Random Spoon Pics Thread

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

For when you need to "Reach out & Touch" someone

[Rednine11]

This is what I use for talking long distance
50 BMG

[sc_rufctr]

[badcar]

Found a fun sportirized 1903 action dates back to 1918. $220. Could not pass it up. At 100 yards I hoped to be on paper, but holy crap I was pleasantly surprised with a tack driver.



1st shot was shouldered without my sled just to see what it could do. The three together were in my sled.

[targa911S]

03's are great shooters

[emcon5]

Originally Posted by badcar

Found a fun sportirized 1903 action dates back to 1918. $220. Could not pass it up. At 100 yards I hoped to be on paper, but holy crap I was pleasantly surprised with a tack driver.

When in 1918? If early, it could be unsafe.


https://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/rifle_sales/m1903-m1903a3/

WARNING ON “LOW-NUMBER” SPRINGFIELDS

M1903 rifles made before February 1918 utilized receivers and bolts which were single heat-treated by a method that rendered some of them brittle and liable to fracture when fired, exposing the shooter to a risk of serious injury. It proved impossible to determine, without destructive testing, which receivers and bolts were so affected and therefore potentially dangerous.

To solve this problem, the Ordnance Department commenced double heat treatment of receivers and bolts. This was commenced at Springfield Armory at approximately serial number 800,000 and at Rock Island Arsenal at exactly serial number 285,507. All Springfields made after this change are commonly called “high number” rifles. Those Springfields made before this change are commonly called “low-number” rifles.

In view of the safety risk the Ordnance Department withdrew from active service all “low-number” Springfields. During WWII, however, the urgent need for rifles resulted in the rebuilding and reissuing of many “low-number” as well as “high-number” Springfields. The bolts from such rifles were often mixed during rebuilding, and did not necessarily remain with the original receiver.

Generally speaking, “low number” bolts can be distinguished from “high-number” bolts by the angle at which the bolt handle is bent down. All “low number” bolts have the bolt handle bent straight down, perpendicular to the axis of the bolt body. High number bolts have “swept-back” (or slightly rearward curved) bolt handles.

A few straight-bent bolts are of the double heat-treat type, but these are not easily identified, and until positively proved otherwise ANY straight-bent bolt should be assumed to be “low number”. All original swept-back bolts are definitely “high number”. In addition, any bolt marked “N.S.” (for nickel steel) can be safely regarded as “high number” if obtained directly from CMP (beware of re-marked fakes).
CMP DOES NOT RECOMMEND FIRING ANY SPRINGFIELD RIFLE WITH A ”LOW NUMBER” RECEIVER. Such rifles should be regarded as collector’s items, not “shooters”.
CMP ALSO DOES NOT RECOMMEND FIRING ANY SPRINGFIELD RIFLE, REGARDLESS OF SERIAL NUMBER, WITH A SINGLE HEAT-TREATED “LOW NUMBER” BOLT. SUCH BOLTS, WHILE HISTORICALLY CORRECT FOR DISPLAY WITH A RIFLE OF WWI OR EARLIER VINTAGE, MAY BE DANGEROUS TO USE FOR SHOOTING.
THE UNITED STATES ARMY GENERALLY DID NOT SERIALIZE BOLTS. DO NOT RELY ON ANY SERIAL NUMBER APPEARING ON A BOLT TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH BOLT IS “HIGH NUMBER” OR “LOW NUMBER”.

[badcar]

Thanks for the heads up! This particular rifle was built in August of 1918.

[Racerbvd]

[ludditeengineer]

Few of my project Spoons

clones, M16A4, M16A2, M4A1

[ludditeengineer]

Few more from the safe

VZ58, CZ52

FN FAL 60.63

Type 99 Arisaka

SMLE MK1 Mod4

K31

SKS

Mosin Nagant 91-30, M44

WZ88 Tantal (AK74)

Mauser 98K Sniper ZF39 optic (Hope this image is permitted)

[ludditeengineer]

Some of my hand guns

Beretta 92F, Sig P226R, Sig P229R, H&K VP9, H&K HK45, H&K USP 45

[Rick Lee]

You are my newest hero. Total respect.

[Jim Bremner]

[ludditeengineer]

My 50 yard pistol range at Camp

[Jim Bremner]

Like!

[E38Driver]

Two of my latest additions to the collection. on the left SIG P220 and the right P227

[E38Driver]

Another photo of the P227 with an Aliengear 3.0 holster

[tabs]

Black spoons and hi cap modern autos just don't do it for me. They are soulless pieces of hardware that lack character. The product of economy of scale industrialized societies. If you have seen one you have seen them all.