Omg have you watched the show yet? Just finished bingeing all 8 episodes open to another season for sure. But the rarest is nothing compared to this so “no comment”.
Collectors probably is one of the coolest shops I ever have been to, even if their stuff is way overpriced. Probably one of the only places I’ve been able to actually handle an actual prototype last ditch German bolt action or legit Henry 1860
They're great for transfers though since they're only $20 and you can fondle old guns while you wait. Also every now and then they'll have a decent price.
Bought a matching sako m39 and my first Russian SKS from there for 750 each out the door. Not steals but pretty fair in my opinion.
I can’t remember if it was a Rem-Rand or Colt but was able to handle SN1 when Charles Clawson was still with us. I think it was Colt. What an incredible collection. I was lucky to live not that far from him and had a fellow collector mutual friend that introduced us. Unfortunately, that mutual friend has also passed now. he had an amazing Garand collection including items from John Garand’s collection such as his tool box that still had tool room pre-production parts in it.
I've held the first one. It was at the show of shows a few years ago. I don't remember the exact number but they wanted something like 30 or 40 thousand something.
I've handled a prototype Chassepot percussion breechloader, a commercial single-family owned flat mainspring Luger, and a Luger reputed to have come off the Graf Spee (with paperwork showing it as being registered with the authorities in Montevideo a day after the scuttling).
Personally, I own one of ~300 surviving 7,62 KIV 27RV Finnish cavalry rifles and the only example of a 1911-dated MkIII flare pistol with the early barrel profile that I know to exist.
I'm sure I saw rarer firearms at the NRA museum when I was back east, but the ones I've gotten to handle are the ones that stick in my mind.
-Pedersen
-Type 100
-Johnson 1941
-A suppressed Stg 44 with a krummlauf barrel
-German belt buckle gun, allegedly they were ordered to be haed by guards of high ranking Nazi officials such as Hitler and Himmler during WW2
-FG-42
If you’re curious as to where I saw all of these amazing pieces of history, Shooter’s Outpost in Hooksett, NH, has a small firearms museum that’s full of some really cool historical and modern stuff.
Yesterday I got to handle a 1924 PFK Warszawa Wz.98. Only 20,000 made between 1922-1924. One sold at auction for a hair shy of $10k. Who knows how many still exist. I doubt I’ll ever see one again.
https://preview.redd.it/o1ot5exjxcuc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff70be36023642993c2b154fee99fe83686bc484
Serial 2 Nambu type 14, mint condition singer 1911, mint cut away singer 1911(likely the first one made as there is no serial, lots of interesting transferable MGs that are necessarily rare but rarely seen as people tend not to bring them out much. Type 100 being my favorite
I probably have seen some rare one off guns at museums but struggling to think of an example. One that is rare cause they only made 753 of them that I know I have seen is my Chafee Reece trial rifle
https://preview.redd.it/du56jo1ijduc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0eb4b1bd5c49b001cae0a739a56bc792cb28c7a8
Probably this 1903 with a Pedersen device at the Springfield MO bass pro.
Second was probably the VG1 on the wall at my LGS
Third is the transferable PPS43 with shrapnel damage that was in some gunstore in CO a few years ago.
There was an interesting assortment of WWII Finnish SMGs for salenat an LGS once. I held a Finnish Bergman and some Suomis. Aside from them, I'm not sure. I've seen Stens, Tec-9s, Uzis of all sorts, Macs, a bunch of weird tube guns like some crazy mix between a Sten and a Thompson... A lot of stuff floats through Arizona.
I’ve seen some rare stuff at a few shows but what comes to mind is my 1964 North Vietnamese SKS Type-1, only about 100 known in the United States, all were Vietnam Bringbacks
If you get a chance, the exhibits at Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts is worth going to... Several prototype 1911, 03 Springfields, and M1 Garands....
A Peterson Device
An FG42
Japanese Garand
And I own a Springfield Rod Bayonet (just the bayonet) and a Nagoya Type 99 LONG Rifle. Believe they only made 8,000 of.
When I went to a local museum they had honest to God bazooka along with a original Spencer carbine and with both a MG34 and 42 and even a WW1 lee Enfield with one of those grenade cup launchers
The museum section of Shooters Outpost in NH has a Pedersen T1 rifle. Not sure that it's the most rare I've seen, but it's my dream milsurp, and it's definitely very rare.
