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C&R List of "Must Have"!
Yankee Clipper
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Soliciting opinions on the top 20 (or more) list of "Must Have" Curio & Relic(C&R) firearms.
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1) Ballester Molina; Argentine 1911 (ish) clone
2) M48 Yugo Mauser; strong cheap and reliable with cheap ammo
3) SKS 54/66; you gotta like anything that costs $140 and has
a grenade launcher on it...cheap ammo too
4) Polish made Tokarev TT-33. Great quality, interesting round
(good penetrator) and made at the Radom factory!
5) Turkish Mauser: REALLY cheap...who cares if you hurt it!
6) Any of the Moisin Nagants: Most are cheap, ammo is
plentiful and cheap. Best of the bunch? The Polish
made M-44's. Very high quality!
7) Star Modelo A/B: These are neat looking Colt clones firing
9mm and 9 Super that give good value for the money
8) Swedish Mausers: Fairly expensive but you almost cannot
go wrong as they are all well maintained and shoot
like nobodies business! Maybe my favorite Mil. Surps!
9) French 36/51's and 49/56's: Highly underated even if the
French are highly OVERrated (regarding ANYTHING.
Period! Cowards!) Good shooters if you can still find
them cheap!
10) Spanish FR-7/8: Neat looking and one of the last of their t
type. Take the same Bayonet as the Cetme!
11) My personal favorite...the Swiss K-31! Srange looking, odd
fitting, straight pull, farm gate trigger...regardless,
an awsome rifle that with decent ammo (start reloading
NOW!!) will shoot the lights out. Bought my first for
$140 and last at $90 and don't regret either purchase!!
I give up at 11: You'll get information overload!. Most of what I listed is still out there for sale but there are SOOOO many others, including sporting guns of the right vintage, that I could go on for days! Have fun with the C&R license I assume you already have or will soon!
"When I cease learning...I'm dead"(Me)
"Power corrupts...Absolute power corrupts absolutely"(Descartes?)
"History is written by winners"(Patton)
"You get a lot farther with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone!"(Al Capone)
"There is nothing lower than the human race...except the French" (Samuel Clemens)
1. m1 garand
2. m1 carbine
3. u.s.gi 1911 colt [ or remington rand ]
4. smith & wesson victory model
5. webley .455 eley revolver
6. smith schofield
7. 1873 saa colt
8. 1894 winchester
9. winchester model 12
10 remington model 31
11. remington model 11
12. remington model 29
12b. remington model 10
14. winchester model 67
15. remington 514
16. browning A-5
17. colt 1908 vest pocket [ .25acp ]
18. colt 1903
19. Mauser 98
20. Any Krag !
ok thats 20 of my favorite c&r elegible firearms in no particular order. Hey you didnt say anything about cheap so i felt free to list firearms i have a love for ! [8D].......[ and yes im a tad superstitious if your wondering about the number 12b. [:D] ]
I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be damn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
John Wayne
2) M1 Carbine
3) 1903 Springfield
4) US 30/40 Krag Jorgensen
5) SMLE
6) Spanish FR8
7) Soviet SKS
8) Mosin Nagant
9) Mauser K98
10) Arisaka
11) WW2 1911A1
12) Luger
13) Walther P38
14) Webley revolver
15) Colt and/or S&W Model 1917
16) Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"
17) Russian or Polish TT33
18) 1895 Nagant revolver
19) CZ52
20) Makarov
Model 96 Mauser (Broomhandle)
Luger
Type 14 Nambu
Webley
Colt Model 73 (Peacemaker)
Colt DA 38
Colt 1911
Colt Model of 1917
Krag
1903 Springfield
US Enfield (Model of 1917)
Garand
Carbine
Johnson 1941
Gew 98 Mauser
K98k Mauser
Enfield Mk III
Type 99 Arisaka
Type 38 Arisaka
Browning HP (Ingles made)
This covers the US, British Commonwealth, Germany and Japan during WWI and WWII. The Krag, Colt Peacemaker, and Johnson, while not primary weapons during these periods are nevertheless in the US lineage.
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A man who is in love with learning is a man who is never without a bride, for there is always more. L'Amour
I think you would like to examine the contents of my gun safe [;)]
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Charlie
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
colt 1905
colt 1911
colt ace
colt service ace
all colt 1911 a1 types with SWARTZ safety to prove to colt that the "TYPE 1980"
is a poor way of doing the same thing
colt woodsmans of all types
LUGERS
all high standards 22 autos
one HighStandard revolver or rifle to prove they shouldn't build anything but 22autos
Rifle and shotguns to follow
Hey, p3skyking! If you are one of the chosen few to have the resources to be able to own a 1941 Johnson, you sure get my respect!(and envy, you dog)