50 years of battle rifles

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50 years of battle rifles

Post by Pilgrim » Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:17 pm

I need a 1903 - BAD !

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editted to add:

Top: April 1944 Sprinfield Garand M1

Next: Early (first 77,000) Winchester Carbine

Next: Eddystone Model of 1917

Next: Remington 1903A3

Bottom: 1898 Springfield Krag .30-40

All are shot as often as I can.
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Post by dhtaxi » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:59 pm

Very nice is the bottom one a Ross
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Great collection

Post by Niner » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:20 pm

Dhtaxi, that bottom one looks like a Krag Model 1892.

Looks like an ace high straight flush as a hand already. But you know the CMP still....I think...have a few 1903's. Better get to work on it before they are gone.
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Post by dhtaxi » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:15 am

Yep I think you are right
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Post by Pilgrim » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:09 am

Close but no cigar - 1898 Springfield Krag
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Post by SgtJethro » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:50 am

Nice collection, but it never ends.

Once you get the '03, you still have room for the Springfield Trapdoors. :lol:

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Post by Pilgrim » Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:49 am

You mean like this one? It just didn't fit in with the 50 year theme !

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Well

Post by Niner » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:38 am

At least I knew it was a Krag. :bigsmile:
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Post by A square 10 » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:32 am

very nice indeed , been wanting to stray into a trapdoor myself - yours is beautiful - but i know so little about them at this juncture that i fear making a bad investment , so some research is in order , what manufacturer of M1917 are you showing us ?
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Post by Pilgrim » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:50 am

A square 10 wrote:very nice indeed , been wanting to stray into a trapdoor myself - yours is beautiful - but i know so little about them at this juncture that i fear making a bad investment , so some research is in order , what manufacturer of M1917 are you showing us ?
It's all Eddystone except for a Remington stock.

I got the gun basically as a barrelled receiver, with a cut down stock and no bolt and accumulated the rest of the parts. The barrel and receiver were in near like new shape. I got a brand new, never before used, in the 'white', just off the lathe but set in a corner for 90 years, NOS Remington stock and decided to use it becasue it was so much better than anything else I would ever find.

before:

http://www.dfandkf.com/1917bubba1.jpg[/pic]

after:

http://www.dfandkf.com/17tree.jpg[/pic]

I've got about $260 invested in it. It's a great shooter.

The trapdoor is an 1884...a lot of fun to shoot !
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