Recent content by Regis Rex

It took me a year to read the last one, so no hurry. I kept starting over to make sure I didn't miss anything, and I read nearly every chapter 3 or 4 times. Information overload.

Love that stock!

This must be for the guys who won't buy anything without capture papers.:moon:

Still, for $500, if it has a bright bore, it could make a great shooter.

I really think the Standard and Banner K rifles are some of the best-looking Mauser-made rifles after the pre-WW1 export models.

I can live with that. Will there be any updates of new info to the first 2 volumes, and how would you do that?

That's not a correct muzzle cap(which doesn't affect the gun), the lower band is on backwards, and the sight slider is wrong, too. Other than that, it's a nice rifle.

I'm the opposite of an expert, but I like it. I seem to see more Kar98A in nice shape than Gew98. Anybody else notice this?

Most of the caps I see were apparently made for somebody with a head the size of a softball. Maybe that's why they weren't issued, or maybe the Germans were drafting pygmies.

I read that these were actually reworked guns, not new production.

Vas ist "Black Army Waffens"? Ist das gut?

Rifles this nice are getting scarce. Most of them are already in collections by now.

Isn't that special? Get a can of olive drab Krylon and off you go.

Well, I hope he didn't drop any parts in the snow.

They probably had a real shortage of skilled machine operators, also. Slave labor is passable for mining coal, digging ditches, etc., but lathe operators have to know what they're doing.(and want to do it right)