So the BIG show in Tulsa, OK is only 3 weeks away and I'll be goin' down looking to get my hands on some new milsurp firearms, new firearms take a backseat this year. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning.
I plan on bringing my little streamlight to check bores, a decommissioned HXP 30-06 round to do a quick check on muzzle erosion (on M1903s, M1s, and M1917s anyway. If I could figure a way to get my hands on some other calibers for the same reason I would but can't justify buying 20 rounds of ammo for a gun I don't own in the event that I MIGHT see one at a show or LGS), and my Kelly Blue Book of Guns/Gunbroker App.
While thinking about this I wondered what everyone else looks for when inspecting a milsurp? I'm not thinking of one on particular, I'll be looking for whatever looks interesting/shootable from Arisakas and Swedish Mausers to Hakeems and FN49s.
So, what do look for before laying down your hard earned money on an old warhorse?
I plan on bringing my little streamlight to check bores, a decommissioned HXP 30-06 round to do a quick check on muzzle erosion (on M1903s, M1s, and M1917s anyway. If I could figure a way to get my hands on some other calibers for the same reason I would but can't justify buying 20 rounds of ammo for a gun I don't own in the event that I MIGHT see one at a show or LGS), and my Kelly Blue Book of Guns/Gunbroker App.
While thinking about this I wondered what everyone else looks for when inspecting a milsurp? I'm not thinking of one on particular, I'll be looking for whatever looks interesting/shootable from Arisakas and Swedish Mausers to Hakeems and FN49s.
So, what do look for before laying down your hard earned money on an old warhorse?