What's your most interesting Surplus piece?

[Troublco]

I think in my case, it would have to be my Madsen M47 Colombian M1958 rifle. It's chambered in .30-06 and has an interesting set of features. Rear peep sight, split rear receiver bridge, odd safety, integral muzzle brake, and a hooded front sight. Something in the neighborhood of 5,000 of them made.

[GreenScoutII]

My most interesting surplus piece is my P-17 Enfield in .30-06. When my dad was a young man he attended the gunsmithing school in Trinidad Colorado. One of his assignments was to sporterize a surplus rifle. He put this particular rifle together and then gave it to my Grandpa as a gift. My dad built it in 1960 when he was just 18 years old. Even back then he had remarkable talent.

These days, sporterizing a vintage military gun would be considered an act of heresy, but back then it was quite common.

Anyway, I had shot the rifle when I was a boy and my grandpa told me how proud he was to have it. When he died I asked if I could have it. I have treasured it ever since.

[Marlin]

The triplets (M91/30-M38-M44) Dates on them suggest they may have been at Stalingrad/Leningrad to Berlin...

[palepainter]

Two Russian Tula 1951, 1953 SKS, and my newly acquired 1943 Enfield. I would have to say the Enfield has the most charm.

[sniper7]

My most recent purchase which is a K98. I have been after one of these forever and finally found a nice one locally. 1941 manuf. still has waffens like I really wanted. gun looks near new, bore is amazing as is the rifling. I ordered a 340rd. tin from AIM and can't wait to get it out to the range and test this baby out!

[jimboni]

Two not uncommon rifles:
1929 hex mosin 91/30
1954 Tula SKS

Interesting bits are:
Mosin has the sniper proof, but no evidence of a scope ever being fitted, and it was unfired and unissued when I got it.
The SKS is also unfired, and never packed in cosmo. Early KBI import. What I like is the striped siberian birch stock. Maybe not rare or anything, but cool factor is there.

[CrufflerSteve]

Heck, this is the main readon for a C&R - to get interesting guns, one with a sense of history.

I have an 1891 Mosin Nagant with German capture marks and Finnish army marks. It went to a lot of places.

Any Swedish Mausers are cool and I've managed a few good ones. I have a few that had diopter sights put on them for shooting clubs - their version of CMP.

I think my real favorites are several kar98K rifles that started as WWII German and ended up in Israel.

A Hakim is fun to shoot since it is so big & loud.

Steve

[.455_Hunter]

Zombie!

[Osmosis]

Zombie!

Not quite. But that's what getting a kid through senior year of high school and getting a house ready to sell makes me look like. Not much time for shooting or contributing.
Anyway here is a link with pictures I posted back when I still had ammo to shoot: https://www.ar-15.co/threads/178907-...73#post2305973

[Erni]

Not quite. But that's what getting a kid through senior year of high school and getting a house ready to sell makes me look like. Not much time for shooting or contributing.
Anyway here is a link with pictures I posted back when I still had ammo to shoot: https://www.ar-15.co/threads/178907-...73#post2305973

Kids! I feel like I put my life and shooting skills on hold for the past 15 years.