I have a 1942 German Mauser 98

[DOC]

I shoot it and it still works as good as the day my great uncle picked up from the sands of Africa. Does any one else have a old rifle they like to shoot or a story they want to share.

[HunterCO]

sure I have a diamond arms single shot .410 my grandfather bought for $3.50 he worked the beat fields for .10 a day to buy it.

I know it aint much but it means a lot to me. My family homesteaded property out by Greely CO that is were my grandfather grew up.

[StagLefty]

I have what I believe to be a German bolt action 12 gauge shotgun I picked up for $20 about 40 years ago. I probably lessened any value on it since I refinished the stock back then.It's a great shotgun for bird hunting due to the low weight and great balance.

[DOC]

That's what I'm talking about. A .410 shotgun is a good gun and it shoots 45 LC too so its got some diversity.
A little more to the story; my uncle acquired it had to duffel cut the stock to get it into his bag and then pretty much left it for the next 40 years. When he passed away my father got all of his guns willed to him as well as a 40's era ford pick up.

The Mauser was sitting on the front seat with the front of the stock still wired to the barrel complete with bayonet. My dad stuck it into the closet and forgot about it. A few years later I found it and acquired it with his permission. And decided to get it back together.

There was a case stuck in the chamber which made me think that he hadn't shot this since WWII. I did a full cleaning and epoxied the front of the stock back on. I didn't do anything about the finish on the rest of the rifle.

Now a days I have have to back together and I shoot it regularly with the rest of my toys. I gets a better cleaning though since most of the ammo available for it is corrosive.

I will add pictures as soon as I find some.

[Marlin]

Russian MN's

1942 M91/30

1943 M38

1944M44



British Enfield

1943 No4mkI




Swiss K31
1937



I believe there was some sort of skirmish going on at the time, These might have been involved in.. Well, except the K31,, Nobody could afford the bayonet.[Tooth]

[blackford76]

C.O.G. (Cool Old Guns)

1918 Enfield #1 Mk 3 BSA

1926 Nagant Revolver CCCP

Mosin-Nagants
1942 M-38 x2
1942 91/30
1943 91/30 x2, 1 Tula
1943 M-44
1944 M-44 x2 1 Tula
1945 M-44 1 of ea variation

Mauser
1940 K98K byf
1943 T-38 Turkish
1944 T-38 Turkish

1943 Rem. 1903A3

1944 SA M1 Garand
1945 IH M1 Garand

These are just the war dated ones.

[DOC]

That is a nice collection. I want to pick up a NM one of these days. It seems like a better gun to turn into a long range shooter than my Mauser. I guess I could post something about buying one here. But cash is in short supply but maybe someone would up for a trade?[Dunno] I would like to pick up some of that cheaper ammo for it since it seems to be more available than .22lr these days.

Oh well, thanks for sharing guys. Do you have any pictures?