05-06-2003, 06:01 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Gene
Sounds great. I have a 1941 dated SVT that was brought back by an American soldier who captured it in France! Many Moisins and SVT's are available nowadays here in the US but most have been factory reconditioned with serial numbers etched on with an electro-pencil and reblued. Genuine untouched-since-the-war examples are hard to come by.
Gene
Thanks Gene!
You are right, but I like the challange of finding the untouched ones, like all of mine are.
P.S. I know this is a Soviet forum but I am the most excited by my newest find; a Springfield Armory 1942 M-1 Garand that was produced for the "Lend-Lease" program for Britian after Dunkirk.
They did not have time to re-train their troops on a new rifle, so they were issued to the home guard, thus not used much!
Looks almost as new as the day she was produced!
Art,
Thanks for the message, the PM won't give me enough room!
I have been collecting Soviet items for 23 years.
I have been collecting weapons for 16 years.
I am quite knowledgeable in firearms due to my six years of U.S. Army experience as a "Scout-Sniper"
Here is my current weapons inventory:
Poly-Tech "Pre-Ban" M-14
Springfield Armory M-14
South African R-1 FN-FAL
Armalite M-15A2, (M-16)
Poly-Tech "Folding Stock" AK-47
Romanian AK-74
Romanian AK-101
Norinco AKMS-101
1939 BSW K98k Mauser, all matching
1940 JP Sauer K98k "Russian Capture" Mauser
1942 Springfield Armory "Lend-Lease" M-1 Garand
1952 Winchester/Springfield M-1D Garand Sniper Rifle
1944 Springfield M-1 Garand
Yugoslavian SKS
Moisin Nagant 91/30
Remington 700 PSS Sniper Rifle
Early Chinese Military SKS
1954 Russian SKS, Tula Arsonal
1943 Inland M-1 Carbine
1944 Inland M-1 carbine, (turned into an M-3 for Vietnam and fitted with first generation infared scope).
Yugoslavian M-70 AK-47, (1,500 in U.S.)
Yugoslavian RPK, (400 in U.S.)
Daewoo DR-200 South Korean Assult Rifle
Spanish Cetme MBR
1944 Russian M-44 W/ 1942 PU scope
Mossberg 590 military 12 gauge
Baikil Makarov, (Tula Arsonal)
Imez Makarov
CZ-75 SA 9mm
CZ-75 Compact 9mm
FN-Herstal Browning High-Power 9mm
LLama Mini-Max 9mm, (made for the Royal Jordanian Air-Force, for King Hussien before he died of cancer, they were never delivered, 200 were made).
Sig-Sauer P226 9mm
Glock- 22C .40S&W
CZ-75 DA/SA W/Factory Red Dot Sight
Ruger New Model Super blackhawk .44 Maginum
Smith & Wesson 626-5 .357 Magnum
Ruger "Security-Six" .22 & .22 Magnum
I also have an extensive Soviet Optics and Night Vision collection as well as bayonets.
An Egyptian Maadi would be an extremely nice, you better get one now, they are disappearing quickly!!
Bob
