Greetings from St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

[Adanacdjm]

Hello,
Yep that's right from Canada - came across your forum through Milsurps and thought I'd check it out. My name is David McKenna and I hail from St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.
Here goes - I'm here to confess an addiction to milsurp (ah crap#~< - in denial again) to rifles in general. My milsurp collection consists of -
I have spent quite a bit of time down south of New Orleans around Port Sulphur and Venice - hunting ducks on the Delta and fishing on Grande Bayou. I have a good friend in Belle Chasse that I swap hunts with up here on the Canadian prairies.

Anyways I'm always interested in the happenings down south so I hope to share some knowledge regarding guns, some stories and possibly some parts and pieces.
My milsurp collection consists of-

1908 Norwegian Krag- M/1907 Artillery Carbine 6.5x55mm
1944 RC K98
1942 Lee Enfield No 4 MK I
1929 Mosin Nagant 1891/30 hex receiver
1941 Mosin Nagant 1891/30 round receiver
1943 Mosin Nagant 1891/30 Sniper rifle
1942 STOKAREV SVT 40
1942 Schmidt- Rueben K31
1947 Schmidt- Rueben K31
1952 Tula SKS - laminate
1954 Izzy SKS - wood
1941 Lee Enfield No 1 MK III currently sporterized but I have a stock set in transit to resurrect this particular rifle.

Also some hunting rifles that I'm refinishing like Winchester model 94 30/30, a Ruger 10/22, Remington 308 and 270 and a pile of shotguns as I am an avid waterfowl hunter and I also like to hunt elk and venison when the freezer gets low. Did I say I like to shoot all these? Next step is reloading my own cartridges but not there yet.

And finally I've fallen off the wagon and I have started a multitude of rebuilds/restorations of a number of Lee Enfield's No 1 and 4

My Lee Enfield No 4 MK III - non matching but a great shooter -

Open sights at 100yds

That's it, glad to be here.
Kind regards,
Dave

 

[Rebeldave]

Howdy

 

[JBP55]

Welcome aboard.

 

[3fifty7]

Well done sir and welcome aboard.

 

[sgt z]

Hello and Welcome From Hammond America

 

[jro6803]

Hi David, welcome to the forum!!

 

[sigfan556]

welcome!! Just out of curiosity are the locks on the triggers part of the laws up there?

 

[Adanacdjm]

Yes sigfan556 - part of our firearm laws require that any gun capable of being fired has to have a trigger lock. If the gun is secured in a locked gun safe then no trigger lock is required. The guns in my gun cabinet all have locks because although it locks it is not deemed secure. I took the lock off my No 4 for the picture. By the nature of our current laws even the 5 Lee Enfield's in the picture when I store them on my workshop/garage even though they are partly disassembled I am required to ensure they can not be fired so it's either use a lock or remove the bolt, firing pin or whatever else can be removed to make the gun inoperable. So when I stick those LE out in my shop I put trigger licks on all of them. Pain in the ass but it is safe for children and the uneducated adults regarding firearms safety. But it sucks to have to look for a key to unlock my defender in order to defend myself, my family or my home.


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[charlie12]

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