My order from the Hunter's Lodge finally arrived! Let's unbox it and see what I got!

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Жыл бұрын

So I took the plunge and ordered a gun from the Hunter's Lodge. It was a unique experience to say the least and ended up with me hounding them about when they had planned on shipping my rifle as
I ordered in January and got it at the end of March. Overall I m pleased with the gun that I got, it is incomplete and will need parts purchased and assembled but I enjoy tinkering so for the money I think I got what I paid for. More to come with this project. Stay tuned.

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@usna98 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing...should be a fun project!

@RUSTYSURPLUS Жыл бұрын

Howdy Milsurp I have ordered a lot of rifles from Hunters Lodge as you can see in my videos.. and i do get that little card from them saying i owe some more shipping. I have sent them a few more bucks in the past. Also the manager over there tells me they have every part there for every rifle they sell.. try that first. Milsurp I stick to there Spanish rifles that they have right now ..they are in really good shape and the price is right. Cant wait to see that rifle all back together. THANKS for showing !

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

Good to know thanks!! I do have an m16 Spanish carbine that I love so I may get a m43 from them.

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

@Lock Stock & Barrel Hmm, I kind of went into it knowing I would have to order parts but I didn’t think it would be that stripped down. Oh well I think after I get it all put together I won’t be buried in it, it will be fun project.

@achillebelanger9546 Жыл бұрын

@@milsurpmagazine9515 Try Liberty 🗽 🌲 Tree Parts in Maine. They will have EVERYTHING you need. I’m restoring a bunch of those #4 MK 1s and MK 1/2s. So… on the round cocking piece Vs. flat style… the round design was a Pre-War Style that took a lot of complicated machining and tooling to create. The flat style cocking piece was last prone to snag, and required less complex machining and tooling to complete. The design allowed for simpler tooling, less machine steps, easy production for less trained/ skilled workers and was a Wartime Expediency Production style. Longbranch was Canadian and they shared parts with Savage Arms in America and Canada back and forth. The early round style cocking pieces got used up in Production mostly around 1942… but are sometimes seen in Production as late as 1943 when more Stocks of Parts were rediscovered and put to use. Savage Early Production was the same. Savage parts are marked with an S. My Father was a Union Man and Essential War Worker who helped set up the Savage Arms Factory #4 Line for U.S. Property/ Lend Lease Production Enfields in Utica, New York. He went back and forth between Longbranch ‘s Canadian and the Savage American and Canadian Factories helping to get the Production Lines up and running. Both Longbranch and Savage shared their excess parts during the War. Around 1944 Savage ended their Production Run and delivered the remaining Parts to Longbranch for manufacture into Firearms. Several of my earliest Production Savage Enfields have the round cocking piece. They are interchangeable with the flat ones. Worn round style cocking pieces were replaced in the Field or Arsenal Factory Rebuilds ( FRRs) with the newer flat style piece. The round head cocking pieces would turn up in box 📦 lots in Arsenal Stores even up into 1954 and were still being used if New Old Stock on Hand.

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

@@achillebelanger9546 That’s interesting, I wondered what the story was behind it, thanks much for the information! 👍

@astridvallati4762 Жыл бұрын

Rifle No.4, Mark I: Missing Safety catch, Bolt head (wrong bolt, No.5), magazine internals, rear sight parts, barrel bands, Front sight ears...basically a pile of junk stripped for parts for someone else! Also, is the magazine box the correct one for a No 4? If you paid $180 US for it, plus 60 odd for shipping, you got Flim-Flammed but Good. In Australia, such a wreck would barely make AUD$100 (US$67)... DocAV

@tballstaedt7807 11 ай бұрын

That would've been what you paid in the USA until a few years ago. Combat video games and the millennial generation of young men have made the military surplus market go completely bonkers.

@reddog7024 6 ай бұрын

I concur down here that would be a parts rifle at best

@AecernArchaeology 4 ай бұрын

Lots of lightened bolts were produced for No 4s, from BSA Shirley from memory, although the striker is wrong.

