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It’s an antique in an obsolete caliber. A commercial hunting rifle from 1896.The rifle-I give up, it's beautiful, but what is it?
I love your two Mosins; the one with the folding bayonet is not all that common; and neither are the carbines up here in Canada. My Mosin shoots surprisingly well with cheap surplus Russian and Chinese ammo! Recoil is profound with the surplus ammo though!! I love my Russian SKS as well!After I got back from a Ukraine missions trip, I got tired of all my modern, expensive, Western Hemisphere toys, so I switched them out for Eastern Hemisphere, WW1-WW2 "Curio and Relics". So much history and character, fun to clean, maintain, and a blast to refinish (pun intented).
I got all 8 rifles for the price of my gussied-up Daniel Defense DD4V4 and optic.. Oddly enough, my favorite rifle is the 1943 Turkish 8mm Mauser (2nd from right) that I ran away with for $175. My cheapest gun is my favorite... go figure.
P.S. I'm wanting to start a "C&R" only club/league..... imagine long range competitions with only these kinds of guns, no optics. If you're interested, look for the threat I started...
"Curio and Relics" (C&R) League - Weekend outings, fun/competition, pistols/bolt-action only, etc
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