View Full Version : Retro Guns...Let's See Them...
Getting a little serious around here lately so let's do something most can agree on. Handguns, rifles, shottys, SMGs...whatever. What do you have from the glory days of old?
Here's a pair of Colts from the days when they ruled the land.
https://i.imgur.com/p9wpl8d.jpg
A vintage Mark IV / Series 70 1911 and an original Python. Both in classic blue, with walnut from the days when things were made out of steel.
The 1911 owned the 20th century and was there when Cooper devised the "modern pistol technique", and if you were on a department that frowned upon semi auto handguns the Python was the go to for those who couldn't practically shoulder holster a S&W Model 29.
In addition to practical utility, they brought elegance to even service handguns. Only S&W achieved a more perfect blue that bordered on black glass but you still couldn't go wrong with the prancing pony.
Straight Shooter
02-11-19, 01:42
You know...I grew up with & around those guns..and Colt did, indeed, rule the land. They were such good guns. Friend had a Diamondback we shot the heck out of, & my first handgun was a NIB Series 70 Colt, purchased for $350 with my very first income tax refund...1980.
And Col. Cooper, Kieth, Jordon, Carmichael, & a couple more were my teachers in the good ole days before computers & cell phones.
Thank you for that pic & post!
A "pre 80 series" Combat Commander by Jim Hoag-
https://i.imgur.com/XfHS2jU.jpg
How about a pre WW2 Colt!??https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190211/736717783d0815b7fb1cb3e2c0d64c69.jpg
SW model 15 (70s)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190211/c0243279f06328a680156487c4b8284f.jpg
SW Model 36 (70s)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190211/9b956e62c096dcdfb0cde4c974b0e5d7.jpg
1898 Martini Henry 303https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190211/4ea831253857ba8f7ad1637f5c2f81be.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/B8hIAVn.jpg
I've got a bunch of Retro clone ARs, but I'm assuming this thread is for actual Retro guns.
In that case, this is the only actual "vintage" AR I have.
Colt 6520
http://i.imgur.com/zHTlxPT.jpg
1985 MkII FN Hi Power. Ex Israeli police gun.
http://i.imgur.com/URkx0JM.jpg
S&W 5906 and Browning HiPowerhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/4ec4c679b652e16c794a338dbd3d32b1.jpg
sundance435
02-12-19, 08:45
S&W 5906 and Browning HiPower
I have a soft spot for 3rd gen S&W autos, but especially 4506s. Where did you get your Martini-Henry? It looks like it's in fantastic shape - do you handload .303 for it? I've seen "Zulu" too many times and I've always wanted to own/shoot one in .577.
I have a soft spot for 3rd gen S&W autos, but especially 4506s. Where did you get your Martini-Henry? It looks like it's in fantastic shape - do you handload .303 for it? I've seen "Zulu" too many times and I've always wanted to own/shoot one in .577.The thing is dang near mint all around.
Semi local gun store that unfortunately recently discovered the internet. It's a small unassuming place thats been a gun store since the early 60s and in the same family. They basement was like a time capsule. Enfields, Mausers, Gew88s, Sniders, double barrel shotguns, Springfield 45-70s, Arisakas, Vetirlli, even a few Jezail rifles. And that was just the basement. The showroom had all sorts of Colts and S&W revolvers in boxes some with paperwork, gazillion lever actions, more surplus rifles, funky ammo. I found boxes of 11mm Mauser, 405 Lot, 6.5 and 7.3 Carcano.
All kinds of handguns. Italian 10.4mm Italian Bodeos and Glisentis. English revolvers, FN pocket pistols, French models 1935, Savage pistols...etc...etc.. Of course Glocks and ARs as well.
