Random Spoon Pics Thread

[craigster59]

Picking up a spoon tonight that I have been looking for for awhile. I'll post pics tonight or tomorrow.

[craigster59]

Ok, here's the deal, I used to have a Carl Gustafs Swedish Mauser 1896 rifle and a Husquavarna M38 Swedish Mauser carbine, extremely accurate rifles, but unfortunately lost them in a boating accident years ago off the coast of Punta Chingadera.

Came across this, a Swedish M41B Swedish Mauser sniper rifle. You can read more here... Sniper Supreme: Model 41B Swedish Mauser - Guns and Ammo

It's mostly complete, right now it has a Weaver scope on it but seller provided an Ajack scope which is what it would have had but it is not the one issued with the weapon. Got it cheaper due to those little details .

[fred cook]

Just added this to the pile. A .22lr semi auto copy of the Russian PPSH submachine gun! Wood stock, ventilated barrel shroud, two 30 rd stick mags and a 50 rd drum is available! Made by Pietta in Italy. I first saw one of these 20-30 years ago and wanted one but didn't have the funds! A picture:

[JCF]

i've studied the US Civil War since I was a kid, and visited battlefields...
But when I fixed the bayonet on this M42 (1852) my understanding of what those men then faced instantly changed...



and not hard to tell which holes were made by the .69 [buck and] ball

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by JCF

i've studied the US Civil War since I was a kid, and visited battlefields...
But when I fixed the bayonet on this M42 (1852) my understanding of what those men then faced instantly changed...



and not hard to tell which holes were made by the .69 [buck and] ball

The reason for the tri-form (3 sided bayonet was because it made a wound that was slow to heal. By the time of the Great War of Secession, they had been in use for about 200 years. The Remington rifles however, used a very long and wicked bayonet that looked like a short sword! That one was pretty intimidating also!

[Craig T]

Originally Posted by JCF

i've studied the US Civil War since I was a kid, and visited battlefields...
But when I fixed the bayonet on this M42 (1852) my understanding of what those men then faced instantly changed...

and not hard to tell which holes were made by the .69 [buck and] ball

Seriously! Plus, if you got even superficially stuck with that bayonet a day after someone else got stuck with it...You died, or at least lost a limb, 14 days later from an infection. Brutal time for a young soldier.

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by Craig T

Seriously! Plus, if you got even superficially stuck with that bayonet a day after someone else got stuck with it...You died, or at least lost a limb, 14 days later from an infection. Brutal time for a young soldier.

I had a great, great grandfather from Vermont killed at the battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 3, 1864. He was part of the "army wide assault" that Grant ordered on the Confederate lines. He was 54 years old when he enlisted! I suspect that the $300 enlistment bonus was what got him to sign up! The Federal army lost about 8,000 killed and wounded in 30 minutes and gained nothing! Later, it was the one charge that Grant said he wished he had never ordered.

[targa911S]

the tri form bayonet was made a violation of the Geneva convention in WWI

[JCF]

The French had an awful nasty one named Rosalie.

Imagine just having shot your musket as 300 men come rushing out of the smoke 200yards away screaming and yelling with those Civil War era rigs....

Love that Swede sniper

[Ducman]

MK iii got a new accessory tonight. Only took two bourbons to install.

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

Picking up this tomorrow.

[Jeff Higgins]

Very, very cool, Byron. As you know, I love my single actions. Had a couple at the range just today, shooting original spec Frankford Arsenal black powder loads that I hand load. Colt still makes these, the same as they always have. Owning a pretty good bucket full of them, from all generations, I can say the latest are their best ever. No kidding.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Very, very cool, Byron. As you know, I love my single actions. Had a couple at the range just today, shooting original spec Frankford Arsenal black powder loads that I hand load. Colt still makes these, the same as they always have. Owning a pretty good bucket full of them, from all generations, I can say the latest are their best ever. No kidding.

I would like a horsey sa in 44spl.
4.75 or 5.5

[tabs]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

Picking up this tomorrow.

Me like Bisley flat top in 45lc. Real one set you back majorely...so pietta is reasonable & can blast away. If you can find one..discontinued around 2004.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by fred cook

I had a great, great grandfather from Vermont killed at the battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 3, 1864. He was part of the "army wide assault" that Grant ordered on the Confederate lines. He was 54 years old when he enlisted! I suspect that the $300 enlistment bonus was what got him to sign up! The Federal army lost about 8,000 killed and wounded in 30 minutes and gained nothing! Later, it was the one charge that Grant said he wished he had never ordered.

I write a piece about how Grant changed his tactics after CH..which for the first time caught Marsh Robert off guard...

[tabs]

Originally Posted by fred cook

Just added this to the pile. A .22lr semi auto copy of the Russian PPSH submachine gun! Wood stock, ventilated barrel shroud, two 30 rd stick mags and a 50 rd drum is available! Made by Pietta in Italy. I first saw one of these 20-30 years ago and wanted one but didn't have the funds! A picture:

Veeeery interesting.
Lately have gotten interested in russkie with the Finnish m39.

Want to go back to klashikov Bulgarian sam7sf.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Ok, here's the deal, I used to have a Carl Gustafs Swedish Mauser 1896 rifle and a Husquavarna M38 Swedish Mauser carbine, extremely accurate rifles, but unfortunately lost them in a boating accident years ago off the coast of Punta Chingadera.

Came across this, a Swedish M41B Swedish Mauser sniper rifle. You can read more here... Sniper Supreme: Model 41B Swedish Mauser - Guns and Ammo

It's mostly complete, right now it has a Weaver scope on it but seller provided an Ajack scope which is what it would have had but it is not the one issued with the weapon. Got it cheaper due to those little details .

These recently have been going for between 4k and 5k.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by JCF

i've studied the US Civil War since I was a kid, and visited battlefields...
But when I fixed the bayonet on this M42 (1852) my understanding of what those men then faced instantly changed...



and not hard to tell which holes were made by the .69 [buck and] ball

Famous last words, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." Said by Union major General Sedgwick right before he was killed by a confederate sniper at Spotsvania Courthouse

The CSA used British Whitworths in 451..the Union mostly used heavy barreled target rifles and the Berdan Sharps shooters the 1863 NM Sharps military with double set triggers.

The Drolinger Shiloh sharps in Farmingdale used to make the paper cartridge 1863's back in the 70's..the Big Timber Shiloh continued..but have long since been discontinued. Parker Hale made 3 versions of the Enfield 1853 3 & 2 band and carbine..Musketoon. they also made a Whitworth.and a Volunteer that in 451. The Whitworth and Volunteer made in the UK are highly sought after. An original Whitworth will set you back majorely.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by fred cook

The reason for the tri-form (3 sided bayonet was because it made a wound that was slow to heal. By the time of the Great War of Secession, they had been in use for about 200 years. The Remington rifles however, used a very long and wicked bayonet that looked like a short sword! That one was pretty intimidating also!

Reminds me of the old saying: Chest wounds suck, if properly inflicted.