Virdea Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 This is my Mod8 - serial number for 1907, pistol grips. Strippers are not original but work in this gun. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 This is my Mod8 - serial number for 1907, pistol grips. Strippers are not original but work in this gun. 2jelly4life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Her name is George, and she was my first rifle that was not military or a 22. My grandfather carried and used a model 8. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Watters Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 That looks more like the Peace Officer Equipment Company extended magazine, and not the Krieger.http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/?page_id=659 Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 It probably is. They modified guns for a few prisons in the 1950s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 My rifle is... Augmented: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Funny, your Model 8 looks like a metrosexual AK-47. Actually, I like it a lot for a Blackgun. Usually it is hard for me to be swayed by modern weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Fight Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 This is my Mod8 - serial number for 1907, pistol grips. Strippers are not original but work in this gun. I am going to take this picture into the bathroom. Do not knock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Now guess what I paid for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I seem to recall you mentioning earlier that you got it at a disreputable pawn shop in the Yak. "We Fence Everything And Pass the Savings On to YOU!" Virdea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Fight Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Now guess what I paid for it? Don't ruin this for me. Virdea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 It was on the end of a line of AK47s. The pawn shop dealt in guns that it sold to the local gangs - mostly to the girlfriends of gang members since the actual gangers could not buy guns. The Model 8 was from an estate sale - the dealer picked it up as part of the sale and could not unload it. He tried to even get the gangers to take it as part of his 3-1 sales deal - buy three AKs and get the Model 8 at 100 bucks. I saw it with a 325 price tag. I had to get some power tools and offered him 25 bucks for the rifle. Sold. I ran the serial on NCIC and confirmed I was its second owner, and that it was not stolen. To this day I chuckle over those chrome plated and pink AK47s with 50 rd mags and 100 rd drums with price tags at 2 grand each, and I walked out with a piece of history for the cost of a Mcdonalds meal. Yakima WA, you have to love it. Brick Fight, LostCosmonaut, xthetenth and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 reassign member group drop down ↓ Validating MembersBanned>Bannedmember "Virdea" has been assigned to group "banned" Virdea and Belesarius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Don't be a hater. I also got a MAS36 LG48 for 100 bucks at a gun show because the patriotic seller did not want to sully his hands with no "damn looser commie guns." I agreed with him and scored a 500 buck original Vietnam bring back Viet Minh capture less than 300 in the world GL equipped piece of history. And I made a dealer feel better for his patriotism. To make matters more funny, he had dozens of Mosins for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Fight Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 It was on the end of a line of AK47s. The pawn shop dealt in guns that it sold to the local gangs - mostly to the girlfriends of gang members since the actual gangers could not buy guns. The Model 8 was from an estate sale - the dealer picked it up as part of the sale and could not unload it. He tried to even get the gangers to take it as part of his 3-1 sales deal - buy three AKs and get the Model 8 at 100 bucks. I saw it with a 325 price tag. I had to get some power tools and offered him 25 bucks for the rifle. Sold. I ran the serial on NCIC and confirmed I was its second owner, and that it was not stolen. To this day I chuckle over those chrome plated and pink AK47s with 50 rd mags and 100 rd drums with price tags at 2 grand each, and I walked out with a piece of history for the cost of a Mcdonalds meal. Yakima WA, you have to love it. God damn, I knew I wouldn't like that answer. PA used to be a great place for C&R. My dad found this old beautiful Ithaca pump for like $30, and I'm an idiot who passed on a surplus M1 carbine in pristine condition for $200. You could still buy Enfields for <$100 here until a few years ago, too. The prices have been getting in line with the rest of the country recently, with stuff I've seen at gun stores for the past ten years suddenly going up a few hundred for no real reason. It's why I'm getting intense over getting a MAS 49 and a Garand before they get more expensive than I'm willing to pay. Don't be a hater. I also got a MAS36 LG48 for 100 bucks at a gun show because the patriotic seller did not want to sully his hands with no "damn looser commie guns." I agreed with him and scored a 500 buck original Vietnam bring back Viet Minh capture less than 300 in the world GL equipped piece of history. And I made a dealer feel better for his patriotism. To make matters more funny, he had dozens of Mosins for sale. These are weird dudes, for sure. I was able to snag all kinds of cool Russian stuff from "patriotic" dealers who are probably now kicking themselves for practically throwing Mosins and SKSes at people for super low prices. The one guy in our town I bought the Enfield from is infuriating, as he's one of those dudes that bought up loads and loads of surplus in the '90s and is sitting on a stockpile of interesting C&R that he's putting forth no effort to maintain. He just sits at his computer and brags about all of his stuff and refuses to sell it, as some wonderful old guns look more and more like shit every year. He once showed me just a huge footlocker full of Springfield 1903 barrels still in cosmoline that he won't sell until the prices rocket. Virdea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 The greatest MAS 49 gunsmith in the world lives in PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 My students do studies of the rare gun industry - hoarding right now accounts for half the uptick in prices last decade. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Now it feels like a real AK: Xlucine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Now it feels like a real AK: It just needs it's own track suit and gold chain and it's perfect! Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 'Dat bakelite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 "Technically proficient North Korean Commandoes demonstrate to the Dear Leader their mastery of the technical arts. Despite their perfection of skills, they welcome Dear Leader's suggestions to better deter American aggressors from our lands." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flametz Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 It was on the end of a line of AK47s. The pawn shop dealt in guns that it sold to the local gangs - mostly to the girlfriends of gang members since the actual gangers could not buy guns. The Model 8 was from an estate sale - the dealer picked it up as part of the sale and could not unload it. He tried to even get the gangers to take it as part of his 3-1 sales deal - buy three AKs and get the Model 8 at 100 bucks. I saw it with a 325 price tag. I had to get some power tools and offered him 25 bucks for the rifle. Sold. I ran the serial on NCIC and confirmed I was its second owner, and that it was not stolen. To this day I chuckle over those chrome plated and pink AK47s with 50 rd mags and 100 rd drums with price tags at 2 grand each, and I walked out with a piece of history for the cost of a Mcdonalds meal. Yakima WA, you have to love it. *Jelly intensifies* Don't be a hater. I also got a MAS36 LG48 for 100 bucks at a gun show because the patriotic seller did not want to sully his hands with no "damn looser commie guns." I agreed with him and scored a 500 buck original Vietnam bring back Viet Minh capture less than 300 in the world GL equipped piece of history. And I made a dealer feel better for his patriotism. To make matters more funny, he had dozens of Mosins for sale. I really need to hop on the road and drive there sometime. Not the first time I've heard of this tale before, yet I still find it hard to believe you can walk away with such a deal... Ignorance truely is bliss sometimes. ... So, breaking my lurker status, here's a collection of thompsons and rifles (no idea on exact models, they all came in the same crate and are currently residing as displays at a local museum as a "free" storage place). People from WoTLabs might be familiar with these pictures: edit: Hell, how do you get spoilers working? Belesarius, Virdea and LostCosmonaut 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Is that an A2 BAR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Welcome to the forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flametz Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Is that an A2 BAR? Looks more like the original M1918, according to one of the curators at the museum (and from what I could find on the gun). I'm a bit of a layman when it comes to early firearms, so I'm not 100% sure. Welcome to the forums! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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