My New York trip finds.

[pitfighter]

Back home now, and unpacking some items I bought while in NYC.
Some I shipped and the rest I brought in my luggage - TSA did open and check my bags, I had the little notes inside when I checked, lol.


G33-40 rifle - likely refinished and not matching, but this is my first mountaineer rifle and I am really pleased with it.
Three K98 bayonets - two with frogs - really clean one matching, one with un-numbered scabbard, the third one looks like it has been around the block - but has a nicely blued blade.
Flare pistol - waffen marked.
Hitler Youth dagger.
M1880 Belgian saw-back bayonet.
These were a mix of NY Craigslist and flea market finds, the G33 was an NY located GunBroker ad.
(The G33-40 was bought on my C&R FFL.)


The stock number matches the rifle, and action - but the bolt is different.
The blueing looks too rich and polished to be orig - but the eagles are still fairly deep/crisp.




Good collecting!

Pit.

[AZPhil]

I'm no expert on 33/40's but the markings look crisp . If somebody did refinish it they did a great job. It looks very nice. The other items just add to your haul!!! Congrats on the Nice snags!!!Any chance of seeing close up's of the Bayonets and HJ dagger!!! I do them them so!!!!!
Semper Fi
Phil

[pitfighter]

For sure - I will post more pics in this thread.

Thanks for the interest.

Pit.

[guns ltd]

great looking stuff you picked up. Since the new laws in the peoples republic of New York a lot of stuff will be for sale or just go under ground. I would think.
Thanks for sharing.

John

[TrondK]

Very nice! I had a flare gun like that when i were young

[Panzer 3]

Hi,
nice pieces you have picked up the rifle looks great, i have an LP42 flare pistol the same as yours but here in the U.K, they have to be deactivated, what a pitty.
thanks for showing them.
Dave.

[pitfighter]

I just bought some Czech flares to go with it - they are from the 1980's but they look older for display purposes, lol.
I noticed you can also buy rifled inserts for the flare pistol on line, .45, 9mm or .22 - the drop-in inserts are non-regulated, until you put them inside the flare pistol.
I have no use for such things, if I need a pistol (and I don't very often) I have one. But interesting, nevertheless.

I am looking forward to taking the g33-40 out to the range, carbines are always a blast to shoot, pun intended.

Pit.

[Sir Payne]

Nice finds

[mauser9]

Think you did OK. The G33-40 is a great find as I have not come across one. Am sure it is worth a premium. Thanks for sharing these treasures with us.

[pitfighter]

Hi Mauser9,

The G33 was a purchase based on my relatively new interest in the GJ Mountaineers, and their exploits.
I found it on Gunbroker using the advanced search where you highlight a particular state, NY in this case.

I then dropped a minimum bid and waited, as I do several times a day, lol, sometimes I am pleased other times I am shocked and annoyed at myself, lol.

In this case I was very happy.
The bolt is a true G33-40 bolt, however it is mismatched to the rifle, and the stock has been sanded and refinished, if a long time ago - but I am aware I would have paid twice what I paid, for an all matching, original condition example, and I am not rich, so I am prepared to have it not quite perfect.
They had two matching versions at my favorite store here, and they were $1900 and $2000 respectively, a little more than twice what I paid - they have both since sold.

Good collecting all!


Pit.