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On 1/6/2021 at 5:32 PM, The_Real_TCIII said:
They're lucky they didn't get mowed down when they entered that building
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProOn 1/6/2021 at 5:47 PM, left field said:Why didn't that happen? They literally broke the door down. Looters and those that storm the capitol should be shot on sight.
On 1/6/2021 at 7:20 PM, mlammerhirt said:Serious question......So with all these people in the capital building...why was she the only one shot?
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On 1/6/2021 at 2:25 PM, cachemoney said:When is the last time this has happened ?
Where is the teargas and rubber bullets ?
I think fixed bayonets and live ammo would have been more appropriate.
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15 hours ago, Versatile_Hunter said:
These terrorists aren’t the best and the brightest that the Republican Party has to offer. These are the chumps who couldn’t get into the military so now they prance around in combat gear pretending to have purpose.
I’m excited to see a new Republican Party emerge once the smoke from the smoldering rubble that is Trump and Trumpism clears.
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.
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At least they're not wearing masks. Let "Darwinism" sort them out.
"Natural selection" at work here.
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On 1/2/2021 at 3:41 PM, Pygmy said:
I know many guys on here like the Vortex, and I readily admit I have no experience with them...
However, all of my scopes are Leupold except two Burris....Nothing has ever gone wrong with them and if it does I know the company will take care of it, despite the fact that I have bought all of them used...
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
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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.
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On 12/4/2020 at 1:23 PM, G-Man said:
Yep i remember the clamber to allow scopes on muzzleloaders ,i used a side lock for years, when they made scopes legal i bought one
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.
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10 minutes ago, Pygmy said:
I believe Dinsdale has some he might be willing to barter...
- 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.
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5 minutes ago, sbuff said:
That was my goal should I go that route
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.
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Just now, sbuff said:
Yes I was aware more work was needed if I wanted a scope . Im pretty good with its stock sites
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.
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1 minute ago, Pygmy said:
When the OP asked about just seating the barreled action in a sporter stock with no further alterations, I assumed he was prepared to function with the crappy sights, issue safety and horrible trigger... He says the rifle is very accurate as is, so probably he would be happy as a clam to have the same rifle with a lighter and less bulky stock....More power to him...
I hope he has better eyes than I do.
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30 minutes ago, sbuff said:
Does anything stop me from just removing barrel and action and just placing in a new stock or am I missing something
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.
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57 minutes ago, Pygmy said:
I have had the the pleasure to FONDLE Wildcat's Mauser sporters, and they are indeed wonderful works of art that I drooled over...Genuine rifle porn....
However, I will present my opinion, and keep in mind it is only my opinion and therefore isn't worth more than two bucks....
If I had an UNALTERED historical military rifle, I would not sporterize it, because as was said before, they are not making any more and they will only increase in value..... If the rifle has been previously altered, have at it...
At no time in the past have there ever been so many bug hole accurate, affordably priced rifle models available....
This is coming from a person who loves oil finished walnut and deep luster blued steel......
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!
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1 hour ago, Daveboone said:
Here are a couple critters from the last few years taken with the Mauser. My 2018 buck and 2015 moose from Newfoundland...both one shot, moose at 185 yards. Same bullet, Sierra 175 gr.spitzer. A whole buncha NY deer along with that one.
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.
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14 hours ago, sbuff said:
Been thinking of getting a stock upgrade for either my mauser or Enfield. Neither has matching numbers or anything ,both just plain old war rifle pieces. Both are accurate
I go back and forth but Hogue sure has some nice mauser stocks
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.
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15 hours ago, DirtTime said:
A pack of non filter smokes and black coffee. Lotta deer have fallen to that combo.
14 hours ago, grampy said:Can't begin to tell ya, how many times I've had to put down my smoke to kill a deer. But I highly advise not using that method for obvious reasons.
I have found the added movement involved has often gotten me "busted".
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On 12/20/2020 at 10:22 AM, steve863 said:
All the justices are Anti-Trump. There is no doubt in my mind that each and every one of them think he's an idiot. They are all too intelligent not to realize this.
Evidently that isn't the case with the delusional die-hard T-Rump zombies on this site.
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On 12/21/2020 at 5:58 PM, Merlot said:
Had a rare get together with brother and sister over a year ago, and Trump was brought up. They are both sharp people, but they both thought Trump was an idiot and had no clue on what to do in office. I sat and just kept quiet. This was well before Biden somehow became the nominee.
Hard to believe my brother and sister would vote for the imbecile Biden, but guess anything is possible these days.
Looks like the deep state won...a shame.
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That was already done in Florida in November of 2000.
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2020 is about to turn 21 and start drinkin'!
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10 hours ago, WNYBuckHunter said:
Has nothing to do with being an “anti-vaxxer”, myself and my kids have done all other vaccines, no issues with tried and true vaccines. I’m just not comfortable being injected with something that is a brand new type of vaccine that has had zero long term studies. If it was a virus with a much lower survival rate, my opinion would most likely be different.
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.
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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.
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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!
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1 hour ago, fasteddie said:
When I went to reload my ML after shooting a doe yesterday , the sabot didn't want to come out of the speed loader . Too tight . I headed for Webster to buy a pack of the speed loaders but stopped at Eastside Traders on the way to see if they had any . They are a Pawn Shop , Gun shop and have a indoor pistol range . When I got there , I saw a sign on the door that said " Remove Mask Before Entering" . I thought it was a joke but everyone inside was not wearing a mask . I asked what was the no mask sign for and was told that they can't sell a gun or ammo unless they could see you face . I thought it was stupid as if I was to purchase either , I could pull my mask down . It was a wasted stop anyway !
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.
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