Turkish M-1938 Mauser Rifle 8mm Mauser

 

Turkish M1938 Mauser Rifle 

The Turkish Republic updated their old rifles to a common configuration commonly know as the Model of 1938 and all in 8x57 Mauser. While actually starting the conversions in 1933 any rifle converted to this standard is commonly called Model 38. It appears that every rifle they had was converted to 8mm including Gew.88,  Gew.98, 1893 and 1903.

 

Length:49.25”/1.25Meter 

Weight:11.8lbs/5.35 Kilograms

Barrel:29.16”/740.66 mm 

Caliber:7.92X57mm

Rifling:4-grove, r/hand 

Operation: Turnbolt Action  

Feed: 5 round, staggard Colum, flush, box magazine 

Sights: Tangent leaf rear sight graduated to 2000meters

Remarks: T C over Star and Crescent, 1940, serial number on the receiver on the left side,

With the Turkish M1935 Rifle Bayonet 

Serbian M-59/85 Helmet With M-89 Camo Cover

 

Liner with the diamond shaped head band retainer/ the helmet was giving an update in 1985

Rear view of the M89 helmet camo 

Front view of the M89 helmet camo cover 

Liner view 

Cloth chin strap for the M59/85 helmet 

Side view of the M89 Camo Cover 

Side view of the M89 camo cover 

Front view of the M89 Helmet Camo 

Serbian M59/85 Helmet 

 

Produced from 1959-to 1999 

 

Evolved From: Stahhlem M35/40/42

 

Used By: Yugo People’s Army (1959-1991), used by multiple countries such as Serbia, after the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.

 

The M59 is thought to be designed by Tito. In 1985 the M59 was given a better shell, one that didn’t interfere with wearer of the helmet and a liner upgrade. It was called the M59/85. 

 

The M59/85 Helmet came with various decals on the helmet. Some had the Red Star painted on or a Red Star Decal. Each country that used them had their own different decals. Mine has the decal for the Serbian Army.

 

They were used in the Yugoslav Wars.

 

Mine is painted olive green.

 

 

US M-14 Rifle Happy Thanksgiving

 

US M14 Rifle

In service date from 1959 to present day 

 

Weight: These are from the FM 23-8 Field Manual M14 and M14A1 Rifle and Rifle Marksmanship: M14 Rifle with full magazine and cleaning kit: 4.59KG/10.1 LBS

M14 Rifle with full magazine, cleaning kit, selector, and bipod: 5.38KG/11.85LBS

 

Overall Length: 112.5CM/44.3 in 

Barrel Length: 22in/559mm

Sights: Front Fixed

             Rear adjustable one click of elevation or windage moves the strike of the bullet .7 centimeters at 25 Meters 2.8 cm or 1.1 inch at 100 Meters, 

Action: Gas Operated, rotating bolt 

Cyclic Rate: 750 RPM

 

Feed: 20 Round Detachable Magazine,

 

Range: 3725 Meters Max

 

Uses the US M-6 Bayonet 

 

I got mine in California years ago during the Assault Weapons Ban, it came without a bayonet lug, I put one on years ago.

 

Mine has a Fed ORD Receiver,    

 

The US M14 Rifle was my favorite rifle during my time in the Navy and with EOD and after my time as a civilian. Really happy with how the rifle was modified for use with each service! 

 

Some claimed it was to heavy and that 5.56mm was a better cartridge! I was a 150 pound Navy EOD Tech and had no problem shooting the M14 with its 7.62x51MM ammo! Those that complain are a bunch of whining real man wanabee’s! The world is full of them! Wannabee’s!!!

Egyptian FN-49 Rifle

 

Egyptian FN-49 Rifle 

 

Dieudonne Saive, Fabrique Nationale's then chief firearm designer, experimented with a number of recoil-operated rifle designs in the early 1930s. While little came of these experiments, they would become the basis for a gas-operated semi-automatic rifle, which he patented in 1936 and prototyped in 1937. (Photographs of these prototypes still exist, and they show a number of characteristics that would later appear in the FN-49.)

FN's new rifle was still in development in late 1938 – early 1939, and a version with a 5-round magazine was about to be marketed. When German armies invaded Poland, these plans were delayed increasing production of bolt-action rifles and machine guns.

