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11-11-2009, 04:10 PM
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A few years back when I was out searching for a 30-30 I came across one a friend who owns a pawn and gun shop was holding for me. She said she knew I would come in at some point and would rather me have it than somebody who might not take care of it so she had kept it in the back for almost a month before I drifted through to find it. It is a Marlin whose serial numbers put it in the early '50's and the bore on it is pristine, and the outside is only slightly less than perfect. The old gentleman who had sold it to her had also given her the last three rounds of the original (and only) box of ammo he had purchased for it when it was brand spankin new. I got the gun for a song, and intend to take a deer with it this year come heck or high water.
GoodOlBoy
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11-14-2009, 08:17 AM
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If only they could talk
 I have several, none are lever actions though, that could tell some fine tales I am sure like the Mauser M93 that was used in the 2nd Boer War but was brought before that and most likely spent it's early life hunting the game of South Africa. 7mm Mauser of course it dates from around 1897 and has the owners name engraved upon a silver oval inletted in the buttstock. It has an Octagonal barrel with a windage adjustable fore sight.Or the Muscat Martini in 303 bore. I have no idea of the date of it but I assume it predates WW1. Seems they were made for the Sultan of Oman for his native forces but it looks more of a sporting carbine that a military one. But I think my favorite has to be the 1893 dated Steyr Mannlicher Mdl 1892 in .256" bore (6.5x53R) that was built up into a "Best Sporting Rifle" by Rigby's of London for a Mr Dent of London and it has not been altered of messed with since it left Rigby's workshops. Oh the tales they could tell and I have even developed a load using the Hornady 160 Grain RN bullet that shoots to the sights which consist of a stand for 100 yards and fold down leaves for 200 and 300 yards with a fine bead foresight. Sadly I don't have the correct period clothing to wear and in fact do not even know what an English sportsman would have been wearing then not stalking in the UK anyway.
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