Some Guns From My Collection (bandwidth warning)

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Great Collection! I love rare examples of classic firearms.

You've already seen most of my guns, since I photograph them for the example pages on many of the guns pages. Perhaps in the future I can make a photo request of you. If you can get a completely straight side shot from a distance of guns that you select, on a white background, I can use it for an IMFDB photo (cleaned up, shadows removed).

I used to do a lot of retouching work to my guns photos until I got that transparent tub I now put all the guns on. The light behind them on a white background eliminates the shadows.

Awesome guns! got any more?

[Nyles]

I have lots of other guns. I'm glad to do photo requests if I'm able, but I'm getting ready for my deployment to Afghanistan at the moment so free time is a little short.

Here's the breakdown:

British & Commonwealth:
Lee-Enfield Mk.I* - 1896 BSA (Canadian Issue)
Lee-Enfield Royal Irish Constabulary Carbine - 1904 Enfield
SMLE Mk.III* - 1917 SSA (Canadian issue)
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III - 1940 BSA (New Zealand Issue)
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - 1942 Ishapore (Indian Issue)
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - 1942 Lithgow (Australian Issue)
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - 1944 Maltby
Lee-Enfield No.5 Mk.I - 1945 Fazakerly
Enfield P'14 - 1916 Remington (Canadian Issue)
Ross Mk.III - 1916 (Canadian Issue)
Webley & Scott Model 1910 automatic
Colt .455 New Service
Smith & Wesson .455 Mk.II Hand Ejector
Garate OP No.2 Mk.I
Webley Mk.VI - 1916
Enfield No.2 Mk.I - 1931 Enfield
Enfield No.2 Mk.I* - 1941 Enfield
Smith & Wesson Pre-Victory - 1942 (Canadian Issue)
Browning Hi Power - 1944 Inglis
No.36 Mk.I Mills Bomb - 1944 WDC (Inert)

Finland:
Mosin-Nagant M/91 P-27 - 1927 AV-1
Mosin-Nagant M/24 Civil Guard Rifle - 1924 Bohler-Stahl
Mosin-Nagant M/27 - 1933 Tikka
Mosin-Nagant M/39 - 1943 Sako
Luger M/23 9mm - 1924 DWM
CZ-38 - 1939 CZ

Soviet Union & Communist:
Mosin-Nagant M91/30 - 1942 Ishevsk
Mosin-Nagant M44 - 1954 Radom
Tokarev SVT-40 - 1941 Ishevsk
Simonon SKS - 1954 Tula
Nagant M1895: 1938 Tula
Tokarev TT-33: Undated Chinese

France:
Lebel M1886 - 1893 Tulle
Berthier M1892 - 1894 St Etienne
Berthier M1907/15 - 1917 St. Etienne
MAS-36 - 1946 St. Etienne
SACM M1935A - 1946

Germany:
Gewehr 88 Commission Rifle - 1890 Amberg
Mauser Kar 98K - 1943 Gustloffwerke
Mauser C/96 - 1905
Walther P.38 - 1943 Mauser
Radom P.35(P) - 1942

US:
M1 Garand - 1942 Springfield
M1 Carbine - 1943 Saginaw
M1911A1 - 1942 Colt
Winchester M97 Trench Shotgun - WW2

Japan:
Arisaka T-99 - 33rd series Toyo Kogyo
Nambu T-14 - 1941 Nagoya


Austria:
Mannlicher M.88/95
Mannlicher M.95/31
Steyr 1911 - 1912

Misc:
Swedish Mauser M/38 - 1942 Husqvarna
Swedish Ljungmann AG42B - 1943 Carl Gustav
Italian Carcano M91/41 - 1943 FAT
English Westley-Richards 12 Gauge Double-Barrel SXS
Yugoslavian Officer-issue Browning 1922

[Nyles]

Couple of new ones I picked up at a gunshow in Brandon.

Bottom is a Japanese Arisaka T-38, made by Kokura. Has all the early features, but is missing the dust cover on the bolt and has a ground mum - judging from that and the lack of series markings, it was made in the early 30s at the latest.

Top is a German Gewehr 88/05, made in 1890 by Amberg. This was one of the ones supplied to the Turks in 1914 when they entered World War One - has the Turkish crescent on several small parts and the rear sight is marked in arabic. Before it left German service, it was converted to load with Mauser-style stripper clips instead of the original Mannlicher enbloc clips.

