SeaCat
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On a whim I stopped in at the local Gander Mountain Store and checked out the rifle they have been advertising. I had been right in my interpratation of the advertisement. It was a Mosin Nagant.
When I looked it over I was dismayed. What a piece of shit this was. I have never seen a bolt action rifle where you could actually wiggle the bolt when it was closed and locked. It was ugly and it weighed a ton. I put it back in the rack.
In the rack next to it was another rifle. It was another older model but it hadsome nice lines. It just looked nice for a rifle. Curious I picked it up and it felt right. It had a nice balance. (Slightly stock heavy.) When I worked the bolt it was crisp and tight. What a pleasant move that was even though I got splattered with Cosmoline. I started to look it over as a salesman came over to check on things.
It was a Mauser. (The tag read Mauser 98 7.9mm) Now this was a nice older rifle even though the stock was in rough shape. When I looked down the barrel the lands were clean and sharp.
My mind went flipping through the info I had and I came up with what this was. It was either the Gewehr 98 or one of it's derivitaves. All nice rifles. I remembered my father telling me how he had one when he lived in Alaska and hunted everything from Deer t Bear with it.
The salesman asked me what I thought about it and I told him that while I liked it I didn't need a big bore just now, and if I did I wouldn't buy this one as it's sights were damaged. He informed me he had several more in the back room and if I chose to buy one I could pick and chose which one I wanted.
At $160.00 it's not a bad deal. I'm now thinking about it. I have been invited to do some Deer Hunting up north and this would work just right for that.
Oh and I can fix up stocks so they look nice.
And no it doesn't classify as an Assault Weapon as does the M1 Garand.
I'm thinking about this one.
Cat
When I looked it over I was dismayed. What a piece of shit this was. I have never seen a bolt action rifle where you could actually wiggle the bolt when it was closed and locked. It was ugly and it weighed a ton. I put it back in the rack.
In the rack next to it was another rifle. It was another older model but it hadsome nice lines. It just looked nice for a rifle. Curious I picked it up and it felt right. It had a nice balance. (Slightly stock heavy.) When I worked the bolt it was crisp and tight. What a pleasant move that was even though I got splattered with Cosmoline. I started to look it over as a salesman came over to check on things.
It was a Mauser. (The tag read Mauser 98 7.9mm) Now this was a nice older rifle even though the stock was in rough shape. When I looked down the barrel the lands were clean and sharp.
My mind went flipping through the info I had and I came up with what this was. It was either the Gewehr 98 or one of it's derivitaves. All nice rifles. I remembered my father telling me how he had one when he lived in Alaska and hunted everything from Deer t Bear with it.
The salesman asked me what I thought about it and I told him that while I liked it I didn't need a big bore just now, and if I did I wouldn't buy this one as it's sights were damaged. He informed me he had several more in the back room and if I chose to buy one I could pick and chose which one I wanted.
At $160.00 it's not a bad deal. I'm now thinking about it. I have been invited to do some Deer Hunting up north and this would work just right for that.
Oh and I can fix up stocks so they look nice.
And no it doesn't classify as an Assault Weapon as does the M1 Garand.
I'm thinking about this one.
Cat
