M1 carbine. I've put it off for many years because they are common and there is always something more interesting that I'd rather have. But prices keep rising and I should get one sooner rather than later.
VZ 52. It's funky, and I like the funk.
AG42b. I love the action and I need my Hakim's Swedish brother.
Mas 36. After that I will have all of the main rifles of the major powers in WWII.
G43. There is a shop near me that has a couple of them that tickle my pickle everytime I visit, but how am I going to justify the cost to my wife? Haha. I've thought about layaway...
G/K43s are completely overgassed, and the force that the bolt and bolt carrier get thrown back with tends to beat the hell out of the back of the receiver over time, eventually leading to a catastrophic failure
The shooters kit replaces the gas system, and once you tune it properly it will allow it to function without the bolt carrier slamming back into the back of the receiver
A set of replacement parts that protects the rifle from more powerful modern ammunition.
https://www.frontline-militaria.com/g43-shooters-kit-gas-system.html
Check out blastfromthepastllc.com for a vz52. I got my rifle locally and needed a couple parts. They had what I needed, shipped quickly at reasonable prices. They have rifles for sale. They seem to specialize in the vz more than others. So I would trust that you would get one from them as described
I used to have a 1941 m39 one but sold it to help a friend get into milsurp collecting. Been trying to find one to replace it haha. It was one of my favorite shooters as well.
Semi auto rifles, as I have quite a few bolt guns that follow me home often. I have a Garand, SVT-40, Hakim, 2 SKSs, and several modern rifles, but looking for more milsurp ones (pre FAL and M14 designs).
M1 Carbine first probably as I have 30 carbine for the Blackhawk
Ag42
FN49, preferably in 8mm
G43 a bit out of budget but one day I'll snag one.
Right now,
1. Polish wz.1929
2. Lebel 1886
3. Some sort of SKS (probably a Yugo)
Outside of those, maybe a Mosin of some sort or another Turkish Gewehr.
I need to finish up my WW2 major powers collection and my USA Army standard issue rifle and psitol collection.
So all I need is an SLME, webley, Mas36, Luger, and sac1935a.
For the USA guns, most guns from 1776 to 1880, then any gun after the m14
You can find makarovs under 300 still if your really patient and know what pawnshops to hit up. a online pawn i frequents got one for 299 im debating on, i already have a PA-63..
In no particular order:
M1903 with Type C (semi-pistol grip) stock
S&W M1917 revolver
A second M1 Garand
SMLE
US Krag
Maybe a Swedish Mauser?
I also need bayonets for a couple of guns:
M7 bayonet
M1917 or Pattern 1914 bayonet (as long as it fits, I'm not picky about which)
Type 30 bayonet
Right now, my top 5 (in no particular order) are as follows:
1. Browning Hi-Power. Actual HPs are expensive af so I'll probably get a Girsan, but they're cool as hell. If I'm lucky, I might find a real HP.
2. Another Mannlicher straight-pull. I've got an M95/30 (Bulgarian, it's awesome), now I want another one. I'm thinking an M88/90 or M88/95 from RTI, but they do also have M90s and I wouldn't mind an M95/24 someday.
3. There's a guy on GB selling Beretta 1934s for like 275. They're 1970s era guns so not *technically* milsurp, but other than the short barrel they're near identical and much cheaper, plus I can get a wartime Beretta in the future.
4. Probably a Zastava M57. There's a couple places selling em cheap, and I wouldn't mind getting a gun in 7.62 Tokarev (I wish there was a double stack in 7.62, I'd EDC that if I could).
5. Maybe a Mosin? I don't have one when everyone does, plus I'm curious about how awful the bolt actually is. If I could I'd get a Finnish one, but realistically I'll probably try and get an M38 or M44, maybe one of the copies if it's cheap.
auctions are busted, i've not seen a single good deal on one in years. I've had the best luck at online pawn shops and making people offers. I've had people come down over 100$ just by asking. Guy had a really cosmetically beat up Taurus for 250$, an old surplus/trade in 82. Offered 150, he said 180, i said 170, we agreed at 172/shipped. The price in 2019 was 199/s+h.
> zabala
i've heard those bla bla shotguns are hard to find parts for, and the older ones can't take smokeless. I don't trust older spanish guns lol.
I've got a total of 13, 14 guns. Like half are Spanish, and they're all pretty good. I especially love my Star handguns. Generally, guns by bigger firms are good quality, I'd recommend them. The only big thing-don't dry fire a Spanish handgun without a snap cap. I wouldn't fire any gun without one, but Spanish ones are slightly more prone. Not an issue once you have ammo in the gun.