This Martini came out of the basement. Chambered in 303. I shoot PPU in in. I was going to buy the 577 Snider as well but ammo for that is impossible to find and it's not compatible with the later 577 Martini Henry. And I don't know if I want to scrounge for individual part to make ammo. Heard brass shotgun shells work for it.
https://i.imgur.com/00xymWL.jpg
I submit for your consideration my M1 Garand which was manufactured by the Springfield Armory in October of 1942 and re-barreled by the Aniston Arsenal in 1965. The gentleman holding my rifle is Mr. Harmon. He is 96 years old, served with the Big Red One in WWII, and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge.
ramairthree
02-12-19, 11:33
Nothing too archaic but I did get my 80s on at the range the other day.
https://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu220/ramairfour/0C7AE9EF-0D2F-42B8-B8B3-7B4128353FDD_zpsvajl7ffx.jpeg (https://s649.photobucket.com/user/ramairfour/media/0C7AE9EF-0D2F-42B8-B8B3-7B4128353FDD_zpsvajl7ffx.jpeg.html)
MountainRaven
02-12-19, 12:23
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/342363069902749697/489602438433603585/HVAGJORGRESSETGRO.jpg
1943 Springfield M1 Garand with a 1950-something Kongsberg M1 bayonet. I really wish that I'd gotten into the Garand game sooner, so I could have gotten one of the minty Norwegian bayonets with scabbards when they were available for cheap... and now they simply aren't available. So my bare bayonet (that lives in a Danish scabbard) will have to suffice, for now. At least until I can find another Kongsberg in a Kongsberg scabbard.
https://i.imgur.com/00xymWL.jpg
I submit for your consideration my M1 Garand which was manufactured by the Springfield Armory in October of 1942 and re-barreled by the Aniston Arsenal in 1965. The gentleman holding my rifle is Mr. Harmon. He is 96 years old, served with the Big Red One in WWII, and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge.
Next time you see him, tell him I said thanks.
sundance435
02-12-19, 13:55
The thing is dang near mint all around.
Semi local gun store that unfortunately recently discovered the internet. It's a small unassuming place thats been a gun store since the early 60s and in the same family. They basement was like a time capsule. Enfields, Mausers, Gew88s, Sniders, double barrel shotguns, Springfield 45-70s, Arisakas, Vetirlli, even a few Jezail rifles. And that was just the basement. The showroom had all sorts of Colts and S&W revolvers in boxes some with paperwork, gazillion lever actions, more surplus rifles, funky ammo. I found boxes of 11mm Mauser, 405 Lot, 6.5 and 7.3 Carcano.
All kinds of handguns. Italian 10.4mm Italian Bodeos and Glisentis. English revolvers, FN pocket pistols, French models 1935, Savage pistols...etc...etc.. Of course Glocks and ARs as well.
This Martini came out of the basement. Chambered in 303. I shoot PPU in in. I was going to buy the 577 Snider as well but ammo for that is impossible to find and it's not compatible with the later 577 Martini Henry. And I don't know if I want to scrounge for individual part to make ammo. Heard brass shotgun shells work for it.
That place sounds amazing. People over on Gunboards have different ways of making .577 MH, including using 28ga. brass shells, I believe. I was just curious on the .303 - some swear not to use modern .303, but I don't think it's a problem for most.
That place sounds amazing. People over on Gunboards have different ways of making .577 MH, including using 28ga. brass shells, I believe. I was just curious on the .303 - some swear not to use modern .303, but I don't think it's a problem for most.
The thing is tested for 18.5 tons per square inch for a service charge which, if I'm not mistaken, is 45k CUP and 49k psi. At least that's the way I understand it. Maximum CUP for 303 45k and Max psi is around 53k
All Enfields are stamped 18.5 and PPU is typically underpowered https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/403a63cdedb2674a19bb70fe7502a1cf.jpg
I don't know what it was sighted in for originally but it shoots high at a 100. Shooting 150gr fmj I had to aim just under the pumpkin to hit it center mass.
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I like that there SP1.
Sorta want a Mini 14, sorta naw.
TheChunkNorris
02-12-19, 15:16
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/7c82cf1579a0c3d76a54dbace00703b9.jpg
P7M13
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/82f80ed1ca3c2507bc0898db9c22a81b.jpg
HK4 with conversion kits
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/11c5cec74c92c750ab16f755b9210a48.jpg
P7 and P7M8
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/61ff0cdac92aeba36366cf52fb926d96.jpg
Transferable AC556K
The_War_Wagon
02-12-19, 15:18
What do you have from the glory days of old?
