Forum: Just Guns
08-11-2010, 09:24 PM
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Just received (after a month-long mixup in...
Just received (after a month-long mixup in shipping) this Portugese Mauser-Vergueiro M1904 in 6.5 x 58mm. The Mauser-Vergueiro was an interesting rifle - the Portugese army wanted the...
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Forum: Just Guns
08-05-2010, 01:36 AM
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Here's a picture of it compared to my British...
Here's a picture of it compared to my British contract .455 New Service, which came out of commercial production. You can see the rougher finish on the M1917 (the New Service is mirror blued), the...
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Forum: Just Guns
08-05-2010, 01:36 AM
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Forum: Just Guns
07-01-2010, 09:22 PM
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Yeah, I'm single (serious relationship didn't...
Yeah, I'm single (serious relationship didn't survive the deployment), and my overseas contract doesn't expire until the end of the month - I built up a hell of alot of leave over the past two years!...
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Forum: Just Guns
06-30-2010, 07:48 PM
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Forum: Just Guns
06-16-2010, 05:54 PM
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Forum: Just Guns
06-09-2010, 10:56 PM
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Forum: Just Guns
06-09-2010, 09:10 PM
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Forum: Just Guns
06-04-2010, 01:18 AM
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Forum: Just Guns
06-03-2010, 08:38 PM
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Forum: Just Guns
06-03-2010, 02:34 AM
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I don't have any 11.75 x 36mm, the rounds are...
I don't have any 11.75 x 36mm, the rounds are collector's pieces themselves. You can make it by cutting down and resizing .45-70 cases, but of course it's loaded to black powder pressures only. If I...
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Forum: Just Guns
06-02-2010, 11:32 PM
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4 more arrived yesterday. It was a good day.
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4 more arrived yesterday. It was a good day.
First was a Boer Mauser M1896 in 7 x 57mm Mauser made by Ludwig Loewe. This is one of the one's made for the ZAR (South Africa Republic, aka the...
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Forum: Just Guns
05-22-2010, 09:22 PM
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No, I bought them from various dealers /...
No, I bought them from various dealers / collectors in Canada via the internet. Didn't have much to do with my off time over there so I prowled my various online gun haunts and found some good deals....
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Forum: Just Guns
05-22-2010, 08:01 PM
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Forum: Just Guns
05-21-2010, 07:02 PM
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Forum: Just Guns
05-20-2010, 09:52 PM
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They
Well, the first of the guns I bought overseas arrived yesterday. An Austo-Hungarian Roth-Steyr 1907 in 8 x 19mm, made by Steyr in 1909. Very neat gun, it has a 10 round internal magazine loaded by...
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