Guns of the World Wars

[MeatyMac]

Guns of WWI Central Powers and the Allies, Guns of WWII Axis Powers and the Allies...Post them if you have them...


World War 1


Navy contract Colt M1911 made in February 1918



Winchester M1917, barrel date is 10-18





Springfield M1903






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World War II


Colt M1911A1 Lend Lease made in 1944





US Rifle Cal .30 M1 Springfield Armory (the M1 Garand) made in Sept. 1943




Remington M1903A4 (Z prefix serial number) made in February 1944, Post War Re-Build


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The Greatest Generation, never forget

[sbo80]

Enfield, Mauser, M1917, Mosin

[MeatyMac]

I do need to expand my collection, we're all American in the MeatyMac household...

Thanks for posting, sbo80

[sonofeugene]

WWII. A model 1934 Beretta in .380, made in 1938. My father picked it up in Italy during the month he waited before he invaded the of the south of France. He made the holster.

[sonofeugene]

WWI. A Spanish Izarra in .32 ACP of unknown date. It's a rare long barrel version. Definately war time era. He also made the holster. And the sweetheart grips he made from some downed aircraft canopy. The photo is of his kid sister who was about 15 in the photo. He had no wife or sweetheart at the time.

[sonofeugene]

WWII. A Caturagus combat knive with embelishments to both the knife and the sheath, also by my father during WWII.

[sonofeugene]

WWII. And finally, a 1942 Mauser made Luger. He purchased it in 1947, I believe, for 35 dollars from a gun dealer in Missouri. It's been polished and reblued so it has no collectors value. But it's all numbers matching except for the magazine. And he apparently got inspired by the sweetheart grips he made for the Izarra, so he got carried away with the ones you see in the photo.

I also have the original grips for it as well as the Izarra.

[MeatyMac]

Originally Posted by sonofeugene

WWII. A Caturagus combat knive with embelishments to both the knife and the sheath, also by my father during WWII.

That's cool, rare too.

My Dad served in the US Marines during Vietnam, he wasn't in combat, he was an officer, a Captain, and ran bakeries for the Marines. In 1966 he served his first tour in Da Nang, Vietnam, he brought his WWII Camillus model A ‘KA-BAR’ (WWII USMC pattern 1219c2) fighting utility knife and his WWII era Colt M1911A1 that he bought in Washington DC just after he completed OCS in 1960. In 1967 he did his second tour in Okinawa and his KA-BAR and Colt went with him, I have have owned both since he passed away in 2000.






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He had US Marine armorers at the Barstow depot accurize it and fit it better for his large hands in 1965, in the early 1970's after his service in the US Marines he sent it to Colt for refinishing.

[HKAllTheThings]

Weird to think that 50 years from now, our Mk18s and M4s are gonna be in this section.

[MeatyMac]

Originally Posted by HKAllTheThings

Weird to think that 50 years from now, our Mk18s and M4s are gonna be in this section.

Prophetic...Let us hope CGN is still around to display that glory, I know I won't be

[MeatyMac]

The Browning Automatic Rifle M1918 and later the M1918A2



In WWI, the M1918






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In WWII, the M1918A2






US Marines on Okinawa



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[highpower]

I have a few laying around here:

US














Germany:








Japanese


England








Soviet Union

[MeatyMac]

I was hoping you’d post up, Highpower, they all look great.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Here are my U.S. Milsurps

Originally Posted by Bobby Ricigliano

Inland


IBM and Saginaw (Yes, I am left handed!)


Pair of Springfields



1917 Eddystone


03A3 / 03

[Bobby Ricigliano]

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Missed out on many deals, but I am glad I bought these PU’s when they were around $550 from AIM and RGuns

[Bobby Ricigliano]

[Bobby Ricigliano]

[Garand Hunter]

Nice looking Reich's Eagles stamps. I have one that has a few few but it was sportered years before I found it in a pawn shop.

Psalm 1

[MeatyMac]

77-years ago today...

[MeatyMac]

"Property US Navy" marked Remington model 11 Aerial Gunner Training shotgun from 1942

[ltong29]

I'm a relatively new collector, started in about 2017. 2020 and this year have been pretty slow so far in terms of new acquisitions. I'm sitting on a good amount of Mauser rifles. I believe 16 or so of these rifles saw service in WW1 or WW2, the majority being WW2. All the Czech and German rifles definitely saw service in WW2 as the Czech Mauser rifles I own are either German depot rebuilds (i.e. The Germans built new rifles using leftover VZ-98/VZ-23 receivers) or show wartime modifications. The Germans put a lot of beutewaffen or captured weapons into service as their industries rarely were able to keep up with the ever expanding demands of the Wehrmacht.

[MeatyMac]

Hi-Standard Model USA H-D .22 LR trainer produced from 1943 to 1945, Parkerized finish









H-D magazines, the correct one, on the right, will be Parkerized

[Bobby Ricigliano]

I am liking that Rampant Lion VZ-24 and Yugo 1924.

[pitfighter]

M1 Thompson in .45 acp.
Shown with accoutrements of a First Special Service Force soldier, a Force man.
Including original V42 fighting knife and 10th Mountain ski knife.


Fairbairn's Smatchet OSS, USMC Raider, John Ek Commando knife.


K98 bayonets, Luftwaffe fighter, WW1 fighter, and Luftwaffe gravity knife. Surrounded by: MG42, MP44, 2 x MP40



Some English fighting knives.


Colt 1945 dated M1911A1 - M1 Garand, John Ek fighting knife.


Sten MKIII 9mm and Australian Smith and Wesson Victory in .38 S+W, 3rd pattern Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife.


MP44 and accessories.


MP40 and accessories.

[MeatyMac]

Excellent guns and photos, Pitfighter, thanks for posting.

[pitfighter]

Originally Posted by MeatyMac

Excellent guns and photos, Pitfighter, thanks for posting.

Cheers, seems like there is a few more I haven't photographed, been too busy.

A lot of nice guns in this thread, I think these "side-discussion areas" get over looked, sadly.