Let's talk WWII rifles: Mosin, Mauser, Lee-Enfield, Garand

Melloverture · 8 days

The Mk.I/2 was a conversion of British manufactured No.4 Mk.I to No.4. Mk.2 configuration. The Long Branch and Savage guns when converted, were designated the No.4 Mk.I/3

6tardis6 · 1 month

Atheist from Andover reporting in.

Mystical_Badger · 3 months

Not yet. I'm still looking for an SMLE Mk.V first.

Yoneasy · 3 months

If by 1903 dated SMLE, I'll pay you $600 for it. Those are pretty rare.

hammerandsickle · 5 months

Feeding by a hopper-full of stripper clips reminds me of the Nambu Type-11 LMG. A 35mm aerial rape Nambu.

jedimac · 5 months

Interesting that his flintlock would need a percussion cap. . .

madeuce · 5 months

This collection requires more Lee-Enfield.

CaptainSquishface · 5 months

While I do agree with you, to say that there is not the same in depth info available for the Mauser is unfair, as the French destroyed the Mauser plant in 1945, along with all their records. I'd assume the Germans were just as good about this sort of thing.

CaptainSquishface · 5 months

The SMLE also had a 20 round trench mag available, starting in 1916. And the rimmed cartridge wasn't an issue as long as one knows what they're doing. The handling of gas, while not as good as the Mauser system, works well enough. The one thing that simply can't be argued is the Enfield's superior rate of fire. Only bolt-action rifle mistaken for a machine gun.

CaptainSquishface · 5 months

Nope. The SMLE Mk.1. Although I will admit the sliding charger guide on the bolt-head isn't the best, I still feel the Lee action is superior to the Mauser in a battlefield setting. Also, 10 round magazine.

Mandeth · 5 months

As a fellow pharm tech, at a national chain that also does not sell syringes without proof of necessity, I feel your pain in having to deal with the people. Something I do not get, however is why people believe that since I am a pharmacy tech, that I can be treated like shit for every little thing. And I've noticed that the worst offenders are the people on our state's Medicaid, who get all their prescriptions for free.

CaptainSquishface · 5 months

Especially if you shoot some odd-ball calibers. Or something like the .303, which was once plentiful on the surplus market, but all that's left is mostly crap.

CaptainSquishface · 5 months

When the calibers you most often shoot are .303 and .455 Webley, you see a return on investment pretty darn quick.

CaptainSquishface · 5 months

Funny you mention the '98, because a MUCH better rifle came about 5 years later.

Mystical_Badger · 5 months

I have two more on the way, an SMLE Mk.I***, BSA Co., 1904, and an SMLE Mk. III, RSAF Enfield, 1915, both with volley sights.

Mystical_Badger · 5 months

Kansas actually. Not quite the south, but getting there.

Mystical_Badger · 5 months

I know everything's Brit but the butstock, I was checking proofs to see what was BSA and what came out of RSAF Enfield. I just had the stupid notion that no pistol girp meant that I didn't have to worry about 922r. Now I have half an L1A1 in my safe, and half in a box away from my safe.

Mystical_Badger · 5 months

Well shit, I'm going to be taking it apart so it doesn't have more than 10 foreign parts, then I'll reassess things a bit. This gun has been at the back of the safe for a while, I've been concentrating on SMLE's, so I haven't thought about it much.

Mystical_Badger · 5 months

Errr. . . No. That's why i haven't put the handguards on yet. Right now everything is British except the stock, and the receiver, which is Argentine. I'm probably going to replace the mag floor-plate, the piston, and some of the trigger elements to meet 922r.

Mystical_Badger · 5 months

Please don't fap on the rifles, it could lead to rust.

Mystical_Badger · 5 months

I have some BSA made wood handguards to replace the plastic ones, but I'm still looking for a proper English buttstock and pistol-grip. The only ones I've been able to find in good condition are all Australian.

Mystical_Badger · 5 months

Thanks! I was having problems posting and haven't cleaned up yet.

Mystical_Badger · 5 months

Here's the info on the guns if anyone's interested: 1. SMLE Mk.III, made by BSA Co. in 1918, .303 Mk.VII 2. SMLE Mk.III, made by BSA Co. in 1918, but was converted to Mk.III specification for the Royal Navy, then re-converted back to Mk.III* spec. at SAF Ishapore in 1937, .303 Mk.VII 3. SMLE Mk.III, made at SAF Lithgow in 1915, FTR'ed in 10/47, .303 Mk.VII 4. Tula M1891/30, made 1940, and captured by the Finns, marked SA. All numbers matching, and retains original stock, 7.62x54r 5. Kar98k, DOU 43, all numbers matching except the safety, 7.92x57mm 6. Chilean Model 1895 Cavalry Carbine, 7x57, manufactured by Loewe in 1895 7. Century L1A1 Sporter, a 1958 dated BSA Co. kit on an Argentine metric Type III receiver, 7.62x51 8. Astra Model 1921 (Model 400), manufactured in 1936 for the Spanish Army, 9x23mm 9. Bulgarian Mak, manufactured 1986, 9x18mm 10. Colt 1901? .38 Colt. A rusted piece of crap. 11. Webley Mk.VI still in the original .455, manufactured in 1919 12. Winchester Model 1897, 30 inch barrel, 12 ga., full choke, manufactured in 1915

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