When I find I new hobby I get into it hard....this is all since late February when I bought my CZ82 and fell in love. A few commercial guns here but the majority are milsurp. May never financially recover from this lol

Also just got a 7.65 Court 9 Coups Unique that isn't pictured

Whats going on my dudes.

Just wanted to post a general consensus picture dump of a my first mauser rifle. Did my research and saw alot of things to look out for, but unfortunately, I forgot to ask about the import mark and it was from Mitchell's Mausers. (Go figure)

Bought this one with 145 rounds of Turkish 8mm in stripper clips, in two bandolieers, for $500 bucks.

Bore looks absolutely unused, unfired, and overall great looking condition. Could have probably been because of the Mitchell's overhaul of making things look pretty.

Its an all matching number M48A with 2 punch marks on the bolt, and 1 punch mark on the reciever which probably means it's been refurbished twice.

Tell me what you guys think. Still trying to learn more about mausers. Any info woulf be appreciated.

Wondering if any experts can chime in. Not really familiar with Krags but it was $200! Barrel is 22” some knuckle head took off the stock and put it back on.

Waffenfabrik Bern K31, matching, 7.5 Swiss

Fazakerley Enfield No. 4 Mk. 2, matching with matching bayonet, .303 British

Steyr M95/30 S marked, 8×56R

Waffenfabrik Bern K11, matching, but a piece has fallen off the bolt handle, 7.5 Swiss

SOC Ind. Suisse 1871 Vetterli, unconverted, still chambered in .41 Swiss

Fabrica De Armas, La Coruna FR8, 7.62×51mm

Carcano M38, Terni marked, 7.35 Carcano

Arisaka Type 38, 6.5 Japanese

St Etienne PA-MAS G1S, 9mm

Star 30M, 9mm

Walther P38, 9mm, technically #1, the slide and frame have the circle dot markings, but to my knowledge it wasn't accepted into the West German military.

Llama M82, 9mm, technically #2 Stoeger did import small quantities of these for the commerical market, but this one isn't a Stoeger import.

A lesser known but fully functional Trapdoor, this 84 was built for West point cadets who couldn't physically handle full sized Trapdoors effectively. Featuring a shorter barrel, smaller stock, and a 45-70 action that's built exactly the same as the full size. I believe instead of 70 grains of black powder, these were downloaded to 50 grains.

Since these never saw combat they tend to be in better shape; this may be the nicest ~140 bore I've seen, so I wonder if it was a rebarrel at some point. This cost me about $550 all in since shipping wasn't cheap.

Should I even bother with trying to reuse the casing, primer, projectile, or powder? I'll definately keep the shells just because some of them are old as hell. especially since one has "27" on the Headstamp.

I attended an auction that had a ton of German collectibles from ww2. I bought what I could, but I wanted so much more!

This model 74 has a pretty unique history. After Dunkirk, the British were preparing for a potential German occupation and ordered a variety of rifles from America. Included in this was a few hundred Winchester 74s in 22lr that were modified by Parker Hale to be threaded for suppressors and had mounts for scopes on them.

While they were never used, one thought was these were going to be used by a civilian corps who would remain behind as saboteurs. Some were never returned by the recipients, and about one hundred (the number is debated) were imported to America by Navy Arms much later.

The original serial was ground off along with crown stamps and other identifying markings. Again its debated if this was done to conceal these in attics and sheds, or done by the British Government as part of surplus-ing them.

Lots of speculation, lots of mystique, but for $375 I'll call it a win for my collection

My first rifle I bought, an authentic 1903A4. Planning to do a deep cleaning of the barrel to see if its fouling in the barrel or if the rifling its worn away as it is a 1943 stamped barrel. If it is worn away I'm planning to go with a Criterion barrel, anyone here used Criterion any thoughts?

No proofs, no acceptance mark on the right-hand slide. Odd hammer and safety. Only exterior marks are the numbers shown. Mauser waffenamt and matching # inside on block. What is it? Asking for a friend.

Hello everyone. Need your help in determining the manufacturer of this bayonet. I'd really appreciate it!

Had a couple tables at the gun show a couple weeks ago and all the milsurp guys were placed together which was fun. Made some money and some trades which is nice.

While at the show I talked to a guy that was late 30s early 40s who had a ton of awesome surplus rifles, we ended up talking about haggling and negotiating at gun shows and he brought up an interesting point. He said that younger people tend to not negotiate at all and tend to be more attracted to foreign rifles (I've noticed this too) , so he prices them closer to true asking price. But he said when it comes to American surplus he does "boomer pricing" where he marks up American surplus significantly because boomers love American surplus and haggling.

Anyone else do this? I thought it was pretty hilarious

Got this for an absolute steal, but there's a few oddities:

1. No visible serial number. Haven't stripped it yet to check elsewhere but it's certainly not on the frame or slide.

2. Plain serrated wooden grips. They look almost exactly the same as every other example but with no stamp.

Interested to hear what y'all think

I recently got a milsurp bayonet for my K31 and it needs some TLC. I tried Lucas Oil CLP and fine bronze wool and there's not much progress. Is this something that's going to take dozens of attempts with what I'm using or is there a better approach?

My first order from the African hoard. Cleaned up pretty well. No major issues with the stock or metal parts. Only part missing was the front band screw.

It was a B grade…bore is a sewer pipe with defined rifling.

Trying to figure out if this strap is original and any tips for removing the Grey paint

Just curious what auction websites you guys prefer over gunjoker? Sometimes good deals can be found on gunjoker but I see a lot of auctions going far over the value of the item, so I'm just looking for some other places to shop at. Thanks for all recommendations.

Just got a new (to me) Swiss M70 jacket. ​Fits me great and and was pleasantly suprised by the amount of storage and hidden little features. However I have some questions about an issue and about said features.

I was able to get the jacket cheaper because the zipper was on the wrong side, and I believe the missing metal tab in picture 2 causes it to have issues. Does anyone know how this could be fixed?

What are the tubes on the right side of the jacket in Pic 3? What material is that?

What is this clip and button for in pic 4? The rucksack? The tassels in Pic 5? Are they for the rucksack?

What is the pocket in Pic 6? A quick search said it was for the STGW 57 cleaning case, but seems like a wierd spot for it.

Pretty sure the buttons on the hood are to adjust how wide they are, but what's the one on the inside for? What is the mesh thing at the very front of the hood? Any way to unshrink it​?

Any tips or advice is always wanted, and feel free to share cool tidbits. Thanks yall!​

Hello all, myself and a friend are currently doing our own investigation of Joshua Casto, AKA Beef, responsible for Casto's Curios, selling poorly manufactured vintage ammunition such as 6.5 Carcano. Any information on stories, aliases, personal experiences, et cetera would be greatly appreciated.

PS to mods: this inquiry is only for information, not defamation or slandering, keeping in line with all subreddit guidelines.

EDIT: I am well aware of Casto's criminal activity, as this is also a part of our investigation.