Not pictured is a WW2 British Webley .38 Mk.IV, used as a substitute standard for the Enfield No.2 Mk.I - which was actually a knock-off of the Webley (the British War Department was successfully sued for copyright infringement over it). When the war broke out the Brits needed all the revolvers they could get and bought the Webley in large numbers. Webley, understandably upset, nevertheless agreed to sell it - marking the military contract ones "War Finish" so it wouldn't be thought their "rough" (still better than the Enfields) finish was typical of Webley's product. I bought this at the same time as the others, but I'm still waiting for the paperwork to go through on it.

[Ultraussie]

Antiuqes: Gayness.
Get yaself a MP5K for god sakes and actually shoot some people.

[Gunmaster45]

Originally Posted by Ultraussie

Antiuqes: Gayness.
Get yaself a MP5K for god sakes and actually shoot some people.

Addressing them in order:
"Antiques". Some of the best firearms are oldies. "Yourself". AN MP5K, not a.

And antiques are not "Gayness", their designs influenced that MP5K you speak of. Respect your elders, they are the future as well as the past.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Ultraussie

Antiuqes: Gayness.
Get yaself a MP5K for god sakes and actually shoot some people.

(1.) Nyles is from Canada. Canada does not allow machine guns for civilians anymore. Bill C-51, passed in 1977, outlawed them for anyone who didn't have a permit to buy them before that date. So unless Nyles is one of those lucky souls, it's not possible for him to do so.
(2.) Your posts make you sound like some immature kid who has never touched a real gun in his life. Wise up.

[Nyles]

I'd bet good money I've shot more automatic weapons than you've ever seen outside of a computer game, and even if I could legally own them my collection would look pretty much the same as it does right now. I appreciate history and character in a gun alot more than I care about how many rounds it can fire.

And chances are that in the next year I am going to have to "actually shoot some people". The thought doesn't appeal to me. War's not a game, I know plenty of guys who've pulled the trigger and none of them are happy about it. What's more, I've known guys didn't come back, or didn't come back whole. I do this because I believe in it, not because it's cool, or fun. It's not.

Oh, and I've got to give you credit MT2008. You know our laws better than most of the people I sell guns to.

[MT2008]

Nyles, no need to take this loser too seriously. He seems to be mostly trolling, and is well on his way to being ghosted (read: banned).

As far as my knowledge of your country's gun laws, don't give me TOO much credit. I remembered reading Canada had a machine gun ban, but I had to Google the topic to get the specific bill.

[Nyles]

Some more "gay antiques"... I've also started picturing the handguns with appropriate original rounds from my cartridge collection.



I'm sure you don't need me to identify this for you. It's a Colt M1911A1, made by Colt in 1943, one of a few that were mistakenly serial numbered in the range assigned to Remington Rand. It's pictured with a 1918-vintage two-tone magazine it somehow ended up paired with, and a 1942-dated British military .45ACP round.



Also likely needing no explanation, this is a Canadian Inglis Hi Power (No.2 Mk.I), 1st series, made in 1944. I'm issued one just like it at work. You can recognise an Inglis by the humped rear sight. It's pictured with a 1943 dated Canadian made 9mm cartridge.



This is a German-issued Radom pistol, made in Poland under German occupation. The Poles called it the wz.35, the Germans P.35(P), which I think is more correct for a German issued gun. Great guns, actually - reliable, accurate, and somewhat unique. Have a decocking lever, but a single action only trigger - works pretty well. This one was made about 1942, when the finish was degrading but none of the mechanics had been changed. It's pictured with a German DWM 9mm cartridge made in the 30s.



This is an Austrian-made Steyr 1911 pistol, made in 1912 as part of a contract for the Chilean army. These are neat pistols - top loaders with a fixed magazine, firing a 9 x 23mm cartridge slightly more powerful than the 9mm Luger. They have somewhat odd ergonomics, but they're surprisingly accurate and reliable. This one is pictured with a full stripper clip of 1916 dated Austrian ammo.

[Gunmaster45]

I think those tutone mags are cool. They just dipped them in blueing at the factory so the top of the mag is a different color. I have a few of those.