Mil surp picture thread

I cracked open a fresh 240 round can of HXP-73 for Garand practice today. I would have opened a 192 round can on en blocs, but this one had a fair bit of rust working around the top seam, so I figured I might as well put it out of its misery. The ammo and bandoliers were in perfect shape.

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Once I got the elevation right, it grouped pretty well.

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IMG_0635.jpegTechnically not a milsurp Carbine because it’s a 1970s Iver Johnson receiver, but most of the parts have been swapped for early war USGI. Such as L-type rear sight, Rock-Ola high-cut slim body stock, two rivet handguard, flat bolt, and a push-button safety.

Having trouble finding ammo around here though.
 
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I picked this guy up at the Talladega Marksmanship Park. It is a field grade Springfield with an LMR barrel. It is missing a lot of the original metal finish and was VERY dirty and cruddy on the rack, but you could tell it would clean up nicely - especially the stock. Aesthetically, the finish on the metal parts is consistent and the color on the mildly figured stock components match. It measures +3/+4 ME/TE per the tag, but the bore looks good, and it groups pretty well with the Creedmoor Sports 167 gn Lapua ammo.

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That's 5 rounds and roughly a 2.5" - 3" group at 100 yards. The windage spread/disparity is not the rifle, it is a combination of no sling, shooting off a bench, poor trigger control, old eyes and weak contrast (to me) on this particular target. When it cools off, I will break out the jacket, glove and sling, prone out and see if I can shrink that down a little more.

On the down side, the lugs on the milled trigger guard are a bit worn, the lockup could be better and the barrel crown could stand to be cleaned up a little. But overall, I am very pleased with how this rifle turned out.
 
virginia_slimjim said:
This is my latest arrival for surplus relics. pretty rad imo maybe a snooze for most though i'm not sure

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My era...M16 30 round magazine pouch. At first we had these pouches with 20 rd magazines, so we stuffed newspaper in the pouches to raise up the magazines so we could get them out. Some cut the dividers to make it easier to grasp the 20 rd magazines.
 
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My era...M16 30 round magazine pouch. At first we had these pouches with 20 rd magazines, so we stuffed newspaper in the pouches to raise up the magazines so we could get them out. Some cut the dividers to make it easier to grasp the 20 rd magazines.
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I have a full M1956 kit with an M1961 buttpack
 
Deuce (782) gear of my era. Although we all traded the nylon buttpack for canvass ones, and the medkit was repurposed w/ some med stuff in the buttpack. Also, most of us traded the Y harness for the older H harness.


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Here’s the wrist when I was doing the initial forestock/handguards rebuild. When I bought it the forestock had been thinned to about nothing, handguards were missing, no barrel band-nosecap etc. I had finished the restock job but found that I didn’t like it so I removed 5 inches of barrel and redid the wood. Rather than wrestle with the complicated bayonet mount nosecap I did a duffle cut at the barrel band. Moved the barrel band back a little too. The B is short for BSA.
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baltimoreed said:
Here’s the wrist when I was doing the initial forestock/handguards rebuild. When I bought it the forestock had been thinned to about nothing, handguards were missing, no barrel band-nosecap etc. I had finished the restock job but found that I didn’t like it so I removed 5 inches of barrel and redid the wood. Rather than wrestle with the complicated bayonet mount nosecap I did a duffle cut at the barrel band. Moved the barrel band back a little too. The B is short for BSA.
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Interesting. You cut the barrel 5 in. I wondered what you meant my shortened.

That's a beautiful rifle, I love the color of the wood

Good job

How does it shoot?
 
Have yet to put it back on paper. Initially I was getting keyholes. I did shoot it at my cas clubs last BAMM and it shot fine. I also lightened the main spring.
 
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