"That's a nice Springfield rifle in your signature. 45-70? I had a 45-70 full length, regular issue, 1877. I love the Springfields and Sharps, but my favorite is the Remington Rolling Block."
Hey Tony,
Great to see another aficionado here. I guess a love of aeroplanes and flight somehow translates into an interest in firearms too. Perhaps it's a "technology thing."
How about these Springfields? You should like the bottom one best. Made at the Springfield Armory in 1870 to the Rolling Block patent.
Nice collection dude. Mine was pretty much identical to the one at top, the very dark stock. It was in well taken care off condition, but it had seen some service. One of my Dad's friends had a Custer Special, Springfield carbine. One on the bottom is a sweetheart. I love all of them, Sharps, Springfields, my pick of the litter is a Remington Rolling Block carbine. The originals have become unreasonably pricey, I'm a shooter and not a collector. I'm looking for a Navy Arms repro of the Remington. My thing now is Russian Mosin Nagant rifles, the 91/30s and variations. I got 2 carbines and if it's not sold a friend has a 91/30 rifle I'm after. My pet project is a Finn M-39(91/30 with thicker Finn barrel). I did the trigger job and took some busted stock pieces and combined them, I'm working on a Dragunov style stock for the Finn. I'm playing with steel scope mounts parts and want to figger a good mount, I got a 1940's/50s vintage Weaver 10X, though I can walk the dog okay with a 4X. I don't use aluminum anything on a weapon if I can avoid it. I've seen some really good scopes come out of Russia, I love Communist weaponry. I'm not into civilian weapons at all, and if I have a particular need or desire for a particular weapon, I go for the military. I have a Romanian SKS that was ex-military and not the Romak junk, this one has a Russian barrel. I traded the plastic stock the previous owner had for a Russian SKS stock. You ever buttstroked somebody with a plastic stock? They'll stand there and laugh at you. I got a Russian scope I traded a guy a cleaning rod for on it, and an AK-74 muzzle brake. Nadya has the 40 round clip, as the Chinese Type 56 rifle(SKS).
A good friend of mine has a Kimber .45, nice gun, I'd rather build one from GI issue parts. I do like the long slides and the 14 round frames, but these match grade 10 grand sports cars ain't my thing.
You touched a nerve with me buddy, guns are one of my weaknesses. I don't know it I ever met one I didn't like.
You want chat guns, you found someone to do it with:salute:
Ted Nugent In 2012!
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