Recent content by Kabal

Thanks for all the info, guys! I'll try to find some more answers on milsurps.com, as boom boom suggested. BTW: Had the time to put a few rounds through the old warhorse, and she's a sweet shooter, close to my Swedish Mauser in terms of practical accuracy.

I've only owned my Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I for a few days, but I can already tell you that it has the smoothest action of any milsurp bolt-action that I'm aware of. Unlike most bolt-action rifles, it's also a joy to load with stripper clips. The rounds drop in like butter. Mausers aren't bad...

My latest gun purchase was a Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I that was built by Maltby in Britain in 1944. The odd thing about this rifle is that it’s marked “No. 4 Mk. I*”, like its cousins made by Savage in the US: Here you can clearly see that mechanically, the rifle is a Mk. I (no asterisk)...

Military bolt action rifle competitions are very popular here in Germany. The rifles that are most highly regarded are the Swedish Mauser rifles (m/96 an m/38) and Swiss rifles based on the Schmidt-Rubin action (K31 and the model 1911 or model 1896/11 rifle). My personal rifle of choice is a...

I've got bore snakes in 9mm and .223. They work as advertised, but I've never used them since I got an Otis cleaning kit with the flexible rods / cables. Running a couple of oiled patches through the bore with the regular Otis kit works just as well as using a bore snake for a quick...

Here in Germany, every shooter is registered with some sort of local administrative office, usually called "Landratsamt" for rural areas and "Ordnungsamt" in cities. These offices are normally housed in large buildings and consist of many departments, dealing with everything from waste disposal...

My initial thought upon reading the thread title was: "Why would you hunt a Tiger with a LR-308?" ;) I've got an Izhmash Tigr in .308 with a 22 1/4" barrel and SVDS-style stock. Apart from the occasional lucky 3 or 4 shot group, it’s no sub-MOA rifle. Last year, I got to shoot it at a 520...

Be careful with the term "Totschläger" - it designates a forbidden item here in Germany! Totschlägers are usually bags of leather with an iron ball sewn into them on one side. Certain flexible batons (also referred to as "Stahlrute") are also banned. Apparently, there are those who refer to...

I was talking about gas pistols/revolvers. They can be fun on New Year's Eve. Some use them for self-defense with CS / pepper loads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwF1rjk5vk0 Of course, a spray is far superior. (BTW, pepper is only allowed to be used against animals in Germany.) That...

Those bikers are members of the Bandidos. As far as I know, they didn't want to have guns for sport shooting, but a license to carry blank guns. Until a few years ago, all adults were allowed to carry blank guns, but now, you need a license called "kleiner Waffenschein", which roughly...

It's my understanding that the guys at Archangel Manufacturing work, at least to some degree, independently from their mother company. I used to have an Archangel Sparta stock for my Mini-14 and it was definitely a quality stock.

I thought about getting one of these stocks in 2013, so I gathered all information I could find on them. There seemed to be a problem with the polymer in some of the mags that lead to cycling issues. The guys from Archangel themselves offered this solution (which involves heating the mags in an...

Unfortunately, I am not familiar enough with the American market to tell you anything about the PPK's value. Here in Germany, post-war PPs and PPKs are common and inexpensive guns. I'm sure others can tell you you what different versions of the PP series are worth in the US. You might also...

As Mike explained, all Walthers made in Zella-Mehlis are wartime or pre-wartime guns. Zella-Mehlis is a place in former East Germany that was occupied by the Soviets in 1945. That's why Walther had to move to Ulm after WWII. I have no idea if the markings on the backstrap are genuine or fake...

Thanks for the explanation. 16 is the official age of consent in Germany, although sex between an adult and a 14- or 15-year-old is not a punishable offense unless it can be proven that the boy/girl in question is somehow not "developed" enough psychologically. Children/teenagers are...