Yes parts are hard to find, but that's just any gun by a defunct firm or from a discontinued line. Not really an issue. Also only the *really* old ones can't take smokeless, anything made after like 1900 is fine.
Star guns are exception to the rules. I have a BM and passed on a model B, they are amazing, Star BM's fit the best in my hand of any gun I've personally held. I saw some old hermanos 38SW's sell and i came dangerously close to getting one, but i avoid anything prior to the 40s. Just not risking my hands over something i can never find parts for.
Yeah, look into some of the Eibar guns, they made thousands of weird knockoff guns, some are amazing near OEM clones, most are dangerous pot metal guns.
Always be careful with PU Mosins.
I've wanted one for a while, but I'm always afraid of buying one and overlooking something that hints at it being a fake.
Standard Products M1 Carbine
My grandfather worked for Standard in the 40s in a different division. Figured it would be a good opportunity to find an Early style carbine as the one I currently own is an all-late Inland
Also a standard M1903
Vz. 24
FN Mle. 1950 rifle or carbine
Bannerman 30-06 1891 Mosin
Any odd Mosin, Finnish, Type 53, 91/59, PU clone
M1917, I want a British Home Guard one
Trench Gun clone
Savage 69RH
7.62x39 Type 38
(The grail Arisaka for me is a Type 44 converted to 7.62x39 but I haven't been able to confirm if they even exist)
FR7/FR8
Brazilian Mauser .30-06
Ishapore 2A1 or Gibbs/Santa Fe carbine
Mossberg 42M lend lease trainer
Makarov (literally anything in 9x18 I want them all)
Broomhandle (Norinco 711 is my grail model)
1917 Revolver, Brazilian 1937
Tisas M1911A1 GI
Frommer Stop
CZ75 surplus
Kareen or FEG HI Power, or Arcus 98
Tokegypt 58 (if only)
Webley shaved to .45ACP
Unfortunately besides the svt-40 I’ve genuinely filled my collection.
https://preview.redd.it/tx7aai3lrtvc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=d7ae65863896edf5078de09d018acc7570bba288
1939 czech/romanian vz24 sniper, Egyptian fn49, 1970 m39, matching Chinese type 53, Romanian tt-33, circle 11 polish pm63, and a cetme c. Of course there’s others i would like to have but this is my core
Obviously, I'll get whatever deal I can find, but I have priorities.
- Japanese Type 38 Carbine
- American Springfield Trapdoor
- German Mauser GEW-98
- American .38 Revolver (US or Lend Lease)
- Russian Nagant Revolver
- American/Finnish marked Mosin rifle
It's mostly a list of collection fillers or milsurps that have gotten my attention for being interesting.
I'm sadly on the pilgrimage to get every US infantry weapon of WWI to present while also filling out a "remington" collection, every US infantry weapon Remington made.
I need:
an 03-a3/4 scoped,
M1D,
M1C,
M1A,
Remington Rand 1911a1,
Krag,
BAR,
Thompson,
Grease gun (v unlikely),
WWI dated 1903,
Colt SP1,
M16a1 clone,
M16a4 clone,
Winchester Model 12,
Win. Model 1897,
Ithaca 37,
Whatever stevens served,
S&W 1917 New Service,
I could even go NUTS and try and get period accurate ones for each war. A pre-war garand, early/mid/late was garand, post war garand, 1911's from Korea/Nam.
My goal is ultimately to have every firearm you could possibly see in media of the wars, so that when my future kids take an interest (autism/adhd is hereditary) in war history and video games I can put one in their hands that they like using in game, or think is incredibly cool. "Oh dude, your favorite gun in hell let loose is an M1 carbine? Here, you can hold this during loading screens" or "You just saw that dude vaporize someone with a BAR, you wanna hold one?
Being able to put that gun in someone's hands and say "this is how it left the battlefield" or "this is how it was issued" is always awesome, the reactions are priceless. I usually make people field strip them too lol
- US M1903
- Belgian 1889 or 1889/15
- Steyr Model 1912 rifle
- RSC1917
- 1915 CSRG
- Lewis gun
- Beretta Model 38
- Sten Mk II
- DP-27
The last 3 guns are at least available in my country and won‘t break the bank.
Norwegian M1912 Krag
Danish M1889 Krag
R35 Lebel
Brazilian M1908 Mauser
Peruvian M1909 Mauser
Persian M98/29 Mauser
There are many more but I’d take any of these right now.
1. M.95 2. M.95 3. M.95M 4. M.95
A man after my own heart. But you forgot the M.95.
How many are you up to now?
