Militaria collectors anyone?

[cheddar cheese]

I shoot regularly, only air rifles though Great fun living in the country though.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I shoot very regularly unfortunatly though it is sometimes it is on a two way shooting range.

 

[evangilder]

Which is not nearly as much fun, Adler. (Obviously, you know that already)

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeap very sucky!

 

[Douglas Jr.]

Hi,

I manage to take to more shots, trainig some habilities as a photographer... Here are the results for today. Hope you enjoy it.

Douglas.

 

[Douglas Jr.]

Here is the other picture...

 

[Medvedya]

Bought an accessory for my Mosin. The bayonet, and five inert rounds. With the bayonet fixed the rifle becomes hugely long as you can see.

Note also the scowling martial expression of the guy in the photo!

 

[trackend]

That's nice Med Ive not looked much at the Mosin Im really suprised that the bayonet is so ancient its almost a pig sticker.
Mind you 18"or even 24" bayonets are really usefull for trench warfare the further away you can keep your opponant the better as far as im concerned.
Mind you If you have to use a bayonet you,ve made a big boo boo somewhere along the line by running out of ammo.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Great stuff up there Douglas. I am especially interested in the Infantry Badge. It is exceptionaly shiny then the most I have seen and much more shiney then the one I have.

Great gun there Med, especially with the bayonette there. Its a shame thought that so many people ruin gun collecting for the few us like yourself who truely love the hobby.

 

[Medvedya]

That's nice Med Ive not looked much at the Mosin Im really suprised that the bayonet is so ancient its almost a pig sticker.

The basic design of the rifle is practically unchanged from the original conception in 1891.

Mine is the basic M91/30. It was made by the Tula arsenal in 1938.

On the wealth of information and the staggering longevity and history of this design, I'm not surprised the Mosin has it's diehard fans.

http://7.62x54r.net/

The Zaitsev/Konig duel might well be just myth, but outside of that there's no doubt in my mind now that this was a decisive war winning weapon.

(I want to get another one now!)

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

It was a great weapon. Personally I like the 8mm K98 but the M-1 was also a great weapon.

 

[trackend]

I know that a lot of people rate the MP 44 for me the Garand was quite a step forward well before the 44 but personally I like the M2 carbine although lacking in the punch of the Garand it was a brilliant concept and for me was a real ground breaker, good rate of fire, full auto or semi very light with up to 30 rounds. biggest draw back was the original sight which was replaced with a better one in 1948 and componant durability(especially in cold conditions) it was eventually replaced by the M16.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you can't beat a SMLE or Lee Enfeild No.4 for reliability though...........

 

[Nonskimmer]

Very, very nice Med! The old bayonets were practically short swords!

You should be wearing your K-19 coat in the pic.

 

[Medvedya]

Ah, the K19 coat has been packed away to hibernate for the summer. As you can see in the background of that picture, Spring has very much sprung!

 

[Nonskimmer]

Still would've added to the effect, though. Maybe with the black naval ushanka.

 

[Medvedya]

An Ushanka? Hmm, maybe, but the naval cap is the classic image. Don't have one of those.

 

[Nonskimmer]

That would look good too, I just thought that nothing looks more Ruskie like than the ushanka. Your pose in the picture would fit the image perfectly!

 

[evangilder]

Like a Russian Navy recruiting poster!

 

[trackend]

you can't beat a SMLE or Lee Enfeild No.4 for reliability though...........

Im still trying to get time to get over to my brothers and take a pic of his MK3 I think you're right Lanc, the SMLE in my opinion was the finest bolt action army rifle ever made even now there are some exponants at Bisley that still use converted Enfields in the 1 mile butts and as you say pump the bolt and there's always one up the spout (as long as you keep it clean) In the right hands with a rate of 30 aimed rounds a minute it was a formidable weapon.