Thread: Found in Vietnam

Lots of very “unique” bits of kit hiding in the countryside over there

On holiday in 2018 I got to see the collection of a local bloke near lang vei, he very kindly offered to show us some stuff he had acquired, and of the absurd amount of kit and gear a very rusty mosin M44 caught my eye, no stock, pitted to absolute hell, iron sights consisted of a brazed washer on the rear sight base and a hose clamp stuck behind where the front sight was ment to be with the tail bent vertical and trimmed to height, rounded off with a modified bolt and a barrel sleeve to take nail gun blanks and a ball bearing.

He would load it by inserting a nail gun blank, closing the bolt and then ramming a ball bearing down the muzzle with a rod, the casing would just fall out when the bolt was opened and drop where the magazine formerly was.

We asked our guide what he hunted with it, and old mate in full confidence replied with deer (muntjac)

I do hope he is still getting his muntjac, what a unit.

He also had a 1919A6 stock and grip that I was very tempted to offer him some dong for.