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If this rifle could talk

Journal Entry: Thu Mar 5, 2009, 7:53 PM
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Tonight I find myself with my rifle in my lap, wondering a simple question. If she could talk, what would she say? What of her creation, forged and milled from large chunks of steel and wood? Did she see combat? If so, what happened to the man who carried her into battle. Was he a proud, courageous man, or a scared conscript doing his best to stay alive? Did she have a name before I named her? Or did she just sit on a shelf her whole life, until someone came along and sold her overseas? What is her history, and her opinion on things?

What does she think of me? And, most importantly, what stories would she tell 20 years from now?

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=dare-to-disgrace Mar 6, 2009, 1:50:35 PM
She would probably say "Pew pew pew"

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~ImprovidentScion Mar 9, 2009, 9:36:15 PM
Chinese, Yugo, or Russkie?

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~PaulStrealer Mar 10, 2009, 7:11:08 AM
Mei's a Russkie rifle(a Mosin).

Jessica's a Yugo. I know she hasn't seen combat, as Yugoslavia was rather neutral at that time.

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~ImprovidentScion Mar 10, 2009, 9:34:09 AM
From which arsenal/year is your Mosin?

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~PaulStrealer Mar 10, 2009, 11:59:13 AM
1938 Izzy. All matching.

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~ImprovidentScion Mar 10, 2009, 12:57:11 PM
Niiiiice.

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~PaulStrealer Mar 10, 2009, 2:08:15 PM
Very. She's a ridiculously accurate rifle, too, 1.5" groups or so using Bulgarian surplus light ball. I can't wait to see how she does with handloads, once I can handload!

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~ImprovidentScion Mar 10, 2009, 3:26:44 PM
Better get some 54R brass quickly, now. The Winchester stuff I bought a while ago to break in my 1943 Izzy is now going for about $23 per box.

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~PaulStrealer Mar 10, 2009, 4:26:44 PM
Actually, you can reload steel cased ammo, but it's only good for one or two reloads at most. Also, I know how to reload berdan cases. I'm saving all my brass.

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