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British/Commonwealth Bolt Actions / British collections
« on: October 30, 2015, 11:26:41 am »
Well this follows an "old post" which I guess means not too many folks were interested - but it struck a chord here. I have attained "something shootable" from all of the SMLE Manufacturing plants - India, Canada, US, England, Australia, with appropriate bayonets where I could afford them (can't afford a "Jungle Carbine" original, so have a replica there right now) in varying degrees of perfection.  My first was US $9.95 across the counter from Sears Roebuck circa 1959. (They seem to cost more now...)   :o
Is there any way /liklihood of ever getting a LONG Model Lee Enfield?  I have one of those rusted/broke Nepalise versions of a Martini-Henry, and, a bayonet believed built for the Peabody Martini of Providence Tool Company fame (maybe a rich uncle will leave me a Peabody-Martini?).

Are Long model Lee Enfields ever available?   ???

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Well this is an "old post" which I guess means not too many folks were interested - but it struck a chord here. I have attained "something shootable" from all of the SMLE Manufacturing plants - India, Canada, US, England, Australia, with appropriate bayonets where I could afford them (can't afford a "Jungle Carbine" original, so have a replica there right now) in varying degrees of perfection.  My first was US $9.95 across the counter from Sears Roebuck circa 1959. (They seem to cost more now...)
Is there any way /liklihood of ever getting a LONG Model Lee Enfield?  I have one of those rusted/broke Nepalise versions of a Martini-Henry, and, a bayonet believed built for the Peabody Martini of Providence Tool Company fame (maybe a rich uncle will leave me a Peabody-Martini?).

Are Long model Lee Enfields ever available?

ALASKATC

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Mauser Military Rifles / HUNGARIAN "Mausers"?
« on: October 30, 2015, 11:04:19 am »
I'm a new guy on this forum seeking info not just on Mausers, but currently needing knowledge on the 1935 - 43 series of Hungarian rifles used in WW2.  If not here on MILSURP - then where?   ???
My specific question IF there are experts in the know is: What bayonet(s) were used on the interim "middle series" of rifle called the Hungarian 98/40? 

I have a model 1935 Hungarian rifle, and a final-before-wars-end rifle model of 1943, but not one of the interim hybrid versions instigated by the Nazis after their takeover of Hungary.  That rifle, designated the 98/40, was a half-breed of 1935 stock and action but rechambered for the usual German 8x57 cartridge/floorplate (instead of the original Hungarian 8x56R system of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, dissolved after WW1).  The bayonet lug was revised to handle any usual 98 Mauser German bayonet. 

By 1943 the group decided to revert back to the original unique Hungarian bayonet so changed the bayonet lug back to 1935 variation - but they left these 1943 versions in 8x57 mm and using the floorplate/magazine typical to the 98/40 and any other 98 Mauser.  Weird, huh?!

SO: in addition to "any usual German 98 Mauser bayonet," were there Hungarian bayonets also made for those 98/40 rifles with the Mauser bayonet lug?  If so, what might a good quality version be worth - I cannot find much on the web about this, and even the few pictures I have found show a 98 Mauser bayonet with the 98/40 rifle (It may be that not everything on the internet is perfect?!)   :o

Anybody?

Thanks,

ALASKATC

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Welcome/Introduction Board / stuff from any country in WW2
« on: October 30, 2015, 10:38:33 am »
Hi guys/ladies (?).  I'm a retired cop, military/civilian pilot, weather forecaster and Mechanical/civil/environmental/safety engineer; for last 60+ years I've been collecting stuff (mostly rifles) from any major power involved in WW2, including "last ditch" and previous older WW1 and even prior technology...which means anything they had to use as times got tough.  Quality is anything that might lave been found on a fresh battlefield - I usually can't afford museum quality mint items.  I want to shoot at least low powered cast bullet loads in everything - sometimes requiring making my own brass from something else.  I may attempt to "restore" anything of interest especially "sporterized" versions, partly out of guilt because I committed those crimes as a youth!
I am on several other FORUMS, always seeking information about the wonderful variations and ingenuity found in old firearms.  :)

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