Any other milsurp shooters out there?

[Polaris]

Hi guys, new here, looks like thanks to that hope and change, I'm gonna have some free time this winter to chat on forums!

I'm a milsurp rifle nut. Started out with just one Mosin Nagant because the rifle and 440 rounds of ammo were purchased for $180 total. After being impressed by what a $80 commie rifle could do, they started multiplying in my gun cabinet until even my hunting rifles became sporterized milsurps. My main rifle now is a sporter K-98 rebarreled to 280 rem. Real deer flopper. Just wondering if anyone else here shares my sickness.

Regards, Polaris

 

[Divernhunter]

Yes I collect and shoot many different mil surplus rifles. I have a 45-70 trapdoor/ krags/a 1903A3/6.5 and 7.7jap rifles/Swiss K31/M1 Garands/M1 Carbine/Mausers/russians etc in 7.62X39 and 7.62X54R/Enfields/Sweede mauser/ as well as others and Mil surplus pistols. Fun to shoot and collect.

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

Yep, I shoot alot of Mil Surpluss.
Mosins, Mausers, sks, anything that's cheap and fun.
I like being able to practice with a full power rifle round and not break the bank.

 

[1Shot]

Yep I have the sickness also. I had to get a second HUGE safe just to hold the mil-surps. I also made the mistake of getting my C&R FFL and now I stay broke. :roll:

 

[roysclockgun]

I have been collecting, trading and shooting milsurp rifles since the 1960s, when one could buy a US Model 1903 Rifle in pristine condition, for $29 and dealers would throw in a Jap rifle as boot!
Sadly the glory days of milsurp coming into the US are over. Once the armies of the world adopted select fire rifles, no more is going to be released to the general public, save for select fire "rifle kits" sporting new made semi-auto receivers, like the current offerings of FN-FAL, CETME and M14/M1A rifles.
In my opinion the milsurp rifles offered today, that may be the best buys for converting to sporting use, are the 7x57mm Mausers, still offered by Century International Arms. Even if one springs for a new barrel, one will have a very inexpensive rifle chambered in one of the finest cartridges ever produced. Maybe it is because the 7x57mm Mauser is so old, it has for years, been overlooked and has never gotten the attention in N. America that it deserves. Were sportsmen aware of the 7x57mm Mauser's potential, the 7mm-08 may have never gotten off the ground!
Steven A.

 

[RogueRiver]

4 m1 garands- one of each make-HRA, WRA, SA, International Havester
m1carbine- Inland-
1884 trapdoor springfield cadet model
1891 Italian cav. carbine- my first firearm