Would quad rails on my AR's, qualify as "days of old" now? :p
Smith & Wesson 1875 Schofield one of the first 125 re-released in 2000 in a retro (but new made rig). The 1851 Belt Plate is original and so is the Bowie Knife. Both are family heirlooms. The knife scabbard was made by a local New Mexico leather smith. The gun rig and belt by Stan Dolega of Laramie, Wyoming.
https://i.imgur.com/b9cJmTbh.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/7c82cf1579a0c3d76a54dbace00703b9.jpg
P7M13
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/82f80ed1ca3c2507bc0898db9c22a81b.jpg
HK4 with conversion kits
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/11c5cec74c92c750ab16f755b9210a48.jpg
P7 and P7M8
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190212/61ff0cdac92aeba36366cf52fb926d96.jpg
Transferable AC556K
Sweet HK4.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/4LODyy.jpg
MP5's are retro now I guess right? Mine have the ambi lowers on them but my sear pack is in an ambi burst and I'm left handed.
Old school g3k from the 80s.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/923/wPKEWp.jpg
A colt 6520 that was a police trade in as well as a 727 from the 80s.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/924/rm1vR9.jpg
Smith and Wesson 1006 guns in best mm.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/WhJdTS.jpg
M10/45 before I had it converted to take normal m10 parts and refinished.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/661/zQb3O5.jpg
m1a_scoutguy
02-13-19, 00:36
Here are a couple worth showing off I guess! The Mauser is one my Father-In-Laws Brother brought back from Europe! Its a 41/42 I believe, this is a pic from last Summer so have to check the safe to be sure. Anyways beautiful rifle and in excellent shape, don't know the full story behind it but my Father-In-Law gave it to me 30+ years ago and I never did anything with it till a couple years ago,had it checked out and its GTG so I shoot it a couple times a year for old times sake,,great rifle !
Here is a Springfield M1 from 1955, built a year after I was born, so yea, its Old, LOL It is 100% Correct, dam beautiful rifle and shoots very good! This is one of my most prized M1 rifles.
The last one is a Springfield M1 from 1942, not 100% correct or original but close, most parts are correct but it does have a commercial Criterion BBL on it, everything else is GI. Although the stock is a Boyds, someday I'll get the correct one! I have a couple others I'll drag out sometime,I have a nice Smith Corona 1903A3 & a couple other nice M1s,but this should do for now !
https://i.imgur.com/lCVXJQD.jpg
1985 date code SIG P226. Kiel proof house, Eagle N (Nitro proof) definitive proof mark.
https://i.imgur.com/PswbLN6.jpg
This is a very early SIG and was purchased after reading about it's performance during the XM9 trials in 1984.
https://i.imgur.com/mVmYil3.jpg
Let's see how long this one takes.
Here are a couple worth showing off I guess! The Mauser is one my Father-In-Laws Brother brought back from Europe! Its a 41/42 I believe, this is a pic from last Summer so have to check the safe to be sure. Anyways beautiful rifle and in excellent shape, don't know the full story behind it but my Father-In-Law gave it to me 30+ years ago and I never did anything with it till a couple years ago,had it checked out and its GTG so I shoot it a couple times a year for old times sake,,great rifle !
Wow, legit bring back with no duffel bag cut. Might I suggest getting all the pertinent details written down, signed and notarized, especially if your FIL brother is still with us. That kind of provenance as well as any official bring back papers can literally double the value of the rifle. Those who you pass it on to will be more likely to appreciate and take care of it, if it comes with documentation as a valuable family heirloom that a heroic relative brought back from the war.
Two highway patrolman and a model 10https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/8d872543a8a47abadf57b575c489cddd.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/lCVXJQD.jpg
1985 date code SIG P226. Kiel proof house, Eagle N (Nitro proof) definitive proof mark.
https://i.imgur.com/PswbLN6.jpg
This is a very early SIG and was purchased after reading about it's performance during the XM9 trials in 1984.I have one of those. Came with a funky mag
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/960557bdb000afa7f8fc63bf19b7bba2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/2fda176c615acb9fd53027341367531e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/d6fc45e547d11f72952dce5ad068f309.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/678028cd0d895933a5bdeba5fb70d31e.jpg
TheChunkNorris
02-13-19, 08:46
Sweet HK4.
