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What exactly is that?

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I need to find me a decent piece for the collection. Should have snapped them up before California went nuts!

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Sorry Jesse...that was LOOONNNGGG before you were born. :twisted: Even I barely remember when Kalifornicate was a fit place to live. :hide:

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Umm, Mudge? That rifle on the right's not a Dragunov....It's a Tokarev SVT-40 :wink:

Corrosive ammo's not bad, so long as you remember to clean the weapon 2-3 times with an ammonia-based cleaner, such as Sweet's 7.62. Have fired several thousand rounds of old .30-06 and WarPac stuff, with no ill effects at all.

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Couple of things here...
Randy...Isn't that a Dragonov I see there? Excellent weapon.
OK...Tell me those weapons ARE NOT with you in the UK,


Naah, it's a Yugoslav SKS (Zastava 59/66A1 for the technically inclined). No, they're not with me in the UK, unfortunately.... :(
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What exactly is that?


It's when your right thumb gets slammed by the bolt...the last time it happened to me my thumbnail was black for about 4 months.
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I think I did it with my second clip. :(
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Randy...I knew that...really. Just couldn't think of the name. Friend has one that I've fired. Name notwithstanding....it's still a nice weapon.
When you get to be my age, the memory is the SECOND thing to go.*

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Dan Jones wrote:
I think I did it with my second clip. :(


I used to be on a drill team when I was in ROTC and that was my first exposure to the Garand. My dad, a Korean-era veteran, spent a buch of time showing me how to safely close that bolt...and that worked for many years. Unfortunately as I started owning and shooting my own M1s, I occasionally got sloppy...and that's when it bit me!!
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If you need extra clips, Ive got a few...

Stay away from the Korean Surplus ammo, It smells heavy of ammonia and is very dirty ammo. The Danish Surplus stuff was great...clean, non corrosive....nice firing stuff.

Its all gone now.... :(

I went though 2 crates of it.
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The Greek surplus from the CMP was also really good ammo...came pre-loaded in enbloc clips, too!
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If you need extra clips, Ive got a few...

Stay away from the Korean Surplus ammo, It smells heavy of ammonia and is very dirty ammo. The Danish Surplus stuff was great...clean, non corrosive....nice firing stuff.

Its all gone now.... :(

I went though 2 crates of it.
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Yeah I could use a few extra clips, if you have some to spare. Can you send me a P.M.

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My first M-1 was from CMP, I think I was 18. Partner and I won out division at the Camp Perry CMP Spring Match. CMP sent me a really nice medal.

Like was said, CMP rifles can be a bit "used", but every once and a while there is a cherry in the mix.
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You actually can get the M1 Garand to fire Full Auto (without bump firing it). Some of the Armorers during WW2 used to file down certain parts to get them to do this.
Yes, you can. All it takes is a shoestring. The ATF has also classified shoestrings as a machine gun (I'm not kidding here for once!).

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