My Military collection

[billy82269]

I just thought I'd share my collection so far. I just bought the SVT 40 today. Don't ask what I paid for it. It was probably too much, but you hardly ever see them for sale now.

 

[justsomeguy]

Where's the "like" button. Lol

 

[22lr]

Ok I see the history in the guns (being a historical gun nut myself). But that blade has me curious. Genuine Jap? Any history that you know of and would mind sharing?

Nice looking collection.

 

[billy82269]

Yes the Sword was picked up by my Grandfather on Guam during WWII. The blade was made by the 23rd generation Kanefusa master swordsmith.

 

[billy82269]

WOW, I've been looking online at the prices people want for SVT 40s now. The average is around $1000, I paid $750.

 

[Gunnut80]

Very nice!!!

 

[dwr461]

Very nice. I've been collecting military rifles too. Right now: 1903A3, Mosin Nagant m91/30, Arisaka Type 99, SMLE, 98K, M24/47, Madsen M47 (aka Columbia M58), Hakim, K31, AR15 A2, AK74.

I love the SVT40 as a collector's piece. They had one near BR for a while for which they wanted $799. I didn't have it. I used to have a M1 Carbine. Wish I still did. Traded it over twenty years ago now. I REALLY want a M1 Garand. It's also on my list.

Thanks for sharing the pictures. If you ever have time to take more close ups I'd love to see them.

Dave

 

[Candyman]

You have a great start. Be careful, they grow over night.

I can't get all my milsurps in one room, much less one photo.

 

[my-rifle]

I noticed you've focused on quality over quantity. I didn't do so until late in my collecting, therefore I have more wartime Mosin Nagants than anything else. At $39 - $69 apiece I just couldn't pass them up. They're like potato chips. It wasn't until I had a wall full of them that I realized I could buy fewer guns of a higher value and have a collection I could be pleased with. By then M1 Carbines were $500, and Garands were the price of two space flights. My attention was also captured by the Nepal Cache, as Candyman knows, and the rest as they say is history. I stopped buying guns lately, because I ran out of space, and keeping them all clean and rust-free is a lot of work. I recently acquired a Luger and a Winchester M94 30-30, but that's really been all I've bought in the last year. Gotta start shooting them more.

 

[Candyman]

Hell, I have only added 70 guns to my collection this year. But I am closing in a 11' x 25' carport so that I can have more room.

 

[my-rifle]

Slow year huh?