Show me your milsurps

[No1Mk3]

G'day Dunxy,
Nice set, that 96 came up well. You will find stock disks on ebay, some repro, some original, to finish off that 38. 1942 was an interesting year, is yours the early Bjorkenstam or the later Stenmo? Cheers.

[No1Mk3]

G'day bladeracer,
It shoots very well indeed, up to Swede levels. The brass has never been easily available here, but years ago DWM of Germany and ICI, under the Kynoch brand, made sporting ammo, some of which can be found at gunshows at "collector" prices. OK if you only want to shoot a couple for fun, but brass is easily made from 270Win and the projectile is normal 6.5mm, .264", so easy enough for reloading, Cheers

[Supaduke]

Good one Dunxy. Welcome to the obsession.

I picked up my Lithgow today. Has a bit of storage grease on it. I will post some pics when I get it cleaned up.

[juststarting]

Second safe went in today. I only ever wanted one rifle, damn it!

[Supaduke]

That's what everyone says. But guns have an innate need to gather in herds. You can't fight nature.

[juststarting]

Not at all, Superduke. I've stripped naked, rubbed myself down with Innox soaked cloth and now part of the heard. They accept me as one of their own now.

[Gun-nut]

Speaking of storage grease, what do you fellas recommend for removing cosmoline or similiar grease?

[Supaduke]

Finally picked up the new Lithgow last night.
All matching numbers, non-FTR'ed and in beautiful condition. 1942. Blueing and woodwork in great shape. Once I got it home and inspected closely I suspect the bolt head may have been changed out. Looks brand new and under different light I could see a slight difference in the blueing. I'm ok with that if it is.

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Bit of storage grease to be cleaned off the metal work. Overall , I'm very happy with it.

[Dunxy]

G'day Dunxy,
Nice set, that 96 came up well. You will find stock disks on ebay, some repro, some original, to finish off that 38.

I was pretty happy with the way the 96 came up, i need to get some decent pictures in natural light.Yeah, I knew the disks were obtainable thats why i wasn't bothered its missing, no doubt pilfered to put on a rifle to sell,bore on it is excellent.

1942 was an interesting year, is yours the early Bjorkenstam or the later Stenmo? Cheers.

No idea, just its a Husqvarna, how can i tell?

[juststarting]

I'm beginning to buckle under peer pressure here, it would seem that I need a classic Enfield. As ugly as they are, it is after all the rifle that pretty much colonised the world. f*** you everyone.

[Supaduke]

You're welcome.

[Dunxy]

Its un-Australian to not have at least 1(preferably more!) ex mill 303 in one shape or form in your safe!

[juststarting]

Its un-Australian to not have at least 1(preferably more!) ex mill 303 in one shape or form in your safe!

I have one

[juststarting]

ROFL

[Supaduke]

It was only when I put the new no1 mk3* next to my other .303's that I can really appreciate how tidy it is.

The three amigos

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.303 British. Definitely one of my favourite rounds.

So we have a 1942 mk 3*
A 1941 Savage no.4 mk1*
And a 1916 Eddystone P14.

I really can't get enough of milsurps. Now I need a Lee-Metford and a Martini-Enfield to add to my Commonwealth collection.
And a K31, K98k, 91/30 sniper, M17, an Arisaka, various other Mausers.....the list goes on.

[Member-Deleted]

Here's mine the short one I've had for years and the full wood was given to me a week or two ago for doing a farmer a favour
It was his fathers

[Supaduke]

Looks pretty tidy, what a score. I wish people would give me guns.

[AZZA'S HJ47]

Ted my 1917 bsa

[Member-Deleted]

Yeah Supaduke she is tidy but the bore is a little how's ya father but some where down the line I would like to put a new barrel as in
like an original so it don't change any thing in appearance
The short one was in the back of a ute 28 years ago and was heading for the dump so I asked the farmer if I could have it he said the
barrel was rusted out so I could do what I liked with it so I took it home and the last 8'' of rifling was gone it had been standing barrel down in a 4 gallon drum
with water in the bottom so out come the hacksaw bingo 8'' gone still hit a beer tin at 50yrds

[Dunxy]

Had to jump on the 303 bandwagon!
Heres the no4mk2e im working on at the moment, its a very clean rifle, i dare say "un-issued" prior to the time it was purchased by my mates father some time ago and then, sporterised. Bore is immaculate! Rifle was neglected, lots of rust around the place and hadn't seen love for at least 10 years so I kidnapped it. Its been drilled and tapped and original sights long gone.Its pretty devoid of markings so I do not know where it was manufactured,there is some marking on barrel but i cant decipher it myself.
Its not bolted together so ignore mis alignment, just assembled for picture, im still finishing of the timber.

