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Anybody going this afternoon or this week. I've got the itch and several new toys to play with so if you are going out let me know maybe we can meet up. If you shoot a surplus caliber, heck I'll supply ammo!

It is always nice to see stuff for sale and see where the seller is located. It is nice when you are looking for a range buddy or someone to tag along on a trip to have their profile updated with their location. This is just something that has been bugging me, so everyone please update your profile with at least your location. Heck you may even notice that a board member is local to you.

wanna do mine while you are at it?

well the mauser i paid 200 for it. I still havent started to clean it up yet, as you can still see the tag in the pic. The m44 i paid 100 for the rifle and 25 for the cosmo. I still have to get the cosmo out of the stock but here are before pics.

Well bad 64 I've got a 67 we gotta cruise one night..... As for sarco i will admit i like going to the place. But it is the kind of place that you need to know what you are looking at. There are some gems to be had like my mauser yesterday, but there is also a ton of junk. For every 40 rifles there is maybe one nice one in my opinion. If you are looking for something take your time and dig through them all until you find a nice one. I will say there are nice ones hidden you just have to look. Richie and I may be heading down to sarco on wednesday depending if i dont get called back to work. Where are you located?

I would say the mauser is one of the most beautiful surplus rifles you can get without spending major bucks. The m44 ended cleaning up pretty nice, but i would still rate it as a shooter. Here are pics....

PM edward tinker on gunboards. He is only in harleysville pa and is actually an author on lugers. Also he is a really nice guy that knows his stuff.

Everything I own gets shot and shot frequently. No such thing as a "safe queen" in my house.

Now to learn the true joys of cosmo. I think once they are cleaned up you are going to be one happy guy. You honestly cant get more of a bang for the buck when it comes to the old milsurps. Heck I have one hell of a collection, and i still bought a m44 and a mauser today. These things are too addicting.

Well the problem is I cant turn up a good deal and good deals frequently come to me. People ask to go to gun shows with me because of the most insane deals I get. It is almost spooky! One of the best is I was in my leigon post last year having a beer when an older gentleman that I am an aquaintance of comes up with a trash bag and hands it to me. He said $100.00 and it is yours and didn't even tell me what it was. It ended up being an 1903A3 springfield in cosmoline and waxpaper wrap. I mean completely unissued, and not a rebuild. I couldn't pull my wallet out fast enough. He said he didn't care about money and he wanted it to go to a good owner that would shoot it but respect it. Stuff like this happens frequently to me. I got my krag, garand, and 2 mausers in a similar manner. Like I said almost spooky....must be karma.

I feel like I should start this off like

Never mind, I looked at the diagram and noticed it covered different types of mausers. Looks like the part circled is good to go. I order frequently from numrich gun parts and they always ship fast.

I have seen them go bad. I have about 10 mausers and 1 had a bad spring. Make sure you order for the right mauser. The parts diagram looks like a yugo(either a m48 or a 24/47) If this is for your German k98 on the pics page make sure to order for a german k98. I am not sure if this part is interchangeable.

did you buy anything today rich?

My personal best. He ended up being 168lbs.

The stupid thing is we aren't allowed to eat them off shore. Supposedly everything eaten on the rig has to be FDA approved. So we just clean them up, divide them amongst all that helped bring em in and I fly home with my share. At least they let us put it in the freezer.

Well those of you that know me know that i work on an oil rig in the middle of the gulf of mexico. We are about 150 miles off shore and in 7900 feet of water. There seems like there is nothing to do when you are off, so me and a couple of buddies go fishin after work every night. These are the "victims" from my last time offshore.

I just looked at thier website, and it says that they close at 4:30pm on friday. So yall that have to work lets figure out a good time that would work best for most.

Whenever you want to go Mr. Richie!

I think i am heading to sarco on Friday if anybody wants to tag along or possibly car pool. I have to go get some 1911 grips, and various parts, and see what else i can waste my money on.

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As long as you can safely handle em go for it. If it gives you pleasure and you aren't a hazard to anyone else have fun!

Dont know if yall knew about this so i figured out i'd share. http://gun-deals.com/ammo

here is a great site for ya.....http://www.samplelist.com/default.aspx?prod_type=1&hide_sold=False

bad64chevelle that is one nice k98. Is it a R/C and what is the year/maker. I really like the looks of it.