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mh47	How many countries are in your collection?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1255 (02/09/09 01:07 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Was bored at work yesterday and started listing the countries involved in my collection - the country that issued the rifle and the country it was made in, if the two differ. Here's what I came up with: Austria Belgium Columbia Czechoslovakia England Finland Germany India Persia Russia Sweden Switzerland Turkey USA Yugoslavia so that's 15 countries - some of which like Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia have split up since my guns were made. What do you have?
chcusnr1		#1	[-]
Posts: 108 (02/09/09 01:29 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada China Czechoslovakia East Germany Egypt (manufactured by FN) England Finland France Germany Italy Japan Persia (manufactured by Brno) Poland Romania Russia Serbia Sweden Switzerland U.S.A Yugoslavia 23 countries of manufacture, 25 counties of issue
Mountain Doctor		#2	[-]
Posts: 3351 (02/09/09 01:53 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Interesting how many of the countries that made our units are no loonger countries.
Ken Shabby		#3	[-]
Posts: 391 (02/09/09 02:01 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've done them by "country" in the political sense, since Imperial Russia and the USSR used the same arsenals, and the Yugoslavian guns are Serbian if you go by arsenal location etc. etc.... Russia (Tsarist) Yugoslavia Great Britain The Soviet Union Switzerland Austria-Hungary Of the six countries represented, only two still exist. Last Edited By: Ken Shabby 02/09/09 04:26 PM. Edited 2 times.
Tenring36		#4	[-]
Posts: 672 (02/09/09 02:32 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Argentina (DWM) Australia Austria Canada Chile (Lowe) England Finland France Germany Italy Japan Persia (CZ) Russia Spain (Lowe) Sweden Switzerland Turkey (Mauser) USA Yugoslavia Dang, that's ony 19. chcusnr1 beat me by 6. Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for .... Will Rogers
chcusnr1		#5	[-]
Posts: 112 (02/09/09 02:46 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mountain Doctor wrote: Interesting how many of the countries that made our units are no loonger countries. On my list that would be Austria (at least in terms of the Austro-Hungarian incarnation), Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Persia, Serbia, Yugoslavia, Russia (Imperial), USSR, Nazi Germany
eli griggs		#6	[-]
Posts: 525 (02/09/09 06:25 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have Belgium, China, Czechoslovakia, England, Finland (SA marked Soviet 91/30s), Romania (contract CZ M24), Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, , Yugoslavia Still need Argentina, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Mexico, The Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, Wales and Zambia I'm letting the U.S. stand in for Xanadu to complete my alphabet of Nations ;-) "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~ Thomas Jefferson ~ "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity". - Albert Einstein WANTED - Lee Loaders - .223, 6.5 Swede Mauser, 7.5 Swiss, 7.62x39, 7.62x54r, .308 Win, .303 Brit, 7.7 WANTED- Turkey and Goose feathers for fletching arrows
m1 talker		#7	[-]
Posts: 6477 (02/09/09 06:41 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It could be a hard question to nail down. A lot of countries used rifles they purchased from other countries, or captured and rebuilt them. I have an 1891 Argentine rifle that was obviously made in Germany, as it has the Ludwig Lowe stamp on it. Also a Brazillian 1912 that also was made in Germany. Then Finland captured all their Mosin-Nagants from the Russians, and post war, during the Cold War, Russia supplied arms to a large number of countries, mainly in Eastern Europe and places like Cuba, Grenada and the like. I really don't think that too many countries were considered small arms producers by making the arms themselves. Curt
hauptspritzer		#8	[-]
Posts: 586 (02/09/09 07:51 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Germany Japan Soviet Union Ukrane(Soviet Arsenal) Czechoslovakia Italy Switzerland USA I listed the Ukrane because the refurb arsenal is no longer Soviet. Only seven... boy I need more representation "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. "- Thomas Jefferson Charlie...
