24 Mil

[martin08]

I keep thinking that I should sell off some of the collection, and then something like this shows up.

I'm hopeless...

[Phosphorus32]

I don't know, there's a knot in the buttstock...junk. 

Seriously, great find on a scarce '79 in excellent condition 

[carls sks]

beauty! 

[Boris Badinov]

Let me know before you post it up on gonebroker.   

[Greasemonkey]

I'm hopeless...

Huh... Displaying classic addict signs.  M08 thinking about selling, self justifying .........just so he could fund more... Man needs a serious fix, winter is a coming..

I like it.. even has the... Tickler on it.

[martin08]

Huh... Displaying classic addict signs.  M08 thinking about selling, self justifying .........just so he could fund more... Man needs a serious fix, winter is a coming..

I like it.. even has the... Tickler on it.

You have no idea the depth of this truth.   

There were gun shows two weekends in a row.  Ten others found their way into the collection, and only two exited.

[martin08]

Let me know before you post it up on gonebroker.   

There's a nice Russian Refurb ending at 7:47 EST tonight.  Jump on it Boris!

[Greasemonkey]

Huh... Displaying classic addict signs.  M08 thinking about selling, self justifying .........just so he could fund more... Man needs a serious fix, winter is a coming..

I like it.. even has the... Tickler on it.

You have no idea the depth of this truth.   

There were gun shows two weekends in a row.  Ten others found their way into the collection, and only two exited.

Yes, sadly I do... I wanna sell th....wait... owwww....what's that..I want!!  I'm there, I keep trying to resist, just say no!

Fall off the wagon, get run over by the wagon, and drag more crap home I don't really need..

Then it starts again..... I wanna sell th.... Wait, whats..........

[martin08]

Here's one of them that I know you couldn't have resisted either, GM.

Stevens 416 US Property .22lr trainer, serial 200018 (eighteenth one off the assembly line.)  Still in the 'grease'.

[Greasemonkey]

Your right.. oh that's nice...   we wants it, we needs it...... I would almost throw a 1919 Mosin up on the table
I couldn't.. local crack shop had one, it was the store branded Ranger version, but the same as the Savage 416... Still had the peep sights..   

It came down to that and who knows what else or the G43 Walther...

If they still had it, I would go get it... But my spidey senses say it's probably been drilled and tapped.....and overall......just fornicated all up 

[Loose}{Cannon]

The Stevens was the pick of the day.  Love mine.   

Where the 200k starting point come from....  Batha book?  Is it USP roll stamped or just the FB?

[martin08]

The Stevens was the pick of the day.  Love mine.   

Where the 200k starting point come from....  Batha book?  Is it USP roll stamped or just the FB?

I don't have any literature, but it is posted in several forums that there were 10,388 of them made from serial 200,000 to a little over 210,000.

It's on the net, so it must be true?   

[martin08]

And there were many picks of the day.  The most incredible was the China-Burma-India Theater Eddystone which was shortened at Ishapore Arsenal in India to equip the Chinese X-forces in their fight to re-open the Burma Road against the Japanese in 1943-44.

No pics of it yet.  But it is only about the fifth one on record back here in the States.  $275 and it was flying out the door.  I now have 40% of them.

Here's a few more goodies.

S&W Pre-Victory, nice, nice, nice.





French Army accepted Astra-Ruby





Rare Tropical Holster for the Luftwaffe DAK Afrikacorps, and a pretty nice Femaru 37m










And an ULTRA interesting Luftwaffe holster for the FN1922 with a Feldpost mailing address (52230) to the Commanding General of the Luftwaffe in Italy, Albert Kesselring.  The unissued condition FN1922 isn't too bad either.









And a few more

Tokarev TT33 non import, matching less mag
Smith Corona 03-A3, nice
Mosin Nagant M44, 1945 non-import, original matching non refurb
Mauser HSC, commercial, nice

The Eddystone was by far the best - unless I can tie the FN1922 directly to Kesselring via O.Vedder - still working on it.

[running-man]

Uh oh.  You hooked LC with that Femaru I bet, M08.  He's going to start salivating any moment now.... 

[Phosphorus32]

Quite the two weekend haul The last couple of gun shows here in eastern Washington had three categories of milsurps available: over-priced, common, and sporterized, with a few scoring the trifecta 

The M1917 sounds fascinating. I've never heard of that variant before.  The two German used pistols and holsters are both exceptional in their own way.

[martin08]

Quite the two weekend haul The last couple of gun shows here in eastern Washington had three categories of milsurps available: over-priced, common, and sporterized, with a few scoring the trifecta 

The M1917 sounds fascinating. I've never heard of that variant before.  The two German used pistols and holsters are both exceptional in their own way.

Here's my presentation of the last one, if you'd like to see.

https://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?876937-M1917-Eddystone-Short-Rifle-China-Burma-India-Theater

[Loose}{Cannon]

Fe... ma.... rooooooooooo....     

[Phosphorus32]

Quite the two weekend haul The last couple of gun shows here in eastern Washington had three categories of milsurps available: over-priced, common, and sporterized, with a few scoring the trifecta 

The M1917 sounds fascinating. I've never heard of that variant before.  The two German used pistols and holsters are both exceptional in their own way.

Here's my presentation of the last one, if you'd like to see.

https://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?876937-M1917-Eddystone-Short-Rifle-China-Burma-India-Theater

Fascinating! Thanks Matt.

[MxwllBkr]

I keep thinking that I should sell off some of the collection

I don't understand what this means, but we are all here to talk you away from the edge!   

[Greasemonkey]

If more of us moved up to Maine... Then he would have some competition. I went and checked to see if my company had any job openings there...


I'm just not a fan of lobster or cold..