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We may as well collect the amazing photos that have so far been shown of everyone's rifles into one thread, so show us your surps!

My 1946 dated Russian M44




1940 dated RC Mauser




1872 dated Martini Henry Mk.II (upgraded from Mk.1)




Remington-Rand M1911A1 (de-act)




Post War MAS36 (judging by the Serial No. it was one of the first post war batches)




1942 Lithgow Bren (de-activated)




1955 (UF Batch) No.4 Mk.2 Faz




Top: LSA 1917 Still has cut-off and windage adjustable sights, bottom is a 1929 BSA with cut-off, sadly de-actived (got it before I had an FAC)

As see before, my three carbines,
Top: Destroyer Carbine
Middle: Carcano M91/28
Bottom: Steyr M95/30
This has reminded me that I promised Ovenpaa some more photo's of these three - something to do tomorrow after I've finished hand loading for the weekend!

I love the Carcano, have been keeping my eye out for one.
How does the Destroyer shoot? I've heard of them but have never seen on in the flesh

dave_303 wrote:I love the Carcano, have been keeping my eye out for one.
How does the Destroyer shoot? I've heard of them but have never seen on in the flesh

How does the Destroyer shoot? Wonderfully well! My son (9) really enjoys shooting it, although I'm managing to wean him off it and onto my Marlin M989M2.

Here are 3 of the more interesting ones from my collection.
Type 99 Arisaka,23rd series Kokura Arsenal 1942 vintage
1918 M91 Carcano
Mod 1892 Berthier Artillery Carbine
ukrifleman.

Sorry guys, I had all sorts of trouble uploading the Berthier photo!

Not a good photo (must do some more) - but these are my Surps:
A 1944 Lithgow SMLE, and a 1909 Swedish Mauser - Love 'em both

Dave, you've got some great rifles (I've admired some of the photos before)...I really like the Henry tongueout

I hadn't really given Nagants much thought (sorry), but some of threads recently have been very interesting...

Thanks Dougan, The Martini Henry was a real piece of luck find. A friend of ours knew a guy who had a second home in Devon and rented it out for awhile. When the last tenant moved out the owner found it under the bed, contacted the previous tenant who offered it to him in lieu of remaining rent, so when the owner of the property tried to shift it and asked around our friend contacted us, we asked how much, the guys was happy to accept £300 for it as that was all the tenant owed. We took it without even seeing it, turns out to be in museum quality condition with sharp rifling and nearly a mirror bore

I don't know much about Henrys but I did think it looked in exceptional condition...

...and I have to say: 300 quid!, you lucky bugger! razz

The Berthier Artillery Carbine is strangely appealing!

Dougan and ukrifleman, both of your rifles look fantastic

ukrifleman how does the Berthier and Arisaka shoot? I take it you handload for both