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So A fellow TGOer and I have sort of been putting together separate collections of military surplus rifles. Collectively, we account for many of the more common designs. Thought I'd show a few pictures of my two favorites in my collection.
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I may put up some pictures of my M1 Carbine later. I am currently bidding on an FN49 on gunbroker, which had the potential of being competition to the Garand, had Germany not invaded Belgium and delayed the rifle development.

Feel free to post pictures of your WW2 era semi auto rifle. Anyone have a G43 here!? I know someone has a 41 Johnson Automatic!


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So A fellow TGOer and I have sort of been putting together separate collections of military surplus rifles. Collectively, we account for many of the more common designs. Thought I'd show a few picture

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From the top:   HRA Garand Springfield Armory Garand Model 1941 Johnson (4-digit serial) Winchester M1 Carbine Underwood M1 Carbine  

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Swedish Ljungman standing by....

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Wow, Ramjo sees it exactly the way I do.  

 

The M1 Garand is an awesome gun.  I would put it at the top of the list of best guns of all time considering technology available when it was produced.  

 

Gen Patton and I view the Garand the same.

 

Of course, how can anyone fail to appreciate Russian rifles?  His SVT 40 is a gorgeous gun.  I don't have one, though suspect it would be one of my most prized guns if I had one.  

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That stock kinda makes my SVT40. It had a broken down stock when it arrived and I bought this one finished off eBay and still didn't break the $1000 mark. Currently the cheapest one on gunbroker is around $1300


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Wow, Ramjo sees it exactly the way I do.

The M1 Garand is an awesome gun. I would put it at the top of the list of best guns of all time considering technology available when it was produced.

Gen Patton and I view the Garand the same.

Of course, how can anyone fail to appreciate Russian rifles? His SVT 40 is a gorgeous gun. I don't have one, though suspect it would be one of my most prized guns if I had one.

The greatest battle implement ever devised haha


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So A fellow TGOer and I have sort of been putting together separate collections of military surplus rifles. Collectively, we account for many of the more common designs. Thought I'd show a few pictures of my two favorites in my collection.
4c05876d8b80d051c8462b0209b68cd9.jpg
ccdfb529ccae43c41c4ca27648c4ae64.jpg
247fc54137ea8e3a9bec4f089cdc0831.jpg

I may put up some pictures of my M1 Carbine later. I am currently bidding on an FN49 on gunbroker, which had the potential of being competition to the Garand, had Germany not invaded Belgium and delayed the rifle development.

Feel free to post pictures of your WW2 era semi auto rifle. Anyone have a G43 here!? I know someone has a 41 Johnson Automatic!


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Great to see another milsurp fanboy on TGO!

Which country FN49 are you targeting?

Here is my fN49 argie:

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Great to see another milsurp fanboy on TGO!

Which country FN49 are you targeting?

Here is my fN49 argie:

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Argentine! Comes with 7 20 round magazines


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Great to see another milsurp fanboy on TGO!

Which country FN49 are you targeting?

Here is my fN49 argie:

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This is amazingly gorgeous!   I'm curious as to how much this is worth

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Nice rifles everybody. I've got 3 WWII semis. My favorite is in my avatar. I tried to post it but, couldn't get it to work.

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Nice rifles everybody. I've got 3 WWII semis. My favorite is in my avatar. I tried to post it but, couldn't get it to work.

 

Is that your Johnson?  :lol:

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Yeah, its mine. Had it for a few years.

That's a big Johnson! I see gunbroker has a lot of them on there lately. Most go for around $5000. Wish I could find one to shoot.


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That's a big Johnson! I see gunbroker has a lot of them on there lately. Most go for around $5000. Wish I could find one to shoot.


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So you want to hold another man's Johnson?

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Sorry guys but she stays with me [emoji41]

I have a genuine question for you. It says they had the rifles converted to 7.62x51 NATO. Will the rifle safely handle the pressures of .308 without causing extra wear on the gun?


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I don't think there would be any problem with 7.62x51 NATO. Some of them were in .30-06 and 7.65x53. A lot of the 7.62 ammo is not as high pressure as standard .308 ammo.

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I don't think there would be any problem with 7.62x51 NATO. Some of them were in .30-06 and 7.65x53. A lot of the 7.62 ammo is not as high pressure as standard .308 ammo.

That's what I'm wanting to know. If the .308 will hurt it or if I should stick with the NATO loads.


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That's what I'm wanting to know. If the .308 will hurt it or if I should stick with the NATO loads.


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This is why you should come to my house and reload your own 308 cartridges.... That way you don't hurt your gun

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