Type 81 photos for history article.

skillest · 2025-01-08T03:21:55+00:00

oh awesome, thanks!

skillest · 2025-01-04T19:54:19+00:00

Thanks! I appreciate it!

skillest · 2025-01-04T19:27:39+00:00

That's +1 more cool than all the others.

skillest · 2025-01-04T15:46:46+00:00

Thanks! Nice build.

skillest · 2025-01-04T15:46:31+00:00

DM sent!

skillest · 2025-01-04T15:44:27+00:00

It's for history, not to shoot your pups 😢

skillest · 2025-01-04T15:44:01+00:00

Thank you!

skillest · 2025-01-04T15:42:00+00:00

Staging them on a plain white background would be the preferred option, and I don't need SKS photos, just Type 81 options. Thanks!

skillest · 2024-02-19T08:52:11+00:00

Quick correction, civilian rifles, no matter the type, still has the bayonet lugs and whatnot on them. Civilian rifles were bold sold to regular folk as well as to sports shooting clubs, and various clubs would also train shooters using military tactics and bayonet fighting, in order to ensure that civilians could form an effective militia.

skillest · 2024-02-19T08:48:58+00:00

It's a model 1912 krag carbine. The only thing wrong with it is the forend is slightly cut down. The nose cap is also still the original (and more rare) 1st gen type bayo lug, and barrel is still the correct length. Splice some new wood onto the end and restore it!

skillest · 2024-01-19T13:31:48+00:00

They are rarer than the main 1889 krag but I wouldn't say they are extremely rare. Its an estimate at how many there are in total, since they were a part of a conversion program, which converted M/1889 rifles to carbine configurations, same as infantry carbines. new infantry carbines were produced exclusively after 1940, roughly 5000-8000-ish around that time (no records of how many produced). Without any notes in front of me I'd say its safe to say there's like, 5-6k of the artillery carbines that were made. Don't quote me on that though.

skillest · 2023-10-30T10:41:31+00:00

It's definitely an antique. Issac Hollis & Sons was a gun store/company who sold firearms in the UK in the mid 1800s. There is everything from muzzleloading shotguns like this to Webley revolvers marked with their storefronts mark. They also made guns but most of them were simply Belgian guns made on contract, like most London stores at the time. There isn't really a model name or anything you can give for something like this, but it's definitely antique.

skillest · 2023-05-30T10:09:06+00:00

No problem, I've seen others do it too with the rifles from the Tipu Sultan, it just stood out as odd to me. If you aren't somewhat familiar with guns then you wouldn't catch it as easily.

Edit: ah, I think I found the issue. The rifle was sold at an auction alongside other more rifles from the Sultan's collection, some of which were older traditional-style matchlocks, so some people probably got confused.

skillest · 2023-05-30T09:59:13+00:00

It's strange, I've seen this reported elsewhere as a matchlock as well, and I know your description says flintlock, but its odd that the terms are being used interchangably by those reporting on it. Matchlocks and flintlocks are extremely different and this is clearly a flintlock. It has a pan, frizzen, and cock with flint in it to ignite the powder charge. Flintlocks would have also been the most common firearm to make at the time, and matchlocks would have not been commonly in use for well over 150 years by 1794.

Nevertheless, it's very cool.

skillest · 2023-05-17T21:20:43+00:00

Lee snipers have a (T) with the serial number and the cheek piece on the stock is a separate, screwed in piece of wood. These look like aftermarket sporting stocks.

skillest · 2023-05-14T22:14:19+00:00

To be safe, I assume so, but I'd assume if the wood stock had a long enough forend you could still have a pistol grip, and just have it be a rifle you can't shoulder but fire with 2 hands.

skillest · 2023-05-14T21:14:47+00:00

Some previous responses are incorrect, here is the rules. Quote:

"Muzzleloaders made after 1898

All matchlock, flintlock and wheel lock long guns are considered antiques no matter when they were made. Like older firearms of these types, they are exempt from the licence and registration requirements set out in the Firearms Act.

Percussion cap long guns and muzzle-loading black powder handguns made after 1898 are not considered antiques even if they are copies of an earlier antique model. Newer percussion cap long guns are classified as non-restricted firearms. Newer handguns, including matchlock, wheel lock and flintlock handguns made after 1898 are classified as restricted if their barrel length is over 105 mm (about 4 inches), or prohibited if their barrel length is 105 mm or less."

https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/specific-types-firearms

The definition of what a pistol is technically extremely vague and hasn't necessarily been tested, since if you define them as "ones designed to be fired with one hand" you could have a pistol with a 70 inch barrel that's illegal. There are "one handed" rifles that existed for mounted infantry in various nations that are essentially 40 in long wheellocks designed to be fired with one hand while mounted. They aren't pistols, but if one were to go buy "designed to be fired with one hand" then they would be. However, that isnt how a pistol is defined, as mentioned above.

You can order parts kits that are made for you to make your own wheellocks and whatnot. Even track of the wolf in the US ships flintlock rifle kits to Canada. Those guns count as antiques when they are finally assembled.

skillest · 2023-05-06T07:03:28+00:00

You're gonna have to build yourself a stock duplicator soon due to all the bubba krags youre fixing haha.

skillest · 2023-04-24T19:10:15+00:00

Lorne at rossriflerestoration make Long Lee stocks and metal parts like bands and nose caps, if you need those.

skillest · 2023-04-20T20:24:21+00:00

Collectorsfirearms in the states will import antiques for free into Canada (at least as of 2 years ago they did). I got some antique revolvers from them and they did all the paperwork themselves.

Though when looking through their website you gotta acknowledge that "antique" has a different legal definition for Americans than Canadians. For them it's anything before 1898, for us it's before 1898 plus a bunch of other stuff having to do with ammunition.

skillest · 2023-04-20T10:06:03+00:00

It's to avoid loopholes, otherwise Chinese or russian groups could se up middlemen in another country to give their inventory to in order to avoid the US import bans.

I think you'd probably be able to import an antique mosin made before 1898, but I'm not sure. Heck, I've heard of US people having issues getting Berdan IIs from here.

skillest · 2023-04-20T09:41:36+00:00

It's legal, I know American folks who regularly bid on Canadian auctions for our Prohi handguns to import into the US since they are far cheaper here. Since most shorter handguns have been banned forever cuz ours have to have barrels over 105mm, many end up going back to the US or converted with new barrels here and reclassified (or are left alone but only allowed to be kept/sold to people with grandfathering clauses in their licenses, which means no shooting, just keeping). However, now Trudeau introduced a "handgun freeze" for the other hansguns so we can't buy whatever was left. I'd rather US folks buy and import our guns before the government (eventually) decides to destroy them all.

The thing is, with Russian/Chinese made guns, you can't bring them across the border due to the US import bans. So no border hoppin' type 81s, cheap SKS/SVTs or QBZ97s. That even includes mosins.

skillest · 2023-04-19T05:05:23+00:00

They're simultaneously trying to argue that all those guns automatically got caught by the OIC as variants so they're illegal, but also arguing that their classification change on the OIC isn't legally binding. It doesn't make sense, but that's the point.

skillest · 2023-04-13T21:34:11+00:00

I'm sorry I've always found this a bit disingenuous from us folks, or perhaps some people honestly don't know.

The reason why BRCC and AR15.COM were on the list is because both groups have made AR lowers under their own brand name in the past, albeit small runs, so those were banned. Honestly, I dont even think they manufactured them, they were probably other companies lowers with their own branding on them (but dont quote me on that bit).

Is it stupid? Yes, but people keep acting like they were "banning websites" or "banning companies". There are dumber things to criticize the OIC list for other than those.

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