Thread: Gun Porn, show off your new toys

Just got this back from the gunsmith today

When I picked it up off a fallow member it looked like this
The green goblin while actually nice to hold I couldn’t bear to look at it lol and it was single shot

Someone has put some money into it
Its a howa 1500 action fitted with a MAB barrel
The action has been modified to take a rem700 trigger
Which was quite the undertaking by the looks
They had to lengthen the slot slightly drill and tap for Retention screws mill pin slots
Then they had to modify the cocking peice on the bolt to remington profile (no longer cocks on a factory howa trigger)

Jewel trigger fitted

Work i had done to get it finished included modifying a bottom metal as the rem700 trigger is taller and was contacting

The rifle had a .311 neck chamber which required neck turner (can’t be bothered with that) so I sent it to Gunworks and had them put there sammi reamer down it just to chase out the neck
Come out awsome
We will see how it shoots but my gut says with a mab barrel and a jewel trigger it will go awsome

Black Beauty needs a home soon, but for now he belongs here.

What is it

Originally Posted by northdude

What is it

Sako 85 Carbon Wolf in .308

Just a 308 tikka

Finally managed to get out with the completed rig. It's been two years in the making thanks to the naughty pandemic.

Delta Stryker HD
Badger rings
Greystone Suppressor
Bushbuck Carbon bipod
Atlasworx Bottom metal
HiTec Stock
Sterk Shroud
Seemed to love the Hornady Creedmoor 147 Eldm factory loads.
Only tested out to 430m but it was pretty good fun hearing good hits on the gongs.

Good looking shooter, what's the rail and ring spec?

Badger 34mm rings. Can’t remember if they’re low or medium. I’m gonna say medium and the rail is the 0 MOA from Greystone.

I have an EGW 20moa rail with recoil lug and an alternative mag release but I kinda lost me nerve a little and didn’t pack them.

I’ll bring them in next time when I have no scopes and rings in the baggage 😂

Pretty happy with the rig. It’s accurate and is comfortable to shoot. The scope is excellent too.

T3 7 mag got a make over
7mm Saum 20" Trueflite ultra match fluted
Zeiss HD5 3-15x42 target turrets
Tally rings
Mountain tactical alloy mag
DPT Mag suppressor
Senator carbon stock
Weighs in at 3.4 kg .
Have not fired it yet - next weekend seems a long time away.

Originally Posted by AMac

T3 7 mag got a make over
7mm Saum 20" Trueflite ultra match fluted
Zeiss HD5 3-15x42 target turrets
Tally rings
Mountain tactical alloy mag
DPT Mag suppressor
Senator carbon stock
Weighs in at 3.4 kg .
Have not fired it yet - next weekend seems a long time away.Attachment 167665

Greetings AMac,
Good to see the 7mm SAUM being kept alive.
Grandpamac.

My new 7mm rem mag proof research. Was looking at Christiansen arms but i got offered this for the same price. First hunt it scored a stag. Shoots great with factory sako ammo. Nice and lite. Action really smooth. Trigger is crisp.

Called into see my bud Ben @ GunCity in the Tron on Friday, came home with this

Ruger Custom shop competition 10-22, It may look odd, but fuk me it's the best fitting rimfire I've ever handled, has a decent long LOP for a start, mounted a 3- 15 firedot VX5 can't wait to shoot it & will post up a range report - review when done

Originally Posted by Philipo

Called into see my bud Ben @ GunCity in the Tron on Friday, came home with this

Ruger Custom shop competition 10-22, It may look odd, but fuk me it's the best fitting rimfire I've ever handled, has a decent long LOP for a start, mounted a 3- 15 firedot VX5 can't wait to shoot it & will post up a range report - review when done

Attachment 167780

You bloody mongrel. I could have sold you that.

Originally Posted by Rushy

You bloody mongrel. I could have sold you that.

Originally Posted by fernleaf

Recently added new toy.....

Israeli Mauser starting life in 1943 being made at Steyr...