The German invasion of Belgium in May 1940 interrupted any plans for the production of the new model, as Liège, home of FN's factory, was occupied by the German military. Despite this setback, Saive was able to escape to England via Portugal in 1941, where he continued work on what would become the FN-49.

By 1943, Saive was back to working on his experimental rifle, now in 7.92×57mm Mauser. Late that year, the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield ordered 50 prototypes (designated "EXP-1" and sometimes referred to as "SLEM-1" or "Self-Loading Experimental Model"). Based on tests with these prototypes, Enfield placed an order for 2,000 rifles for troop trials, but a last-minute problem with the moderation of the gas pressure (as well as the impending end of World War II) led to the cancellation of this order. Despite this, Saive (who had returned to Liège shortly after its liberation in September 1944) continued work on the rifle and finalized the design for the FN-49 in 1947.

The FN Model 1949 is not ammunition specific, since it has an adjustable gas port or valve to adjust the rifle to various propellant and projectile specific pressure behavior, in which the gas port can be adjusted with a special wrench. This also requires removing the upper forward handguard for the adjustment.

 

Egyptian FN-49 Rifle Specs,

In use: 1948 to 1982

Used by multiple countries such as Venezuela and Egypt Mine is from the Egyptian contract 

Was used in lots of wars like the Suez Crisis in 1956

Weight: 4.31kg/9 pounds 8 oz

Length: 1116mm/ 43.5 in

Barrel Length: 590mm/23.2in 

Cart: 8X57mm Mauser

Feed: 10 round box fixed magazine  

Action: Gas operated short stroke piston, tilting bolt,

Sights: Iron Sights 

Cool looking sliding dust cover 

 

Mine has the Egyptian crest on the receiver. My stock was replaced sometime in the past. I replaced the plastic butt plate with a British Mk1 Brass butt plate. I also installed a SAFN FN-49 Leather sling. 

 

 

Finnish M1910 Maxim Machine Gun Ammo Can

 

Finnish M1910 Maxim Machine Gun Ammo Can 

 

History on the M1910 Maxim Machine Gun 

 

The Pulemyot Maxima PM1910 (PM M1910) (Russian: Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года, Pulemyot Maxima obraztsa 1910 goda - "Maxim's machine gun Model 1910") is a medium machine gun that was used by the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and World War II. Later the gun saw service in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

 

 

It was adopted in August 1910 and was derived from Hiram Maxim's Maxim gun, chambered for the standard Russian 7.62×54mmR rifle cartridge. The M1910 was mounted on a wheeled mount with a gun shield.

In 1918 - 1920, the industry of Soviet Russia produced 21 thousand new Maxim 1910 machine guns for the Red Army.

In 1930, a modernized version 1910/30 was adopted by the Red Army. M1910/30 can be equipped with optical sight.

In 1941, the gun was modernized once again.

In May 1942, an order was given to begin the development of a new machine gun to replace the Maxim 1910/30. On May 15, 1943, the SG-43 Goryunov was adopted and since summer 1943 Maxim guns were replaced in Soviet service by the SG-43, which retained the wheeled and shielded carriage. However, production of the Maxim did not end until 1945.

In addition to the main infantry version, there were aircraft-mounted and naval variants. Some were fitted with a tractor radiator cap fitted on top of the water jacket to allow handfuls of snow to be packed in to melt while firing.

 

My ammo can is from the Winter War of 1939 to 1940. The Finns captured a lot Russian Equipment and put it back into service with their Military. Mine has a  200rnd, 7.62X54r ammo belt.  

 

Markings on the can are SA inside a square box, and a T bellow that. 

WW2 German K-98k Mauser Rifle

German Model 98k Mauser Rifle

 

Mine is made by Mauser-Werke AG, Oberndorf  am Neckar, Wurttemberg with code “42”

Was made in 1940, mine as is a Russian capture rifle has the Russian crossed rifles on it, then has numbers electro-penciled on the action by the Russians when they captured this rifle when surrendered by the soldier that gave it up/ then a whole bunch of Waffen marks on it,

 

Length: 43.60in/1.107Meter 

Weight: 8.6lbs/3.900 KG

Barrel: 23.62in/599.948mm

Caliber: 7.92 X 57mm

Rifling: 4-grove, r/h

Operation: Turn-bolt action 

Feed: 5-round, staggard column, flush, box magazine

Sights: Tangent leaf rear sight graduated to 2000 meters

Cool stuff: Letter or number code of manufactures over the date on the receiver ring, with various proof marks on the left and right side of the receiver ring. The model designation is on the left side rail.