@tyronescott3904 4 ай бұрын

Junk😂😢

@scottthomas7147 6 ай бұрын

I will never order a rifle from them after watching this video! Thanks for the warning!

@DaveP326 7 ай бұрын

I'd be interested in knowing how HL described that rifle. If you didn't expect much, you're not disappointed. I bought a M1916 Spanish Mauser from HL a while back and they described it as Good to Very Good. I think it's a piece of crap. I don't think I'll be buying from them again.

@jakeoutdoors9600 Жыл бұрын

Every time I see someone open a box from Hunters Lodge it backs up my thought of "I'll never order from there."

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

Well if you want a complete gun and you want it fast then probably not, if you like a project and not afraid to wait a bit it’s not that bad.

@corydunaway 7 ай бұрын

Then don't....pretty pointless comment

@jakeoutdoors9600 7 ай бұрын

@@corydunaway 🤡🤡🤡

@BUTLER308 Жыл бұрын

Nice collection hope to see more

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

More to come!

@vicsmith4090 7 ай бұрын

He'll I remember under 200 or even 100 could get you a good shooter with very few dings

@-oiiio-3993 Жыл бұрын

What a wreck!

@theoriginalOSOK 4 ай бұрын

I just got a Yugo 48A Mauser from Centerfire Systems for $319+shipping and its all matching serial numbers, with all parts sans cleaning rod. The bore looked like a sewer when I got it - been cleaning it every day and now it looks pretty good - might need to fire lap this one... which has worked really well for me in the past with other milsurps... That one there is no bargain IMHO even for $189. After you get through buying all of the parts... yeah. And you most likely wont' have the proper matches for that exact model. I guess you do get what you pay for...

@JK-zq9vw 4 ай бұрын

I was trying to find all the 22lr rifles, and even pistols( but I never actually researched if there was any of those) used in the US military. Sharp shooter Training or otherwise used during (@ the time) WWII. I had 2 rifles and the high end sights that they came with. When I was medically retired my disability pay didn’t start when the VA told me it would. And because of the financial stress I pretty much had to sell anything I owned of value, including my entire firearms collection… I did it to pay my bills to keep our cars and house… it was pointless of me to try, we still had to voluntarily give up a car, and sell our home for what we owed on it just to keep it from being foreclosed on. 10 years of active duty service, I spent collecting during my service as my hobby. It was all gone. I ended up having to move into my dad’s with my wife! It was like the only thing my service gave me was my spine injuries. I had a lot of fun guns in my collection as well. A Winchester semi auto shotgun that boasted a faster cycling rate of a 50cal machine gun, a numbers matching 9mm Luger that was a war trophy, even an Anschutz 22lr. Competition rifle, a nice 1911 and another 6 handguns at least and maybe 6-8 rifles including my first ever Ar15 I built myself. I love firearms and the development of new designs, I also really love marksmanship and shooting sports. I started In high school and it grew from there. Now I can’t even afford to get that collection started again. I could spend hours out shooting at targets for distance and grouping. I’ve moved so many times now, I couldn’t even tell you where I’d go to even find those 22’s here in this state. ……It’s not like I can afford it even if I did..

@davidrobertson487 6 ай бұрын

The parts you are missing are going to take you most of the way to the price of a complete rifle. And that bolt cocking piece sure looks to me like a first war production No.1 #3. Have fun!

@Rambler1er-lz1eg 6 ай бұрын

Is a no.4bolt different than the no.1 bolt

@davidrobertson487 6 ай бұрын

@@Rambler1er-lz1eg yes, and the bolt head is completely different. Not interchangeable!

@MidwesternFC Жыл бұрын

I was curious about these. Thanks for showing us what you got.

@2pugman Жыл бұрын

I have to see what I buy before I buy anything.

@MidwesternFC Жыл бұрын

@@2pugman Always the best option when available. Some people are just born gamblers.

@TomP-nw4wu 5 ай бұрын

RTI & Hunters Lodge are good sources for adding a few beaters to your collection. Mil-surp dice roll.

