bayonets are compatible. The bayonet does wiggle a little near the front because the flash hider isn't milspec, but it will still do the job.

I though there was an issue with the extended barrel/flash hider (to 16 inches) that made standard bayonets not fit. Is yours a 14.5" barrel with an extended flash hider?

Nice post. Are you from San Francisco?

He isn't from this country if I am not mistaken. I'd just ignore the troll.
 
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I though there was an issue with the extended barrel/flash hider (to 16 inches) that made standard bayonets not fit. Is yours a 14.5" barrel with an extended flash hider?
I'm not sure. Mine is chrome lined to 14.5", but the flash hider is permanently fixed, so lawfully it's classified as a 16". But realistically, yes, the barrel is 14.5" and the flash hider is 1.5". Mine seems to fit okay. Like I said, it wobbles a little so any bayonet strike would force the barrel in an unnatural direction and would probably harm the rifle. At $30 though, I just couldn't pass up a very sharp, functioning bayonet that would be perfect for a zombie apocalypse. :p

He isn't from this country if I am not mistaken. I'd just ignore the troll.
Ah that clears things up. Thank you.
 
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I'm not sure. Mine is chrome lined to 14.5", but the flash hider is permanently fixed, so lawfully it's classified as a 16". But realistically, yes, the barrel is 14.5" and the flash hider is 1.5". Mine seems to fit okay. Like I said, it wobbles a little so any bayonet strike would force the barrel in an unnatural direction and would probably harm the rifle. At $30 though, I just couldn't pass up a very sharp, functioning bayonet that would be perfect for a zombie apocalypse. :p

I see. That is probably the issue I read about (the wiggle). I was browsing Amazon one day and figured I'd search for AR accessories. Turns out they sell ACOGs, Magpul stuff, and AR-15 bayonets at $30 or so. :p
 
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1944 k98 made by Sauer. Stock, buttplate and barrel bands don't match.

Gotta keep this thread alive!
 
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A 1918 Remington made M1917 Enfield. The M1917 was always a rifle i wanted. Mauser fanboys called it a bastards rifle. Enfield fanboys call it the same. But its sweet looks, its unusual design always facinated me.

And i always wanted either a springfield or this. But springfields are very expensive here. Same goes with the M1917. 500 euro was the price, and people consider this CHEAP! the reason why the price is low, is because the bayonet attachment is filed off. Since this part is not serial matched, i might get a new barrel band thing wich does have a bayonet attachment.

Everything works smooth. The barrel is sticky tough because of zhe cosmoline. But i could insert a clip of demill .30-06 with no problem, cycle, and pull the trigger. The firing pin works also.
I have seen these rifles priced at up to 850 euros.

Shame it doesnt have the WW2 era barrel. many M1917 recieved brand new barrels. But i suppose this adds to the historic value of my rifle. my barrel looks good :)
 
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A 1918 Remington made M1917 Enfield. The M1917 was always a rifle i wanted. Mauser fanboys called it a bastards rifle. Enfield fanboys call it the same. But its sweet looks, its unusual design always facinated me.

And i always wanted either a springfield or this. But springfields are very expensive here. Same goes with the M1917. 500 euro was the price, and people consider this CHEAP! the reason why the price is low, is because the bayonet attachment is filed off. Since this part is not serial matched, i might get a new barrel band thing wich does have a bayonet attachment.

Everything works smooth. The barrel is sticky tough because of zhe cosmoline. But i could insert a clip of demill .30-06 with no problem, cycle, and pull the trigger. The firing pin works also.
I have seen these rifles priced at up to 850 euros.

Shame it doesnt have the WW2 era barrel. many M1917 recieved brand new barrels. But i suppose this adds to the historic value of my rifle. my barrel looks good :)
Aren't early Springfield rifles dangerous because the barrels were soft or cracked easily or something? Sounds like you have a nice piece there!
 
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Just got a Winchester M1 carbine! It came with a bayonet.:D

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Aren't early Springfield rifles dangerous because the barrels were soft or cracked easily or something? Sounds like you have a nice piece there!

Actually the problem with the early M1903 rifles was the receiver. The first 750,000-1,000,000 (can't remember the exact number) had a few that were over-heated during heat treatment. So these receivers can be brittle. IIRC there were only about 12 catastrophic failures caused by this issue out of the lot. There is no way to tell if a receiver is bad or not until it is literally too late.
 
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