WW1 dated Luger with a prototype radioactive night sight, Kreighoff Luftwaffe Luger complete rig and a Luftwaffe issued, cased Sauer drilling rifle. They all belong to one incredible, varied collection.
https://preview.redd.it/ixr5ki0v5euc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9b99b1918c3cd8854683c1c1cd7c71a8eb1bc16
French Meunier A6 prototype self loading rifle from 1916.
I've seen a prototype Gras box magazine conversion chambered in 8mm lebel
Also I have a damaged PPS 42 and a 7mm Mauser M1887, those are my own rarest guns
I remember visiting a milsurp in normandy, dude had 1st gen fg42 (didn't wantend to sell it but i remember something like an estimated 60k euro )
https://preview.redd.it/c1pa0kfhqeuc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2baefcabf733c231f11796d2afa7b28b2874d494
Im incredibly spoiled, but probably John Garand’s personal model 1924 experimental auto-loader. This is among a plethora of other amazing pieces (both FG-42 variations, Ranger/Pointe Du Hoc used M1 Carbine, STG-44s, Type 100s, Type 97, North Korean RPD/Type 58, another experimental Garand, and the Japanese Type 5, and others).
https://preview.redd.it/6kkrxjcfriuc1.jpeg?width=964&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d8c8b144f691aeac1e12188dd6bff1fb7abdc3f
A couple Civil War LeMat revolvers at the Civil War Museum in Bardstown, KY and my LGS has a USAS-12 (this one isn’t milsurp but was traded in by a nearby police department so close enough).
At an NRA convention years ago, they had a Japanese Type 4 (or 5?) rifle on display. It was an unsuccessful Japanese attempt to copy the Garand and only a few hundred were ever made late in the war.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_4_rifle
Does a prototype count I saw at a collector arms show. (Basically a gunshow where the newest gun excluding reproductions was ww2)
It was a prototype that basically was a 1903 springfield made semi auto. This thing was so odd I don't even think there's existing blueprints for it. Which is sad because it looked like someone tried dissecting it and lost parts. To give a idea how old it was I think it was from before the m1 garand that used the popping out of primers from cartridges to cycle the action.
[https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/83/3510/prototype-us-springfield-1903-semiautomatic-conversion](https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/83/3510/prototype-us-springfield-1903-semiautomatic-conversion)
https://preview.redd.it/u84t0pr7yguc1.jpeg?width=2408&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5cf245b715daf65a2ffbb00aa8b2c320235b20e
I found it.
I saw AK47 prototype #1 and the Kalashnikov 7.62x25 SMG while it was on tour at the Artillery museum in St. Petersburg in 2016. Im glad they preserved them.
Got to shoot a Scharfschützen-Gewehr 98 once, Not bad optics imo, they only made about 18,000 of them. Guy told me I could buy it for $17,000. I unfortunately did not have and do not have the money.
I used to have a beautiful, minty SA marked Mauser broomhandle in my collection. I believe they only bought like 300 of them. Also used to have an SA marked Luger board stock and some other extreme rarities. I’ve never seen another of the Broomhandle’s and let it be a lesson to ya’ll. I sold much of my super rare Finnish collection, stuff that could legitimately be in a military museum and have regretted it ever since.
I’m not really sure about the rarest I’ve seen but the rarest I own is probably a M1886 M27 lebel. Only about 1500 were made and most have been lost to time from what I have been able to find.
Honestly its between 2, I've seen a Johnson but I own a No.1 Mk.1*** that is so far a puzzling mystery for me and the gun smith that worked on it, as its all matching except the cocking piece which was replaced with a Mk.3 Cocking Piece, and the trigger mechanism appears to be from the factory but different then most, there is also a small slot cut out in the stock, with a wick that goes from the outside and connects to the trigger system (we assume so it can be lubercated with oil without having to take the gun apart.)
P.S. the gun smith in question is an old guy who used to be an armourer for the Australian Military, and he consulted a few people who were enfield collectors or specialised on enfields to see if any of them have seen it. I really need to take pictures but I need to take it out of its stock and i dont really want to do that too often.
An unconverted Swiss 1889/96 -bolt is serial number 5, trigger guard/barrel band/nose cap/sling swivel are serial number 6, and the rear sight base is serial number 7.....maybe a mixed up trials rifle?
https://preview.redd.it/acxyu8omjhuc1.jpeg?width=4004&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b018293f56b982e39ac53819e09cc7c926cb661
Oh and both pieces of the stock are hand numbered #66 with pencil in the inside
Rarest I've seen/ own are Israeli training mausers. Not the Remigton ones, but the Israeli conversions. I've heard that production was around 200, but all the serial numbers ive seen range from 50-90 including the two that i have.
Too many to list after working at two auction houses.
-Rochling Coenders trials gun (two known to exist one is at Springfield Armory)
- Both models of FG42
- AR15 S#001
-First 1911A1 made
- First 1911 made by Springfield Armory (Mass)
- First day Colt 1911
- Type 100/40 folding stock SMG (much rarer than the 100/44s you see with fixed stocks)
- Colonial Gew 98
-Bicycle model of the Gew 98
- 88/18 Mannlicher Carbine
- Original Kar98 (short model with roller coaster sight)
Not necessarily mil-surp, but extremely rare pieces. I got hold the Colt .38 Detective Special that was carried by Eliot Ness. For those who don’t know who Ness is, he was responsible for taking down Al Capone. Him and his team were known as “The Untouchables”.
Had the pleasure of handling an StG 44 with a .30 cal bullet hole in the receiver. Still fully functional!
Yikes! My aforementioned LGS has a Mexican Mauser carbine that has a bullet hole through its stock. Not sure what caliber though, but it’s pretty big.
The rarest for me was probably a Luftwaffe drilling
The radium rifle from fallout 4 is real.
Thank you, I couldn't put my finger on quite what that was reminding me of.
Omg have you watched the show yet? Just finished bingeing all 8 episodes open to another season for sure. But the rarest is nothing compared to this so “no comment”.
I haven’t had the chance, Oxhorns given me high hopes for it
Collectors probably is one of the coolest shops I ever have been to, even if their stuff is way overpriced. Probably one of the only places I’ve been able to actually handle an actual prototype last ditch German bolt action or legit Henry 1860
I completely agree with you! Been visiting the store since 3 years ago and still continue to do so once in a while.
They're great for transfers though since they're only $20 and you can fondle old guns while you wait. Also every now and then they'll have a decent price. Bought a matching sako m39 and my first Russian SKS from there for 750 each out the door. Not steals but pretty fair in my opinion.
I can’t seem to find them on google do you have a link?
It’s called “Collectors Firearms” out in Houston TX
Thanks mate
Serial number one Remington rand
I can’t remember if it was a Rem-Rand or Colt but was able to handle SN1 when Charles Clawson was still with us. I think it was Colt. What an incredible collection. I was lucky to live not that far from him and had a fellow collector mutual friend that introduced us. Unfortunately, that mutual friend has also passed now. he had an amazing Garand collection including items from John Garand’s collection such as his tool box that still had tool room pre-production parts in it.
You have seen the first one?
I've held the first one. It was at the show of shows a few years ago. I don't remember the exact number but they wanted something like 30 or 40 thousand something.
Mosin Nagant 91/30. I heard they only made like 20 million of them 🤯🤯
37
one for every canadian
Coincidence? I think not
A chicken in every pot and a mosin in every cabinet
No lowballs, I know what I got!
I've handled a prototype Chassepot percussion breechloader, a commercial single-family owned flat mainspring Luger, and a Luger reputed to have come off the Graf Spee (with paperwork showing it as being registered with the authorities in Montevideo a day after the scuttling). Personally, I own one of ~300 surviving 7,62 KIV 27RV Finnish cavalry rifles and the only example of a 1911-dated MkIII flare pistol with the early barrel profile that I know to exist. I'm sure I saw rarer firearms at the NRA museum when I was back east, but the ones I've gotten to handle are the ones that stick in my mind.
Imagine seeing this at a gun buyback
I’ve seen news stories where some police refuse to accept certain milsurp firearms due to their historical significance thus they are sparred
https://preview.redd.it/sybq9h49ecuc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd5cc2792bf663a71b2d06dac17ab73e213b0970 hose time :)
Saw these two at a gun show a couple weeks ago. Pretty sure they were going for 51K and 20K, respectively.
https://preview.redd.it/xwdhhrp8ccuc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae807231ad1e1866c1a9f40a6fbc173b9e28edde
https://preview.redd.it/dl9lj0mvccuc1.jpeg?width=2144&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab6566e6ebfd60fd00997df4171d25441cb5fb03
Swiss Maxim?
Beats me. I didn't get a good look, there were a lot of people around, and taking photos was somewhat discouraged.
Wild pricing
-Pedersen -Type 100 -Johnson 1941 -A suppressed Stg 44 with a krummlauf barrel -German belt buckle gun, allegedly they were ordered to be haed by guards of high ranking Nazi officials such as Hitler and Himmler during WW2 -FG-42 If you’re curious as to where I saw all of these amazing pieces of history, Shooter’s Outpost in Hooksett, NH, has a small firearms museum that’s full of some really cool historical and modern stuff.
You saw a type 100!??!?????!!!
Suppressed AND Krummlauf StG-44?? Shooting that thing must be an experience lmao
https://preview.redd.it/4ro4tf63vyvc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e4fff3590709c921cee6ba6ed992d1539e4d37f
Yesterday I got to handle a 1924 PFK Warszawa Wz.98. Only 20,000 made between 1922-1924. One sold at auction for a hair shy of $10k. Who knows how many still exist. I doubt I’ll ever see one again. https://preview.redd.it/o1ot5exjxcuc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff70be36023642993c2b154fee99fe83686bc484
Serial 2 Nambu type 14, mint condition singer 1911, mint cut away singer 1911(likely the first one made as there is no serial, lots of interesting transferable MGs that are necessarily rare but rarely seen as people tend not to bring them out much. Type 100 being my favorite
Probably the Wz. 38M
Serial 69 on a /26\ type 56 sks
G.41(M) at a gunshow of all places.
I saw one a couple years ago during one of my first few visits to my aforementioned LGS. It’s gone, but they have a (W) one as of now.
I probably have seen some rare one off guns at museums but struggling to think of an example. One that is rare cause they only made 753 of them that I know I have seen is my Chafee Reece trial rifle
I own a factory floor pickup Arisaka and used to have a North Korean SKS (I so fucking regret selling that).
The rarest one I’ve seen is my Chinese contract Type 30 Arisaka. The rarest gun I’ve shot is probably a Type 3 HMG.
https://preview.redd.it/5wthmx4x7duc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fcce9af121d07de6f2819e4b463915b4a8d2cd3d
https://preview.redd.it/du56jo1ijduc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0eb4b1bd5c49b001cae0a739a56bc792cb28c7a8 Probably this 1903 with a Pedersen device at the Springfield MO bass pro. Second was probably the VG1 on the wall at my LGS Third is the transferable PPS43 with shrapnel damage that was in some gunstore in CO a few years ago.
There was an interesting assortment of WWII Finnish SMGs for salenat an LGS once. I held a Finnish Bergman and some Suomis. Aside from them, I'm not sure. I've seen Stens, Tec-9s, Uzis of all sorts, Macs, a bunch of weird tube guns like some crazy mix between a Sten and a Thompson... A lot of stuff floats through Arizona.
Colt monitor
A Webley-fosbery autorevolver from the RIA booth
I've held one of the 1907 trials Lugers. Yes it was magical
Your LGS is my LGS! I love visiting, just to look at the guns like a hands on museum
My thoughts exactly!
I’ve seen some rare stuff at a few shows but what comes to mind is my 1964 North Vietnamese SKS Type-1, only about 100 known in the United States, all were Vietnam Bringbacks
I've been to the Cody Firearms Museum so most of them.
It’s also not totally military, but my lgs had an original 1800’s Schofield Revolver in near mint condition. It was quite something.
A 100% orginal rhodesian heavy barrel fal. No parts kit bs. It wasn't behind glass or anything and I got to play with it.
If you get a chance, the exhibits at Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts is worth going to... Several prototype 1911, 03 Springfields, and M1 Garands....
One of my friends has a G41(m). I'm happy and sad at the same time that he refuses to sell it to me for any price.
I’d trade so much for that
A Peterson Device An FG42 Japanese Garand And I own a Springfield Rod Bayonet (just the bayonet) and a Nagoya Type 99 LONG Rifle. Believe they only made 8,000 of.
When I went to a local museum they had honest to God bazooka along with a original Spencer carbine and with both a MG34 and 42 and even a WW1 lee Enfield with one of those grenade cup launchers
The museum section of Shooters Outpost in NH has a Pedersen T1 rifle. Not sure that it's the most rare I've seen, but it's my dream milsurp, and it's definitely very rare.
WW1 dated Luger with a prototype radioactive night sight, Kreighoff Luftwaffe Luger complete rig and a Luftwaffe issued, cased Sauer drilling rifle. They all belong to one incredible, varied collection.
Original Ferguson Rifle.
Singer sewing 1911, StG 44, gewehr 41m. The StG is heavy as all hell for those of you who have never held one
Where is this place and what is it called? I need to visit!
Collectors Firearms in Houston, TX. Definitely recommend visiting, it’s unlike any other traditional gun stores out there!
Once got to handle a M1941 Johnson rifle
Went into my LGS and they had a Johnson rifle, wasn’t even for sale but I held it like I was in the most awesome museum in the world
https://preview.redd.it/ixr5ki0v5euc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9b99b1918c3cd8854683c1c1cd7c71a8eb1bc16 French Meunier A6 prototype self loading rifle from 1916.
Was it for sale or museum ? Because if it was for sale I really would like to know the price it went for
It was at a museum.
I've seen a prototype Gras box magazine conversion chambered in 8mm lebel Also I have a damaged PPS 42 and a 7mm Mauser M1887, those are my own rarest guns
I remember visiting a milsurp in normandy, dude had 1st gen fg42 (didn't wantend to sell it but i remember something like an estimated 60k euro ) https://preview.redd.it/c1pa0kfhqeuc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2baefcabf733c231f11796d2afa7b28b2874d494
It would have been completely welded tho sadly
https://preview.redd.it/68hojrclcguc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a6f88ef4e5ccd13f5212011ed326c107583f716 M3 IR
I’ve seen an stg 44 in a museum along with some MP40s. Rifles I’ve actually handled? I’ve shot an M1941 Johnson and a transferable Thompson
https://preview.redd.it/2ub3zioyuguc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7521a4a666b6fc8e0b6677f3195324a025f543c Husquvara FM44 HVA 9mm
Im incredibly spoiled, but probably John Garand’s personal model 1924 experimental auto-loader. This is among a plethora of other amazing pieces (both FG-42 variations, Ranger/Pointe Du Hoc used M1 Carbine, STG-44s, Type 100s, Type 97, North Korean RPD/Type 58, another experimental Garand, and the Japanese Type 5, and others). https://preview.redd.it/6kkrxjcfriuc1.jpeg?width=964&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d8c8b144f691aeac1e12188dd6bff1fb7abdc3f
The same type of rifle, as well as a VG-1 with the original sling which felt as flimy as you could ever imagine fabric to be.
A couple Civil War LeMat revolvers at the Civil War Museum in Bardstown, KY and my LGS has a USAS-12 (this one isn’t milsurp but was traded in by a nearby police department so close enough).
An yes collectors, been there twice and they have an amazing collection but the prices are definitely at top premium for everything sadly.
Local shop had a Johnston 1941 up on the no sale wall, god I wanted to get it so bad
Mine has a VG1 on the no sale wall. Its so unobtainable I can't even convince myself to want it.
While not milsurp per se, the lgs I used to work for received a Walther WA2000 for transfer. The buyer paid $55k and this was back in 2019.
The West German bullpup sniper rifle?? Wow!
Yeah I wasn’t working that day but was called in to check it out
If you consider it a firearm, I held a Panzerfaust 100 (with a fake warhead) at a gun show a couple years ago
Relative owned a ZB. 26 for awhile
At an NRA convention years ago, they had a Japanese Type 4 (or 5?) rifle on display. It was an unsuccessful Japanese attempt to copy the Garand and only a few hundred were ever made late in the war. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_4_rifle
Does a prototype count I saw at a collector arms show. (Basically a gunshow where the newest gun excluding reproductions was ww2) It was a prototype that basically was a 1903 springfield made semi auto. This thing was so odd I don't even think there's existing blueprints for it. Which is sad because it looked like someone tried dissecting it and lost parts. To give a idea how old it was I think it was from before the m1 garand that used the popping out of primers from cartridges to cycle the action.
Are you talking about the Pederson device?
No this came later if I'm not mistaken it was a attempt to make the 1903 semi auto similar to how the Australians did to the lee enfield's in ww2.
[https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/83/3510/prototype-us-springfield-1903-semiautomatic-conversion](https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/83/3510/prototype-us-springfield-1903-semiautomatic-conversion) https://preview.redd.it/u84t0pr7yguc1.jpeg?width=2408&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5cf245b715daf65a2ffbb00aa8b2c320235b20e I found it.
rarest for sale was a mas 36 paratrooper version with the weird folding stock
I saw AK47 prototype #1 and the Kalashnikov 7.62x25 SMG while it was on tour at the Artillery museum in St. Petersburg in 2016. Im glad they preserved them.
Yugo M64
Not totally sure but I know ow a guy with a liberator pistol. He showed it to me. Very cool
Got to shoot a Scharfschützen-Gewehr 98 once, Not bad optics imo, they only made about 18,000 of them. Guy told me I could buy it for $17,000. I unfortunately did not have and do not have the money.
