On 12/20/14 7:38 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:04:54 -0500, Poquito Loco
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 15:40:25 -0500, BAR wrote:

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On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:37:26 -0500, Keyser Söze
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On 12/18/14 12:33 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:15:06 -0500, Toad Gigger
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:04:06 -0800 (PST), Tim
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John that's an interesting firearm. I know it was the last production of the lee Enfields "Mrk 4" and they were a good rifle, somebody has cut the stock to 'sporterize' it which I think is a sin, but.. I'm confused about the 'US Property. I didn't read the description but I'm wondering if it's been re chambered to 30-06.
There
were some wired shenanigans during ww2 with allied arms builders.

Speaking of the sport stock I'm thinking it may be a 'jungle carbine' without the flash suppressor. They weren't known for extreme accuracy past 250 yards. They took the standard SMLE and shortened the barrel causing it to have what was known as a 'floating zero'. If they'd changed the rifling it probably would have
helped.

It's nice looking but for $200.00 I'd pass.

I wouldn't know a good Enfield buy if it bit me in the butt. I knew
you'd be up to speed on them. I'm continuously amazed at how much
knowledge you've accumulated about rifles - especially being a
preacher and all!

Ye Olde Hunter had the original "uncircumcised" SMLE for about $15-20
in the 60s. Sporterizing the stock was a very popular option but I was
afraid the 303 ammo might be hard to come by if the UK went over to
the NATO 7.62.
It turns out that was somewhat unfounded.
YOH did sell a lot of rifles with obsolete ammo requirements tho. They
had barrels full of old bolt action military rifles sitting around for
as little as $5 but you had to know more than I did to get a deal.



Was YOH the joint on the waterfront in Oldtown Alexandria? I seem to
remember a couple of funky gun stores down there that specialized in old
military arms.

Yup, it was the retail outlet for Interarmco, an international arms
merchant. If you knew what you were looking at, there were some
bargains there but the counter staff was not a lot of help and they
really treated it all as just surplus stuff with little regard to what
was good and what wasn't.
I got my OM Colt there for about $40 and the same with my 1934
Beretta.
Because of the factory nickel and the army markings, I have heard the
34 probably belonged to some Italian big shot.
Never fired and only dropped once, sort of thing.

The biggest private arms dealer in the world was in Alexandria, VA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...gs&redirect=no


At one point, in the 70's, the place had several old artillery and
anti-aircraft pieces in the front of the warehouse. Inside was like an
overcrowded museum - weapons everywhere. Looking around was fun, but I
didn't even think to buy something like an M1 or whatever. Of course,
I was broke most of the time anyway.

I never saw an M1 in there but after 1968 it was not that attractive
to me since I couldn't buy a gun there. (that state line thing)
In the 60s it was mostly european bolt action rifles in the barrels
and the racks around the store. They also had those 20mm anti tank
guns laying around but ammo was scarce for them.


Hey, everyone needs an anti-tank gun!