mrfarb

The truth is fakers have ruined helmet collecting and this helmet (and the comments) illustrate that perfectly.

I’ve seen a lot of ssr rifles without bases that have been restored (for lack of a better word) by adding real unnumbered mounts. The...

I know this is an old thread but legitimate wartime armorers bolts will have a firing proof.

I’m curious if it actually works properly….

Post war stamp for Waffen Franconia, a German arms seller.

I’d still like to see what the receiver looks like from the inside, but I know that won’t happen. I’m still not convinced 100%.

Personally it makes no sense to me, but lots of ways to determine legitimacy. For one, this would require a specific forging - any kind...

So you know, the bcd42 code marking is fake as well, as are the majority of the numbered parts. But for shooting it may be safe, if...

@Daveroberts GIF

LOL. When I originally saw the photo I told myself “All it’s missing is a big Nazi eagle on the boxes”. There you go. An education for...

IMO the SS sniper photo is a staged fake, a Reenactor.

The barrel has Yugoslav markings (star over T) including an assembly number (517), so it came off a post WW2 Yugoslav Mauser. If that...

I’m partial to German ones for some reason: MP40 - cheap to shoot, iconic, easily controllable even when you let non shooting people...

From all the mods - hope all of our members and famlies have a merry Christmas!

Normal wartime doctrine is to line out old numbers, depending on the facility. I’ve not seen one similar, that I recall, but I doubt...