Bought some new guns

[SPEMack618]

Ah. That does indeed make sense. Yeah, you can have a loaded rifle in a vehicle down here, in some states without a permit.

Apparently Ruger has discontinued a couple versions of the Hawkeye, because much like the Remington 600 and Browning marked FAL-G imports the American buying public is too stupid to appreciate a good rifle if they can't buy it behind the counter at Walmart for $400 and it come with a Banner scope.

[Nyles]

Originally Posted by SPEMack618

Ah. That does indeed make sense. Yeah, you can have a loaded rifle in a vehicle down here, in some states without a permit.

Apparently Ruger has discontinued a couple versions of the Hawkeye, because much like the Remington 600 and Browning marked FAL-G imports the American buying public is too stupid to appreciate a good rifle if they can't buy it behind the counter at Walmart for $400 and it come with a Banner scope.

Here you can't.... I had never actually considered that a loaded rifle in the truck would be legal in the US when thinking about the popularity of clips vs floorplates on hunting rifles in Canada vice the US. And here I thought they just had fewer truck hunters there. Learned something new today!

[Nyles]

Well, I won my 35M. It cost more than I wanted to spend but it beats waiting another 14 years to find one! The 43M arrived a few days after the auction, this one I imagine will take longer since the auction was much bigger. Once it comes I'll try and post detailed pictures of both, although for all of her supportiveness Sarah is definitely NOT ok with rifles on the dinner table so logistics are challenging.

[Jcordell]

Originally Posted by Nyles

Sarah is definitely NOT ok with rifles on the dinner table so logistics are challenging.

Yeah my wife is weird that way as well.

[Nyles]

To be fair, it's a much nicer table than I had when I was living alone.

[SPEMack618]

Hell, I take my gun pictures on the floor. I don't think I have one where you can't see my boots.

The dining room table was her Grandmothers, the coffee table is covered in fabric to match the couch/love seat, as of now, I have no work bench/reloading bench. The garage is nothing but unpacked boxes.

[SPEMack618]

So, for $250 I acquired a Savage Axis in .22-250, a nice Made in the USA Allen gun bag, a box of 55 grain Super-X ammo, a box of Winchester Varmint-X ammo, a box of fired brass, and some no name (CP brand) scope with a big 60mm field of view.

[Excalibur]

I was really close to buying a Garand at a local gun show. It was selling for 950 and in pretty good condition. But I had just paid a lot of bills earlier so I had to pass on it.

[Nyles]

I don't follow US prices very close, but up here that's a hell of a price for a Garand. Can't remember the last time I saw one for less than $1400. Makes me chuckle to remember paying $400 for mine (sometime around 2003) and thinking I overpaid.

I finally got my 35M on Friday. It's not as nice as the 43M (which makes sense, seeing as it probably went through Stalingrad), but quite decent. The bore is frosted, but has strong rifling so it should still shoot OK. It's made in 1940, so it would likely have gone through the entire Eastern front from the invasion of Yugoslavia on.

I snapped a picture of the two together, the 43M on top and the 35M on the bottom, with a clip of ammo for each (8mm Mauser on a stripper clip for the 43M, 8mm Mannlicher on an en bloc for the 35M). You can see most of the differences, with the two different magazine systems, the straight vs bent bolt and the finger grooves on the 35M stock. The 35M looks to have a walnut stock, whereas the 43M is beech or birch. If you look really close you can see the hump on the receiver of the 43M for the clip guides.

I had army all weekend so I haven't had time to take detailed pictures, but plan of getting a whole set showing the differences between the two for one of my collector's boards. If there's any interest I'll post them here too.