While as a young'un my dad's Lee Enfield's where my favorite rifle to shoot, especially his No5Mk1 Jungle Carbine, as I grew older, they fell out of favor with me as I desired a milsurp that nobody really collected, the cosmoline drenched, varnish peeling, Vodka-stained Mosin.
But as I grew...
Being a collector of anything it isn't often that you try to aquire the worst of what you are collecting, but this might be the exception to the rule.
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to aquire what one firearms expert calls "The Worst Sniper Rifle ever made". Now being as I collect...
I have been going to this match since 2017, except for last year when it conflicted with the Henry County Gun Club shoot. The shoot both iron sights and scoped out to 400 yds and have a very loyal turnout each year.
Vintage Military Rifle Match (KY) - 2022 | Facebook
We had a good turnout with...
Well with my 30th Anniversary at work last week I decided to treat myself to something a little special for my collection. I wanted something both uncommon & documented, but something that I could also enjoy on the range that would also be a centerpiece of my collection.
And I found it, just...
This week completes 30yrs at my present job, a milestone I never figured to make it to.(hell 20yrs was tough enough)
So I decided to treat myself to something special, and my wife agreed too.
It will be here early next week.
Remington M24sws w/deployment kit.
Well, the holidays are over, Christmas decorations are taken down and put away and the CFB Playoff Championship is set, so it's that time of year when one at a time the gun safes get emptied, guns wiped down, and they get reorganized for another year.
It is also time to get updated pics of...
Picked up a new toy yesterday that was such a deal I took off from work and drove over 3 hours each way to pick it up.
It's a Replica M1903A1 USMC sniper rifle. It is an original 1916 Springfield 1903 that had a replacement NOS High Standard barrel manufactured in 1944 installed along with...
Been a while since I have found something to put into my collection, but yesterday I picked this Swedish M41 with an AGA44 scope. The AGA 44 was one of 2 scopes used on M41 snipers during WW2 as a replacement for what was originally to be on the rifle, the Ajack 4x42.
From what I have read so...
Spent this past weekend in Paris Tenn. attending the Henry County Gun Club Vintage Sniper Rifle World Championship. Had 15 teams shoot 6 different target packages 3 of which where either timed or speed packages. Spent Friday practicing with my partner and trying to dial in his new PU sniper...
When a couple of these came up on G-Broker about 8 months ago I was hoping more would come available so when some showed up @ Palmetto State Armory about 2 weeks ago I plopped down some coin and purchased one. Early reports where mostly good but there where a couple of duds also delivered to a...
Wife and I got up early this morning to go look at a very rare sniper rifle about 2 hours from home, and while it was everything I had hoped for the seller and I couldn't agree on a price so we headed home with a stop off for Lunch. About 15 minutes after we arrived home the mail lady rang the...
Got a new addition to the gun safe today, a Springfield Arsenal M1C. The rifle was sold by CMP back in 2007, the base and mount are mismatched and the scope is a Lyman B-Series Alaskan, which where purchased as replacement scopes during the Korean War rebuild program (barrel is an SA 1-52) The...
After years of sitting on the sidelines when it came to German snipers and realizing my best bet was to go reproduction I decided last year to pick up a reproduction SSR, and a LSR to shoot and enjoy. But I always wanted a High Turret sniper but never seemed to realize the dream, until now. Last...
Never thought I would have an interest in one of these, or any sniper rifle post 1960, but I have several internet buddies that are building M40's I caught the bug and when this rifle came available I just had to jump on it.
The story on these rifles started in 2006 with a desire to build a...
Long day for sure, 480 mile round trip and 6 1/2 hours of windsheild time but got to have Lunch with a good friend, swap Christmas presents, and pick up my latest sniper, and a project for the 1st of the year.
Its a 1945 BSA produced No4 Mk1 Enfield converted to a "T" sniper by Holland &...
Taking a bit of a road trip tomorrow to Bowling Green Ky to pick up my 2 latest accusations, one is just a K98k ( for now), but the other one is a firearm I have desired for years. :spend:
So I figured I would enjoy a bourbon and contemplate a diet of Ramen noodles for the next month I have...
After about 12 months of procrastination and a lot of encouragement from a good friend of mine I finally drop some coin last week on this beautiful numbers matching Swiss Miss. Big Brown dropped it off today and I am quite pleased with it. Looks like a lot more Ramen Noodles for lunch for a while.
Got the OK from my Doctor to resume shooting after my recent cataract surgery so I took my K98k SSR and M48 Zrac to the range. While I was off I bore sighted both since the SSR was way low on its 1st outing in April, and the Zrac hadn't been to the range yet. The SSR was 1st out of the gate and...
Picked this one up late last week, It is one of the drilled and tapped M48's Century imported and sold back in 2008. It's numbers matching and has a beautiful bore. The previous owner picked up a Zrac scope set-up to put on it and packed it away. It still needs a good cleaning to get rid of the...