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

[Irving]

How come no one has said, "MY WIFE!" yet?

[CrufflerSteve]

How come no one has said, "MY WIFE!" yet?

Because she isn't. years ago on a C&R mail list a member's wife told him, "I'm a Curio and you're a Relic."

Steve

[thvigil11]

I picked up a Webley Mark VI at a show in New Mexico for 250 bucks. It was a converted piece to shoot 45 acp in moon clips. Lockup was tight, the old man said he just didn't have ause for it anymore. The funny part was that at least 30 people at the show stopped me and wanted to know if it was for sale. I had offers going up to 600, but I refused. I really always wanted one. Its such an ugly little pistol that I find it beautiful. Besides, I was really excited to shoot it.