#Surplus

"SEC. 1062. MODIFICATIONS TO AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER AND SALE OF CERTAIN SURPLUS FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND PARTS." is an incredibly dry and bureaucratic title. Still, it may represent some exciting news for American gun collectors. Keep reading for all the details.

Picture this: You walk into today's gun store and announce you're going to sporterize a 1903 Springfield. The collective gasp would be audible from three counties away. Someone might actually call the police. Yet flip through this 1963 Williams Gun Sight catalog, and you'll see detailed instructions for converting virtually every common military surplus rifle, complete with before-and-after photos that would make modern collectors weep into their coffee.

Welcome everyone to the TFB Armorer’s Bench! As mentioned in the little blurb below, this series will focus on a lot of home armorer and gunsmith activities. In this article, I finally picked up one of the trash pandas of the military surplus gun world, the Mosin Nagant. I always make sure to tear new used firearms apart and give it some proper maintenance before introducing them to the rest of the gun-safe family and while I was doing that I figured I could talk about all of the curious markings on my rifle. Luckily, I am one of those people who buys things because “someday I will have one” so I had a high-quality Mosin collectors book lying around. Let’s dive right into identifying Mosin Nagant markings!