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I am getting Dot defender all the time now - its becoming a real problem.
About time it was sorted out now really.
The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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I am getting Dot defender all the time now - its becoming a real problem.
Some storm, Gary, stay warm!
THanks for sharing. These Marlin 336s are so great looking rifles! Great looking wood on both of them. I would be proud to own them! Congratz to your son.
The .30-30 is such a great caliber to shoot with. Even longer series are no problem as it is like a charm. The good ol german Mauser k98 in it 8x57 IS ís kickin like a mule and fires so hard. The .30-30 is a real pleasure to shoot.
Here's my Gewehr M1898 from nearly 100 years ago. Check out the roller coaster rear sight.
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I don't find the 8X57mm Mauser cartridge bad at all provided the stock is well designed. Often perceived recoil has as much to do with stock design as with the cartridge.
It's fun to run across knife content in unexpected places. My wife bought a vintage Carrom board at an auction yesterday.
OH YEAH!!! That is a great look K98. Don´t get me wrong! The K98 is a great gun. And used very hard at us sportshooters in Germany. So it is a well earned an appreciated gun. Made for centuries. I don´t know if we mean both the same catridge. I´m talking of the 8x57 mm IS not the 8x57 mm. The IS stands for "Infanterie Spitz" that means more powder and a more powerful load. It was originally designed for K98K (K = Kurz = short), the carbine version of the K98 for tank troops. Yours one is showin the "regular" version, i. e. not the carbine but the rifle. And when it is about 100 years old it should not fire the 8x57mm IS, due to the danger of barrel exploding (no fun; do not load something that doesn´t harmonate with the gun)
What I meant with "firing so hard" was, compared to the Swedish Mauser in 6,5x55 mm, which is much more precise. See, we hope to shoot a 5-round-series at 100 metres out of the size of a thumbnail. This needs good sights but also good catridges. The german catridge is powerful, but the swedish is more precise, as is the Schmidt-Rubin in 7,5x55mm from Switzerland.
Stock design is an interessting aspect I haven´t thought about too much in the past... but you are propably right. I have many problems when shooting the original vintage bolt action guns or shotguns. Being a lefty it is hard to repeat or whatever. The stock is usually designed for right handed persons.
However ... shooting is great fun and that is what it should be in every way.
Finally power is restored after six days. I'm going to have to invest in a generator. Now time to get down to those insurance claims.. Sigh.
Gusts of 50 to 70mph will be widespread with 90mph winds in very north and islands of Scotland--
Daily Mail
In Scotland, where winds reached up to 113mph yesterday, some homes in the very north of the country have been without electricity since Friday.
A gust of 113mph was recorded at Stornoway on Lewis yesterday, the strongest since records at that site began in 1970--The Star
Finally power is restored after six days. I'm going to have to invest in a generator. Now time to get down to those insurance claims.. Sigh.