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I think fixed bayonets and live ammo would have been more appropriate.

At least they're not wearing masks. Let "Darwinism" sort them out. "Natural selection" at work here. Super spreader event. Too bad the LEOs are being exposed by these deranged imbeciles.

At least they're not wearing masks. Let "Darwinism" sort them out. "Natural selection" at work here.

The only experience I have with Vortex is looking through several moderately priced specimens at the local rifle range. When comparing them to similar price point Leupolds, the optics were dismal. The BDC reticles appear "cluttered" and it would be easy to get confused in the heat of the moment when a shot suddenly presents itself. Unless one knows the BC of the projectile, the Mv and the distance of the LOS above the bore axis, putting faith in the POI is ludicrous. A standard, or perhaps wide, duplex reticle will give a shooter 3 quickly identifiable aim points. If you know the 3 factors listed above as well as the reticle subtention, (gap) a duplex reticle can be used as a BDC reticle. The reticle subtention can also be used as a range estimating device. Vortex is selling godets and gismos(BDCs) to lure the less informed to buy their mediocre products when a better product without the snake oil is available. I own several Leuplolds (American made with Japanese glass) one Japanese made Weaver and an Austrian made Kahles. The Japanese and Europeans (Germany/Austria) make the best optical glass in the world. Both of these places a manufacture have higher labor costs that the USA so I am not cutting the throats of American workers like Vortex buyers are doing, especially when one considers that there hasn't been a quality optical glass maker in the USA for nearly a century

Save your money and buy a Leupold VX ii with a heavy duplex. BDC reticles are snake oil. They will do nothing the 3 aiming points that a regular old Duplex reticle won't do and the Duplex can be used to estimate range. When a company offers free replacement rather than repair, that should tell you that the cheap Chinese junk isn't worth repairing. The profits margins are so high they just throw them away and send you another cheap replacement. It only took Leupold 7 days to repair and return my scope the one time I had to send one in for repairs. Plus Leupold warranties any scope regardless of where when or how it was purchase new or used.

Colorado does not allow optics for ML Elk because it allows animals to be hit and wounded far beyond the ballistic capabilities of most muzzle loaders.

https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/sellier-amp-bellot-8mm-mauser-8x57-js-196-grain-spce-20-rounds?a=1583557 Caliber: 8mm Mauser (8x57 JS) Bullet Weight: 196 grain Bullet Style: Soft Point Cutting Edge (.323 diam.) Muzzle Velocity: 2,592 FPS Muzzle Energy: 2,923 ft.-lbs. Case Type: Brass Primer Type: Boxer, reloadable Corrosive: No Comparing Euro spec 8X57 to US spec is like comparing 338-06 to 32 Win Special.

If you are interested, I think I have a Lyman Foolproff receiver sight for a M98. Used without the aperture, they are a quick sight system for woods hunting and light years ahead of the rear military sights.

Try to find some Sellier & Bellot 8X57. Cabela's was selling it a few years ago. It has a 196gr bullet @ 2600 fps compared to 170gr @ 2250 of the US spec.

I hope he has better eyes than I do.

The military sights are horrible. You can install a Receiver sight, but if you want optics you will need to have the rear bridge of the receiver ground down and then drill and tap for scope bases. The bolt handle will also need to be altered to clear the eyepiece and a low swing safety must be installed.

Interesting that you should mention that. My Oberndorf Custom 8X57IS was built from a commercial version of the M48 YUGO LR intermediate M98 action, but I still consider it a "sporterized" Mauser due to the fact that it has a Military barrel. The other rifle however was built from an unaltered "duffel cut" J. P Sauer and Sone M98K circa 1943. The story behind it is a bit lengthy, but worth telling non the less. When I was about 15 years old and living in the South Suburbs of Chicago in the mid '60s, we had a neighbor gentleman (Pat) that had immigrated from Ireland some time after WWII. He and his wife Alice had no children. They were quiet folks that kept mostly to themselves, but since they lived directly across the street from us, my parents struck up a casual friendship with them. Shortly after Pat had died, Alice brought over a nearly pristine M98K rifle and gave it to me saying that Pat had wanted me to have it. Living in the suburbs as I did, the rifle got fondled and cleaned, but was never fired while we lived there. A few years later we moved to Pennsylvania so it didn't take me long to get some anemic US spec 8X57 ammo and try it out. To my chagrin, the short section of fore-end between the barrel band and bayonet lug came off from the recoil of the first shot! What a piece of junk I thought. It was a late war version with a stamped steel trigger guard albeit it did have a milled floorplate. The otherwise unaltered military stock was removed and later lost. I bought one of the cheap Fajen drop-in stocks that were alliable at most every feed and country store in that locale in the late '60s. I think I bought it at a hardware store, probably in Irwin. Even though I lost track of the military stock, the all numbers matching action remained unmolested until after I moved to NY state. In the year 2000 I decided to "sporterize the action. The barrel was turned down, rear bridge contoured, bolt handle cut of and replaced, drilled and tapped for scope bases, 3-postion safety fitted and all set into the stock it wears now. It was only some years after all that carnage that I realized why the fore-end piece was a separate chuck of wood from the rest of the stock. It turns out that Pat had most likely picked up that Mauser on some European battlefield and reverted to making a DUFFEL CUT in order to ship it home. Imagine the remorse I felt when that revelation reared its ugly head! https://www.forgottenweapons.com/what-is-a-duffel-cut/

I'm glad to see you went the extra mile to install a 3-position Model 70 type safety. IMO that elevates a Mauser from "sporterized" to "custom" when the rest of the rifle has been well done.

IMO, the Enfield is not a good candidate but the M98 Mauser certainly is. Here are 2 of mine. You can safely load the 8X57 up to '06 pressure levels as the Europeans do and it will generate more ME than 30-06 factory loads. 200 gr bullets are the best compromise of MV and retained energy/flat trajectory down range. The load below, sighted in 2 3/4" high at 100 yards is zeroed about 240 yards and 3" low around 275 yards, depending on how high the scope is mounted above the bore axis. That is from a military barrel BTW Very effective on large Northern Whitetails.

I have found the added movement involved has often gotten me "busted".

Evidently that isn't the case with the delusional die-hard T-Rump zombies on this site.

That was already done in Florida in November of 2000.

2020 is about to turn 21 and start drinkin'!

This vaccine does not inject the subject with the virus. It produces something that mimics the virus. It fools the immune system. The Germans (and an American of German heritage) developed it. That is enough for me. They developed the 8X57, a cartridge that 90% of modern CF cartridges are based on .Not to mention the M98 action! They tend to get things right the 1st time with their meticulous design criteria.

Good thing we didn't have "anti-vaxxers" in the 1950s. We'd still be fighting polio and smallpox. We were loaded up on buses at school and taken into the city for vaccinations. I don't remember anyone protesting then.

Anyone know where I can find 30/40 Krag, 8mm-06 Ackley Improved or European spec 8X57IS ammo on any shelves? I must be a glutton for punishment because my next 3 project rifles are 7X57, 257 Roberts Ackley Improved and 8X68S!

At the bank you only have to lower your mask for a moment so the security cameras can get a picture of your face. I would think that would suffice for a gun shop.