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by Surplus_lad
August 23rd, 2024, 6:20 pm
Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
Topic: A couple of German rifles
Replies: 2
Views: 403

A couple of German rifles

Here are a few of my German rifles.
From top to bottom:
Dreyse 1857
Bavarian Werder Apertiertes 1869
1871 Mauser
1898 Mauser
by Surplus_lad
July 26th, 2024, 10:49 am
Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
Topic: Needle Rifles
Replies: 6
Views: 383

Re: Needle Rifles

Please do some "splainin". What makes a "needle" rifle. Instead of a typical firing pin they use a very long firing pin/needle. These all use paper cartridges, so in order to reach the percussion cap they must punch through the paper and powder. The Dreyse is where the name come...
by Surplus_lad
July 26th, 2024, 10:42 am
Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
Topic: Needle Rifles
Replies: 6
Views: 383

Re: Needle Rifles

clarencel wrote: July 24th, 2024, 8:31 am Do you shoot them often?
Never shot them, 2 of them need replacement needles, and those can be very hard to track down
by Surplus_lad
July 23rd, 2024, 2:04 pm
Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
Topic: Needle Rifles
Replies: 6
Views: 383

Needle Rifles

Since there is little activity on this forum, I figured I’ll go ahead and start doing posting some rifles from my collection to see is if I can’t get some more activity though the C&R forum. So here are my three needle rifles. From top to bottom, Prussian Dreyse m57 Carbine Italian Carcano m1844...
by Surplus_lad
February 23rd, 2024, 1:51 pm
Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
Topic: Albanian SKS
Replies: 2
Views: 1760

Albanian SKS

Picked this one up today from Joelgas1.
1978 Albanian SKS, excellent condition, and final year of production. The most uncommon of the massed produced SKS, not including East German, North Korean, and Vietnamese.
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