Unwrapping History

[GOYABEAN]

 

[Bananabandit]

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[GOYABEAN]

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Well excuse fucking me I'm taking my marbles home then

 

[Bananabandit]

Well excuse fucking me I'm taking my marbles home then

Good!

 

[Podmonkey]

I was watching this. With some jealousy, I miss my No. 4 and one of these beautiful final production Enfields would be a fine replacement. But egads are they expensive!
Maybe I'll find one cheap at an estate sale someday.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

This is one of those things. It could be a never fired rifle but then again you really want to fire it to test it.

 

[1911guy]

When I was young, could by one for about $25 from mail order out of the back of magazines.

 

[cgrutt]

That's really cool. I used to work for a guy who was head of internal audit at Olin in a prior life. He was telling me one time while doing an inventory at a Winchester plant he found a case of NOS rifles dating back to late 1800s that nobody seemed to know about. He said one of them made its way onto the wall of the CEO's office. He wasn't sure where the others ended up, lol...

 

[Mosinitis]

I love vintage military rifles. If I lived in a free state, I would collect them. I have about 8 now. Shot only one.

 

[Gonzobird]

Great video. I don't know if i would want to unwrap it.

Almost reminds me of mummy finds from Egypt.

 

[Podmonkey]

This is one of those things. It could be a never fired rifle but then again you really want to fire it to test it.

Prudence with milsurps is always a good thing.
However these mummy wrapped UF prefix rifles were put into storage, unfired, right from the factory and never issued. They are in factory new condition once you unwrap them and get all the cosmoline off.

I believe they were a small run for the RAF, instigated by a few stodgy members in the government that wanted a hedge against the "new fangled" SLR. They are the most desirable rifles to have for a shooter, they were built to a higher level of fit and finish than any of its wartime predecessors. Just absolutely gorgeous examples of the type.

 

[Gonzobird]

This actually just reminded me of how i got my first nagant. Maybe 15 years ago. Dealer had them at the middletown gun show. $67. Some were wrapped and some just had the cosmoline all over them. I should have bought as many as he had in hindsight. M44 type.

The Russians had produced these right at the end of WW2 never had a chance to issue them and they got buried in some where-house until they ended up on that table. I remember reading that when issued in the field the troops were told to urinate on the rifle to clean the cosmoline off.


Still have it and it is still in near perfect condition.

 

[Podmonkey]

This actually just reminded me of how i got my first nagant. Maybe 15 years ago. Dealer had them at the middletown gun show. $67. Some were wrapped and some just had the cosmoline all over them. I should have bought as many as he had in hindsight. M44 type.

The Russians had produced these right at the end of WW2 never had a chance to issue them and they got buried in some where-house until they ended up on that table. I remember reading that when issued in the field the troops were told to urinate on the rifle to clean the cosmoline off.


Still have it and it is still in near perfect condition.

Never issued milsurps are a wonderful thing.
Like a window into history.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

They are in factory new condition once you unwrap them and get all the cosmoline off.

I know. What I meant to say is when you come across something like this you have 2 options. Keep it unfired or fire it. It's a tough choice either way.

 

[Podmonkey]

I know. What I meant to say is when you come across something like this you have 2 options. Keep it unfired or fire it. It's a tough choice either way.

Shoot it, other than the case of irreplaceable historical artifacts, I dont belive in safe queens.
No. 4 Enfields are still so common, and the only significance of the UF55 Enfields is that they were the last of the breed.