Thank you... HK via Instagram advised I don’t shoot anything other than 22LR through it even if the buffer looks good.
I have one of those. Came with a funky mag
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/960557bdb000afa7f8fc63bf19b7bba2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/2fda176c615acb9fd53027341367531e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/d6fc45e547d11f72952dce5ad068f309.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/678028cd0d895933a5bdeba5fb70d31e.jpg
Just realized my W. German P226 has that stamp on it as well. Admittedly, I know very little about these pistols and tried to sell it but had no takers... it’ll just stay in my collection now. I contacted Lazy Wolf guns to have it refinished so let’s see how that goes.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/8b129bee458fdec1857a444e42170edd.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/89955a8b48ce67c2a2b66c7a94119399.jpg
Thank you... HK via Instagram advised I don’t shoot anything other than 22LR through it even if the buffer looks good.
Just realized my W. German P226 has that stamp on it as well. Admittedly, I know very little about these pistols and tried to sell it but had no takers... it’ll just stay in my collection now. I contacted Lazy Wolf guns to have it refinished so let’s see how that goes.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/8b129bee458fdec1857a444e42170edd.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/89955a8b48ce67c2a2b66c7a94119399.jpgKD date code would be 1993
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/3d2f4e4f13f9cac04e73826bbacf01eb.jpg
TheChunkNorris
02-13-19, 09:44
KD date code would be 1993
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190213/3d2f4e4f13f9cac04e73826bbacf01eb.jpg
Oh man thank you for the info.
m1a_scoutguy
02-13-19, 23:57
Wow, legit bring back with no duffel bag cut. Might I suggest getting all the pertinent details written down, signed and notarized, especially if your FIL brother is still with us. That kind of provenance, as well as an official, bring back papers can literally double the value of the rifle. Those who you pass it on to will be more likely to appreciate and take care of it, if it comes with documentation as a valuable family heirloom that a heroic relative brought back from the war.
Sad to say anyone involved with the rifle is long gone. :( When my Father-In-Law 1st gave it to me (30+yrs ago) I was happy to receive it but didn't think much about it, it was waaaay before I had any M1s or any Military rifles. The thing went from the closet, under my bed and finally into my gun safe! I only started playing with it about 4-5 years ago when I brought it to a Gunsmith and he checked it over and said it was GTG ! I need to look everything up "again" but I had the year of the manufacture and a host of other info about this rifle and most Mod 98s in general and alot of what the GIs did and how they got them back. Yes I agree I'm lucky it didn't get the duffle bag cut,LOL The rifle itself is pretty clean and many parts and items on the gun are stamped with the same serial number ! Sad to say the "bolt" is not one of the matching parts. :( I read that when a GI brought his rifle into the Armory he had to take the bolt out and throw it in a box/barrel with all the rest of them & when it was time to ship out you grabbed your rifle and a bolt out of the box and headed home ! I guess the extra smart GIs kept tabs on "there" bolt that went with there rifle ! Anyways all things considered its a great rifle and I'm glad to have it. MY Son is not as big of a gun guy as me but he is very aware of family stuff/history/etc so I'm confident it will stay in good hands long after I'm gone ! Once this dang Winter gets over I'll get some good range trips with it along with my other Oldie's and post up some pic's ! Thanks for the thoughts & interest. :)
Sad to say anyone involved with the rifle is long gone. :( When my Father-In-Law 1st gave it to me (30+yrs ago) I was happy to receive it but didn't think much about it, it was waaaay before I had any M1s or any Military rifles. The thing went from the closet, under my bed and finally into my gun safe! I only started playing with it about 4-5 years ago when I brought it to a Gunsmith and he checked it over and said it was GTG ! I need to look everything up "again" but I had the year of the manufacture and a host of other info about this rifle and most Mod 98s in general and alot of what the GIs did and how they got them back. Yes I agree I'm lucky it didn't get the duffle bag cut,LOL The rifle itself is pretty clean and many parts and items on the gun are stamped with the same serial number ! Sad to say the "bolt" is not one of the matching parts. :( I read that when a GI brought his rifle into the Armory he had to take the bolt out and throw it in a box/barrel with all the rest of them & when it was time to ship out you grabbed your rifle and a bolt out of the box and headed home ! I guess the extra smart GIs kept tabs on "there" bolt that went with there rifle ! Anyways all things considered its a great rifle and I'm glad to have it. MY Son is not as big of a gun guy as me but he is very aware of family stuff/history/etc so I'm confident it will stay in good hands long after I'm gone ! Once this dang Winter gets over I'll get some good range trips with it along with my other Oldie's and post up some pic's ! Thanks for the thoughts & interest. :)
Doesn't matter if it's your FIL or even you, document what you know because the next generation won't even know that stuff. So basic description of the events you believe to be correct regarding how it was brought back and and any related comments then a notarized signature. Attach any bring back documentation you may have, even the DD214 of the family member who brought it back with one day function as provenance.
