"Don't worry what they think. In the end it is not between them and you, it is between you and God."
Je suis Charlie!
"You won't know until you Actually try it"
"The impossible just takes longer."
"Don't let them beat you down with their inexperience."
"You'll never accomplish what you don't try. " - Moldmaker
Pics are something we all like. Too bad about the Greek but that 1908 will do I bet. "Loose as a goose" means reliability!
update on the rifle, it turns out this is not an 08, but rather a 17, likewise, not a 7mm, but an 8mm. the front 4 or 5 inches are still washed out from cleaning, but possibilities abound. it is more complete than i realized, so i may need to see if i can find a more proper period barrel to swap over on it.
apparently, this was manufactured toward the end of ww1, which explains the lack of serial numbers on the bolt. my previous mauser, a 91 argentine, had the #s stamped everywhere!
I have a new dilemma. I can’t figure out how to post pictures from my phone!
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |