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I'm home today and not feeling well enough to go to the range but good enough to drag out the rifles and fondle them. Here's some not too often seen:
German/Turk 'Commision rifle' made about 1891 as a GEW 88; converted to 05 standards by attaching clip guides on the receiver and going to a mauser type magazine in place of the mannlicher clip system. Most likely during WW1 it was sent to Turkey as military aid. In 1941 it was converted to the '35 pattern with a .323 bore barrel, updated sights, handguard, and bands. The Turks apparently never got rid of anything during that era, even converting #1mkIII rifles captured at Golipolli to 8mm!
Pattern 14 rifle made by Remington-Eddystone in .303. This one still has the volley sights on it. The foundation for the U.S. 1917 rifle in .30-06
Swiss K11 carbine. Not too unusual except this one was converted from a 1900 short rifle to K11 configuration.
BSA rifle made on a Long Lee action with a Lee carbine bolt with dust cover. Sold through the Army and Navy cooperative in November 1914. Has a threaded muzzle and I imagine a silencer for this rifle would look like a motorcycle muffler!
German/Turk 'Commision rifle' made about 1891 as a GEW 88; converted to 05 standards by attaching clip guides on the receiver and going to a mauser type magazine in place of the mannlicher clip system. Most likely during WW1 it was sent to Turkey as military aid. In 1941 it was converted to the '35 pattern with a .323 bore barrel, updated sights, handguard, and bands. The Turks apparently never got rid of anything during that era, even converting #1mkIII rifles captured at Golipolli to 8mm!
Pattern 14 rifle made by Remington-Eddystone in .303. This one still has the volley sights on it. The foundation for the U.S. 1917 rifle in .30-06
Swiss K11 carbine. Not too unusual except this one was converted from a 1900 short rifle to K11 configuration.
BSA rifle made on a Long Lee action with a Lee carbine bolt with dust cover. Sold through the Army and Navy cooperative in November 1914. Has a threaded muzzle and I imagine a silencer for this rifle would look like a motorcycle muffler!
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