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    Quote Originally Posted by Schuetzenman View Post
    Swiss Vetterli model 1871. Caliber 10.4 x 38 mm. A .44 magnum bullet can be used in these. They are a rimfire and I thought for a while about converting the bolt to centerfire. But being a purist to preserve history I couldn't bring myself to modify the bolt. This thing was very minty, barrel looked like it left the factory yesterday.

    Cartouche on the stock.


    Close up of the action cycled to eject a spent casing. This rifle (if I recall correctly) could hold 10 rounds in a tubular magazine. It loaded like the Winchester rifles through a side loading gate as seen in this photo. And yet the action is a bolt action type. Very odd mashup of technology.

    The middle rifle is a WWII rebuild of a 1903 Springfield rifle built by the Rock Island IL arsenal. This was a minty CMP / DCM rifle. Had a High Standard barrel on it. Bottom rifle is a 1903A3 which is the cost reduced model of the 1903 rifle built during WWII. This is an Smith Corrona manufactured 1903A3. SC was a type writer manufacturer before and after the war. 1903 Springfields had milled steel trigger guards, barrel bands, magazine wells, , magazine follower and even the buttplate. The 1903A3 swapped all these parts to stamped sheet metal versions and put a peep sight on the receiver replacing a very fragile ladder sight with windage adjustment that the 1903 had on it.

    Rear sight of the 1903 type Springfield rifles. The large knob at the far right of the image is the windage adjustment. Notice the white marks on the left of the image. These are the windage increment marks. The sight was very precise but also very fragile. I can't imagine they would survive being hit on a rock or tree branch.

    Thanks for the write-up, buddy!

    The Vetterli does look interesting. Looks like it uses a Henry style case ejector. Also I totally agree on not converting the bolt.

    Cool Springfields! I was not aware of the changes to the A3 model that you mentioned besides the peep sight. I had always thought of the A3 as an improvement, but it sounds like the sight itself was the only improvement and everything else was cost reduced. If I recall, I believe the Marines used A3's instead of M1's during WWII.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vit View Post
    My Christmas break project. Didn't realize how expensive Chinese AK parts have gotten.


    Nice!

    MAK-90 conversion?
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    Quote Originally Posted by FunkyPertwee View Post
    Nice!

    MAK-90 conversion?
    Yes.

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    Nice underfolding spiker.

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    Not mine, but interesting. Looks like an early no-fence M16 lower was repurposed for use as an M16A2. It even has a burst trigger group and is marked for such.
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    Quote Originally Posted by skorpion View Post
    Not mine, but interesting. Looks like an early no-fence M16 lower was repurposed for use as an M16A2. It even has a burst trigger group and is marked for such.
    What a waste. That guy takes a VINTAGE lower and puts an A2 set up on it with M203 launcher. That vintage lower is perfect for an XM-177 early model or an XM16-E2 rifle. It's much rarer than the A2 lowers (though one can get retro lowers from some vendors, when they have them in stock).

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    looks like the crap the air national guard dummies would show up to deployments with.
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    using a new photo hosting service so I'll be able to put up some crap in a few days.
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    Nice Yugo. I have one like it. Left it stock but installed XS tritium AK sight post in front.
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    OK, since folders seem to be popular:



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    Nice. The next I will buy will be Polish. And then I will try for a double folder.
    After that maybe the M70B1
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    Gawd I hate photofucket.... it's always a struggle to navigate there. Maybe I'll try google chrome browser...

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    Quote Originally Posted by l921428x View Post
    Nice. The next I will buy will be Polish. And then I will try for a double folder.
    After that maybe the M70B1
    What's a double folder?
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    One of the luckiest purchases I have ever made:



    Double folder = underfolding stock and underfolding bayo, as in Poly Tech at both lower positions.

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    What is that on the bottom right? 5.56?
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    Quote Originally Posted by l921428x View Post
    What is that on the bottom right? 5.56?
    Yes, bottom right is a Poly Tech AKS-223 which is also ok with 5.56x45. Strangely missing from the photo is a long barrel 84S-1 which must have been hiding when I pulled these out of the safe.

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