#MilitarySurplus

TFB Visits Varusteleka Finland – Europe’s Largest Army, Surplus & Outdoor Shop (according to them). Go to Suomi (Finland) they said. It will be fun, they said. Well, there I was in the middle of the Winter. Of course, it snowed, and it was freezing cold. Luckily I got a ride from a local friend in a posh car, with four-wheel drive and heated seats.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program is gearing up to release another batch of US military surplus 1911 pistols. Round 3 began on September 1 and runs through September 30. The CMP 1911 program differs from traditional CMP rifle purchases but does have similar eligibility requirements.

Atlantic Firearms just announced that they have imported used, but now inert, RPG-2 recoilless launchers that are now for sale. The surplus RPG-2 (which are recoilless weapon not rocket launchers as many believe) have a circular hole cut into the receiver to make them inoperative, and incapable of being reactivated. They will also come with a dummy rocket, though Atlantic Firearm’s CEO, Blaine, explained that they will have dummy rockets available separately as well, and the RPG-2’s will have a standalone option as well. Atlantic Firearms’ description can be read below, followed by Blaine’s descriptive video.

Welcome to the Military Surplus Arms installment of the First Firearm series. For those not familiar with the series, we cover a different aspect of firearms and give you things to consider if it’s to be your very first firearm ever or the first of the type of firearm we’re discussing. For those that might not be sure what I mean by “Surplus” guns, a surplus gun is typically a government-issued firearm no longer in service. It is in surplus due to it’s being stored away after being replaced by something else. In these latter times, surplus guns came in waves by various countries selling off old hoards of rifles or handguns they no longer felt a need to hold onto. A few examples of military surplus rifles are  British Lee Enfield, Japanese Arisaka, German K98, and the Swiss K31. A few examples of surplus handguns are  Webley Mk VI, U.S. M1911, Browning Hi-Power and the U.S. M1917.

If you have a Mosin-Nagant rifle or if you are a member of Internet communities of military surplus firearms, then you’ve probably come across a marksmanship chart (in Russian) for the Mosin-Nagant rifles. It looks to be a very handy reference. Although many of the parts are self-explanatory, there are some sections of this chart that are not easily understandable and cause some confusion because of being written in a foreign language. I’ve been asked multiple times to explain or translate this or that part of the chart. Eventually, I decided to completely translate it because there is an interest and demand for it. Hopefully, this translation will be useful for many firearms enthusiasts and researchers.

During the Belarusian MILEX 2017 expo, Russian ORSIS introduced a Mosin-Nagant rifle chassis called “ORSIS Mosin”. The chassis features a folding and adjustable stock as well as short quad Picatinny rail section in the front portion of the forearm. There is also some sort of a side mount for the scope.

So you just bought a shiny new (to you) milsurp firearm, but the problem is that it’s caked in cosmoline, that nasty, waxy, smelly (and supremely effective) rust preventative that just about every military on the planet uses for long-term gun storage. What do you do to get that old gun in tip top fighting shape? It’s really simple!