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To: yarddog

I found a M38 Husqvarna a few years ago,in new condition.It’s a much better shooter than a 98K.The only military mausers I’ve found that will shoot with the Sweedes is the 1909 Argentine model.


23 posted on 02/16/2015 6:02:02 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Farmer Dean

The 1909 Argentine Mauser is an absolute work of art. Around 1977, Walter Craig in Selma, Alabama got in some still new in the cosmoline and even included the original test target along with the muzzle cover.

I had my dealer order one and it was the best made rifle I have ever owned period! The original test target signed by Herr Ritzmann was just under two inches and the distance was 200 meters. He did that with open sights.

I eventually sold it to a guy who paid me $400 for it and I needed the money. One I wished I had kept tho at the time I couldn’t turn down the offer.

I still remember the inscription on the side of the action. “Mauser Modelo Argentino Deutsch Waffen und Munitions Fabriken Berlin.

I once looked up the serial number and mine was actually made in the first year, 1909. Hard to believe they turned those things out by the millions and kept that kind of workmanship.


27 posted on 02/16/2015 6:15:11 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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