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• Posted in thread: WW2 military rifles on 03/06/2012 at 8:43PM
  Soviet 1941 Ishevsk SVT-40 1941 Zf-41 Sharpshooter's Rifle Type 99 Short Rifle with all the goodies

• Posted in thread: Collecting Military Sniper Rifles on 11/11/2011 at 10:16PM
  A pretty nice, affordable sniper's rifle would be a French M1949 or M1949/56 with the APX-L.806
  telescope.

• Posted in thread: On a budget and new to rifles and just a few q's on 08/15/2011 at 9:32PM
  I would recommend the Mosin-Nagant 91/30. The longer barrel is much nicer if you plan to shoot a lot. The
  cartridge is 7.62 x 54 everywhere, except Finland, where they do say 7.62 x 53 (current produc...

• Posted in thread: Military bayonet question? on 08/13/2011 at 11:28PM
  Watching the movie "300" I was thinking how well a blade at the end of something long, during a
  close-fight, did well to keep the opponent away. It's called a pike. A 14-16 foot long pole with a steel...

• Posted in thread: Glock Knives on 06/23/2011 at 7:48PM
  Actually it was designed to be a bayonet for use on the Steyr AUG assault rifle. There is a metal socket
  at the rear, covered up by a plastic plug.

• Posted in thread: Lets see those Mil-surps..... on 05/28/2011 at 10:31AM
  Really nice Kar88!

• Posted in thread: Lets see those Mil-surps..... on 05/26/2011 at 8:54PM
  The Arisaka mum is ground, but not too unsightly.Neither of the Mausers are family pieces. Just items
  that turned up locally, several years apart. The Gewehr 98 has a long-ago repaired duffle cut unde...

• Posted in thread: Lets see those Mil-surps..... on 05/25/2011 at 8:28PM
  A couple of vet bringbacks, one from each of the World WarsGewehr 98 (made by one of the less-common
  makers) 98k Zf-41 sharpshooter's rifle (an early example with the flat-sided scope rail) couple o...

• Posted in thread: ...... And the Bayonets on 05/22/2011 at 4:32PM
  I started out as a rifle collector. I just wanted to get a handful of bayonets to go with a few of my
  rifles. However, the bayonet bug bit and the bayonets just took over. Here are a few of mine, show...

• Posted in thread: Help with a Bayonet on 03/30/2011 at 8:28PM
  The pictured bayonet is Bulgarian for the early AK rifles. Good points of identification are: orientation
  of the serial number on pommel and double rivets securing the hilt strap. Polish bayonets had ...