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The Rusty Ammo Can / Finnish 7.62x53R/other cool 54R

« Last post by 54r man on July 28, 2015, 07:27:33 pm »

I've got 49 rounds of Finnish x53R, most of the lot is VPT and 1936 dated but dates range from 1935 to 1938. They are 1944 repacks and are on G.W.S stripper clips. I will get pics up as soon as possible, initial thoughts on these? I paid $3.00 each and bought all 3 and a stripper clip full that they had for a total of $9.00.
Anybody else got any cool/rare x54R ammo?

Middle Eastern Bolt Guns / Re: my indian rifle collection

« Last post by 54r man on July 28, 2015, 07:16:49 pm »

Its ok, we all make mistakes when we're on new forums.
I dont know much about your rifles, but IMO they're still cooler than the refurbed M91/30 and M24/47 that I have. Nice collection and thanks for joining!

Middle Eastern Bolt Guns / Re: my indian rifle collection

« Last post by ranjan on July 28, 2015, 06:33:58 pm »

i just realised this should probably be in the commonwealth/enfield forum.

Middle Eastern Bolt Guns / my indian rifle collection

« Last post by ranjan on July 28, 2015, 06:29:31 pm »

i have 5 indian rifles, but two of them are duplicates that i'm going to sell so here are my show pieces. i suck at photography.

from top to bottom:
RFI grenade launcher w/ mill's grenade cup
1965 Ishapore 2a 7.62 nato enfield w/ rfi stamped bayonet
GRI enfield .410 conversion w/ 1907 pattern bayonet

a blurry closeup of the actions

top view

closeup of the grenade cup.

Equipment/Gear / Re: Big Ass Knife/Bayonet Thread

« Last post by 54r man on July 14, 2015, 01:18:27 pm »

My M24/47 Yugoslav Mauser Bayonet, mismatched Bayonet and Scabbard:

Equipment/Gear / Big Ass Knife/Bayonet Thread

« Last post by 54r man on July 13, 2015, 10:16:04 pm »

All Knives and Blade Bayonets welcome here!
Heres my Ontario SP-1 knife:

Steyr Bolt Action Rifles / M95/30 conversion, 1909 Bulgarian contract

« Last post by racerguy00 on July 02, 2015, 04:37:47 pm »

Recently acquired this handy little shoulder thumper. It's a little more uncommon than most of the m95 carbines I see floating around. Converted from a long rifle to carbine length and to 8x56 like many, but this one bears the Bulgarian lion crest. It was part of a 1909 contract where Bulgaria acquired many m95s from Hungary. Stock is a cut-down rifle stock, not a carbine one. Import mark is aggravating but nothing can be done about that.

Mosin Nagant / Long rambling post about a Lazy way to fix "sticky" bolt

« Last post by 54r man on June 27, 2015, 09:35:32 am »

So I've done some things wrong in the mosin world, no I havent cut up any of them but looking back now I'm surprised my M91/30 isnt damaged or rusted out. I got it and 20 rounds of Brass cased '86 Albanian surplus for Christmas, I take it out to a friends to shoot it. You should know I didnt clean ANY of the cosmoline off the rifle, at the 3rd round the bolt was locked up, the 4th round didnt have any powder and was just primer. If the bullet wouldve gone another 1/4 inch into the barrel I wouldve been able to chamber and fire another round. 5th round also got the bolt stuck. I pour windex down the barrel and leave it. Next I time shoot it, its with that Czech light ball. That really sticks the bolt up, to the point where I quit after 4 shots. It was laquer coated steel but I dont think thats the issue. Again, I pour windex down the barrel. No rust. So since I have the M24/47 apart on the coffee table I decide to clean the M91/30. I get it all apart, (action screws were extremely loose) put a couple of rags in the chamber and stick it in a black trashbag in a car in the driveway. I comback a day later and all the cosmoline/**** in the chamber effectively "melted" out. So if you're a lazy tard like me, and have the stickybolt problem heres an easy way to clear it out. I do know this worked becuase the week after doing this, I ran 30 rounds of copperwashed Steel 1946 L ball through it with no problem. Hope this helps you cure your sticky bolt problems.

Arisaka Forum / Type 38 in a one piece stock

« Last post by racerguy00 on June 20, 2015, 05:26:19 pm »

After seeing this rifle and it's twin (rack number 02) on the rack at a local shop last year, I was hoping to be able to get one or both before they sold. I had too many other things on my plate until this week. A nice bonus was that the price had dropped a good bit, I was lucky it was still available. I wasn't able to get both, but a friend scored the other. These were part of a large collection that was sold to the shop by the heirs of the late collector. There was no info that accompanied the rifles, so it's not known how nearly identical looking rifles with rack #s 02 and 03 ended up in the same collection.

No series mark, and based on various online sources the production date must be at the end or shortly after WW1. I don't see and matching numbers, assembly numbers or otherwise. The bore is really nice, and the dust cover was a nice bonus. It's numbered but non matching as well.

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Arisaka Forum / rough outside, sweet inside....type 38 Arisaka

« Last post by racerguy00 on June 13, 2015, 02:10:03 pm »

Glanced the bulletin board at the car wash this week and saw a "Japanese War Rifle" advertised. The call was made, meeting set up and deal was struck. Rifle looks really rough, ground mum, and trainer 00 serial prefix added. Bolt is really crusty but everything works. Cleaning rod too. I'm on a buying ban, but man $75 is way too cheap. After a tear down I found it's in fantastic shape under the wood and the bore is really nice. The bore photo is before I ran anything through it. I had two type 38s, sold one to a friend recently because they were so similar. Now I have this, guess I'm meant to have more than one.