Your "Pride and Joy" Rifle - Page 2

Tidewater_Kid · December 29, 2008, 08:34 PM

My Favorite..1907 BSA MkI***

Started out in bad shape with Chrome Mag. Ended up feeling much better. It's still a work in progress as I replace parts with the correct ones whenever possible. I took a great deal of pride taking it out to shoot on it's one-hundredth birthday.

TK

zbones6 · March 2, 2013, 05:03 PM

I would have to say my Type 38 Jap Arisaka in 6.5x50. Given to me by my uncle who had it in his closet for 50+ years, a vet bring-back. All matching parts, superb rifling, 100% original. Unfortunately, it's missing the firing pin, main spring, and safety knob. I've never shot it, but once I get the parts and a reloading press, look out

BerdanSS · March 2, 2013, 08:21 PM

here's mine.

all matching 'cept for the bolt. Great shooter too

5THBATT · March 2, 2013, 08:37 PM

For me, as it's one of my latest
1930 No1 MkVI

tahunua001 · March 2, 2013, 10:05 PM

ok even though this is a

ZOMBIE THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll bite,

my pride and joy is and always has been my Savage made Enfield NO4 MK1*.

a new arrival and close second is my Japanese type 44 Arisaka.

now I'll be a buzzkill and offer a let down.

MAS36, got it for dirt cheap and despite being very beat up and worn, everything fit quite nicely and ran smoothely but man I cant seem to hit anything with that rifle.

Aaron1100us · March 3, 2013, 11:30 AM

Has to be my 1961 Seneca Green Nylon 66. Only because that was my Uncle's gun and that is what he taught me to shoot with 29 years ago.

Attachment 87638

Brodieray · March 3, 2013, 11:59 AM

Guess mine would have to be my Belgium made Browning 22.

indy1919 · March 3, 2013, 01:18 PM

What is a zombie thread?????

5THBATT · March 3, 2013, 05:42 PM

"What is a zombie thread?????"
means its been brought back from the dead, the post at the top of the page dates back to 2008:

indy1919 · March 3, 2013, 06:10 PM

5thBatt..

So what is the checkering on the front grip like that,.??? Never seen that before.. Any history on that..???

I do live the MkIIIs they look just perfect..

SIGSHR · March 3, 2013, 06:21 PM

My M1888 Rod Bayonet Springfield. It's what I carried up San Juan Hill in 1898.

5THBATT · March 3, 2013, 06:48 PM

Indy1919
the rifle is a No1 MkVI, one of 1024 (iirc) built around 1930 for troops trials, the last model of the No1 rifles it fits between the MkV SMLE & the trials No4, the checkering is one of the features of these rifles plus a recess behind the safety plus a lower left hand sidewall compared with the later trials No4 & production No4.
quite a rare rifle & on the wish list of many Lee Enfield collectors.

RonR6 · March 3, 2013, 08:02 PM

Tamara that 1891 is very nice, I have one similar to it

indy1919 · March 3, 2013, 08:57 PM

Not to put to fine a point on this SIGSHR but if you carried that rifle up San Juan Hill in 1898 Your Senior member status is really understated. You would not have gone under a different name once like Casca??

indy1919 · March 3, 2013, 08:58 PM

Many thanks 5thbatt

Hardcase · March 3, 2013, 09:54 PM

My great, great grandfather's Colt Lightning rifle in .38-40. Made in 1884, the first year of production, and it still shoots straight as an arrow with black powder rounds.

A close, close second is my grandfather's Winchester 1906. It's also a first year gun, but sometime in the 1910s it was converted from .22 short to s/l/lr.

SIGSHR · March 4, 2013, 09:54 PM

As Satchell Paige said "How old do you think you'd be if you didn't know how old you was?" You should see all the looks I get when I show my driver's license.

Quadpod88 · March 4, 2013, 10:03 PM

My pride and joy was a Turkish 8mm Mauser, It was stolen about three months ago along with most of my gun collection

. That left me with only a 12gauge coach gun and a budget .30-06 which I bought afterward. Still a sore subject

DMK · March 5, 2013, 01:14 PM

Springfield Garand. I got it as a Service Grade CMP gun, but it never shot right. Accuracy was terrible and it had the dangerous habit of doubling every now and then. I probably should have sent it back, but instead I sent it to Deans Gun Restorations. Dean put a new Douglas .308 barrel on for me, replaced all the springs, tuned the action, refinished all the metal and fitted a new Wenig stock. When I got it back, it was like a brand new M1. I then added the Turner Slings M1907 sling and a Fulton Armory National Match rear sight aperture. It is the prize of my collection now and shoots like a laser beam.