usernamehasbeentaken		#9	[-]
Posts: 414 (02/09/09 08:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Albania Austria/Hungary Belgium Chile (Lowe) China Czechoslavakia Egypt Finland France Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Poland Romania Russia Spain Switzerland Turkey (Mauser) USA Yugoslavia +1 on what MD said Bob
Redd Byrd		#10	[-]
Posts: 371 (02/10/09 09:23 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Argentina (Imperial Germany) Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile (Imperial Germany) Czechoslovakia Czech Republic East Germany Egypt England Finland Germany, Imperial Germany, Nazi India Israel (FN) Japan Mexico Persia (Brno) Persia Poland Romania (Brno) Romania Russia (Imperial) Russia (Soviet) Siam (Japan) South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland U.S.A Yugoslavia Still L(.)(.)king for a good one!
Aubullet		#11	[-]
Posts: 1019 (02/10/09 11:02 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	18
Talking Warrior		#12	[-]
Posts: 64 (02/10/09 11:34 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Lets See, in no special order Argentina Chile Brazil U.S. of A. Canada Britain Australia India Japan China Germany Italy Czechoslovakia France Holland Yugoslavia Belgium Switzerland Soviet Union Finland Austria Hungary Turkey Romania Egypt That's all I can think of.
Mountain Doctor		#13	[-]
Posts: 3354 (02/10/09 12:59 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For those of you with Bulgalian Maks like myself don't forget Bulgaria!
m1 talker		#14	[-]
Posts: 6481 (02/10/09 01:09 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Not to go off topic, but has it ever been put to rest the source of the 91/59 Mosin Nagant rifles? Some claim that M91 and M91/30 rifles were supplied to Bulgaria where the Bulgarians did not like the long length of them, so they shortened them into carbine length. Others say that they were shortened into the 91/59 model in mother Russia and supplied to the Bulgarians, actually being shoved down their throats. That could make a difference if you had a Bulgarian rifle or a Soviet rifle in my opinion. Curt
mh47		#15	[-]
Posts: 1256 (02/10/09 01:34 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	m1talker, interesting question I can't answer - but either way, if it is so, I would add Bulgaria to my list. I also find it interesting that many of you categorized by regime - Imperial Russia compared to USSR, for example. I had not thought of that.
beanstrung		#16	[-]
Posts: 5021 (02/10/09 10:22 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Going off memory here, so I'm sure I'll miss a few... Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Chile China Colombia Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt England German Hungary Iran Israel Mexico Persia Peru Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Spain Sweden Turkey Yugoslavia -Bean --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? Joel 3:9-10
Bryan 45		#17	[-]
Posts: 2438 (02/11/09 06:36 AM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have a FAL, G3, AK47, and M1 Garand. So, I guess that pretty much covers every country on the planet! Oh wait, I also have a K31, so Switzerland is included too.
WVchuck		#18	[-]
Posts: 11759 (02/11/09 06:38 AM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Australia, England, France, Germany, Russia, The United States of America, Czechoslovokia, Sweden, Portugal, Turkey, Korea, Albania, Israel, Argentina, Peru, Columbia, Egypt, Yugoslavia, China, Romania, Lichtenstein (to see if anyone is paying attention...LOL), Italy, Syria, Hungary, East Germany, Venezuela, Brazil, and Argentina. I may have missed one or three. I did miss one, Switzerland! Last Edited By: WVchuck 02/12/09 06:58 AM. Edited 1 times.
stantheman1986		#19	[-]
Posts: 5334 (02/11/09 07:08 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	All the ones that matter! The good old US of A is still one of the most heavily represented in my collection, behind the various Mosins.
ThePitbullofLove		#20	[-]
Posts: 6464 (02/11/09 07:26 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Off the top of my head... Argentina Brazil Colombia Australia Great Britain Spain Germany Austria France Russia The Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Romania Yugoslavia Poland Malaysia Great Britain Chile Belgium Persia Switzerland Korea Japan Portugal East Germany West Germany Sweden Denmark China Greece Serbia Finland Canada Italy Turkey Egypt Israel Bulgaria Ow...my brain hurts.... Oh, the USA Life is the crummiest book I ever read, there isn't a hook; Just a lot of cheap shots, pictures to shock, and characters an amateur would never dream up...