Lets see your Guns.

[MattyF]

Nice walk out and about this morning with something for the freezer. 

[5thelement]

Not in the rifle owning club, but found these when I was clearing out the cellar, amazing what you find in French houses.

A little unbranded French bolt action four ten with cartridges and what I believe is a Mauser K98k or one of its derivatives.

The area I live was heavily into the resistance so I assume it was taken from a German, stock completely rotted away.
I will give it to a mate in the UK next time I am over, he will restore it for show.

[Mike Hill]

7 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

Not in the rifle owning club, but found these when I was clearing out the cellar, amazing what you find in French houses.

A little unbranded French bolt action four ten with cartridges and what I believe is a Mauser K98k or one of its derivatives.

The area I live was heavily into the resistance so I assume it was taken from a German, stock completely rotted away.
I will give it to a mate in the UK next time I am over, he will restore it for show.

If you wirebrush the top of the receiver ring where the arrow points. You will find the makers code and year of manufacture.

 

That Rifle has been taken out of its stock and hidden, otherwise the barrel band and receiver crossbolt woukd still be present.

 

Cool find!

[John Shutler]

On 15/01/2023 at 12:23, AHPP said:

HMR is pointless. Replace it with a .22 Hornet. There are always loads of (excellent) CZ Hornets about. 

it depends on where your shooting 

[5thelement]

2 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

If you wirebrush the top of the receiver ring where the arrow points. You will find the makers code and year of manufacture.

 

That Rifle has been taken out of its stock and hidden, otherwise the barrel band and receiver crossbolt woukd still be present.

 

Cool find!

Turns out to be Czech, can’t quite make out the coding on the side.

[Mike Hill]

Scrape the rust off with a peice of copper or alloy and a squirt of WD40.

[AHPP]

3 hours ago, John Shutler said:

it depends on where your shooting 

I see you’ve found your voice. 

[Johnsond]

5 hours ago, 5thelement said:

Not in the rifle owning club, but found these when I was clearing out the cellar, amazing what you find in French houses.

A little unbranded French bolt action four ten with cartridges and what I believe is a Mauser K98k or one of its derivatives.

The area I live was heavily into the resistance so I assume it was taken from a German, stock completely rotted away.
I will give it to a mate in the UK next time I am over, he will restore it for show.

Not intending to derail the thread  at all but I think the post war myth has evolved where most of the French were apparently in the resistance were they not, somewhat like the post covid views by many upon the validity of lockdowns etc. 
Brno made arms for the Nazi war machine post occupation if I’m not wrong. 

Edited January 22, 2023 by Johnsond

[GarethM]

If you were in an occupied country they didn't give you much chance to refuse to do as instructed, well you could refuse but it affected your career, kinda.

 

Cleaning up the serial number will tell you everything, either way the authorities will no doubt be required even in it's scrap heap state.

Edited January 22, 2023 by GarethM

[John Shutler]

1 hour ago, AHPP said:

I see you’ve found your voice. 

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