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Post by Buckshot on Jan 2, 2006 21:23:53 GMT -5
Anyone get any new hardware for Christmas?
Anyone get some Christmas Bux that are now being invested in new hardware?
Lets hear about it.
Buckshot
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Post by Transonic on Jan 3, 2006 20:05:53 GMT -5
I got my Mauser payed of for Christmas, this makes me happy. California waiting period laws make me mad. Also got a big bottle of Hoppe's #9.
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Post by Buckshot on Jan 3, 2006 20:36:30 GMT -5
Just make sure that bottle of Hoppe's is still full when you get the Mauser out of purgatory.
No sniffing it keeping your blood level of "gun feeling" up waiting on the Mauser!
Don't remember, did you get a sporter or a military mauser? Are you going to have a nice long session of cosmoline cleaning when you get it home?
Buckshot
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Post by Transonic on Jan 4, 2006 0:39:49 GMT -5
It's a sporterized military smallring. Double-set trigger, 6.5x57mm, scope but no irons, pretty light weight. No cosmo to be found. It's my Mosin that I still haven't gotten all the cosmo out of.
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Post by Buckshot on Jan 4, 2006 17:39:28 GMT -5
Transonic,
That sounds like a very decent light sporter rifle!
How did you come up with 6.5 X 57? I know it was a standard Mauser cartridge, but as far as I know no one ever bught it for service and it only showed in sporters.
Someone had a reamer and was making these up?
Closest I have is 6.5 X 55 Swedish.
Buckshot
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Post by Transonic on Jan 5, 2006 16:40:37 GMT -5
Yeah, it wasn't a service cartridge and it's not that popular in America, but apparently someone had this one custom chambered for it. The nice thing is it comes with dies so I can roll my own from 7x57mm brass. It also forces me to get a reloading setup.  ;D |
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Post by Buckshot on Jan 5, 2006 19:35:13 GMT -5
Transonic,
Sounds like you have the low-down on it and are ready to go with it.
One thing you might want to look at is using 8 X 57 brass instead of 7 X 57 brass, the 8 X 57 brass is much easier to find and cheaper than the 7 X 57 brass.
What setup are you looking at for reloading, the Lee Anniversary set or something else?
Buckshot
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;D