Original WW1 service rifles....show and tell

[dave_303]

1916 LSA, Receiver and bolt match, though the barrel has been replaced though.




ERA P14, it escaped WRS but as with my SMLE it has been re-barrelled




Carcano M91, a 1897 dated Terni, as far as I can tell it is as close to being all original as it can be.

[ovenpaa]

Hmmm... it is quite telling that right now I do not have an 'original' WW1 Service rifle, I have rifles from that period, before and after but nothing truly original. I will start looking later on in the year.

[huntervixen]

1916 LSA, Receiver and bolt match, though the barrel has been replaced though.




ERA P14, it escaped WRS but as with my SMLE it has been re-barrelled




Carcano M91, a 1897 dated Terni, as far as I can tell it is as close to being all original as it can be.

Thanks for sharing Dave, super rifles .... I think I had the privilege of shooting your lovely P14 at Severnside a couple of years ago if memory serves?

Perhaps we should think about a Full-bore WW1 rifles only shoot...that could be fun, I have never fired an original G98, (K98, Swedish Mauser, yes), but not a WW1 G98, love to contrast and compare with my SMLE.

[huntervixen]

Hmmm... it is quite telling that right now I do not have an 'original' WW1 Service rifle, I have rifles from that period, before and after but nothing truly original. I will start looking later on in the year.

Morning David, that just can't be right, ! Sounds like a situation that needs to be re-dressed quick smart! I would imagine the cost of WW1 period rifles is going to start to rise quickly now we have reached the centenary.

[FredB]

Me too---nothing directly from WW1, but I believe that some of these were used by reserves:

Fred.

[jjvc]

G98, 1917 Spandau Sterngewehr.

[huntervixen]

G98, 1917 Spandau Sterngewehr.

That is a lovely looking rifle......I have designs on just such a beast to shoot, compare and contrast, alongside my 1917 SMLE, I feel another variation coming on!!
....what does she shoot like?

[saddler]

G98, 1917 Spandau Sterngewehr.

That is a lovely looking rifle......I have designs on just such a beast to shoot, compare and contrast, alongside my 1917 SMLE, I feel another variation coming on!!
....what does she shoot like?

K98's - that you said you've used are like temperamental teenagers with an attitude problem

G98's - graceful ladies with impeccable manners

The G's are a MUCH nicer experience for a day on the range...as in, you could fire one all day without needing therapy at the end of it; some rifles, five rounds will put you off until you forget that you should know better & try the sodding thing again

[huntervixen]

G98, 1917 Spandau Sterngewehr.

That is a lovely looking rifle......I have designs on just such a beast to shoot, compare and contrast, alongside my 1917 SMLE, I feel another variation coming on!!
....what does she shoot like?

K98's - that you said you've used are like temperamental teenagers with an attitude problem

G98's - graceful ladies with impeccable manners

The G's are a MUCH nicer experience for a day on the range...as in, you could fire one all day without needing therapy at the end of it; some rifles, five rounds will put you off until you forget that you should know better & try the sodding thing again

K98's - that you said you've used are like temperamental teenagers with an attitude problem

I agree, someone was telling me the other day that the Walnut stocked K98's have better recoil characteristics than the laminate stocked later war examples, wonder if that's true?

I found the K98 pleasant enough to shoot though, but the G98 just looks right, a proper rifle!

[saddler]

My K98 was a 1937 walnut stocked one.
Only fun to fire with blanks...