Fell off the Wagon ....Again
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Topic: Fell off the Wagon ....Again
Posted By: SW28fan
Subject: Fell off the Wagon ....Again
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 10:29am
Here I am this Happy collector of things 303 and I keep straying. I went into this gunshop and there was this beautiful M-39 Finnish Rifle that was insisting that I buy it and take it home. What else could I do?
1942 SA for those of you who know more about these than I do.
Oh what sling does it take and are bayonets availible?
And how do you remove the cleaning rod?  ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
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Posted By: Tikirocker
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 11:30am
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Don't sweat it mang ... take a look at my sig; I'm all for diversity and I love all my rifles but there will always be more Enfield's than anything else. Congrats! |
Posted By: Lost Kangaroo
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 11:32am
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Great rifles...excellent shooters...I am sure that we all enjoy things that go bang....
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Posted By: Cookie Monster
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 12:47pm
| Excellent piece there !!! Can you get any pics on here of it? |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 1:04pm
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I guy at work has the patch i need so I can down load pic fron my camera. He keeps forgeting it. ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: Cookie Monster
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 1:06pm
| Ok !! Cool let us know how she shoots too !!! |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 1:08pm
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If its anything like my 6.5X 55 Swedish-(Ljungman/M42) it a hoot ta shoot!!
Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Tony
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 4:47pm
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The Fins make great rifles you'll have some great times with it. ------------- Rottie (PitBulls dad.) “If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons Born free taxed to death!!! |
Posted By: Stnwll2
Date Posted: March 10 2008 at 12:19am
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Milsurps Anonymous ....
Hi ... My name is Ed. I'm a Milsurpsaholic. 88 Commision Rifle Turked in 1938 '91 Argentine Mauser '93 Mauser also Turked '37 Erma K98 Mauser 24/47 Yugo Mauser '? 91/30 Mosin Nagant Russian '? M38 Mosin Nagant '$$ M44 Mosin Nagant '41 K31 Swiss 1914 BSA #I Mk III 1917 Lithgow #I MkIII '? Ishapore #I MkIII FR'40 '43 BSA #4 MkI '43 Longbranch #4 Mk1* '43 Savage #4 MkI* '64 Ishapore 2A '65 Ishapore 2A1 '? Yugo 59/66 SKS '? WASR10 Romanian AK '?AR15 16" '? AR15 20" Eclectic .. Ain't I? If the 'American Democratic Socialist Workers Party'  gets the White House this fall .... I hope they don't read this!
(No ... What do you really think Ed??) |
Posted By: Tymber
Date Posted: March 10 2008 at 10:23pm
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Some guys can fall off the wagon , into a manure pile and still come up smelling like a rose...
The M39 is kinda an "inbetweener" of the Mosin 91/30 and m38/m44 as far as length but it's made with abit more "class" . The 7.62x54r is a no guff heavy hitter.
Slings might be found here ;
http://www.gunboards.com/sites/reichoutfitters/index.html - http://www.gunboards.com/sites/reichoutfitters/index.html
Hoadie , I use a bubba'd Ljungman for coyote hunting and will absolutley agree with it being a blast to shoot . Accurate , mild recoil and hits surprizingly hard.
Here in SouthWestern Ontario , we have a caliber restriction to .275 cal ( for hunting) and the 6.5x55 is well within the rules/regulations
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Posted By: 303carbine
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 2:57pm
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At least you didn't buy one of those cheap plastic Tikka's.........
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Posted By: Hatchetman
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 10:57pm
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I personally like my McTikka with its happy meal plastic stock. I shot three goats with it yesterday  ------------- But the winters coming, And the snow will cover tracks, And I'll be watching, Because I'm hunting you - Sarah Blasko, The Gardens End |
Posted By: Tikirocker
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 11:50pm
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Tikka make great rifles for the money that shoot deadly accurate out of the box ... they are owned by Sako so that ought to say something. Despite all the ownership musical chairs I think they are a great product - I'm a wooden stock man though - not a fan of plastic fantastics. |
Posted By: White Rhino
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 8:25am
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Im with you Tikirocker- I love the wood stocks. Thats the reason I'm into MilSurps so bad. Ever since I was a youngin I dreamed of owning a full Manlicker style Stocked Rifle. That dream came to be when I was in Germany. Went down to the local Rod & Gun Club in Aushaffenburg and fell in love with this Voere' Titan II - full lenght stock oooooH! I love it .
and the rest -well you can see I'm hooked deep and good... If I could find wood for my AR it would have wood furniture on it. LOL! Bet that would be Pretty!
As wood goes and stock lenght the more wood the better in my eyes. Is one of my favorite attributes of the Enfield..... Need I say More???? ------------- "White Rhino" "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
Posted By: Tikirocker
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 11:08am
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Rhino, I hear ya mate ... one of the things I always loved about the Aussie SLR L1A1 Lithgow was the wood stocked hand guard ... it was a steel and wood affair then in 7.62mm - butt was wood, body was steel, handguard wood etc... not like our craptasticplastic F77 AUG 's these days. |
Posted By: Tony
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 5:43pm
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Worst thing they ever did taking the old SLR out of comission. If they were so set on 5.56 rounds why the hell didn't they retool it to that calibre? It was reliable solid not like the SA80 crap they issued in its place! Heckler and Koch had to do over a 100 modifications on the dammn thing just to make it work. Little things like the magazine release catch, walk with the rifle and suddenly your mag is on the floor, bash the butt a bit too hard and it broke. Bullpup design! Yeah they sold the army a right pup and to crown it all it was designed by Enfield!!! ------------- Rottie (PitBulls dad.) “If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons Born free taxed to death!!! |
Posted By: White Rhino
Date Posted: March 14 2008 at 9:09am
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I past up a Cetme clone with wood a few Months ago. I regret it now . the ole Boy wanted $569.00 for it. ------------- "White Rhino" "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: March 15 2008 at 1:04pm
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so if im following this thread - you bought a non-enfeild ? we forgive , but what i want to know is ......
.....what does one do with newfound freinds that not only encourage us to stray but find[at gunshows] excelent examples of the paramour , and then point out that for a pitance one can be happy and languishing the recipient of these favors , but can find it to not just be economical but it is cheap ,
then to heap insult upon the injury find and arrange the "discount" you might have drempt of ........in a form that neared perfection of the subject , as well as various added incentives that would turn the head of even the most callous ........
i dont need any bloody russian rifles to bugger up my thought patterns or my perfectly orchestrated life ......but damn it is cute aint it ?
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Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: March 15 2008 at 2:51pm
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It is a very Cute rifle. While it did speak to me, I know that there are two P-14s (Win and Eddy), a No4mk2, No5 Mk1, No8 and maybe a Martini that are calling out to me to find them and take them to their proper home. ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 10:37am
| holy cats - if you have leads on that list - dump the russians - you had me on P14 |
Posted By: Tikirocker
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 1:36pm
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I nearly snagged a No8 myself recently but it had sold just under my nose ... it's not high priority at this stage but it's up there. |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 10:47am
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P14s are wonderful, but my Remington is loney and wants some mates.
I don't really have leads but oppourtunities. I am a Range Officer and Friends of a gunsmith licensed to import. ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 10:48am
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PS: the M-39 slugged to a .312" bore which helps with reloading. ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |