Tag: Military Surplus

We finally picked up a modern clone of the original AR-10. These were made by Brownells for a few years. Reasonably priced. But once...

Most of you have seen all of these items from previous office posts. Some of it was in my personal office. Some of it...

Some folks wanted to see up close pics of the new SCROME J8 scope attached to the FRF2 sniper rifle. In particularly, they want...

Had some time tonight at the John1911 range to dig into the workbench backlog. So we pulled out the Scrome J8 scope and finally...

Last of the audio test series. A 22 long rifle Lee Enfield Trainer. Just as the title says, standard UK 303 Enfield rifle converted...

After some years we have sourced a US Army, unmodified, Krag-Jorgensen, Model 1898 rifle. Manufactured in possibly 1899. The condition of this Krag is outstanding....

Episode 322 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: MAC 50 or is it MAS 50? Shooting "Cocked & Blocked". White Steyr AUG lands. ...

Ok. Here’s the deal. We acquired this German Luger from an estate. I don’t know much about Lugers beyond them being Lugers & made...

The John1911 Armory recently picked up an entire estate of firearms. As for why will become clear later in the year. But in the...

A note from Chris:Hey a while ago, I sent a picture of a combat knife from the Vietnam era that my dad had from...

This bayonet was spotted at our local FFL and I thought the conversation was worth sharing here. Notice the notches in the handle? Interesting. Does...

Cleaning up some old business. In addition to the Vetterli rifle, we also picked up another 6.5 Carcano chambered rifle: The 1891 Carcano. What makes...

With the pandemic and subsequent ammunition shortage, I have noticed a greater interest in “non-standard” military surplus firearms. The TT-33 Tokarev is one such...

The rifle on the right almost caused me physical pain when I saw it at my local FFL.   Markywww.John1911.com“Shooting Guns & Having Fun”

So I had a chance to get into the P210 yesterday and clean it. Without going into great detail beyond the scope of our...