True GI bring backs get rarer with every generation as each generation either neglects them or pawns them for a couple hundred bucks. I know a guy who's father was at Bastogne and brought back a "captured in theater" (complete with all documentation) German P-38 including a photo of him with the pistol days after the Battle of the Bulge.
The P-38 sat neglected in a Florida attic from the 1970s when his father passed away until 2004 when I told him I'd inspect and clean it for FREE if he's just get it out of the attic. The original holster was completely destroyed and looked like a boot that had sat in the desert for 100 years and the handgun itself was a rusty, fused shut POS complete with a full magazine of corroding ammo (thankfully a round wasn't chambered).
Took a rubber mallet to open the slide, grips cracked into pieces and rust held the slide open before the slide lock engaged. I was eventually able to pull the magazine and I soaked the entire remnants in 3:1 penetrating oil for a couple days.
When I wire brushed off the rust, everything was pitted and seriously rust damaged. I declared it unsafe to shoot and told the guy it was probably a complete loss. Of course all the documentation was in his desk in his office and in great condition but his wife didn't like guns so she made him put it in the attic.
Unmonkeyed with rifles, even with a mismatch bolt, are even rarer.
m1a_scoutguy
02-15-19, 00:38
Doesn't matter if it's your FIL or even you, document what you know because the next generation won't even know that stuff. So basic description of the events you believe to be correct regarding how it was brought back and and any related comments then a notarized signature. Attach any bring back documentation you may have, even the DD214 of the family member who brought it back with one day function as provenance.
True GI brings backs to get rarer with every generation as each generation either neglect them or pawns them for a couple hundred bucks. I know a guy who's the father was at Bastogne and brought back a "captured in theater" (complete with all documentation) German P-38 including a photo of him with the pistol days after the Battle of the Bulge.
The P-38 sat neglected in a Florida attic from the 1970s when his father passed away until 2004 when I told him I'd inspect and clean it for FREE if he's just got it out of the attic. The original holster was completely destroyed and looked like a boot that had sat in the desert for 100 years and the handgun itself was a rusty, fused shut POS complete with a full magazine of corroding ammo (thankfully a round wasn't chambered).
Took a rubber mallet to open the slide, grips cracked into pieces and rust held the slide open before the slide lock engaged. I was eventually able to pull the magazine and I soaked the entire remnants in 3:1 penetrating oil for a couple days.
When I wire brushed off the rust, everything was pitted and seriously rust damaged. I declared it unsafe to shoot and told the guy it was probably a complete loss. Of course, all the documentation was in his desk in his office and in great condition but his wife didn't like guns so she made him put it in the attic.
Unmonkeyed with rifles, even with a mismatched bolt, are even rarer.
WOW, shame about the P-38! The value would be secondary for me its the History of the piece, dam that's something! I will get to work on it for sure, like you say anything would be beneficial that's for sure! I'll get some better pic's and post them in the future,rifle has some nice stamps and markings on it ! Thanks again for the help and insperation ! :)
WOW, shame about the P-38! The value would be secondary for me its the History of the piece, dam that's something! I will get to work on it for sure, like you say anything would be beneficial that's for sure! I'll get some better pic's and post them in the future,rifle has some nice stamps and markings on it ! Thanks again for the help and insperation ! :)
No problem. Just seen too many "grandpa brought this back from the war" but I don't know anything else kind of guns. Something as important as a legit bring back deserves any documentation you can put with it.
And yeah, the P-38 thing actually pissed me off a little bit. For starters pretty disrespectful to his own father who took the time to bring it back and pass it on to him.
m1a_scoutguy
02-15-19, 11:09
No problem. Just seen too many "grandpa brought this back from the war" but I don't know anything else kind of guns. Something as important as a legit bring back deserves any documentation you can put with it.
And yeah, the P-38 thing actually pissed me off a little bit. For starters pretty disrespectful to his own father who took the time to bring it back and pass it on to him.
Yes, it would be interesting to know how many are still out there just sitting, untouched! That's the beauty of guys being an FFL, I know my local ones always get stuff brought in from people that just don't want M1s laying around or don't want anything to do with it or worse don't know anything about it and just want it out of the house :mad:! Although with that said its how I got my 1st M1,it was finally good timing on my part and I got a sweet mostly correct/origanal International Harvester M1 for a steal ! Thats another subject but yea the Wife doesn't like gun's pretty much comes under the tough shit department in my eyes,but we won't go any further into that area,LOL Bottom line is your looking at & holding History that can't be replaced & it NEEDS to be addressed/respected 1st hand ! Again thanks and I'll keep ya posted on my progress ! :)
Not sure if 1973 is old enough to be retro. The little one is much newer and a guy by the name of David Clements cut an inch off the barrel for some reason.
Andy
https://i.imgur.com/aslNFao.jpg
Its not any kind of retro but I had a ban era Bushmaster M4A3 and had it a few months before I realized the carry handle was detachable. It wasn’t the best gun and was eclipsed by my non nerfed Colt 6920 I had to get on letterhead. I eventually got an uncucked stock and barrel and oddly enjoyed it more than my Colt.
This was back when you could get 223 stupid cheap at Wal Mart.
All the cool stuff now can’t compare to being young and everything was still new. I was oddly enough ahead of my time because I jumped on ARs and my Glock off the bat. I wasn’t really into guns (still don’t know if I am now) and if it worked then I messed with it.
I recall SO MUCH GRIEF from these old farts in the day whenever I dragged my Bushmaster along. “THEM THINGS JAM. THEY GOT BOYS KILLT IN NAM!”
Were you in Vietnam?
“NAW BUT THEM THINGS JAM AND THE BULLETS DONT KILL NOTHING. THATS WHY WE LOST THE WAR”
Me: blinks a few times and resumes shooting.
I also miss my STG 58 but would rather have a Para FAL because it is what AOC has.
ramairthree
02-17-19, 15:50
Hell,
I was just at the range today with a pinned to 16 14.5 barrel AR I built with my youngest daughter for her, aimpoint pro, larue FTS magnifier, BUIS, and she is crushing steel non stop mag after mag at 100 yards.
I am sighting in a never shot shot ban era Colt HBAR match I just threw a Burris AR333 or whatever it is carry handle scope on. We each go through a box of those cheap 150 Amercian eagle packs. She is making 6 inch steel ring over and over as a fairly inexperienced teenage shooter. I am dumping 5 round groups in 3 inch circles on those five Bullseye per sheet nra 50 yd targets but at 100.
No jams, etc.
70 ish guy with a cigar, USMC patrol cap, field jacket-
Nice guy and all,
Year or two in the USMC and part of a tour in Nam medicaled out with bad malaria.
Force recon, damn M16s, inaccurate, unreliable, jam, etc. he was the PLatoon commander so he kept the snipers back up M14, etc.
It’s like being at test and tune day with the old guys there just to watch complaining about the cars not being as good as they were in there day, as bone stock 5.7 Challengers, Coyote mustangs, and SS Camaros are running high 12s low 13s on street tires with the AC on.
Ruger Security Six 357. Crappy pic but here's one in 3in barrelhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190217/817e8475c33567ec1fe9f7e3b79dcc11.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/00xymWL.jpg
I submit for your consideration my M1 Garand which was manufactured by the Springfield Armory in October of 1942 and re-barreled by the Aniston Arsenal in 1965. The gentleman holding my rifle is Mr. Harmon. He is 96 years old, served with the Big Red One in WWII, and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge.
