Sep 16 2007
Testing the new camera, M1 pron…
I’ve been itching to take a crack at the long-guns when it comes to the gun pron, but I’ve found they’re quite the PITA to photograph properly, too long to get much of a variety of shots (muzzle-butt, butt-muzzle…did I miss anything?) and the close-ups are difficult to frame properly.
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Ok, whining aside. This is my 1942 Springfield Armories M1. Rebarreled with an appropriately dated Springfield barrel, and wearing all correct vintage Springfield parts (except for the rear sight), furniture I did cheat on and threw the rifle into a new Boyds Walnut stock.
The bayonet is not correct, but I was more interested in acquiring a pointy bit that fit, than spending bucks on one from the same year of manufacture. It shoots straight, and if I could afford to shoot it more often I’d have it out to the range almost every trip (ironic that I have 100 some-odd enblocs for it, but only about 20 rounds of .30-06).
You really do have some nice looking rifles.
If you figure out a way to take the long gun shot, let me know.
I’ve all but resigned myself to a semi-artistic closeup approach out of frustration.
Looking good. Keep them coming.
Thanks man!
Nah, I’m still trying to figure out the best way to grab snaps of the long guns, in the meantime I guess I’ll keep shooting from one end or the other.
The artistic close-ups are nice if there’s sufficient detail on the area you’re shooting, but they get kinda puzzle-piece’ish otherwise, and I’m always concerned that the viewers may not recognize or care what the subject is if I don’t give an overview.
M14 pic is up… that one was a pain to shoot as well.