@chrisdoe4999 6 ай бұрын

Now Its not like they use to make'em, good ol electric tape like grandpa always remembered

@monta247 Жыл бұрын

It's amazing how yall complain about how long it takes for you to receive you packet, then you take to the same amount of time to open it. Sound like a woman putting on make up.

@majorlaff8682 Жыл бұрын

Hilarious, yet so true. Thanks for the laugh. (He probably takes an hour to get dressed, too.)

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

Oh, sorry it wasn’t fast enough for you, opening a box isn’t going to be as fast as your sex life pal so maybe you should stick to watching porn and your right hand if you want expediency.

@bjolly8924 7 ай бұрын

No doubt, I fast forwarded through the entire video and it still sucked. Crappy presentation, crappy camera angle, crappy meandering dialog. Putting this clown on the DNR list😂

@edwardseaton9447 6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 sometimes I the Internet is worth logging on 😂

@beebop4333 6 ай бұрын

@@milsurpmagazine9515 rude.

@afwalker1921 6 ай бұрын

Bring back Bannerman's!!!

@bluemax73 6 ай бұрын

That's a #1Mk III cocking piece on the bolt. For what you paid for it that could turn out to be a good project. Good luck

@randyblackburn9765 7 ай бұрын

Glad you got it together and made it a shooter , I would have been sick when opening it tho

@stevenkatz679 Жыл бұрын

Interesting video to say the least , my preferences lean more towards 80's military weapons but it's nice to see other gun lovers enjoying their stuff .

@gradyhernandez4699 6 ай бұрын

Argentina Mauser too

@tomsherwood4650 Жыл бұрын

IF that is the reality of buying surps these days, I'm out. Probably junk from Pakistan or India. Wholesale price 5$ to importer probably.

@artbobik3516 6 ай бұрын

thanks for letting me know never to give them my money for total junk - I wonder if you melt it down for the steel would it be worth the cost -

@acester86 Жыл бұрын

I've attempt to call them probably 20x not an exaggeration. Every single time, straight to their full inbox. All during business hours different times of day.

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

Yep just send your money and wait.

@TomP-nw4wu 5 ай бұрын

$120 seems high for shipping, the wait is long. I received the extra shipping card as well, compare it to the actual shipping on the box.

@wvcruffler123 6 ай бұрын

Couple Q's 1. Where did you get those hooks the rifles are on? Are they coated? 2. What's your spacing? Looks perfect. I have a walk-in in gun closet and want to put up hangars just like this.

@milsurpmagazine9515 6 ай бұрын

Amazon carries the gun hooks, just search gun hangers, they come in sets of two six or twelve I believe, they have a rubber protector on the inside of the hook. I spaced the butt end ones 7” apart and then eye balled the barrell ends based on how thick the hand guards were, it isn’t perfect but I like the way it turned out. The wood they hang on is just some old barn wood I found at a local sawmill I ripped in half and used tung oil on.

@TomP-nw4wu Жыл бұрын

They are a nightmare, watch out for the additional shipping costs.

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

Yes I learned that when I got a postcard in the mail stating I owed them 16.50 more in shipping and that was after I had inquired for a shipping quote to my location before I made the order.

@TomP-nw4wu Жыл бұрын

@@milsurpmagazine9515 Same here for my second Spanish M-1916 shorty.

@gunsnwater2668 Жыл бұрын

Hunter's lodge has a bad reputation. They can keep their incomplete relics.

@robertsonwilliam573 5 ай бұрын

Um, I paid over $120 to ship a batch of three rifles less than 500 miles which seems high especially considering that they never actually sent them. Maybe I just need to wait longer but four months seems like it should do it.

@gregwilliams386 Жыл бұрын

That bolt looks like it's from a No.5 Jungle Carbine.

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

Yep, my suspicion is they assemble them from parts bins. It’s a fun shooter albeit mismatched, I’m happy with it.

@gregwilliams386 7 ай бұрын

The cocking piece looks like it's off a No.1 mkIII*.

@herdfan697278 3 ай бұрын

If the price is trash so is the product!