[Daddybang]

What, just 1???? Seems like the terrorists already won!

[Tillaan]

Hi All,

I recently got my A,B and once my wife's grandfather found out he was very interested in showing me his collection of rifles, but more interestingly wants me to take it over or help manage it once he pass's on (which may be soon unfortunately)

I have attached a pic of what he has and he gave me a rough list of them, I haven't had a chance to take a good look and get serials etc although I know they are all registered.

My main question is in your opinion what would you keep ? if any ?

I've already got the Lithgow 22 shown near the bottom which I'm going to clean and up use for plinking.

Thanks!

[Daddybang]

Hi All,

I recently got my A,B and once my wife's grandfather found out he was very interested in showing me his collection of rifles, but more interestingly wants me to take it over or help manage it once he pass's on (which may be soon unfortunately)

I have attached a pic of what he has and he gave me a rough list of them, I haven't had a chance to take a good look and get serials etc although I know they are all registered.

My main question is in your opinion what would you keep ? if any ?

I've already got the Lithgow 22 shown near the bottom which I'm going to clean and up use for plinking.

Thanks!

Short answer. ... ALL of them !!!!

[Member-Deleted]

Well Tillaan depends whether you like rifles or not but if it was me I would keep them all they're look like they're old
got family history most likely can't be replaced try cleaning them up and do some shooting at the range you never know you
yourself might change your mind and keep them all shooting is fun that's why so many do it

Cheers

[Tillaan]

True !

I certainly want at least 1 303, my concern was if I would run into any issues getting approved for this many Cat B ? or if its inherited does that not count ?

Currently i have 1 x 223 approved (deposit paid not picked up)

[Dunxy]

Id be happy to have any of them in my safe!

[bladeracer]

Hi All,

I recently got my A,B and once my wife's grandfather found out he was very interested in showing me his collection of rifles, but more interestingly wants me to take it over or help manage it once he pass's on (which may be soon unfortunately)

I have attached a pic of what he has and he gave me a rough list of them, I haven't had a chance to take a good look and get serials etc although I know they are all registered.

My main question is in your opinion what would you keep ? if any ?

I've already got the Lithgow 22 shown near the bottom which I'm going to clean and up use for plinking.

Thanks!

As already said, all of them are worth hanging onto, either for what they are, or for what they mean to your family.
I have three .22's that I only keep because they belonged to family going back to the thirties.

[Supaduke]

You wouldn't have an issue getting permits for them all.
The 'unknown' one is a German K98 Mauser. They certainly look like they need a little TLC. Assuming they are in shootable condition, no reason to not keep them all.

[Tillaan]

Thanks all

[bladeracer]

I got a phone call this arvo. My dealer just traded a "Mauser" real cheap and thought I might be interested before he puts it up for sale
So I dashed in ASAP!
It's an Ankara in 8x57mm, and not original, but quite nice. And it shoots pretty good too.
It even came with twelve rounds of FMJ "FNM 9-69" surplus and six rounds of Winchester 170gn Powerpoint ammo.

I came home and grabbed some of my Lee 180gn cast, gas-checked bullets, in pure lead and 7-1/2 shot, on 36gn of AR2206H and went to try it out. They run around 1780fps and 2000fps in my M1904/39. In this one they ran around 1880fps and 2110fps.
I bore sighted it, and at 50m with the sight at 200m, the sight picture was about 300mm higher than the bore. First five lead rounds went into the dirt under my targets, about 500mm low. So I dragged the sight up to 800m and shot another group on the top right target for a 50mm group, 45mm low and 35mm to the right. Then I put five of the 7-1/2 shot loads on the top left target for a 50mm group 100mm low and 40mm to the right. If my Marlin .44 Magnum could shoot lead like this I'd be rapt with it