Since the WWI threads are really active. A look at the weapons

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Re: Since the WWI threads are really active. A look at the weapons

Post by PeterN2 » Sun Mar 05, 2017 2:19 pm

It is a bit frustrating not being able to shoot them. I used to shoot the Webley before the ban, but I got the Colt from a friend who retired to Cyprus after the ban. He used to shoot it.
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Post by MalcolmP » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:23 am

PeterdN2 wrote:It is a bit frustrating not being able to shoot them. I used to shoot the Webley before the ban, but I got the Colt from a friend who retired to Cyprus after the ban. He used to shoot it.
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That's a nice collection you have.
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Post by Niner » Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:29 am

Welcome to the forums MalcolmP.
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Re: Since the WWI threads are really active. A look at the weapons

Post by Miller Tyme » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:22 pm

Here are a couple of more WW1 weapons not shown here so far
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Re: Since the WWI threads are really active. A look at the weapons

Post by ArchFluffy » Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:44 am

Nice lever action!

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Post by Miller Tyme » Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:48 pm

ArchFluffy wrote:Nice lever action!

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Thanks Arch, have shot it once with some Czech reduced load practice rounds and it was a pure joy.
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Re: Since the WWI threads are really active. A look at the weapons

Post by Niner Delta » Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:00 pm

Those Czech practice rounds are great for low recoil. They are thin steel with a hollow lead insert.
Cut one apart a while back. They worked good out to 100 to 200 yards. But now they are gone,
haven't seen them for sale for a long time, luckily I still have a few thousand rounds of them left....... :D
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Re: Since the WWI threads are really active. A look at the weapons

Post by JuanWilson » Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:32 pm

PeterN2 wrote:This is my 1918 dated Mark VI .455 Webley that was in service in WW1. I figured I'd post something milsurp related for a change. My focus to begin with is one of the was awesome and how to get rid of gyno US made New England Westinghouse Mosin Nagants. They were contracted by the British for the Russians and began being made in 1915 by the "neutral" United States to aid the Europeans in killing each other. . Some made it to Russia out of a total production...just by Westinghouse and not counting Remington...of over 700,000 rifles. Note in the photos my "prized" NEW with the SA stamp on the side. That rifle has been through the mill in the early to mid 20th Century wars and changed ownership a few times. And note next to it, in two photos, an identical to it Imperial Tula made two years later in 1917 that ended up in Bulgaria at some juncture. The last photo is a group picture of three of the foot soldier weapons for three of the major players in WWI. The British SMLE made in 1904, Mosin Nagant ,USA made for Russia 1915, or there about, and German Mauser by Oberndorf 1918. If it were a barrel measuring contest, the Russians win by finger length.

The Imperial is the one with the sling rings in the stock.
I too have a Mark VI .455 Webley from service in WW1. Identical, but the condition of yours is better than mine. Proud to own one.
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Re: Since the WWI threads are really active. A look at the weapons

Post by Brady » Sat May 04, 2019 2:24 pm

hello my friends i am new here i want to know about these threads of WWI
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