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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: TAB on October 08, 2008, 12:26:36 AM
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http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=112144308
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That's so sad. :( What's even worse is that you can slap the word "tactical" on anything and some shmuck will buy it.
You could sell combat tactical toasters on ebay if you wanted too. Just put a Picatinny rail between the bread slots. ::)
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That's so sad. :( What's even worse is that you can slap the word "tactical" on anything and some shmuck will buy it.
You could sell combat tactical toasters on ebay if you wanted too. Just put a Picatinny rail between the bread slots. ::)
This rifle IS tactical. Or at least, has been...
long ago ;D
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As an 1891 Argentine Mauser owner in 7.65x53. It's not really tactical. I remember Haz's Ishapore post on combat rifles. There was a link that had Mausers, Garand, Krag, and others, that were some of the best rifles in history,...
But tactical?, I don't agree. The 8mm mauser in the OP looks like the high school kid that tweaked up his mom's Buick with bells and whistles that don't do anything but takeaway from the classic lines of the rifle.
My Sig556 tactical.
My Arg. Mauser? Not. But it is a ball to shoot, and will hit a target downrange, as good as the shooter.
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/Mauser001.jpg)
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It takes a sick mind to ruin a good Mauser.
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Was kinda creepy, wasn't it? The AR-15 bayonet lug put it over the top for me,,,
I have an Argentine Mauser I "sporterized" back in the day, and yes I'm going to hell for it. I was young...sorry. I also have a Siamese Mauser action converted to 45/70 decades ago by my whacked out father that I envision someday as a "short heavy rifle," or maybe a "heavy short rifle" — something that's easy to carry that will still lob 500-grain softballs.
I definitely want a rail-mounted coffemaker on it!
Michael B
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But if Obama becomes President, this may be what becomes of "tactical" in a few years time.
Haz --------------------> It uses a Clip!
;D
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When I was young there were quite a few sporterized Argentine Mausers in the woods for the opening day of PA deer season.
We called them " Llama guns". They worked just fine though some were so ugly as to make you shake your head at the butcher job done on them.
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That's so sad. :( What's even worse is that you can slap the word "tactical" on anything and some shmuck will buy it.
You could sell combat tactical toasters on ebay if you wanted too. Just put a Picatinny rail between the bread slots. ::)
+100.... :o :o :o :o :'( :'( :'(
that was one of the saddest (Ugliest?) firearms I've ever seen.
If someone showed up at the range with that around here he'd be talked about (laughed at?) for years.
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The ugliest "scout" rifle Ive ever seen. ???
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Can't wait to get home and take pics of my econo scout, spanish mauser in .308, you want ugly, you got it.
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My Grandfather sporterized her back before I was even around, he did a great job, but I, like MB, would love to have her back to original. It shoots so darn good I even hate to mess with it.
Love the tactical toaster,... ;D, its right up there with the tupperware pistols.... ::)
If MB and I are going to hell for having a sporterized Mauser, well I'll bring the Baby Back Ribs and beer, and hope for the best,..
PS: We'll need ice,....
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The only sentiment I can muster is "W-T-F!"
USSA-1
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+1 on that. That thing is painful to look at. My eyes started to water just from thinking about looking at it again, and I'm one of those guys who isn't bothered by sporterized Mausers. IF it's well done. And it's not 100% condition with all matching numbers, a Nazi-marked collectible, or something like that.
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No bidders on that bad boy, even though "THE FLOOR PLATE IS INGRAVED WITH GOLD LETTERING." ;D
... CRAYON
I had to put a link to this in the UGLY GUN thread.
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That is really really sad
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I'm thinking all the junk in the background is really just his parts supply for future gun projects.
The scope could be mounted a little higher off the bore; I think some of that electrical conduit
could be fashioned into some sort of periscope-scope. With an inventive mind like that,
the possibilities are endless. I think it was Letterman who said, "If you put enough monkeys with
typewriters in one room, eventually the smell would be unbearable."
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I'm thinking all the junk in the background is really just his parts supply for future gun projects.
The scope could be mounted a little higher off the bore; I think some of that electrical conduit
could be fashioned into some sort of periscope-scope. With an inventive mind like that,
the possibilities are endless. I think it was Letterman who said, "If you put enough monkeys with
typewriters in one room, eventually the smell would be unbearable."
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking too! :(
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I'm thinking all the junk in the background is really just his parts supply for future gun projects.
The scope could be mounted a little higher off the bore; I think some of that electrical conduit
could be fashioned into some sort of periscope-scope. With an inventive mind like that,
the possibilities are endless. I think it was Letterman who said, "If you put enough monkeys with
typewriters in one room, eventually the smell would be unbearable."
Rube Goldberg.
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Strangely enough, a butt-ugly Mauser project fell into my lap this week. My father the shade-tree gunsmith once built a rifle for my weird sister's boyfriend...the gun's an old Siamese Mauser converted to 45/70. The long since ex-boyfriend is moving out of the country and he very graciously offered to send me the old gun because he thought I should have it.
The military stock's been "sporterized," and it's fitted with a receiver-mounted peep site. The gun's been used on deer and elk, though, and has a proven track record. I'm fond of 45/70, in any case.
Hmmmmmmmmm.........
Michael B
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You gotta love MB's family genetics ...
A shadetree gunsmith for a father and a weird sister.
Now the imagination is going on the rest that he doesn't talk about.
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Heck, we ALL have weird family members.
We need pics...(of the rifle not the family members)... ;D...especially if a rebuild is done (before and after, of course).
8)
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FAMILY!?!?
You have no idea...I grew up in a William Faulkner novel. My father's assorted families — that's a story in and of itself — require a scorecard and a healthy sense of humor. You name it; we got it — moonshine runners, drug addicts, various and sundry levels of insanity, busted gamblers, bizarre diseases, hookers with hearts of gold, professional cockfighters, even a monkey that lived on the roof of one of my aunt's house until he "went to Atlanta," which is, I suspect a euphemism for...something. One of my relatives once shot a Winchester 30-30 at a UFO that dented the roof of his moonshine tanker; another tossed a hand grenade into a car in a little Mississippi town: "I swear, Michael...it was the funniest thing...it looked like one of them Shriner clown cars in a circus...people crawling out the windows and the back of that station wagon..." When I asked what happened, he said, "What do you mean, what happened?" With the hand grenade, I said. "Well hell, it blew up, didn't it? That's what hand grenades do." Arrested, he was "let off with a warning." Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez...
Michael B
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Damn, family reunions must be a blast (literally!) :o
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I can sympathize (empathize?) with you on a lot of your 'family history' with regards to my own. My in-laws ain't any better either. My wife has uncles that did time for cattle rustlin' (in the last 20 years)!
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Marlin has finally introduced their version of the Wild West Guns lever actions(nothing like waiting 10 years to do it ;D) It is described on D Petzal's blog on field & stream.
http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/gunnut/2008/10/a-mighty-mini-m.html
"What grabbed me, though was the Marlin Model 1895SBL. The company has taken note of all the hot-rodded Guide Guns out there and decided to build one of their own. It’s .45/70, all stainless steel, laminated stock, heavy 18.5-inch barrel, an enlarged loop lever, a 5-shot half-magazine, and instead of the usual horrible factory sights, it’s been fitted with the XS Ghost Ring sight system. This consists of a big white post up front and a huge, adjustable-aperture rear. You look through it and the aperture seems to vanish. It’s very fast to use. There is a long rail mount that let you use long-eye-relief scopes or standard scopes."
Wish they would offer it in the take down style but I will probably end up getting one anyways.
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Purty gun! (don't like the loop) and 45-70 is a fun round.
Now mossburg needs to offer theirs in 45-70.
BTW who won the Mossy lever gun and where are the pics and reports ???
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Gun ... What Gun? She was climbing in bed, and I didn't see any gun ;D
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I'm so glad my family is not the only one worthy of a Jerry Springer episode,...... :o ;D
The Mauser I ended up with has a story involving my grandfather, an Austin Healey and dry ice in Sebring, Fl in the late 50's,.... Got 'em back home in the summer, (the Mauser and the Healey.),.. homemade air conditioning,....and defending one's self, he was glad to have that rifle.
Good luck with the Mauser MB. Post some pics.
Tom W
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FAMILY!?!?
You have no idea...I grew up in a William Faulkner novel. My father's assorted families — that's a story in and of itself — require a scorecard and a healthy sense of humor. You name it; we got it — moonshine runners, drug addicts, various and sundry levels of insanity, busted gamblers, bizarre diseases, hookers with hearts of gold, professional cockfighters, even a monkey that lived on the roof of one of my aunt's house until he "went to Atlanta," which is, I suspect a euphemism for...something. One of my relatives once shot a Winchester 30-30 at a UFO that dented the roof of his moonshine tanker; another tossed a hand grenade into a car in a little Mississippi town: "I swear, Michael...it was the funniest thing...it looked like one of them Shriner clown cars in a circus...people crawling out the windows and the back of that station wagon..." When I asked what happened, he said, "What do you mean, what happened?" With the hand grenade, I said. "Well hell, it blew up, didn't it? That's what hand grenades do." Arrested, he was "let off with a warning." Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez...
Michael B
Sounds like a potential book there MB ;D With some poetic license and changed names you could have us rolling on the floor. I would especially like to hear the full stories on the Hand Grenade and the Monkey.
Sounds like Pegleg could give you some stuff to mix in and hopefully avoid getting your family POed at you ;D
P.S. Which dented the moonshine tanker, the 30 / 30 or the UFO ?
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P.S. Which dented the moonshine tanker, the 30 / 30 or the UFO ?
:)
Now a Marlin is more tactical than my AR. :o
P.S. The Mauser needs a chin-rest not a cheek-rest with that scope setup.