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03-07-2009, 06:58 PM
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Thanks. I've recently bought a very nice Rast & Gasser 1898 from the same fellow, and he's got a couple of French M1892s left to show me. He also has a Webley-Fosberry, but I don't see buying that until I get back from overseas.
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03-07-2009, 10:47 PM
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I used to keep a C96 "non-gun" in my room, which was basically a replica pistol composed of Zinc. I recently took it out because whenever I pick it up my finger swell with some type of allergic reaction, I assume it's the zinc.
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03-13-2009, 07:05 PM
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Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I sniper varient with a No. 32 3.5x scope . Very nice.
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03-13-2009, 10:30 PM
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If you want to use the correct terminology, it's a No.4 Mk.I(T), and that's a a No.32 Mk.III scope. It's amazing how far optics technology has come - my C7A2 has a 3.4X on it, and the snipers are using much more powerful glass.
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03-14-2009, 01:01 AM
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I was close enough.
 Nice gun, how'd you get it?
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05-16-2009, 11:47 PM
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Some more of my recent purchases:
 This is one that, oddly, I looked for for years before finding. It's an Italian Bodeo M1889 in 10.4mm Italian, this one made in 1925. There's alot of variation in Bodeos, espescially for a military weapon, but this one is a pretty standard Trooper's model with the folding trigger, and likely would have been issued to machine gun troops in WWII. The Bodeo is one of those guns that was obsolete soon after being introduced, but kept in production for a long time because they were too useful to throw away.  This is a French MAS M1935S M1, a simplified alternative to the SACM M1935A adopted in 1935, and used simultaneously. It fires the somewhat underpowered 7.65mm Longue cartridge, and has a very awkward safety lever, but otherwise it's a good little gun. It's evolved from the 1911, but is quite a bit smaller, and this one is in almost mint condition.  This is an Austrian Rast Gasser M1898 made by Steyr in 1917. Although it's definately not the prettiest handgun ever, they're extremely well made and have alot of good features which would be copied over the years. It's neat in that its an 8 shot in 8mm Gasser, making it a pretty underpowered, and is in spite of its year of adoption a profoundly 19th century design.
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05-17-2009, 12:19 AM
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.455 Auto ammo is one of the few truly impossible to find calibers out there. I have a single round from 1941 that I bought at a gunshow for 8$. That said, its very easy to cut an extractor groove in .45 Colt cartridges and form them to the appropriate size, and you can even buy pre-formed brass. .455 Webley isn't bad, most gun shops that cater to collectors have it.
I've managed to shoot most of my guns over the years, either with very expensive ammo from specialty manufacturers (Fiocci is the big one, also Precision Cartridge Inc, Old Western Scrounger, even Norma or Hornady for the only slightly rare stuff) or using surplus ammo. In fact, so far the only stuff that eludes me is .455 Auto, 8mm Nambu, 7.65mm Longue, 8 x 50mm Mannlicher. I haven't tried with 10.4mm Italian or .450 Boxer Henry, but Fiocci loads 10.4mm so that won't be an issue. .450 is gonna be more of a challenge, but likely doable. The lack of decent collector's gun shops in my city and the hassles with shipping ammo in Canada are the two biggest factors. When I'm in Edmonton I have a buddy who used to work for the big shop there and he gets them to order specialty stuff for me, its just a question of paying. Last edited by Nyles; 05-17-2009 at 12:22 AM.
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05-17-2009, 12:36 AM
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When I turn 21 i will get a C&R and Want the following:
Mosin 91/30 SKS Mosin m44 TT-33 Nagant revolver (2 of them, there that cheap) CZ-52 (prob 2) K98 P38 c96 Lee Enfield Webley model (any used in ww2) Carcano beretta m1935 Arisaka Finnish Mosin 39 Sweedish mauser 6.5x55 Krag Makarov steyr 95
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