Lets see your Military surplus Hunting rigs

[Josh Smith]

The action is shimmed and the barrel corked:

I also made some cool things like a two-stage Finn M39-style trigger. Instead of pins, it has bearings

 

[Josh Smith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdO8M4-idqE

Here is a trigger I modified while taking time to record the manufacturing process. Please bear in mind that this is during manufacture and it does not yet have grease or bluing on it.

This is very similar to the Finnish M39's trigger; this is just a Finnish idea that I improved on a bit.

This rifle is capable of this (or rather, I'm capable of doing this, with my 20/55 sight; I'm sure the rifle's much better):

Regards,

Josh

 

[Dragline45]

Just picked this up the other day for only $60.

Carcano Model 1941 Infantry Rifle

 

[m&p45acp10+1]

My soon to be hog gun. I am going to leave it just like it is. The only addition I am making is the one I already have. I will slide on a Buttler Creek Medium slip on on recoil pad. Other than that I drift adjusted the sights, and tuned in a hand load.

This group was at 50 yards seated, using my knee to rest my elbow on. 10 shots fired at a rate of one shot per minute.

Note my hadloads with Speer Hot Core 150 grain SP .311 diameter shoot even better than this. The group shown was with 185 grain Monarch steel case FMJ.

 

[Josh Smith]

M&P,

What are you backing the Speer 150grn Hot Cor with? Mine likes 45 grains Varget with that bullet.

Regards,

Josh

 

[LoFlow]

I'll add another Krag to the list.

 

[m&p45acp10+1]

I am using IMR 4320 for the hunting loads. I do not have my notes handy to give a velocity number.

General purpouse plinking loads are .308 bullets for the .30 carbine. 115 grains either the RN soft point, or FMJ the price on them is the same either way. (I also load .30 carbine.) I load them with Trail Boss. Averaged velocity with a 3.1 CC dipper heaping full was about 1700 FPS +/- 50 FPS. That was using CCI LR primers.

I had good results with Hornady 125 grain soft points in .310 loaded with IMR 4320 as well. 50 yard groups were under an inch off of sand bags.

 

[Joe Chicago]

Here is my 1943 Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk1 with deer.

 

[Skadoosh]

Circa 1950-60's sporterized 1903A3 updated with a Timney trigger and a Nikon 3x9 scope.

 

[8MM Mauser]

Here's a pic of me on my first hunting trip with my Sporterized Mauser. I couldn't find a pic of just the rifle unfortunatly. It's got a super ergonomic thumbhole stock and a 9x-40 Simmons scope on it. Off of the bench it shoots about a 1 inch group (my offhand groups are more like 4-5inches, minute of Deer at least). Not too shabby.

 

[mxsailor803]

You guys with the sporter 1903's are making me jealous. Most of the ones i've even seen were beat to hell and back. All the ones you guys have shown are amazing looking. I'd be glad to have any of them.

 

[Skadoosh]

My 1903A3 sporter is pleasingly accurate...but she kicks like a mule.

 

[csmsss]

Don't have a photo handy, but my 1917 Eddystone looks pretty much just like every other armory-refinished Eddystone. Shoots darn well, too. Sadly, I don't use it for much hunting since there's nothing in southeast Texas that can't easily be taken down with a .308.

 

[tahunua001]

hey I remember this thread. I'm kindof glad that someone resurrected it becasue now I have an excuse to post my baby...
japanese type 44 cavalry carbine.

 

[Jo6pak]

You guys with the sporter 1903's are making me jealous. Most of the ones i've even seen were beat to hell and back. All the ones you guys have shown are amazing looking. I'd be glad to have any of them.

Those are the rifles just begging to be reborn. Buy one, give it some TLC and take her to the woods

 

[Hawg]

You guys with the sporter 1903's are making me jealous. Most of the ones i've even seen were beat to hell and back. All the ones you guys have shown are amazing looking. I'd be glad to have any of them.

You should have seen mine to start with but we won't talk about what it cost to get it looking and shooting like it does now. I'll just say its a good thing it will never be for sale because I'd never get even a third of my money back.

 

[mxsailor803]

Hawg - I could only imagine. Which then again, many of us that re-do any of these old rifles never plan on selling them.

 

[tahoe2]

DUV-41 German Mod98k

Well it's not sportered, but the stock was duffle-cut when it was brought back by a buddies granddad so many years ago.
It was found in the back of a closet wrapped in a GI blanket, something had spilled on it during storage; the blanket had to be peeled off the rifle.
She has a rusted/pitted barrel with strong grooves and no import marks (not an RC)
So after some elbow grease and a light sanding, some TLC and Birchwood Casey's Tru Oil ( 7 coats).
She groups pretty good with Hornady 170 grn RN's. Haven't hunted with her yet but this fall will be her first outing, considering that group. 89697 89698

 

[9mmfan]

In Texas, with a rifle, when you hunt you can only hunt center fire and 5 round capacity

I am curious about this. I am not currently a hunter, and am legitimately looking for clarification. I just pulled this off of the Texas Parks and Wildlife website:

Magazine Capacity (number of shells/cartridges allowed): There are no restrictions on the number of shells or cartridges a legal firearm may hold when hunting game animals or game birds (except migratory game birds, see Legal Shotgun).

 

[tahunua001]

9mm I have posed such comments to texan hunters and all responses have been to the effect that there is no ammo capacity limits in texas for hunting. I'm thinking that the member that made that statement was confused about something else.