"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/1/2015 10:47 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/1/15 10:21 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 07:59:48 -0500, Mucho Loco
wrote:

That is why god invented scopes ;-)

The new (old) Mosin Nagant will come so equipped, thank God.

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Rather than spending a lot of money tricking out a Mosin, you might
consider getting a different gun entirely. There are some pretty good
223s around that are extremely accurate and more fun to shoot. The
jury is still out on mine but it's not exactly my favorite gun at this
point.



I like "old fashioned" style firearms, like lever action rifles and
revolvers, and I'd love to have a "cherry" Swedish Mauser. I've looked
at a few vids of those Mosins, and I just don't get their appeal, other
than the fact that they can be bought cheap. To my eye, they're too big,
ugly and, of course, heavy. But to each his own.

If I decide I need to "carry" again, I'll probably get one of the new
small Ruger revolvers, like one of the LCRs, instead of a semi-auto.


My grandfather (who immigrated from Sweden) was a sportsman and gun
collector. I remember as a kid that he had a shooting range set up
in the basement of his house in Quincy, MA for the handguns.

He had many handguns and rifles, including a Swedish Mauser. One day
he asked my older cousin and I to pick our favorite and he would give
it to us when we became old enough. I picked a German Luger that he
had.

But, it turns out he lived to a ripe old age and I never inherited the
Luger. My father had it and sold it. He had no interest in guns.

My brother has a very old double barreled shotgun that my grandfather
gave him. It was disabled so it could never be fired but I think it
dates back to the mid-1800's. He has it hanging over his fireplace.

I tried to buy a Damascus Twist double barrel shotgun about 50 years ago.
Lady bought a house and the shotgun was in the house. I would have loved
to have that as a display weapon. Would disable firing. As was most
likely a black powder weapon. But you could see the welding in the barrel
from the constuction.