BillyLuath ago

Man you got that right... give me Mauser ever time. My absolute favorite hunting rifle was a K98 sporterized to .35 Whelan.

Leupold scope and one of the early Mcmillan fiberglass stocks. It even had NAZI proofs on the receiver and bolt... God, I miss that rifle.

I don't own a single push feed bolt action rifle.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

man that sounds really tricked out

what sort of game food you hunt with it

BillyLuath ago

Mule deer and elk, though it slayed more deer than elk.

It was my short range, brushy rifle (not a lever guy).

clamhurt_legbeard ago

ya dude

im pretty ignorant about the many hunting calibers

i only know military rounds

but .35 sounds good and fat

i bet that could thump real good

BillyLuath ago

30.06 necked up to .35, it was a wildcat back then, now it's factory.

Shot 250 grain Nosler partitions I hand loaded. it was a thumper.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

daaaaang hahaha

flaxom ago

Nice post, nice series. I've got one of those spanish mausers in 7mm from 1914, one of my grandfather's rifles, survived the sporterizing era in tact with matching serials everywhere but the magazine plate. Even was able to find an appropriate bayonet for it because 5 feet isn't already long enough and it's got that lovely lug.

I cleaned it up a little and marveled at the condition and quality of the action, but haven't had a chance to fire it yet. I found the stock and hand guard insides were autographed and dated by their mustachioed spaniard crafters, very faintly in pencil, a nice touch. Love the simplicity of the safety, how many millions of other guys must have had that "oh yeah derp" moment when going in to sight it.

Any 100 year old rifle I'd be concerned about exploding in my face, but instead I expect this one to be smooth like squeezing butter.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

dude thats so amazing

over a century old

guns are so amazing because its history you can pick up and experience

mausers are so safe

even if they explode it has like three more safeties helping you

and i wonder how that 7mm is to shoot

is it softer

i bet you could still take a buck with it no problem

have you seen ammo

flaxom ago

It'd absolutely handle a buck, still an enormous round compared to everything else I have. Here's a comparison shot from a while back showing 7mm, .30-30, .300 AAC, .223 from the top down. The chamber was in almost new condition even though the stock has a thousand little dings and scratches from being carried around for decades by servicemen. I believe this was an artilleryman's rifle from my research, would have been used in the spanish civil war among some other events. When you get that effortless cheek weld and your hands automatically find their way into the worn sections of the stock, you can definitely feel the history in the thing, hard to describe.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

When you get that effortless cheek weld and your hands automatically find their way into the worn sections of the stock

wow man

i have a couple mosins and my brother has a k98k

probably never saw each other before we bought them but

theres the slight chance that one of them was used to kill the others operator

so crazy

flaxom ago

Would love to add one of both to my collection. Need a bigger safe!

I picked up this old M7 bayonet at a gun show for real cheap once, the guy was almost giving it away because it had this big bite taken out of the middle of the blade. Maybe his kid fucked it up or something but to me that will always be epic battle damage! Maybe one day in the afterlife we'll get to rewind the tapes and find out the true histories of all these various objects.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

dude

a friend of mine mentioned that as his idea of heaven

Battlefat ago

This one is one of my favorites, clammy. Also, that giant Mauser style claw extractor is standard on current Ruger Scout rifles. It’s big AF

clamhurt_legbeard ago

a brand new rifle using 150 year old technology

that mustve been a winner lol

Battlefat ago

The Ruger Scout is an anomaly defined by Jeff Cooper, who initially worked directly with Steyr to develop the Steyr Scout to his specifications in the late 90s.

They are both cult rifles, equally derided as they are cherished. I’ve got the Ruger version and immediately fucked off on the long eye relief concept and put a full rail and a big ass optic on it.

It’s short as balls for a hunting rifle, but godamned it’s taken a good amount of meat and that’s what matters

clamhurt_legbeard ago

dude short rifles are so great

i have a 91/30 mosin and an m38

91/30 is in very nice condition

smooth bolt and trigger

m38 is rough all around

but its so much handier

i love it

Battlefat ago

A 16” barrel can be plenty accurate, but after getting a 9” Saint Victor pistol to hit an inch at 100 with factory subsonic and a 1x red dot in 300 BLK, I’m thinking what is the limit to the shortness of a barrel at which practicality, accuracy and safety intersect because I want that right now and always

clamhurt_legbeard ago

dude yes

and then you put a can on it and its still super short

just depends on what you need

my current project is about short and light

im not going sbr or anything super custom

keeping it simple and very basic

but also going short and light

we shall see

Battlefat ago

I’m interested to see what components you choose. I tend towards durable mil spec shit, but can appreciate more exotic builds

Redcobra ago

Congratulations clammy ,you have rekindled my enjoyment of all new. It took a few pages but I’m glad I found it.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

dude

i check my inbox

all hot

then just live on all new

its where the cool kids hang out

Redcobra ago

All new is the only way to fly, although it has as of late been letting me down. I thought corona chan lockup would have brought more , better posts. Sadly I’ve been sadded by the sadness.

