Your Favorite Vintage "Shooter"
First, let me thank all of you who have indulged my many questions, particularly concerning the Brown Bess. After viewing so many informative posts throughout this enitre forum, I am reflecting more...
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Two of my favorite 'shooters': A 1908-09 vintage Remington Rolling-Block in 7X57mm and a Model 1898 Krag in .30-40.
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1913 Mauser by Jeffery in .404 Took my largest moose with it.
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to butlerranger thank you for the pictures ,saw them before ,you posted them on the suisse rifles forum ,they were a great help to me ,to conferm the exictence of the socket bayonets on them I am...
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I'm with Gert on this, near impossible to pin down just one. A line from the "Beggar's Opera" comes to mind; "Happy could I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away!. Except "Charmer" would have...
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For me it's a toss up between my 1874 MkIII Snider, or my 1878 Vetterli. Without doubt the Snider is more fun to shoot, but the Vetterli is more accurate, and an absolute dream to load cartridges for....
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Most fun for me is my Model 1842 smoothbore. It's an 1844 Harpers Ferry Macon conversion and it really dusts breakable targets, on good hits.
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Here are a couple of enlarged detail pictures for 'jarmann'. This is as clear as I can get the Sharps-Borchardt bayonet in my photos. I am curious if the U.S. Model 1873 Springfield bayonet will fit...
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thank you butlersrangers your grand grandfather is getting famous here !!! my springfield has a ramrod bayonet tried the bayonets of the chaffee reece and the remington lee M 1879, these rifles have...
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'jarmann': The State of Michigan must have purchased nearly 2,000 Model 1878 Sharps-Borchardt rifles, between 1878 to 1881. In the 1880 to early 1900 period, in August, the Michigan State Troops...
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to butlersrangers dear sir thank you for the pictures at the "borchardt rifle company "silver city, new mexico site, constructor and repair shop, you find all instruction on assembling or dissambling...
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I'm in awe of the great vintage weapons and accompanying stories that have been posted on this thread. It's only appropriate that I post my favorite "shooter"; however, I have yet to shoot my...
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I remember burning scores of those L1A1 wooden parts when the nylon replacement parts were issued. Some gorgeously figured wood on some of them but the instructions were to burn them all without...
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asta roberto wrote:The L1A1 has proven very reliable and accurate, and although a "classic" on its own, I'm not sure if it counts as "vintage" in the context of this thread.I doubt it counts as...
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Robin, I'm not sure. Several years ago there were many FN FAL/L1A1 "parts kits" on the market consisting of parts from de-milled weapons. Having always admired the classic look of the wood stocked...
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Original LIAI SLRs are very expensive in Australia,you can get them for 1/2 the price or less in NZ
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That's incredible Herbert! I should also add, WRT "kits" built here in the States, that the final product must be compliant by law with U.S. Code, meaning no more than ten parts can be original and...
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