6.5x55 Swedish Mauser

Started by Drydock, May 19, 2017, 06:23:03 PM

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Drydock

In a local pawn shop I do a lot of business with.  http://capital-pawn.com/capitalpawn/

Maybe 50% blue left, good wood, great bore, micrometer target sight, $395, plus all guns are 10% off list price right now.  He had a really nice No 4 Enfield, but that followed me home . . .
Civilize them with a Krag . . .

Niederlander

Those darn things will do that.  I had a Shiloh Sharps follow me home a couple months ago........
"There go those Nebraskans, and all hell couldn't stop them!"

Drydock

Did your wife let you keep it?  I suppose you had to promise to feed it, clean it, and keep it out of the kitchen . . .
Civilize them with a Krag . . .

Niederlander

Yep, it generally stays in the basement, except when I let it outside to play! "I will love it and feed it and name it George!"
"There go those Nebraskans, and all hell couldn't stop them!"

Sam Perfye

Ned, once again you demonstrate why you've risen in the ranks. A classic quote from a classic cartoon. Looking forward to the muster, see you then.
Raise the Black Flag and ride hard boys, Our cause is just and our enemies our many.

Drydock

You missed the Bugs Bunny symposium we had around the fire a few years back . . .
Civilize them with a Krag . . .

Pitspitr

Quote from: Niederlander on December 29, 2016, 09:28:10 PM
All true!  As Al once said sitting by the fire, "Where else can you dress in authentic 19th Century uniforms and discuss classic Bugs Bunny cartoons?!"
I remain, Your Ob'd Servant,
Jerry M. "Pitspitr" Davenport
(Bvt.)Brigadier General Commanding,
Grand Army of the Frontier
BC/IT, Expert, Sharpshooter, Marksman, CC, SoM
NRA CRSO, RVWA IIT2; SASS ROI, ROII;
NRA Benefactor Life; AZSA Life; NCOWS Life

Delmonico

Yes, the stories around the campfire. 
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