That's awesome. Afraid I'm gonna show my ignorance, but what is it? It looks kind of like the Gyrojet. Obviously not of course.New toy arrived today, next step is to break it down and then get some ammo for it. This will likely be the ugliest gun in my collection until I get my hands on a Dardick.
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That's awesome. Afraid I'm gonna show my ignorance, but what is it? It looks kind of like the Gyrojet. Obviously not of course.
It's a nambu type 94, the best example of the jap military culture gone horribly wrong.
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I'd never shoot it... I like my right hand, and would not want to take the chance, that it might blow up on me.
I don't think they have a rep for that, just that you can shoot it without touching the trigger and yes it seems to work
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Finally got a Unicorn that i have been chasing for years, as a Nerd that has spent millions in other peoples money buying IBM equipment I have wanted an IBM M1 carbine ever since I first heard of them and It had to have the early flip sights as newer sights cover the IBM stamp on the receiver.
I was able to acquire this example of a Bavarian that was likely later sold to Austria and then CMP as I have not found any import markings. I have not pulled it apart yet but all the parts on the outside look correct "As it left the factory" except for Austrian leather sling obviously (hope that holds up or I may have grossly over payed as we tend to do when finding unicorns). Another fun fact is that someone in Germany was confused about the American way of not stamping all parts with serial and went ahead and stamped the serial on at least the oprod and maybe other parts
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The bayonet lug came with the type 3 barrel band, most where converted to that spec for Korea but during WW2 they did not have it. I still kick myself occasionally for not grabbing a paratrooper a few years ago when I had the opportunity to get one for 1,600.I don't know jack shit about M1 carbine's, esp. the IBM ones... But... I just find it odd, that it didn't come with a bayonet lug under the barrel. And one day I'd love to find a real M1 carbine WWII dated Paratrooper model... And I'll do that just as soon as I win the lottery.
If I were to butcher an SMLE it would be to turn it into a De Lisle. Definitely a bucket list gun for me!only slightly sporterized Enfield.
If it weren't for the stupid stamp Id be tempted to get a bubba special and convert it into this.
Time to awaken this thread again.
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1889 Glisenti Brescia and I wish I could shoot all these things some are just to hard to source ammo for and others I just dont have time to shootOkay, I'll bite. What is that? It's definitely cool looking.
Do you guys shoot all of these old things?