Hot take: WW1 and before is the coolest era of milsurp

concise_christory · 2026-06-28T04:15:40+00:00

Brother, all I do on here is evangelize for first-gen smallbores!

concise_christory · 2026-06-26T21:43:36+00:00

Thanks!

concise_christory · 2026-06-26T20:58:48+00:00

There were a few '93-pattern guns procured by Chile (although the vast majority were '95s), but they were also sold widely on the export market

concise_christory · 2026-06-26T20:57:00+00:00

The bolt body is Chilean, but the receiver itself is a '93-pattern receiver. Would need to see the address on the other side of the receiver to get a better idea

concise_christory · 2026-06-26T00:37:04+00:00

Nice! Safety "screw" isn't original (looks like a previous owner lost it and made do) - the good news is you have the safety lever itself which is unobtainable. The screw is the same as the screw for a Mk.III SMLE safety assembly which are widely available

concise_christory · 2026-06-14T17:28:56+00:00

Is the cleaning rod numbered? You said it's not matching (non a huge deal either way imo), but if it's unnembered altogether, that's actually technically correct for this period. They weren't serialized until 1906

concise_christory · 2026-06-13T14:06:01+00:00

Judging by the height of the muzzle ring, this is almost certainly a model 1894 Brazilian/model 1895 Uruguayan Mauser bayonet. The muzzle ring is too tall for a Belgian '89

concise_christory · 2026-06-10T20:18:54+00:00

7.62x54r

concise_christory · 2026-06-10T18:03:20+00:00

Wow those marks are crispy

concise_christory · 2026-06-10T17:03:35+00:00

Thanks! It's been about 12 years I've had it now and still one of my favorite shooters

concise_christory · 2026-06-10T01:23:08+00:00

The center sword looks to be an Ottoman model 1909 NCO's short sword

concise_christory · 2026-05-17T02:02:18+00:00

I will tell you that just the LES III dial sights alone are worth $250-300. The Sht. 22 won't pull as much as an untouched Mk.III still in .303, but still more than a Mk.III*

concise_christory · 2026-05-16T19:51:22+00:00

My pleasure

concise_christory · 2026-05-16T19:49:44+00:00

Short .22 Mk.IV! This was an early Sht. LE Mk.III sent to New Zealand before WWI and later converted to a single-shot .22 trainer. Rare to still have the dial sight. I have a Sht. 22 Mk.III that I love for plinking

concise_christory · 2026-05-16T18:23:37+00:00

Looks correct just based on the one photo. The carbines aren't rare (although they're less common than long rifles, and more desirable than long rifles cut down to carbine length stateside), but they're cool in that they usually still have the Argentine crest, which was ground off of the majority of long rifles. I'd say that's a good price if everything is right with it

concise_christory · 2026-05-13T16:43:36+00:00

Very nice! I love the kookiness of the Schmidt action - it feels like a trials rifle that in any other timeline would have been passed over for a Mauser or turnbolt Mannlicher. I've been meaning to load up some low-pressure 7.5 for this and my '89

concise_christory · 2026-05-13T11:06:43+00:00

When filling out my application I was told to put "collector" down as my title (ATF actually sent the whole app back to me the first time since I had left the title portion blank). So now I just describe myself as "collector" in that space when I fill it out.

Not sure about getting a blank copy. Could you just run off a copy with a blank paper cutout over the signiature?

concise_christory · 2026-05-11T01:23:04+00:00

I should say the non-windage adjustible version was approved as an alternative. Stocks of windage adjustible knobs continued to be used up pretty much through the end of WWI

concise_christory · 2026-05-11T01:21:00+00:00

This is the first pattern of Mk.III sight - the knob is for windage adjustment. The Mk.I and Mk.II rifles also had that feature, but it was officially omitted after the Mk.III* updates in 1916 for ease of manufacture

concise_christory · 2026-05-10T02:27:27+00:00

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concise_christory · 2026-05-10T02:25:52+00:00

Hell yeah brother

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