@milsurpmagazine9515 3 ай бұрын

You know what they say… one man’s trash…. And usually the one calling it trash doesn’t know shit.

@barrynewman4456 6 ай бұрын

Longbranch Canadian made no 4

@kprop2125 4 ай бұрын

No safety. So what is a #4 -1 worth in good shape? $450? Isnt the #5 a cutdown lightened up #4? To make the famous Jungle carbine?

@jackmoorehead2036 6 ай бұрын

That puts the Garbage in Gabage Rod.

@markosterman419 6 ай бұрын

Did you purchase this rifle to shoot or as a wall hanger?

@milsurpmagazine9515 6 ай бұрын

It’s a shooter, you can check out the finished product in the shooting video on this channel. It turned out darn well.

@jeremycarpenter5550 Жыл бұрын

What caliber bullet does it shoot sir ?

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

That would be the Brittish 303 round.

@kevniel3135 Жыл бұрын

No1 mk3 bolt

@jusportel Жыл бұрын

Nope. Late No. 4 or possibly No. 5 bolt, with an early Savage cocking piece.

@TheBdb869 Жыл бұрын

That should be a No4 Mk1, not a number 1

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

I know, I even changed it and got it wrong, dislexia kicking in. 🙄

@marksteinberg4442 Жыл бұрын

It's an MK4 No. 1

@kevniel3135 Жыл бұрын

No.4 mk1

@le3045acp 6 ай бұрын

its a 200 buck gun if it functions people now adays are willing to pay way too much for these things but in the end if you are happy im happy for you collecting is an addiction

@milsurpmagazine9515 6 ай бұрын

Except try to buy one complete and a decent shooter on gun broker for $200 any more these days. Those prices went away years ago.

@dancollins4755 6 ай бұрын

I was under whelmed no matter what the price.

@Lucysdad66 Жыл бұрын

You actually paid for that

@user-iw4vd5tl7w 5 ай бұрын

I WISH I KNEW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH HUNTER'S LODGE. I TRIED CALLING THEM, AND TRIED EMAILING THEM. I WANTED TO BUY 2 OF THE GERMAN 1888'S. I GUESS I HAVE TO GO ELSE WHERE

@milsurpmagazine9515 5 ай бұрын

You just send them a handwritten order with a check for the rifles and about $60 for shipping and wait. You will get your order after a few months wait. James is the only one I could reach when I had questions. Text him at the number in the ad.

@barryallender8694 6 ай бұрын

You are slow unpacking for sure. I fell asleep twice waiting.

@milsurpmagazine9515 6 ай бұрын

Kinda like your wife when you’re trying to get her off huh?

@Blue-Wave-2024 10 ай бұрын

Very nice!😂😂😂

@ag1382 4 ай бұрын

Sounds and looks like a $180.00 plus $64.00 in shipping for junk.

@milsurpmagazine9515 4 ай бұрын

Until you see the video where it shoots 3” inch groups then you feel like an ass for saying stupid crap.

@williamcrawford7982 Жыл бұрын

Headspace

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

Check out the range video, no head space issues and grouped fairly well.

@eloiseharbeson2483 Жыл бұрын

The surplus market died years ago. They only made so many guns and a lot of them got scrapped. I got rid of all the guns that I inherited from my father. I didn't want to have to find ammo for them.

@richardschneider4775 Жыл бұрын

much adiu about a busted POS rifle. You could do as well at any gun store or at a show

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

Yet when I am finished with it it will probably look better and shoot better, and I will be in it for a lot less than some old pos rifle you haggled with bubba at the gun show over.😉

@martinsekinger2005 6 ай бұрын

I'm sorry you ended up with that horror show. Mismatched bolt, (good luck with headspacing and 'accuracy'), no safety, mag and barrel bands. You will spend more than you think to make it serviceable. Just buy a good No.4 Mk1 and be done.........

@martinsekinger2005 6 ай бұрын

Talk about "a dry reaming"...

