Hey all, thanks for watching! Don’t worry I’m not becoming a gun RU-vidr, but gun collecting is something I’ve really been getting into lately and wanted to make a video on for some time! As I said, I’m currently raising funds through my live streams to get ammo to run these guns hard for videos for all of you. So if you haven’t already check out Eta320 LIVE and help me get you amazing videos. Thank you so much!
@@hunteresc4921don’t worry! Being an antique, the C96 does not violate any SBR or stocked pistol laws. In fact, in the ATF’s official statements defining an SBR and its restrictions they call out the C96 Mauser BY NAME as an exception
@@eta320correct, but it won't stop people from saying it's illegal, even the government might take a shot at you for it. Just the state of the gun community right now.
Practical, rugged and reliable, solid like a rock, potentially for home defense. Most people think: AR-15, Mossberg 590, or Glock 17. Eta thinks: Winchester 1897! Mauser C96! I admire the dedication to historical significance in all aspects of life.
Eta went to the Panzer of the Lake to get his bump stocks back. He did not, in fact, lose them in a boating accident, he gave them over for safekeeping.
I have a m59/66a1 from 1980 and i agree that its an amazing rifle. Ironically the Yugoslav SKS is considered to be heavier than the other sks models due to the extra metal on the barrel.
Yugo M70 AKs actually have the same grenade tomfoolery, and the BM-59 is another blocky industrial weird gun. I know exactly what you're saying. M59/66, M70, BM59, certain versions of M14, and a few other select rifles look like they're what industrialized societies would fight off alien/machine invasions with.
Milsurp guns are so awesome. Only older gun I have is a Model 11 Remington (Browning Auto 5) I love my Courtney Love special even though it's not 20 guage 😂 same place that I got my model 11 at also had a 98 mauser, a first pattern (ww1). That thing was like 5 foot tall! Kick myself for not buying it. As well as a Remington 7600 a pump action rifle, but bills need paid before buying guns the CIA uses to.... anyway enjoy your new hobby, it's how I found you. Ill watch some of your gaming stuff, and feel free to update us on any more old sweathearts you pick up!
Dang, 3 years? It felt like it was 10. The first video I watched was his Sherman Guide video. And if I can remember, I watched it 4 or 5 months after it was uploaded.
I have a feeling ETA would love the lee enfield m1917. It is a little bit more of a rarity but i am absolutely in love with the look of it. The big ol sight protector ears and the square internal mag housing. Mmm mmmm love that look, and I feel that ETA would too considering he is fawning over the smle and the no.4.
eta, if you somehow see this, maybe make a second channel for the gun stuff since that would be really cool, or make vids on them when possible, also, fav youtuber
I'll say, ever since I first saw the No.1 Mk.3 Enfield, it has always been one of my favorite guns. I'm not sure if I can really point to any particular part of the rifle for this, but I see it as one of the most quintessentially "British" looking guns. The flat capped snout, the large blocky sight protectors, the large looped charger bridge essentially bolted on as a stopgap fix, the straight-flush stock with no cheek riser and the built-in semi-pistol grip. All of it comes together to make a rifle that is absolutely unmistakable among its peers. All in all, it 100% looks like something from the Victorian era of history, used by pith helmet wearing adventures on a journey through the dense jungles of sub-Saharan Africa. My Uncle who owns an Australian surplus model described it "as if they took everything round on a normal rifle and made it square".
if you like the industrial lines of the n°4 and SKS, i would recommend you getting your hands on a MAS 36 (or a 49) probably the most industrial gun that ever industrial gunned the MAS 36 is probably the best infantry bolt rifle of WWII, basically a merge of all the best elements of the rifles of WWI to make a really well designed gun the 49 is the french SKS, originating before WWII (mas 38/39 or 40) and modernised right after it for service (box magazine kludged on), and the 49/56 has the grenade accoutrements
I actually had a chance to get a MAS 36 recently but didn’t since I had JUST gotten my SMLE and I couldn’t spend money like that again so soon, plus the ammo would have been hard to find so it would be forever until I could shoot it. I got to hold it though but I’ll say I like the look of the Enfields more
Most of these kinds of military surplus rifles go for $500-$1,000 USD. The shotgun and the Mauser pistol were quite a bit more due to their age and desire to be collected
Gun tome fun. As a gun guy if you enjoy the sport and ar is not crazy, ammo is cheap and does not kick bad, or a ruger mini14, fires the same round but looks old.
Although one day I might get a more modern firearm, an AR is pretty far down the list and would still be years and years down the line. Currently I enjoy collecting the late 19th century and early 20th century guns for their historical significance.
@@eta320 If you get a modern gun, you ought to get actual nvgs IR Body armor otherwise no reason to have a modern gun except for home defense which may or may not happen in your lifetime depending on your neighborhood.
Eta you got the same yugo as me! Mine is a 76 production. Though i got mine for free by helping clean out a widows basement and found it. So she said i could keep it.
You wouldn’t believe it but right after you asked if I were a naval enjoyer, an ad played for some navy game on the App Store. Glorious comedic timing.
Just my luck that I got into gun collecting right after COVID had calmed down a bit, so my intro to the market was the incredibly high ammo prices of the pandemic. I stole Administrative Results’ joke and would say to people that it’s called “303” because that’s how much it costs per bullet. $3.03. Which is legitimately how much it was going for at the time.
I am unfortunately quite petty in that I don’t like things that everyone else likes. Hence when I wanted a historical pistol I didn’t buy a 1911 like everyone else. I genuinely used to tell people that I love the Garand but would never want to own one. I’ve since done a deep dive on the history of the Garand and now realize how silly I was being. Still though, I would prefer to get my hands on a 1903 first if at all possible. I’m very curious to own a cock on close bolt gun as I’ve never handled one before!
@@eta320 All of your Lee Enfields are cock on close. M1903 is cock on open. At least in my experience, if you're used to cock on close, cock on open seems disgusting and unnatural when you encounter it later. Kinda like bullpups. Good luck! I'd try to get one of the WW2 models with nicer sights. M1917 is the other US WW1 gun of course, and arguably the finest bolt action rifle ever made, a glorious machine with a weird history.
@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 Oh sorry I mistyped, I meant cock on open lmao! My Enfield's, particularly my No.4, require more effort on the bolt to get past the last part of closing the action, when the cocking piece gets caught on the trigger lever. Maybe I'm just a weakling, but I've found it slightly frustrating to shoot quickly because I get stopped dead in my tracks when the effort needed to close the bolt skyrockets 2/3rds of the way through the motion. Not even considering rim lock! Both issues are resolved by just being harder on the bolt, which I admittedly need to be better with. When I do get a 1903, I want a WWI rifle, I just generally prefer the firearms of that era.
@@eta320 You're definitely strong enough for this, the problem is just that the rifle can move. Sling tomfoolery may be necessary. I have a No4, an Indian Ishapore 2A1 (SMLE in 7.62 NATO), and a Type 99 Arisaka. When I touch cock on open guns, I unlock and my brain just goes "eughhhh"
The two adult teeth never existed, I usually have a retainer that contains fake teeth until I can get implants but I lost it about 2 weeks ago, working on a replacement