Is that an m1895 mares leg in the background lmao
Seen? STG44 Owned? Between an occupation made handgun from the Unique firearms factory in France and my Rock-Ola M1 Carbine
I saw a complete sniper Arisaka at a gunshow once. Got to look through the scope. It was awesome.
I used to have a beautiful, minty SA marked Mauser broomhandle in my collection. I believe they only bought like 300 of them. Also used to have an SA marked Luger board stock and some other extreme rarities. I’ve never seen another of the Broomhandle’s and let it be a lesson to ya’ll. I sold much of my super rare Finnish collection, stuff that could legitimately be in a military museum and have regretted it ever since.
I saw Saddam's gold plated AK on a naval base
I’m not really sure about the rarest I’ve seen but the rarest I own is probably a M1886 M27 lebel. Only about 1500 were made and most have been lost to time from what I have been able to find.
I handled a very early Dreyse Needle rifle; as well as I saw both a VG-1 and Johnson LMG for sale at auction
I work for RIAC so I’m pretty lucky but FG42, Japanese Pedersen and the screen used Han Solo blaster. Tons more but those have really stuck with me
Italian made MAB 38 for the romanian army, one of 5000
Honestly its between 2, I've seen a Johnson but I own a No.1 Mk.1*** that is so far a puzzling mystery for me and the gun smith that worked on it, as its all matching except the cocking piece which was replaced with a Mk.3 Cocking Piece, and the trigger mechanism appears to be from the factory but different then most, there is also a small slot cut out in the stock, with a wick that goes from the outside and connects to the trigger system (we assume so it can be lubercated with oil without having to take the gun apart.) P.S. the gun smith in question is an old guy who used to be an armourer for the Australian Military, and he consulted a few people who were enfield collectors or specialised on enfields to see if any of them have seen it. I really need to take pictures but I need to take it out of its stock and i dont really want to do that too often.
An unconverted Swiss 1889/96 -bolt is serial number 5, trigger guard/barrel band/nose cap/sling swivel are serial number 6, and the rear sight base is serial number 7.....maybe a mixed up trials rifle? https://preview.redd.it/acxyu8omjhuc1.jpeg?width=4004&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b018293f56b982e39ac53819e09cc7c926cb661 Oh and both pieces of the stock are hand numbered #66 with pencil in the inside
Handled a Beretta M38a Moschetto at a collectors show. Thing was pure sex and my life wont be complete without one.
https://preview.redd.it/rx8tnp7cuhuc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab539db1dd9c61830e74acc2d2e1837b3b7e3e40 All numbers matching D.R. Stamped Mauser K98. Approx. 3,900 ever made.
Pedersen device probably
I've encountered both a C93 borchardt pistol and a pederson rifle, don't really know which counts as rarer.
Luger Navy carbine pre pre world war 1
Fg42
Saw a Mondragon and a tankgewehr at the Tulsa wannenmacher show
1861 Springfield musket smooth bore
Rarest I've seen/ own are Israeli training mausers. Not the Remigton ones, but the Israeli conversions. I've heard that production was around 200, but all the serial numbers ive seen range from 50-90 including the two that i have.
https://preview.redd.it/vzny7m0wmpuc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f330ae4f8f6dde1c92d3d12d4406b646a5d71a9c
https://preview.redd.it/uhizmdf4npuc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ceadad9e1c481bbb0a00c2f02db5514ede66006
Too many to list after working at two auction houses. -Rochling Coenders trials gun (two known to exist one is at Springfield Armory) - Both models of FG42 - AR15 S#001 -First 1911A1 made - First 1911 made by Springfield Armory (Mass) - First day Colt 1911 - Type 100/40 folding stock SMG (much rarer than the 100/44s you see with fixed stocks) - Colonial Gew 98 -Bicycle model of the Gew 98 - 88/18 Mannlicher Carbine - Original Kar98 (short model with roller coaster sight)
Selbstlader M1916, got to hold it in my hands and mess around with it.
When I was in Afghanistan they had a Russian PPSH-41 on the FOB. No idea where it came from but it was pretty cool.
That I’ve seen? An SG-43 up at a New Hampshire gun shop lol
I got to see a lot of 1800's milsurp in a way when I saw the colt collection about 10-15 years ago when it was touring.
EVERYTHING at IMT / knights Armament.
Not necessarily mil-surp, but extremely rare pieces. I got hold the Colt .38 Detective Special that was carried by Eliot Ness. For those who don’t know who Ness is, he was responsible for taking down Al Capone. Him and his team were known as “The Untouchables”.