On the bright side

I’m getting pretty darn good at the diy life hacks!! We’ve been treated to.

No really , great post.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

thx dude

im going to be making a similar but different couple of posts soon about my own project

that should be fun too

Redcobra ago

Sweet , look forward to it.

But also can you do like around 50-100 covid 19 posts daily ?

Oh whoops I forgot!!!,, we already have that lol.well back too all new so I Can see what QRV is doing.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

probably forgetting to cite their sources lol

Redcobra ago

Hey that’s unfair, Twitter is a source ! Also YouTube=source ,

Hahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha

clamhurt_legbeard ago

where we pew one we pew all

Redcobra ago

Rorrim kniht

clamhurt_legbeard ago

whoa

Redcobra ago

hmmm . Anything else good lately?

clamhurt_legbeard ago

yeah

tomorrow is an easy day at work

Redcobra ago

as Long as the clock is moving an easy day is good day.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

heck yeah

im having lunch in my truck

the back is so quiet and comfy because i have a camper shell and blankets

Redcobra ago

FUCK YA,

Are you having frozen bun meat cheesewiches ?

Also what’s with bulk foods lol , I went to grocery store today and noticed it’s all (bulk food section) cordoned off haha.

I wonder if that will make people think about taking a scoop from the communal troughs.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

yeah ive seen some bulk just prepackaged and other stores normal

im gonna eat the leftovers from tonight

porcupine meatballs and brown gravy

rice was crunchy

well see how it is after i soak it in gravy all night

plus im taking an apple

Redcobra ago

What are porcupine meatballs?

clamhurt_legbeard ago

meatballs with rice in them

they stick out a little and look like a porcupine lol

Redcobra ago

Ohhhhhh,ok then how were they?

I didn’t think porcupine would taste good and figured the quills would’ve got stuck in your throat.

I think rice was a better choice!

clamhurt_legbeard ago

the rice was still crunchy

Redcobra ago

Hmmm did you put raw rice into meat?

If so why not parboil next time

clamhurt_legbeard ago

yes

thats how you do it

except you also let it go for an hour

i wanted it done in 20 min

Redcobra ago

Ok ok , you’ve learned a valuable lesson

Don’t rush the finish.

CrustyBeaver52 ago

Clam these are great posts - I love them.

Be sure to archive all this on your hard drive separately.

You are already approaching a sales worthy e-book with this content.

A fine read it would be.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

actuary i probably should

a lot of the pictures already disappeared

hmm

CrustyBeaver52 ago

Yeah - I used to do a lot of websites, and we just mirror archived the entire site on our own drives in case anything happened. Just re-upload the whole thing with a click or two.

Saves you a lot of work down the road.

Nadakai ago

Man what a great post. I will take one of each rifle. Thanks!

clamhurt_legbeard ago

dude for real

collecting can become a problem lol

Deshy ago

Dood, that was an interesting read and now I am kinda hungry!

Just went boot-camping with the kids and wow, running cement storm drains is not easy. :)

Wooo this post makes me want a Mauser, you always do this!!!

Not sure if I need to link this to v/recipes or v/guns maybe both!

clamhurt_legbeard ago

im making porcupine meatballs like my mom used to make

not actually following a recipe so uh well see how it turns out

Deshy ago

Dood they can be yummy... I have a recipe but it kinda burns to the bottom a bit but it gives it such flavor...Lemme know how it goes...

clamhurt_legbeard ago

rice was not at all done

Deshy ago

Pre cook the rice a bit that’s what I do or use left over rice. I have used brown partially cooked and that gave it a boost in goodness... but yeah my first go the rice was undercooked too and I felt like a numpty but oh well crunchy meatballs, let it cook in stomach juices, keeps you fuller for longer is what I said, hehe ;)

clamhurt_legbeard ago

my problem was i was very tired and didnt want to do extra work and didnt want to wait an hour to do that sort of thing

oh well

it was edible

just not for our toothless baby

Deshy ago

I hear ya, I feel totally spent now, done, freagin well done.

I’d eat your meatballs btw... lol, not fussy... crunchy or not and for the wee lil man, some oats, bananas and toast is a nice fall back! :)

Been there...

thedirtypuma ago

Excellent read as always. I feel like like there was more clammy art than usual which is a bonus.

I also have fond memories of the Kar98 from the original call of duty game.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

my brother has one

1943 if i remember

tiny waffenamt marking intact

good gun