March 2, 2013, 10:05 PM	#30
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	ok even though this is a ZOMBIE THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll bite, my pride and joy is and always has been my Savage made Enfield NO4 MK1. a new arrival and close second is my Japanese type 44 Arisaka. now I'll be a buzzkill and offer a let down. MAS36, got it for dirt cheap and despite being very beat up and worn, everything fit quite nicely and ran smoothely but man I cant seem to hit anything with that rifle. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein* You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin

March 3, 2013, 11:30 AM	#31
Aaron1100us Senior Member Join Date: December 19, 2011 Posts: 235	Re: Your "Pride and Joy" Rifle Has to be my 1961 Seneca Green Nylon 66. Only because that was my Uncle's gun and that is what he taught me to shoot with 29 years ago. Attachment 87638

March 3, 2013, 09:54 PM	#41
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,909	My great, great grandfather's Colt Lightning rifle in .38-40. Made in 1884, the first year of production, and it still shoots straight as an arrow with black powder rounds. A close, close second is my grandfather's Winchester 1906. It's also a first year gun, but sometime in the 1910s it was converted from .22 short to s/l/lr. __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae

March 4, 2013, 10:03 PM	#43
Quadpod88 Member Join Date: February 27, 2013 Posts: 93	My pride and joy was a Turkish 8mm Mauser, It was stolen about three months ago along with most of my gun collection . That left me with only a 12gauge coach gun and a budget .30-06 which I bought afterward. Still a sore subject __________________ *God made all men, but it was Sam Colt who made them equal.*

March 5, 2013, 01:14 PM	#44
DMK Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2001 Location: Over the hills and far, far away Posts: 3,206	Springfield Garand. I got it as a Service Grade CMP gun, but it never shot right. Accuracy was terrible and it had the dangerous habit of doubling every now and then. I probably should have sent it back, but instead I sent it to Deans Gun Restorations. Dean put a new Douglas .308 barrel on for me, replaced all the springs, tuned the action, refinished all the metal and fitted a new Wenig stock. When I got it back, it was like a brand new M1. I then added the Turner Slings M1907 sling and a Fulton Armory National Match rear sight aperture. It is the prize of my collection now and shoots like a laser beam. __________________ - Homeland Security begins at home: Support your Second Amendment - www.gunowners.org - www.saf.org - act.nraila.org - www.grnc.org

March 2, 2013, 05:03 PM	#27
zbones6 Member Join Date: December 29, 2011 Posts: 91	I would have to say my Type 38 Jap Arisaka in 6.5x50. Given to me by my uncle who had it in his closet for 50+ years, a vet bring-back. All matching parts, superb rifling, 100% original. Unfortunately, it's missing the firing pin, main spring, and safety knob. I've never shot it, but once I get the parts and a reloading press, look out

March 2, 2013, 08:21 PM	#28
BerdanSS Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Location: to close to other houses Posts: 1,176	here's mine. all matching 'cept for the bolt. Great shooter too

March 2, 2013, 08:37 PM	#29
5THBATT Member Join Date: February 7, 2013 Posts: 28	For me, as it's one of my latest 1930 No1 MkVI

March 3, 2013, 01:18 PM	#33
indy1919 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2011 Posts: 277	What is a zombie thread?????

March 3, 2013, 05:42 PM	#34
5THBATT Member Join Date: February 7, 2013 Posts: 28	"What is a zombie thread?????" means its been brought back from the dead, the post at the top of the page dates back to 2008:

March 3, 2013, 06:10 PM	#35
indy1919 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2011 Posts: 277	5thBatt.. So what is the checkering on the front grip like that,.??? Never seen that before.. Any history on that..??? I do live the MkIIIs they look just perfect..

March 3, 2013, 06:21 PM	#36
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	My M1888 Rod Bayonet Springfield. It's what I carried up San Juan Hill in 1898.

March 3, 2013, 06:48 PM	#37
5THBATT Member Join Date: February 7, 2013 Posts: 28	Indy1919 the rifle is a No1 MkVI, one of 1024 (iirc) built around 1930 for troops trials, the last model of the No1 rifles it fits between the MkV SMLE & the trials No4, the checkering is one of the features of these rifles plus a recess behind the safety plus a lower left hand sidewall compared with the later trials No4 & production No4. quite a rare rifle & on the wish list of many Lee Enfield collectors.

March 3, 2013, 08:02 PM	#38
RonR6 Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2013 Location: South Eastern PA Posts: 108	Tamara that 1891 is very nice, I have one similar to it

March 3, 2013, 08:57 PM	#39
indy1919 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2011 Posts: 277	Not to put to fine a point on this SIGSHR but if you carried that rifle up San Juan Hill in 1898 Your Senior member status is really understated. You would not have gone under a different name once like Casca??

March 3, 2013, 08:58 PM	#40
indy1919 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2011 Posts: 277	Many thanks 5thbatt

March 4, 2013, 09:54 PM	#42
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	As Satchell Paige said "How old do you think you'd be if you didn't know how old you was?" You should see all the looks I get when I show my driver's license.