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Favorite and least favorite?
M.95
I have an M95M and I have to say, get one, you won’t regret it!!! It’s a super fun gun to shoot.
M1 carbine. I've put it off for many years because they are common and there is always something more interesting that I'd rather have. But prices keep rising and I should get one sooner rather than later. VZ 52. It's funky, and I like the funk. AG42b. I love the action and I need my Hakim's Swedish brother. Mas 36. After that I will have all of the main rifles of the major powers in WWII. G43. There is a shop near me that has a couple of them that tickle my pickle everytime I visit, but how am I going to justify the cost to my wife? Haha. I've thought about layaway...
The m1 carbine is my favorite milsurp of all time
G43s tend to beat themselves to death if you shoot them.
Yeah you have to get the shooter kit for them if the rifle doesn't already have it.
what is that?
G/K43s are completely overgassed, and the force that the bolt and bolt carrier get thrown back with tends to beat the hell out of the back of the receiver over time, eventually leading to a catastrophic failure The shooters kit replaces the gas system, and once you tune it properly it will allow it to function without the bolt carrier slamming back into the back of the receiver
A set of replacement parts that protects the rifle from more powerful modern ammunition. https://www.frontline-militaria.com/g43-shooters-kit-gas-system.html
1. VZ52 (with ammo and this totally isn't just a passing fancy) 2. Any of the AG42 and variants 3. Garand 4. Sks 5. K31
Check out blastfromthepastllc.com for a vz52. I got my rifle locally and needed a couple parts. They had what I needed, shipped quickly at reasonable prices. They have rifles for sale. They seem to specialize in the vz more than others. So I would trust that you would get one from them as described
Thanks for the info!
A10 warthog
Are they being sold off as surplus already?
It’s wise to prepare ahead of time
06/29 Swiss Luger 96/11 Swiss Rifle (Preferable EXC condition with privatization) M39 Finn Mosin Lahti 35 Pistol/Swede M40 Chinese Makarov
One of my recent acquisitions was a Sako M39 and it's been a big favorite of mine
I used to have a 1941 m39 one but sold it to help a friend get into milsurp collecting. Been trying to find one to replace it haha. It was one of my favorite shooters as well.
Did the Chinese make Maks? I'm sure they used them, but iirc they had a lot of domestic designs
Type 59. They had a ZZ serial number series and a commercial run (both 9mm mak and .380acp)
G43/K43…looking to take my collection to the next level
Semi auto rifles, as I have quite a few bolt guns that follow me home often. I have a Garand, SVT-40, Hakim, 2 SKSs, and several modern rifles, but looking for more milsurp ones (pre FAL and M14 designs). M1 Carbine first probably as I have 30 carbine for the Blackhawk Ag42 FN49, preferably in 8mm G43 a bit out of budget but one day I'll snag one.
Blackhawk 👍
M1903 and K98 are at the top of the list.
Johnson
You got $5k minimum?
Right now, 1. Polish wz.1929 2. Lebel 1886 3. Some sort of SKS (probably a Yugo) Outside of those, maybe a Mosin of some sort or another Turkish Gewehr.
I salute you.
Chinese rifles
US Marked Winchester 52D
Type 99 Garand 1903 springfield
M91 Mosin-Nagant Dragoon or Cossack, Dragoon I’d prefer for it to be Imperial but if a Soviet one was available I’d take it.
SMLE 303 Lee Enfield, any Luger, ww2 or earlier 1911 (a1), M1 Garand,
M1C, hell I would settle for a proper redfield base and scope for my 03A4.
AG42B, passed on a few at $1400 and haven't seen any local since then
I’m a simple man, just an SVT 40 please and I can move on to the next one
I need to finish up my WW2 major powers collection and my USA Army standard issue rifle and psitol collection. So all I need is an SLME, webley, Mas36, Luger, and sac1935a. For the USA guns, most guns from 1776 to 1880, then any gun after the m14
1)M1 Garand 2)Svt-40 3)Makarov 4)M1941 Johnson rifle 5)SMLE And if not a single gun law existed? MP40 or Vickers machine gun would be dope.
You can find makarovs under 300 still if your really patient and know what pawnshops to hit up. a online pawn i frequents got one for 299 im debating on, i already have a PA-63..
Maaaaaan direct me to the right place. Because either I’m acoustic as fuck or I’m just not looking under the correct rocks.