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An Israeli Mauser, made by Steyr.... wow, that sounds like a story. especiall when in 1943, there were still concentration camps and Isreal did not become a nation until 1948.... I just had to look it up.

Most gun related sites are blocked here at work however this from Wiki...

Israeli Mauser

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Israeli soldiers training with the Karabiner 98k in 1954.

Israeli Mauser Karabiner 98k (7.62×51mm NATO)
A number of non-European nations used the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle as well as a few guerrilla organizations in conflicts to establish new nation-states. Israel issued Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles from the late 1940s until the 1970s, which are today sought after by collectors. Many were acquired under Operation Balak.[53]

Many Jewish organizations in Palestine acquired them from post–World War II Europe to protect various Jewish settlements from Arab attack as well as to carry out guerrilla operations against British Army forces in Palestine.

The Haganah, which later evolved into the modern-day Israel Defense Forces, was one of the Jewish armed groups in Palestine that brought large numbers of Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles and other surplus arms (namely the British Lee–Enfield bolt-action rifle, which was used on a large scale by these groups) and the Mosin–Nagant from Europe after World War II. Many, though not all, Israeli-used German surplus Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles have had their Nazi Waffenamt markings and emblems stamped over with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hebrew arsenal markings.

As the Arab-Israeli conflict approached, the Haganah and other Jewish forces in Palestine tried to get hold of as many weapons as they could in the face of an arms embargo by British colonial authorities. One of the most important purchases was a secret January 14, 1948, $12,280,000 worth contract with Czechoslovak Government including 4,500 P-18 rifles, as well as 50,400,000 rounds of ammunition. Later, the newly established Israel Defense Forces ordered more Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles, produced this time by Fabrique Nationale.[46] These have Israeli and Belgian markings on the rifle as well as the emblem of the IDF on the top of the rifle's receiver. The FN-made Karabiner 98k rifles with the IDF markings and emblem on the rifle were produced and sold to Israel after it established itself as an independent nation in 1948. At some point, Israel converted all other Mauser 98-pattern rifles in their inventory (most commonly Czechoslovak vz. 24 rifles, but small numbers of contract Mausers from sources ranging from Ethiopia to Mexico were also known to have come into Israeli hands) to the now standardized Karabiner 98k configuration. The original receiver markings of these conversions were not altered, making it easy for collectors to identify their origin. The Israeli Karabiner 98k utilized the same bayonet design as in German service, with a barrel ring added.[citation needed] Swedish Gevär m/40 rifles were converted to the 7.92 Mauser round.[54] The Israeli bayonets were a mix of converted German production and domestically produced examples.

During the late 1950s, the IDF converted the calibre of their Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles from the original German 7.92×57mm Mauser round to 7.62×51mm NATO following the adoption of the FN FAL rifle as their primary rifle in 1958.[55] The Israeli Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles that were converted have "7.62" engraved on the rifle receiver. Rifles with original German stocks have "7.62" burned into the heel of the rifle stock for identification and to separate the 7.62 NATO rifles from the original 7.92 mm versions of the weapon still in service or held in reserve. Some Karabiner 98k rifles were fitted with new, unnumbered beech stocks of recent manufacture, while others retained their original furniture. All of these converted rifles were proof-fired for service. The IDF employed a 22 mm rifle grenade adapter for the Mauser K98k rifle.[56]

The Karabiner 98k rifle was used by the reserve branches of the IDF well into the 1960s and 1970s and saw action in the hands of various support and line-of-communications troops during the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.[55] After the rifle was retired from reserve military service, the Israeli Mauser Karabiner 98k was given to a number of third-world nations as military aid by Israel during the 1970s and 1980s, and sold as ex-military surplus on the open market, with many Israeli Mausers being exported to Australia (the Israeli Mauser is the most predominant variant of the Mauser Kar98k rifle on the Australian surplus firearms market today) and North America during the 1970s and 1980s. The Israeli Mausers provided to third world armies began to be exported for civilian sale, and tend to be in significantly worse condition than those sold directly out of Israeli storage.