 

This carbine, in actually a short rifle, was the standard shoulder arm of the German armed forces in WW2, with approximately 11.5 million carbines made, was the most produced of all the Mauser rifles.

 

A direct descendent of the Model 98 Rifle, which it superficially resembles expect for size, the Kar 98k incorporates those changes that were deemed necessary after the lessons learned during the WW1. The intervening years also played a hand in the development of the K98k, with quantity production going into full operation in 1935 when Hitler undertook the complete rearmament of Germany.

 

Made under strict quality control, the K98k has a stepped down barrel like the Model 98 Rifle, a side positioned sling, a compact turned down bolt handle, a wide lower barrel band, and a tangent leaf rear sight. As the war progressed, manufacturing standards were modified and a simplified to save production time and material, but quality control never declined, with the “Kreigsmodell” introduced in 1942. This rifle was distinguished from early production models by a stamped nose cap, barrel bands, and butt plates.  Trigger guards were crudely finished, and most of the stocks used were of laminated woods, which had been shown to withstand warping much better than the conventional walnut one-piece stocks used initially. As war ground on to its inexorable end, production methods declined rapidly, with shortcuts taken in many of the manufacturing steps. By 1945, bayonet lugs were done away with and barrel bands were held on the stocks by means of wooden screws.

 

A rare piece of equipment for the German K98k Rifle that is seldom seen, is canvas webbing and leather action cover. This was an important item, especially when the rifle was being transported in areas that dirt and debris can foul the action.

 

Another cool item was for the K98k rifle is a leather rear sight cover, used when the weapon is being transported to protect it.

  

 

 

 

 

Danish Madsen-Saetter Machine Gun Ammo Can

 

Madsen-Saetter Machine Gun Ammo Can 

 

Madsen-Saetter machine gun
Type	General-purpose machine gun
Place of origin	Denmark
Service history
In service	Not used
Production history
Designer	Eric Larsen-Saetter
Designed	1952
Manufacturer	Dansk Rekyl Riffel Syndikat A/S
Produced	1952-1960
Specifications
Weight	11.6 kg (25.57 lb)
Length	1,290 mm (50.8 in)
Barrel length	660 mm (26.0 in)
Cartridge	7.62x51 NATO 7.62x63 mm
Rate of fire	700 - 1000 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	838 m/s (2,749 ft/s)
Feed system	belt
Sights	blade foresight and a tangentnotch rearsight

The Madsen-Saetter machine gun was a Danish general-purpose machine gun deigned in the early 1950s. It wasdesigned by Eric Larsen-Saetter. The only customer for thenew Madsen-Saetter GPMG was Indonesia, which also obtained a manufacturing license and produced these gu-ns  for domestic use at the Pindad factory.

The Madsen-Saetter universal machine gun is a gas operated, air-cooled, belt-fed automatic weapon which fires from an openbolt. The barrel is quick-removable. The Madsen-SaetterGPMG utilizes the long-stroke gas system with the gas piston located below the barrel. The gas block is fitted with a 

manual gas regulator that permits adjustments for various conditi-ons and rates of fire. Locking is achieved by two lateral flaps, installed in the bolt and forced outwards and into lockingrecesses in the receiver walls by the firing pin – a system, basically similar to that of Russian Degtyarov machine guns, with minor detailed improvements. The gun fires from openbolt, in automatic mode only. The feed uses   non-disintegratingsteel belts with open pockets. Each belt consists of 50-round pieces that can be assembled together using a cartridge as aninterlink to provide a bigger capacity. The feed is of the push-through type, with a mechanism basically similar to that of theGerman MG 42. The gun is fitted with a wooden shoulderstock, a pistol grip and a folding bipod. DISA also produced a series of tripod mountings for this gun.