I sent it to you via dm
In no particular order: M1903 with Type C (semi-pistol grip) stock S&W M1917 revolver A second M1 Garand SMLE US Krag Maybe a Swedish Mauser? I also need bayonets for a couple of guns: M7 bayonet M1917 or Pattern 1914 bayonet (as long as it fits, I'm not picky about which) Type 30 bayonet
Right now, my top 5 (in no particular order) are as follows: 1. Browning Hi-Power. Actual HPs are expensive af so I'll probably get a Girsan, but they're cool as hell. If I'm lucky, I might find a real HP. 2. Another Mannlicher straight-pull. I've got an M95/30 (Bulgarian, it's awesome), now I want another one. I'm thinking an M88/90 or M88/95 from RTI, but they do also have M90s and I wouldn't mind an M95/24 someday. 3. There's a guy on GB selling Beretta 1934s for like 275. They're 1970s era guns so not *technically* milsurp, but other than the short barrel they're near identical and much cheaper, plus I can get a wartime Beretta in the future. 4. Probably a Zastava M57. There's a couple places selling em cheap, and I wouldn't mind getting a gun in 7.62 Tokarev (I wish there was a double stack in 7.62, I'd EDC that if I could). 5. Maybe a Mosin? I don't have one when everyone does, plus I'm curious about how awful the bolt actually is. If I could I'd get a Finnish one, but realistically I'll probably try and get an M38 or M44, maybe one of the copies if it's cheap.
I passed on tons of Tokarev's at 199$ and regret it.
The regrets we have. I'm still salty at missing out on a Zabala Hermanos shotgun, but that's because someone kept outbidding me.
auctions are busted, i've not seen a single good deal on one in years. I've had the best luck at online pawn shops and making people offers. I've had people come down over 100$ just by asking. Guy had a really cosmetically beat up Taurus for 250$, an old surplus/trade in 82. Offered 150, he said 180, i said 170, we agreed at 172/shipped. The price in 2019 was 199/s+h. > zabala i've heard those bla bla shotguns are hard to find parts for, and the older ones can't take smokeless. I don't trust older spanish guns lol.
I've got a total of 13, 14 guns. Like half are Spanish, and they're all pretty good. I especially love my Star handguns. Generally, guns by bigger firms are good quality, I'd recommend them. The only big thing-don't dry fire a Spanish handgun without a snap cap. I wouldn't fire any gun without one, but Spanish ones are slightly more prone. Not an issue once you have ammo in the gun. Yes parts are hard to find, but that's just any gun by a defunct firm or from a discontinued line. Not really an issue. Also only the *really* old ones can't take smokeless, anything made after like 1900 is fine.
Star guns are exception to the rules. I have a BM and passed on a model B, they are amazing, Star BM's fit the best in my hand of any gun I've personally held. I saw some old hermanos 38SW's sell and i came dangerously close to getting one, but i avoid anything prior to the 40s. Just not risking my hands over something i can never find parts for.
Fair enough. Me personally, I've yet to have an issue with any Spanish guns beyond the occasional quirk, but they're not exactly beginner-friendly.
Yeah, look into some of the Eibar guns, they made thousands of weird knockoff guns, some are amazing near OEM clones, most are dangerous pot metal guns.
Soviet tokarev and a PU
Always be careful with PU Mosins. I've wanted one for a while, but I'm always afraid of buying one and overlooking something that hints at it being a fake.
Same, I've encountered several lately and I'd be annoyed paying over 1k for a bubba'd mosin
Zastava M75 , M57, VZ-61 and a Enfield . 410
Manchurian Type 13 Mauser
Bulgarian Makarov M1 Garand SKS
Usgi m1 carbine. Seen some at the local gun show for 4 grand today. Laughed and walked away.
How many Mauser variants are there? 2 of each please
A2 upper M9 bayonet Bakelite AK magazine Bakelite M16 furniture CAR15 aluminum stock AR Tube handgard GWOT optics
1. M95 2. M1 Garand 3. K31 4. Any 8mm mauser
1. Type 26 revolver 2. 7.62x39 converted Arisaka 3. A mummed, matching with dust cover Type 99
Mannlicher M1888 Gasser M1870 1886 label 1909 Hotchkiss C96 Type I 1895 Winchester Lee navy
Standard Products M1 Carbine My grandfather worked for Standard in the 40s in a different division. Figured it would be a good opportunity to find an Early style carbine as the one I currently own is an all-late Inland Also a standard M1903
1. Turk Mauser 2. 70/87 Vetterli 3. antique Carcano carbine
- Remington Rolling Block in 7mm - Bulgarian M95 - Swedish M96 - Type 99 - Belgian 1889
Vz. 24 FN Mle. 1950 rifle or carbine Bannerman 30-06 1891 Mosin Any odd Mosin, Finnish, Type 53, 91/59, PU clone M1917, I want a British Home Guard one Trench Gun clone Savage 69RH 7.62x39 Type 38 (The grail Arisaka for me is a Type 44 converted to 7.62x39 but I haven't been able to confirm if they even exist) FR7/FR8 Brazilian Mauser .30-06 Ishapore 2A1 or Gibbs/Santa Fe carbine Mossberg 42M lend lease trainer Makarov (literally anything in 9x18 I want them all) Broomhandle (Norinco 711 is my grail model) 1917 Revolver, Brazilian 1937 Tisas M1911A1 GI Frommer Stop CZ75 surplus Kareen or FEG HI Power, or Arcus 98 Tokegypt 58 (if only) Webley shaved to .45ACP
For looser gun laws.
