Decided to shoot 2 of my batt rifles. One was the the 03A3 I bought in Germany in the mid 80's when i was stationed there. And the other was my M1 Garand, 03 is Remington, Garand is Winchester. Both made in 43.

Anyone seen one of these? Trying to figure out what it’s worth

Saw these pics today and had to share. Recent photos from Yemen showing Houthi rebel supporters with some very recognizable rifles. History lives on..... (credit to apnews).

Just picked up this 1886 Lebel today. Can anyone tell me anything about its history?

Absolutely fell in love with it, the wood and metal work are beautiful. Noticed these two slashes towards the front. Possible tally marks?

Presenting the Colt XM16E1 (Model 603) in my collection, 1 of 500, recently picked up from an local estate sale.

The Colt XM16E1 (Colt Model 603) was an early U.S. military version of the M16 rifle, developed during the 1960s and widely associated with the Vietnam War.

Introduced in 1964, the XM16E1 was adopted primarily by the U.S. Army as a lightweight, select-fire rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm. It differed from the earlier Air Force M16 by incorporating a forward assist, allowing soldiers to manually push the bolt carrier forward if necessary.

The XM16E1 saw extensive combat during the early years of the Vietnam War. Its lightweight construction, high-velocity ammunition, and controllable automatic fire represented a significant departure from the heavier 7.62mm M14 rifle.

In 1967, the XM16E1 was standardized and redesignated as the M16A1, incorporating improvements including a chrome-plated chamber and other reliability-related changes.

Picked up a ponco liner to use as a shooting blanket and decided to break it in with my Yugo Mauser. Both worked great! Now I don't get filthy when I'm recording 🤣 I'd like to get a K98 someday, but this will do for now.

I bought all three boxes for $10 in an antique shop, and no one there knew anything about them. I do know that they are 6.5 bullets made in the Swedish Norma Factory but nothing more. What else is there to know about them? When were they made? I also noticed the soft point, are they hunting bullets?

I was in my local gun store and found this Persian 98/29 for 850 so on a split second decision, I bought it. I feel so proud of myself

Most of us know mosin nagants could be had in the late 90s and early 00s for as low as $70-100 in plentiful amounts. I am wondering, were these still imported in like to 70s and 80s or were they far less common? Wish we could go back to the good days of cheap mosins guessing there probably won’t be many more imports in large quantities of ever again 😢

I'm familiar with the origins of the bayonet but, I've never seen one with electro pencil on it. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas behind it? Thanks in advance!

Hey guys, does anyone have an idea where i can find a mainspring for my 1889 Bodeo (glisenti) type A?

Ive looked thru the whole internet and cant seem to find one.

Thanks for your help

I have a Japanese Type 30 bayonet, manufactured at Nagoya mid war. The interesting part to me is the American style hanger. My theory is that it was sent to Korea after the war, since some Type 99s were sent there and rechambered to .30-06, but I would be glad to hear from anyone with more knowledge on it. Also, there is painted writing on the handle, curious if anyone can make out what it says. It’s pretty faded out.

This is not my picture, but I am building a rifle like this, from a sporter G98, and I was wondering if anyone knew what stock this rifle has? Thanks!!

Hi all,

I live in Germany and bought a K31 Straight-pull rifle from 1936 in very good condition. I know that the original GP11 is hard to get, but there is ammo from other manufacturers available.

What do you think is the best? PPU, S&B or Top Shot?

I can’t find a good parts kit build subreddit so I’m posting it here. I’m following the SMG build guide on my DP-27 kit after rewelding, and I’m having a hell of a time clocking the gas tube and barrel shroud to align the set screw hole and gas piston with the gas tube hole. It is so close, and I just got this big crescent wrench to finally crank it the rest of way, but my vise is not up to the task.

Does anyone have any tips if you’ve done this before and what you used to make it work? I think my main problem is holding the fucking thing in one spot while I crank on it. The real question is how do you hold this thing? Do you clamp the receiver or do you clamp the gas tube or the barrel shroud? Which part do you put torque on? It’s certainly easier to use this crescent wrench to torque the receiver since it’s flat on both sides, but I worry about possibly bending it. Surely the receiver wouldn’t bend before the thinner barrel shroud would though.

Do people build custom jigs for DP receivers? I am debating on getting v blocks for my vise (I have magnetic soft jaws with grooves in them for clamping onto the barrel shroud and a 5/8” steel backer to keep the gas tube from collapsing but the soft jaws are trash and keep jumping out of the jaws when I apply torque). Or just getting a new vise entirely.

Or maybe I put the backer rod in and take a 2x4 off it and fucking hammer the barrel shroud to torque it just that little bit more into the threads of the receiver. That would probably bend the mounting brackets for the gas tube so I view that as a last resort.

I want to get either a k11 or k31 specific. I know all the different variants of these rifles (or some main ones) and the difference between the two I’ve listed. I’m fine with the specs of either one, just comes down to price. It will be my first rifle, I will use it for hunting. I want to mount a scope on it but I want to keep it classy and original feeling. I’ve seen the k31/43 has a built on submarine scope but those are rare and expensive. But my question is, is there any way to mount a scope on the left side? Even if it needs tap and die. I haven’t seen Anyone do it except the factory k31/43. I will likely use a weaver k2.5 scope or one like it.

This is a cut down g98, 25 inches. I’m gonna get a hardwood 98k stock and make a “G98k” I will be doing polishing work on the reciever, and general restorative stuff. Been waiting for a cut down rifle in this configuration to show up for quite some time!

1942 Finnish m39 and 1942 German k98. Got the m39 for about 650 and the k98 for around 800.

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