MilsurpDan
Ultimate Member
I was down in Huntsville, Alabama a couple weeks ago for a wedding, and decided to make a 2 hour (one way) detour to the South Store in Anniston.
They had plenty of rifles, but none of them were very nice. Mostly beat up Danish returns, and pitted and refinished Filipino returns. Only a few of them gauged less than a 3 for ME. Many gauged TE of 5 or more.
I really wanted a Winchester, but they were all rack or field grades that had worn out replacement barrels.
The nice fellow working there decided to go in the back and get another rack of service grades. This one was on that rack and I snagged it.
Very nice Springfield made in November 1944 with what appear to be it’s original finish. It also seems to have mostly correct parts with the exception of the post-war rear sight. The OP-Rod is even un-cut. ME is a 0 and TE is a 1. This thing obviously saw little to no use.
They also had two dozen or so Turkish HK33 shipping crates that were repurposed to ship M1 Garand’s. This crate apparently had 25 H&R rifles packed into it. Much better quality than the 3 Mosin Crates I have. It’s drenched in cosmoline though, so I’m going to have to spend some time cleaning it. The pictures were taken prior to me wiping it down.
They had plenty of rifles, but none of them were very nice. Mostly beat up Danish returns, and pitted and refinished Filipino returns. Only a few of them gauged less than a 3 for ME. Many gauged TE of 5 or more.
I really wanted a Winchester, but they were all rack or field grades that had worn out replacement barrels.
The nice fellow working there decided to go in the back and get another rack of service grades. This one was on that rack and I snagged it.
Very nice Springfield made in November 1944 with what appear to be it’s original finish. It also seems to have mostly correct parts with the exception of the post-war rear sight. The OP-Rod is even un-cut. ME is a 0 and TE is a 1. This thing obviously saw little to no use.
They also had two dozen or so Turkish HK33 shipping crates that were repurposed to ship M1 Garand’s. This crate apparently had 25 H&R rifles packed into it. Much better quality than the 3 Mosin Crates I have. It’s drenched in cosmoline though, so I’m going to have to spend some time cleaning it. The pictures were taken prior to me wiping it down.
