2016 Spring Cleaning and Photo Op

[majspud]

Started cleaning up the gun safes, accessories, and wall racks. Amazing how much dust can form on a wall mounted gun rack. Today I photographed my American long arms. Later I'll do the German, the others, then followed by the handguns.

I also took my unused 10 gun Stack-On cabinet and made a ready ammo closet out of it. I trimmed a couple of old shelves, and drilled and supported them through the cabinet wall with four long machine bolts to hold them up. The center two .30cal ammo boxes are filled with .30-06; one with en-blocs, the other on Swedish strippers. No pun intended here - I'd need a permit from the wife for that.

The upper shelf has ready .30-06, .30 carbine, 8mm Mauser, and .303 Brit. The middle shelf boxed rifle and pistol calibers, and the jars on the third shelf contains loose rounds of various pistol calibers.

So here we have:

1812 M95/T3 Springfield musket .69
1822 M16/T2 Springfield percussion conversion .69
1854 M42 Springfield musket .69
1861 M61 Springfield rifle musket .58
1892 M88 Springfield trapdoor cleaning rod bayonet .45
3/1918 M17 Eddystone
(1919) 8/1931 M03A1 RIA/Springfield
10/1941 M1 Springfield Garand (11/46 Barrel, correct stock, mostly '41 parts)
9/43 M03A3 Remington (as issued)
3/1944 I.B.M. M1 Carbine (as issued)
4/1944 Quality Hardware M1 Carbine (1946-1948 Standard Products marked rebuild)
2/1943 Winchester M1 Carbine

 

[MAPMFF.]

Goddamn thats a good looking collection! Nice shots, got a few rifles I still want to acquire, I should get some shots of my collection in one spot.


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[mac1911]

Well now your neighbors know you have a "arsenal" all those military guns
I experienced my first "he's got a gun" in my neighbor hood/yard .
I was practicing off hand with my daisy in the yard when a group of cyclist came through. They are a loud bunch and like to talk while they ride....as they crested the hill....you can see into my yard well from that point. I hear
"That dude has a gun"...... I giggled.

 

[jbert27]

Beautiful collection of rifles. Tip of the iceberg?

 

[45collector]

Beautiful collection of rifles. Tip of the iceberg?

A gentleman never tells.

Good-looking group of guns right there. I am adding .30 carbine to my list of calibers to reload soon. I love shooting my Underwood mixmaster.

 

[majspud]

8mm German up after Amoskeag; if I'm lucky.

T

 

[majspud]

8mm German:

1892 Gew88/15 S, matched, unit marked K.F.R.7.162; the Kaiser Franz Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr.2, waffe #162

1893 Kar88/S, matched, unit marked: B.2.Ch.2.54., which translates to the Kgl. Bayer. 2. Chevaulegers-Regiment

1916 V. Chr. Schilling Gew98M, bolt mm rework HZa Spandau, WWII German Railway Police

1916 Danzig Gew98, 1917 Saxon depot repair

1917 Erfurt Kar98a, matched

1925 VZ24, matched German depot modification

1935 S/42G (Mauser) bolt mm

1939 147 (Sauer), matched

1939 237 (Berlin-Lubecker), Luftwaffe, matched

1941 bcd (Gustloffwerke) Norwegian .30/06 conversion, matched

1944 dot (Brunn, CZ) post war rework, matched

1944 bnz (Steyr) matched

1945 svwMB (Mauser) matched

1945 K43 qve45 (Berlin-Lubecker) stock mismatch

 

[Matt80]

What an amazing collection. Can't wait to start collecting some milsurp stuff

 

[K98]

When's the yard sale?

 

[PATRON]

That is what I call a very nice family picture.