.38/200 British Service Revolver (Model K-200)

Funny enough, with this relatively oddball .38/200 (.38 S&W) chambering, it's become my pandemic plinker.  I can still find ammo available locally and had a decent amount on hand to begin with.  Based on the 92x,xxx serial number I'm assuming this is early 40's production.  It also predates the V/Victory prefix.  The C broad arrow would indicate Canadian military acceptance.  I really get a kick out of things like this.  Makes you wonder how and when it was smuggled back into the country considering it has no import marks.

Spanish Alamo Ranger Revolver

My dad had a thing for sketchy wheelguns and this definitely is no exception. Very little to be found online regarding them aside from "treat it like a wall hanger". Based on the some of the tool marks there may be some truth to that. Claims to be chambered in .38 Special, pretty sure I'd only run cowboy loads through it... The Eibar proof marks appear to date this one to the late 1920s.

New SKS Range Day

Took the new SKS out for the first time. The conscript that used this thing before me apparently tried to launch things into orbit with it. Front sight pretty much needed to be lowered as far as it could go.

Another SKS for the collection

Just picked up a second SKS from SOG.  Honestly I did not set my expectations very high as this batch has been on the market for some time now and a lot of other distributors have already sold out.  Turns out I was pleasantly surprised!  No cracks in the stock and aside from the top cover the bluing is great.  After cleaning the 50 metric tons of cosmoline, err, Chinese axle grease I also discovered that the bore is immaculate. This one appears to be slightly newer than my first as it has the /26\ arsenal marking.

Refinished stock on the SKS

Just dropped the SKS into the refinished stock yesterday.  Definitely an aesthetic improvement.  Though I am very tempted to pick up another SKS with a cracked stock just to have another...

One of my favorite range guns

Just sharing one of my favorite range guns.  Nothing special, a 1955 T53 Chinese Mosin from Arsenal 26.  Out of the box the stock was really gouged and had some minor cracks.  It cleaned up well and despite most of the metal being in the white it has excellent rifling.  Just repeatedly using it seemed to clean up the bore very well.

(Two new production Tokarevs snuck in, both Zastava.  The compact is a M88A, full size is a M70A.

Why would you use house paint on a stock!

Decided to save this guy last time I was at the gun show...  I picked it up for $7 -- I spent more on lunch today...  Just the stock, painted in what looked like brown water based house paint, brush marks and all!  After doing some reading early Chinese imports might have actually come into the country looking like this.  (Shellac must have been too expensive for a Chinese arsenal refurb...)  I used Citristrip to remove the hideous paint, Birchwood Casey walnut stain and finished with Tru-Oil.

I have a really nice Sino Soviet SKS that I might drop into this. The original stock that it came with is staying untouched. (Have to save the original beaten up stock with gouges!)

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