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Battle-sight boar: Hunting non-sporter style with a vintage Mauser K98k.
In my day most shooters started with military surplus rifles. For thousands of early Baby Boomers like me, the hot ticket was a 1903 Springfield. A good one cost forty bucks in 1960. In those innocent days before the 1968 Gun Control Act magazines like this carried full-page ads from which we could order a wonderful array of Springfields, Enfields, Mausers, and so many more. Some of us shot them as is, but in those days sporterizing was “in,” so we restocked and ...
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Dead-Stock In my day most shooters started with military surplus rifles. For thousands of early Baby Boomers like me, ... Read More
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Maynard's Masterpiece Being an old ordnance officer myself, I can image the frustration of my Civil War-period cohorts in trying to keep ... Read More
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The Portuguese Vergueiro Although one of the smaller European countries, a series of dynamic seafaring explorations beginning in the 14th ... Read More
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The Snuffbox Rifle With the exception of the American Civil War, it would be difficult to find a conflict in which so many different ... Read More
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