How is the milsurp market these days?

[drwebb]

Probably a dumb question, but is there anywhere in the state that has a decent collection of milsurp guns? How about anywhere that gets crates in from time to time?

I see online that random places are still getting crates of various guns, but I'd like to see the quality instead of just gambling that they don't give me a trash gun.

 

[alleycat]

Probably a dumb question, but is there anywhere in the state that has a decent collection of milsurp guns? How about anywhere that gets crates in from time to time?

I see online that random places are still getting crates of various guns, but I'd like to see the quality instead of just gambling that they don't give me a trash gun.

Nothing locally that has large quantities. The only folks who have crates are direct importers who bring them into the county.

You may consider posting a “want to buy” ad here to beat the bushes

 

[10thmountain]

Some neat Garands listed lately. 13300 is listed . I like the Winnie as well.

 

[alleycat]

Pretty cool pic that I saw on a metal detector forum. They’re still finding war relics on battlefield sites in Europe….

 

[alleycat]

Ruptured case on MKE surplus 30-06, or a hot round caused a catastrophic failure of an 1 garand. It’s unclear if surplus ammo was the cause or if a surplus casing was reloaded. MKE surplus is notoriously hot-loaded and cracked casings are frequent (from cmp forum)…..

 

[10thmountain]

Ruptured case on MKE surplus 30-06, or a hot round caused a catastrophic failure of an 1 garand. It’s unclear if surplus ammo was the cause or if a surplus casing was reloaded. MKE surplus is notoriously hot-loaded and cracked casings are frequent (from cmp forum)…..

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Yikes, Hope the owner is alright.

 

[WFO62]

Dang... Thats a bad one... hopefully, the shooters OK.???

 

[alleycat]

Dang... Thats a bad one... hopefully, the shooters OK.???

They said the shooter had only minor injuries

 

[alleycat]

So….I submitted a FOIA request for records on my M1c sniper garand.

-My rifle was built in March of 1945 in the first batch of snipers built.
-It appears that after the Korean war she was loaned out to the Greek military
-She saw service in Greece and then the Greek government returned her to the US Embassy in Athens sometime before 2008.
-She arrived in Anniston, AL from Greece in March of 2008
-She was sold to the CMP later that same year
-The CMP processed for sale in December of 2010.
-I purchased her from the CMP in May of 2021.

Pretty cool….






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[alleycat]