Gun Porn
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usedto
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M1 Garand, as opposed to the M1 Carbine.
7.62
Infinity nutcase.
The M1 is a Select Grade, I'm restocking it with a Dupage stock today, the M1A is an early 5 digit all Winchester and the Colt is an early All Colt. I have bayonets for all. I'm putting the original stocks from the Garand & M1A into boxes and setting aside as I tend to be rough and they are all shooters seeing regular range time.
Why what?
Jailtime
Standin' on a corner
Here's my new rifle, ordered it in October 2015, just picked it up last month. Shiloh Sharps 1874 Sporter #1, chambered in .45-70. Has a whole slew of upgrades, the nice lady at Shiloh Rifle was more than willing to show off all the available options. Has MVA buffalo soule long range sights, 30" heavy octagon barrel. I set it up to be a long range competition rifle. It's a really great shooter, we have a blackpowder range with steel targets ranging from 385 to 1000 yards. Hit the 385 yd all 4 times, the 775 yd buffalo 2 out of 3, and 1 of 2 on the 1000 yd 4' square target. It's absolutely addicting to touch one off, get hit with the blackpowder smoke, wait 6 seconds, and "CLANG!".
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7.62
Infinity nutcase.
........Dude........ That is so full of WIN right there. I do those long shoots with the garand and it's "tink" So i know you speak the truth !
I have no other words except you must be proud and they did one hell of a job building that rifle. Simply Amazaing !
Man that wood !
Jailtime
Standin' on a corner
That is so full of WIN right there. I do those long shoots with the garand and it's "tink" So i know you speak the truth !
I have no other words except you must be proud and they did one hell of a job building that rifle. Simply Amazaing !
Man that wood !
That's what Shiloh calls "Extra fancy" wood. They offer a hand select option, which for some reason I didn't do. But I couldn't have picked a better piece of wood myself.
Jailtime,
I bestow upon you the first EVAR !
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Goden Cookie Award
For posting up one of the finest rifles ever seen on Audiokarma.
Thanks for the tasty looking cookie!
This Sharps thing gets in your blood, I'm already working up an 1877 build from the catalog.
usedto
Lunatic Member
I have an old Savage-Stevens single shot 12ga that had one of those stocks that they coat with a thick coating of stain/varnish combo that gives the stock a plain orangish look. It was all scratched up, so I took some paint stripper and steel wool to it. Took me three of four tries, but the wood underneath was really pretty. I gave it a few coats of boiled linseed oil and left it plain. It's buried now, but when I dig it out, I'll shoot a photo.
gizzyman47
Super Member
Me and my brother just inherited my fathers 2- M1 garands and his 2- M1 carbines. I'm not a big gun type person but I do apprieciate him giving them to me. He already gave both of us m1 carbines about ten years ago. My brother loves it, as he is into firearms way more than I am.
soundmotor
super modified
The case-hardening and stock figuring is, um, well, spectacular! I mean "Wow!", "Gosh!", "My Golly!" spectacular.
There is a local museum with a great early firearms collection. In it is a set of mid 1800s, apparently unfired, as new condition cased Colt revolvers. Their finish looks like that.