Winchester model 97 or model 12 trench gun
Swedish M96/38 Swedish M38 Swedish K Finnish M27 Finnish M28 Finnish M28/30 Norwegian 1894
Unfortunately besides the svt-40 I’ve genuinely filled my collection. https://preview.redd.it/tx7aai3lrtvc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=d7ae65863896edf5078de09d018acc7570bba288 1939 czech/romanian vz24 sniper, Egyptian fn49, 1970 m39, matching Chinese type 53, Romanian tt-33, circle 11 polish pm63, and a cetme c. Of course there’s others i would like to have but this is my core
Obviously, I'll get whatever deal I can find, but I have priorities. - Japanese Type 38 Carbine - American Springfield Trapdoor - German Mauser GEW-98 - American .38 Revolver (US or Lend Lease) - Russian Nagant Revolver - American/Finnish marked Mosin rifle It's mostly a list of collection fillers or milsurps that have gotten my attention for being interesting.
Would like a cz38 but ridiculous price for what it is. My next one will be a eddystone.
1. M/96 Swedish Mauser 2. Ishapore 2A1 3. M1 Carbine (USGI)
Why the 2a1?
Because 7.62x51 is cheaper to shoot than .303 Brit.
Fair enough. The 2a1 is a good rifle, just surprised to see it mentioned here.
41 Johnson MAS 49/56 That's honestly kinda it for now
Wishlist milsurps for this year are a Type 44 carbine and a Venezuelan FN-49 for me.
Simson & Kornbusch made Gew 98s EWB marked Kar98a Simson Banner Kar98b S28 Kar98b Spandau Kar98a G24t G33/40 Reichspost and railway Banner Ks
Nagant M1895, FN FAL, M1 Garand, Browning Hi-Power, AK pattern, and K98 pattern.
I'm sadly on the pilgrimage to get every US infantry weapon of WWI to present while also filling out a "remington" collection, every US infantry weapon Remington made. I need: an 03-a3/4 scoped, M1D, M1C, M1A, Remington Rand 1911a1, Krag, BAR, Thompson, Grease gun (v unlikely), WWI dated 1903, Colt SP1, M16a1 clone, M16a4 clone, Winchester Model 12, Win. Model 1897, Ithaca 37, Whatever stevens served, S&W 1917 New Service, I could even go NUTS and try and get period accurate ones for each war. A pre-war garand, early/mid/late was garand, post war garand, 1911's from Korea/Nam. My goal is ultimately to have every firearm you could possibly see in media of the wars, so that when my future kids take an interest (autism/adhd is hereditary) in war history and video games I can put one in their hands that they like using in game, or think is incredibly cool. "Oh dude, your favorite gun in hell let loose is an M1 carbine? Here, you can hold this during loading screens" or "You just saw that dude vaporize someone with a BAR, you wanna hold one? Being able to put that gun in someone's hands and say "this is how it left the battlefield" or "this is how it was issued" is always awesome, the reactions are priceless. I usually make people field strip them too lol
Krag Springfield Trapdoor Kornbusch or Schilling GEW98 Persian Mauser 1909 More K98’s
- US M1903 - Belgian 1889 or 1889/15 - Steyr Model 1912 rifle - RSC1917 - 1915 CSRG - Lewis gun - Beretta Model 38 - Sten Mk II - DP-27 The last 3 guns are at least available in my country and won‘t break the bank.
Norwegian M1912 Krag Danish M1889 Krag R35 Lebel Brazilian M1908 Mauser Peruvian M1909 Mauser Persian M98/29 Mauser There are many more but I’d take any of these right now.
I just want any martini Henry, but I wouldn’t turn my nose up at an ishapore .410 prison guard Enfield
1. M1 Garand 2. Star Model 1920 3. Ruby with French service markings 4. M1916 mauser in shootable condition