E-5 82nd AB said:
S.T., I also have a nice custom No4 Mk1 Carbine in .303 British too. Fajen stock and black caps with white spacers too. Real purdy. I have an old RC Mauser K98K in 7.92x57mm in trade for a nice sporter M-93 7mm Mauser. I'll take a BAR over the M-60, feed tray problems with the M-60. H&K MP-5 = garbage in my opinion. I'm in my mid 30's and what I saw in the service with the M-16's / variants left me sick. I'd love to have an M-1A or the SOCOM Carbine as well. I like certain semi auto rifles, none of the commercial stuff mind you. I prefer milsurp stuff. Hang onto that .30WCF and the AK and the .22-250. I want a .220 Swift bolt action so bad, I can taste it.
If I may ask. May I E-mail you? I'd like to talk about milsurps with you "in person".
#1> I salute you on your NO 4. MK 1 Carbine Enfield. That's a damn good rifle. One I'd like to own actually, and sooner than later too. Was just reading an interesting article on how to properly keep the bore clean from salt residue that the Corrosive .303 ammo would foul up the barrel, even after people used high grade cleaners. Seems pouring
Boiling Water through the bore takes care of built up impurities and then you can run several patches through it and clean it with whatever you want, (I love me Bore Snakes) and it should be fine. **Just in case you didn't know about that, but you might have. Do you know if today's .303 calibre are still corrosive or are there companies manufacturing non-corrosive ammunition these days?
#2> As for the MP-5, I like the way it holds in my hand, but my all time fave SMG (which I haven't had time with) is the British
Sterling L2-A3 side magazine mounted SMG. It just looks BOSS, but I understand the Brits finally put them away when they went over to the L85A1 assault rifle, but were used from like 1951 until the mid 80's by the Airborne Infantry Specialist and SAS units. Gotta' give it to them, they make (and have made) some damn good weapons. After that I really like the tube magazine fed Russian BISON/BIZON SMG, but those are some pricey bastards indeed.
#3> Yeah I'd have to agree on the BAR > M-60 sentiments, however I never liked how it only had the 20 round detacthable box magazine in lieu of the belt fed system on the M-60LMG. I'd really like to find me someone who owns a 1941 Johnson LMG that the US Marines used exclusively in place of the BAR in the Pacific Theatre in WWII. A lot of my (now dead) WWII friends (yes as a kid I was "Friends" with vets, some who taught me stuff before I learned from the NAM vets) who served in the Marines remembered it well, though I've never seen one up close and personal.
#4> I prefer MilSurp stuff as well, but sometimes I gotta' go with what's openly available to the open "commerical" market. These days, and now with a baby daughter on the way (any day now) spending the
$BLING for my collection/hobby/ethusiast passions isn't priority one.
#5> Yeah man, my email address should be accessible through the link in my profile. Always enjoy hot breathing with fellows of the same interests. Shoot for now though... I'm off to bed finally.
PEACE FOR NOW.