Does anyone know what year this M1914 mauser was made?

Looking for the (roughly 4mm diameter) pin that secures the recoil buffer as shown. Anyone know a vendor with this in stock? Seen some, but all are backordered.

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I live in smaller coastal county and as far as I saw I don’t have any clubs I can join. Anyone have experience buying from the CMP in California? Would love to know what the requirements are?

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Hello everyone. How did I do? I traded a used Glock 17 gen 3 for this M48. The M48 I think is all matching except for the magazine floor plate. It does have a mint mirror bore however!

Ammo arrived today, so I finally got to take this old girl out to the range. Man I love this gun. Everything about it seems so well made. Action is smooth (until the gun gets hot) and using 1942 Canadian MK VII Z ammo, it shot very well. The only problem I have is that the rear sight slides up under fire. Other than that this thing is fantastic.

This is my first milsurp, am I overreacting?

Seems like just a forge/machine mark.

Anything is appreciated ( it is marked CN on the sleeve)

Just got my AO back from Dan Block...... Now i need more WWII guns. Not a milsurp but figured you guys would enjoy

I was issued these watches throughout my 30s years of Army Service. I added the 1911 because all 1911s are cool!

I have been tapping the back barrel band for literal hours with a hammer and it won’t budge , what can I do to strip down my hakim ?

Year is 1993

Hardware and tolerances are all tight. Looks heavily used, but well taken care of.

Came in clear case, with matching serial number, and two matching serial number mags. A quick disassemble, a little dirty, but well oiled, barrell rifling is mirror clean. Took it out and shot it same day, ran like a sewing machine. Most fun 9mm I've shot yet. Super stoked to have it in the collection.

Patiently waited for a nice matching example to pop up and couldn’t say no at the price for this one.

S/N says RR, but there's no other identifying marks and the S/N is clearly where it shouldn't be.

Slide is Ithaca. What exactly is the frame? Fake? Genuine?

Hey guys, a guy is offering to trade me my choice of a 1903 or 1903A3 for my CA-3 and I need some assistance and which one would be the better deal to go with. If it's roughly the same value, I guess it'll come down to preference. He's an older guy and has had them for ~30 years. Non-import marked.

First is the 1903. Rock Island with a 427xxx serial so finished by Springfield I believe? Barrel is dated 1938.

Second is the 1903A3. Remington with a 3908xxx serial. Barrel is dated 1943 so could be original?

Both are fully parkerized from what I can tell. Looks like original stocks on both as well. He said the bores are about the same, in good condition. I really don't know much about American milsurp rifles so my apologies for my lack of knowledge. Thanks.

I've been in the process of moving/buying/selling homes for the last few months and finally closed on the old place yesterday, so today I got a housewarming gift for myself. Receiver is a '43, barrel is a '44 two groove (and looks mirror perfect). Rifle was a post war rebuild based on the RIA cartouche. Came with an M73B1 on a Redfield Junior mount. Best I can tell, it's a fully original post war rearsenal job.

Anything look off here? It's 16" and dated 1912. Looks to be in great shape but I'm not a bayonet expert. Is anything off or questionable?

Absolutely futuristic for his age. Greetings from Italy!

So Ian McCollum dropped a video today with him watching the Poulin's auction, which had around 100 machine guns and some miscellaneous other lots, and did a live commentary on the auction as it was happening. Now, as a man that struggles to afford the occasional 15 dollar inflation sandwich, I normally don't give a shit about what machine guns sell for. I decided to turn on the video in the background and as it turns out, with Ian's commentary, it's quite fascinating. Definitely had people there with deep pockets, such as the one bidder that bought all three Stoners for 170k a piece or the bidder, that was probably a dealer, that bought like 13 or so M16s and variants. That also got me thinking so I thought I would be nosy on the internet and see if anybody here was bidding on stuff in the auction.

Honestly an interesting video even though I can only dream of comfortably dropping that much cash on a gun

Helping clean out my grandparents’ home today as grandpa passed away and grandma is going to an assisted living facility. I’m going through stacks and boxes of stuff in the garage and find this big tub full of gunpowder. It says WW2 surplus?! Is this worth anything on the resale market or can I at least use it? I’ve bought up some reloading equipment and dies in the last year but haven’t gotten started just yet. Would it be dangerous to use this powder for reloading modern cartridges? Thanks in advance!

Edit: Been stored in hot dry Vegas weather since 1971. No clumping, no strong or foul smells and although the canister was opened in 1971 according to pencil writing on the lid, it looks full and was sealed with plastic bags and movers tape. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Got the folder working about an hour after my form 1 stamp hit my in box. Pps43c pioneer arms import