Seen at a surplus store recently

[smle-man]

Saw these at a New England surplus/junk store recently. The items hanging from the ceiling look to have been there a long, long time.

Can anyone ID make and model of the mortar?

Only college age kids were working in the store so there was no point talking to them about the stuff. There were some other arms attached to the walls such as a Steyr 95 carbine and what looked to be a Bannermann 03. The store has been in that building for a long time.

There could have been more but the store was closing and the wife wanted to go.






Lathi 20mm AT rifle

[Rogerbutthead]

I'd guess an M29 Mortar and a 20mm Lahti Anti-tank rifle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M29_mortar

http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/EldredWWIIMuseum/MortarsGrenades/pages/04M29Mortar81mm.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahti_L-39

[The Gleam]

Very cool... but what's with the red fuzzy Tickle-Me-Elmo costume?

Love surplus stores - well, used to anyway. They often aren't much like what they used to be and many in CA have dissapeared or have morphed into being more like thrift stores.

Decades ago, I used to stop at Surplus stores in the mid-West and they often had various surplus gun parts and related equipment from WWII to current; stocks, handguards, magazines, links, stripper-clips, ammo cans, cases, scopes, barrels, tri-pods for various Browning MGs and M2H2s, etc., often unissued or still in wraps - even if they didn't sell guns or ammo. All pennies on the dollar.

Miss that: of course CA killed the ability to sell a lot of that stuff, like mags which were inevitably high-cap or grenade housings and launchers.

I also notice now that a lot of what Army/Navy surplus stores sell are "look-a-like" surplus, not the real thing, such as Pea-Coats or other things like hats, jackets, gloves, etc. - flimsy, cheap look-a-likes all made in China.

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[echo1]

One word, pickle barrels...OK 2 words. PAX

[pitfighter]

Steyr Solothurn 20mm and BAR classroom over size, I believe, don't know about mortars.

[Dan_Eastvale]

Barrels filled with M1 Carbines and mags in SoCal surplus stores as a kid.

[Kokopelli]

Barrels filled with M1 Carbines and mags in SoCal surplus stores as a kid.

Western Surplus in North Hollywood. Racks of surplus Mausers. All under $100. 8X57, 7X57, 7.65X53, you pick. Plenty of ammo for them, too.

[Jess B. Guy]

That cutaway BAR is friggen gorgeous. I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

[smle-man]

That cutaway BAR is friggen gorgeous. I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

The oversize training cutaways were a staple for surplus stores for decades until collectors bought them all up. I've only seen M1 rifles and BARs but I imagine all of them were made during WW2.

[pitfighter]

The oversize training cutaways were a staple for surplus stores for decades until collectors bought them all up. I've only seen M1 rifles and BARs but I imagine all of them were made during WW2.

Carbine and 1919 MG too.

For a while Joel Silver had the oversized training 1919 machine gun behind his reception desk at his Warners office.

[louie]

They used to sell those Steyr 20mm guns in Hollywood, yes Hollywood for $179. The ammo was 1.00 a round, and could only buy ammo if you bought the gun. They would allow you to put it on layaway. I would have bought one if I wasn't 12 years old and had a little more money. Again this is before CA lost it's mind and was a normal state. 1963 more or less was the time. And the guns were basically new.

[pitfighter]

They used to sell those Steyr 20mm guns in Hollywood, yes Hollywood for $179. The ammo was 1.00 a round, and could only buy ammo if you bought the gun. They would allow you to put it on layaway. I would have bought one if I wasn't 12 years old and had a little more money. Again this is before CA lost it's mind and was a normal state. 1963 more or less was the time. And the guns were basically new.

See the address!

I think the one in the OP's pic is not a Solothurn, but they are design

[sbo80]

Ian (forgotten weapons) has a great little video on the Lahti. That's amazing to have one just hanging. Even a de-milled/non firing one would probably be expensive. Wish someone would show some respect and wipe the dust off, geez.

[Wheellock]

They used to sell those Steyr 20mm guns in Hollywood, yes Hollywood for $179. The ammo was 1.00 a round, and could only buy ammo if you bought the gun. They would allow you to put it on layaway. I would have bought one if I wasn't 12 years old and had a little more money. Again this is before CA lost it's mind and was a normal state. 1963 more or less was the time. And the guns were basically new.

You didn't even need a tax stamp for them back then.....I wasn't alive, so I can only dream of those days. A 20 mm would be fun for a coffee table conversation piece and occasional range trip.

[smle-man]

Ian (forgotten weapons) has a great little video on the Lahti. That's amazing to have one just hanging. Even a de-milled/non firing one would probably be expensive. Wish someone would show some respect and wipe the dust off, geez.

Given the state that the store is in, the owner needs to hope it remains unnoticed by the authorities.