Awesome! Looks like he could still put a 30.06 into COM!
My FIL is 93 and was in the 65th ID in Europe in the last few months of WWII. He still has the P-38 and holster w/mag he took off of an SS Fallschirmjäger officer right after the Battle of the Bulge. He has taken care of it over the years so it is damn good condition.
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1943 Springfield M1 Garand with a 1950-something Kongsberg M1 bayonet. I really wish that I'd gotten into the Garand game sooner, so I could have gotten one of the minty Norwegian bayonets with scabbards when they were available for cheap... and now they simply aren't available. So my bare bayonet (that lives in a Danish scabbard) will have to suffice, for now. At least until I can find another Kongsberg in a Kongsberg scabbard.
Wood looks sweet, really nice. I like the longer earlier bayonets.
I always wanted one of the S&W "Shorty Forties" by Lew Horton Distributors. I remember back in the early 90's (maybe '92 or so) the ads for them in Shotgun News. They were $700+ even then so a bit pricey for me at the time. IIRC they were built on a 9mm 6906 frame and had Bar-Sto match barrels.
Here are a pair of US Customs Smith & Wesson model 686s CS-1 models from the late 1980s. One has a 3" barrel and the other has a 4" barrel--both with round butts:
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Adrenaline_6
02-21-19, 20:24
A Remington Model Four in .30-06 - Bought it in 1985 along with the Redfield Illuminator Widefield scope that is still on it. Had work done on it the same year by replacing the plastic buttstock with a nice rubber adjustabeable one. Still looks pretty good.
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1968 Hi Power, 1978 SW Model 41 (wearing a Optima Red dot from when I shot Bullseye in my 20’s), and a 1980s Dan Wesson 357.
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PS: Anyone want to tell me why pics post so small here now days?
m1a_scoutguy
02-21-19, 22:35
A Remington Model Four in .30-06 - Bought it in 1985 along with the Redfield Illuminator Widefield scope that is still on it. Had work done on it the same year by replacing the plastic buttstock with a nice rubber adjustable one? Still looks pretty good.
https://i.imgur.com/ZUGY3r8.jpg
Outstanding! I have one that was my Dad's, Hmm, will have to look it up as to the year, I can't remember when he bought it, maybe late 80s! It is similar,30/06 but has a VXIII 1.5x5 Leupold scope!
1968 Hi Power, 1978 SW Model 41 (wearing a Optima Red dot from when I shot Bullseye in my 20’s), and a 1980s Dan Wesson 357.
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PS: Anyone want to tell me why pics post so small here now days?I'm on taptalk and it looks fine to me
Adrenaline_6
02-22-19, 08:44
Outstanding! I have one that was my Dad's, Hmm, will have to look it up as to the year, I can't remember when he bought it, maybe late 80s! It is similar,30/06 but has a VXIII 1.5x5 Leupold scope!
Thanks! I think they only made the Model Four from 81-87. The 7400 (the cheaper non monte carlo stock version) they kept making. My scope magnification is 3x9 and it has the Accutrac BDC stadia reticle. The sad thing is I don't know where the BDC dials are and you can't get replacements from Redfield anymore.
MountainRaven
02-23-19, 00:12
Wood looks sweet, really nice. I like the longer earlier bayonets.
I do, too: Plus my father's a Marine and everything I've read suggested that the Marines preferred the M1905s to the M1s. So my initial thought was to get one of the M1905 bayonets, but they're all pretty spendy.
My second thought, then, was to instead kit it out with the state-of-the-art accessories that would have been available in September of 1943 (when my rifle left Springfield Armory for the first time). So a cotton M1 web sling (in OD#3), M1 bayonet, Type-2 lockbar (helped by Garandammo.com getting repro SA lockbar rear sights), &c. Since there aren't any differences between the M1 bayonet of 1943 and the M1 bayonet of 1953, I figured that I might as well get the Kongsberg-made bayonet.
Retro? Well, consider the following:
Old fashioned, non-tactical sling
GI Magazine with dry-film gray finish. So 1980's
Hopelessly obsolete 20 inch barrel. Hello - 1968 called. They want their barrel back.
M7 bayonet. 'Nuff said
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