@milsurpmagazine9515 6 ай бұрын

Lmao! Ya think huh? It’s together and shoots 3” groups for less than 400 bucks. Try and buy a decent shooter for that on Gunbroker sparky. 😂😉

@user-cn1mj1zm8r 5 ай бұрын

He bought very poor quality. Shotgun news sold them for $70 dollars few years ago,well 40 years ago

@georgegeyer3431 7 ай бұрын

It's going to cost you more for parts than the rifle is worth. Get money back.😢

@milsurpmagazine9515 7 ай бұрын

Nah, it’s already together and I am in for less than $400. It shoots great. I’m happy. 👍

@phillipbalagna7265 6 ай бұрын

Totally unable to work with this dude. I've even been to his house,not at all impressed. Rather work with gun parts and sarco

@markaul 6 ай бұрын

Let's face it.. this gun is a total piece of junk, by the time he finds the parts the work to put it back together, he.could have bought something decent, Hunter's lodge is a crappy co, right along with RTI, I'm NOT doing business again , I was screwed by them both 2x never again .

@milsurpmagazine9515 6 ай бұрын

Yeah who wants 3” groups at 100yds? Total crap huh? 🤣😂🤣

@davidu01 6 ай бұрын

Ridiculous company to buy from and what they deliver is simple junk augmented by bait and switch pricing. A crappy company and experience. Not worth it

@spudgunn8695 4 ай бұрын

So, you live in America, and bought a piece of junk that the police in the UK wouldn't arrest you for owning it, because it obviously can't operate? And you paid more than $50 for it? They saw you coming, mate!

@milsurpmagazine9515 4 ай бұрын

Lmao step off “mate”, ever heard of if ya got nothing to say just STFU? I rehabbed the gun and shot 3” groups and have less in it than what I can sell it for. That video is available if you care to watch it.

@spudgunn8695 4 ай бұрын

@@milsurpmagazine9515 if you can make money on it, good for you. Just wondering what the full cost was, because you can get a matching numbers job on this side of the pond for about $500, if you know the right bloke and have the right certificate. Which is a downside, I must admit. Still, if I lived in the US I wouldn't have any guns, as I would have had to sell them to cover my medical bills. One car crash can leave you all kinds of fucked up, especially when it was someone else's fault!

@dennissheridan1550 4 ай бұрын

Come on dude, 2:38 seconds and you are still talking and the box isn't open yet, if you can walk and chew bubble gum, you can talk and open a box at the same time. Sorry if this upsets you but a picture is worth a thousand words and I can't see words. BTW you aren't the only one who does it most all of the guys doing these videos yammer on without getting anything done. At my age, the sun is behind the hill, a lot of gabbing is a waste of precious time.

@milsurpmagazine9515 4 ай бұрын

Sorry I’m not as fast as most of your sexual experiences sparky next time maybe learn where the fast forward button is so you can get to the good stuff faster.

@ThumperX 5 ай бұрын

Don’t understand why you would purchase an obsolete piece of junk. SCRAP

@milsurpmagazine9515 5 ай бұрын

I guess you didn’t go on to watch the finished product and the three inch groups it shot huh? Save it.

@garyparker-rf9hh 4 ай бұрын

You talk too much. Just get with it.

@thewolfhunter Жыл бұрын

Hey brother,I picked up one of those missing parts Enfileds from HL and did a four part series from unboxing to compleated gun on my channel youtube.com/@thewolfhunter. Since then i purchased more firearms from HL..I have a WW2 German K98 Mauser in 8mm and a S&W Model 1905 in .38spl coming.I dont exspect them for about another month but im retired so i dont mind the wait .Shipping is high but in these days of high priced C&R stuff it is what it is....I also only deal wirh James.Dealing with him I havent had any issues..I ordered a S&W Model 10 project with no barrel and was surprised that it was tight.I turned it into a 3" .i posted a video ofvit also..I have to tell you that i enjoyed working on the Enfield and im looking forward to doing the same wirh the Mauser once it gets here. Again good video 👍👍 Subscribed ☑️

@milsurpmagazine9515 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!