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Ruger M77 Mark II 270Win Rifle. Serial # 789-41746 Won at ducks unlimited dinner Wald Park, Birmingham, AL 9/12/02. Picked up the gun Friday 9/13/02 at Sportsmans Center? In Jasper, AL around 5PM. Purchased a Nikon Buckmaster Scope 3x9 for about $250 and sling for $29, shells and case for about $450 total.
My gun is a Lefever Nitro Special 20 guage double barrel shotgun with 26” barrel. It is made by Lefever Arms Company, Ithaca, NY. It has 2 triggers and a duck flying etched into the metal on both sides. Once broken to eject the shells you can see number 251146 PAT’D stamped on the metal. There is some basic checkering on the pistol grip part of the stock. Lefever Arms Company was the name used by that firm circa 1879-1902. About 1915 they were bought out by Ithaca. We know your gun was made after 1882 (due to the patent dates). You didn't say if it was a hammer gun or hammerless, and if the barrels were damascus or steel. Production seems to have overlapped on those features. All Lefever guns were well made and highly regarded then and now. While they made some high grade guns, most were just good reliable guns for average or upper-middle class markets. Hammerless guns with steel barrels are still in demand as shooters, and the Cowboy Action shooters like the hammer guns, but not particularly with damascus barrels. I think I have seen Lefevers without any special features priced in the $250-350 range. Hope that helps. John Spangler Remington Pump
action 12 Guage 2.75 inch shells only
Marlin model 39-A, lever action 22 S, L & LR rifle, serial number D21241. Made approximately 1940-1948. The incomparable Marlin 39 (along with the 1897 Cowboy) represents the oldest shoulder firearm design still being made anywhere in the world. In fact, the 39's great grandfather, the Model 1891, was the first repeating rifle to be chambered for the 22 Long Rifle cartridge. And over the years, Marlin 22's have become legendary among people who know rifles. The fact is, the Model 39 is still the standard by which all other 22 sporting rifles are judged. Understandable when you consider the clean, flat, solid top receiver, and an action machined from solid steel forgings, which are then heat-treated for greater strength. The Model 39A also features a rebounding hammer, a hammer block safety, and it disassembles in seconds with only a coin. And the stock is crafted from genuine American black walnut and features fine cut-checkering. Thanks to Micro-Groove® rifling, a special process that produces less bullet distortion and a better gas seal, the 39A gives you the kind of accuracy most other 22's can't touch.
Browning Hi Power
9mm.
Winchester Model 70
7mm Rem Mag
.303 British Enfield The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Rifle, or SMLE,
was developed to provide a single rifle to replace both the Magazine
Lee-Enfield Rifle (MLE) and the Lee-Enfield Carbine (LEC). With an
overall length of 44.5 inches, the new weapon was referred to as a
"short rifle"; thus, the word "short" refers to
the length of the rifle--not the length of the magazine. SMLE Mk III*. Production of the Mk III* did not begin simultaneously at all rifle factories; BSA Co. actually began production of the Mk III* in 1915, while LSA. Co. didn't begin producing the Mk III* until 1918. After the cessation of WWI hostilities in November of 1918, both Ishapore and Lithgow reverted to Mk III production. In Great Britain, the LSA Co. factory closed, but BSA Co. continued to produce both Mk III and Mk III* rifles--for use by the British military and for overseas sales through the "trade." Lawrence (of Arabia) mentions this rifle in "Seven Pillars of Wisdom":"Then we sat with our rifles (mine Enver's gold-inscibed Lee-Enfield trophy from the Dardanelles given by him to Feisal years ago) waiting till our men should be beyond the danger zone." SPW, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937, p.604 click here.
I’ve got a Tokarev SVT-40 Russian made 7.62 X
54mmR. The gun was made in Ishevsk in 1941 and was one of 51,710
sniper versions made out of a total of 1,322,085 SVT-40’s made. The
sniper version is distinguished by two groves on either side of the
receiver, parallel to the bore to accommodate a scope mount. The stock
is made from Arctic Birch. This gun was captured by the Finnish army
as indicated by the SA (Suomen Armeija) stamped into the metal. The
scope is a PEM scope. On
every occasion that presented itself the Finnish army captured and
reissued any sniper rifles they had. Most were returned to front line
service immediately upon capture but those that suffered damage were
returned to the arms depots for either repair or cannibalization of
the optical components and mounting hardware. The rifles captured by
Finland and in use were given a special code designation of TJ34 to
hide the use from enemy spies (4). The number of rifles that were
captured during the Winter War was rather small due to the Soviets
doctrine trained snipers. These soldiers were not “normal”
conscripts but highly trained professional soldiers and thus they did
not tend to surrender easily. The bulk of Finnish captured sniper
rifles came from positions quickly overrun. Soviet snipers were
trained to damage or destroy their equipment in the event of defeat or
imminent capture. The other problem encountered was the propensity of
Finnish soldiers to keep the captured rifles as war booty and not
report them. An inventory in June of 1940 indicated that 213 sniper
rifles of almost exclusively the top mount PE design was in store. The scope was made in 1938 and has numbers N°6-5549 and uses the German Three-bar Ajack Reticle instead of crosshairs. To
illustrate the difficulty in capturing these rifles and the lack of
reporting to company commanders, the inventory of rifles from the
Continuation War declined dramatically. In 1941-1942 the first year of
the Continuation War, only 32 rifles were reported captured to
divisional HQ. The following year of 1942-1943 only 24 more were
reported captured and finally in the last year of hostilities a meager
11 were reported captured. That gives a total of only 67 the entire
three years of the Continuation War. (4) A veteran of both Finnish
wars reports to me that number is truly a fabrication as he had some 6
in his unit alone for some time and knew of many, many more. He
reports that these guns were prized hunting rifles and often
“disappeared” quickly! (5). Initially the captured units that were
damaged were kept for repair of other rifles that were captured and
required parts, but the inability of the Finnish war industry to meet
the demands for sufficient quantities of optical sights soon found
these mounts and scopes being used The
gun was used by German, Finnish and Russian snipers during WWII and
has both a semi-automatic and automatic version.
The clips come in 5, 10 and 20 shot clips. This gun in now on the import ban Crime Bill ban list on
"assault rifles" (it is a semi-auto that takes a detachable
magazine, and has two bad features, a flash hider and bayonet lug) The
serial # is 3H5029 and the condition in excellent.
Marlin model 336
30-30 caliber
J.C. Higgins model
101.25
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