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    Insanity On Display

    Here is another rare gem people! a sweet g33/40 carbine. You cant say bubba aint a artist. I did buy it with the vain hope of restoring it but have given up. tiny little thing. Basketball size muzzle flash. recoil reminds me of the old 300 i had when I didn't have arthritis. I taped some foam...
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    dou45 e block with canvas sling

    DOU LIVES FOREVER. SEIG BOOTY!
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    Insanity On Display

    CHOP CHOP CHOP. SOLMAN HAS RETURNED. you want a chopped ax? here ya go. the receiver and bolt match down to the screws and ejector.(stock norg) someone put a 7mm Belgian barrel on it and 1950's sported sights. id guess late 50's or early 60's (when matching Mausers were cheap) done WELL by a...
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    bnz hand stamp

    here is one for ya. I at first put it down as a bubba due to the receiver serial stamp. uh. some small parts replaced. bolt mismatch. handstamp and rune? I sure hope some bubba didn't ruin (pun) a rune with enhancement of serial. still a oddball. what's the third stamp on the receiver right...
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    S/147 1937 war horse

    nice. most of the 0,2 i see are at the 12 oclock pos. this ones low with the 7,91 on top. im thinkin also somehow a factory repair as opposed to a kru.
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    dou. 43 hosejob

    sad. note the humper used two different font type on the number (4) one closed 'triangle' one open. sporter 'resto' ???? nice white glue lam stock to. i just dont get it. i waited a year plus, and got all the k98k dou less the mountian carbine. and paid 4 to 6 hundred bucks each for em...
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    Need opinions on ammo I found

    hum... +2 haak. the st+ means steel case single primer hole? somthin like that. the germans had some issues with feeding the mg42. the rate of fire on that baby is amazing. i once had a chance to shoot an fg42 but no way. im thinking out loud here, but i think the case may be laqured? or...
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    Vg-1 upclose

    have you shot it?
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    Steel defect or stamp?

    yea thats a proof mark. ive seen a couple of rapair marks, on one it was a 'KRU' mark on the front band, where they ground off the sling attach hook. the other was on the rear bridge, and it was a waA mark. i have the pic somewhere on my puter. ill try and look.
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    Brünn I (dot, swp) and Brünn II (dou) serials and data

    dou44 serial #59j. serial on receiver. NIM. matching.
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    New Collector. How did I do?

    If you pull neg g's on the solman i will hate you for LIFE. overwings are cool birds. yea a bit much on the maus. but that late bolt just may make up for it. hows it shoot?
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    K98 shooting 7-8 inches to the left?

    +2 hambone. man those rc are a mother. you see the germans didnt serial number all the parts for fun. they numbered em cause they mass produced em and hand fit em. like a sako. now its so redundat and solid a weapon it will preform in FIELD conditions, but target? first thing id would do is...
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    Volume 1 Peer Review Committee

    can I test shoot the rifles? oh and i want copy #66 to go with my kriegsmodel book #66. and you oue me an autograph!!! ha ha ha.
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    Would you clean it?

    id go easy. just kroil or similar, let it sit. the only issue is if you have active rust. hows it shoot?

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