pics of your well worn shooters

I don't have anything that fits that description I will one day though

I re-finished mine 2 years ago so none to show.
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I have a few milsurps that are well worn. Sadly no pictures at the moment though.

No pictures here, either -- my digital camera won't upload for some reason.

But I have:

Stevens Favorite with tang sight
Stevens #26 Crack Shot
Springfield M1922 MKII
M1898 Krag, "sporterized" about a century ago, with a cocking piece sight.
Savage M99 in .308 Win, made about 1958
M1905 Ross in .303

Same boat, no pictures. I do have, however, a pre-accutrigger Savage .308 that I really like and use a lot. Original cheap stock and all. It got beat up enough that I plugged and masked everything off, shot it with primer and Krylon. Right now it's a mottled mix of O.D. green and brown. Works just fine on "yotes in Ohio and deer in W.V.

I've owned this rifle since I was 11 years old,,,

I've owned this rifle since I was 11 years old,,,
And I turned 64 years old last November.

By the time I left high school this rifle had accounted for,,,
Three deer and an Arkansas razorback boar.



She (Bertha) is a K-98 Mauser in 8mm,,,
This one was made in the Orberndorf factory in 1944,,,
Or at least that was what an appraiser told me a few years ago.

My great uncle Bantie brought this back from Europe,,,
He gave it to his younger brother (my grandpa),,,
Who in turn gifted it to me.

I have the original sling for it,,,
The leather is too old to use but I have it oiled.

I do remember losing the hand guard way back when,,,
I am soooooooo glad that my Pop wouldn't let me "sporterize" the stock.

Last year shooting Prvi Partizan ammo,,,
I held a 2-3" group at 100 yards,,,
Off of a rest of course.

I bought a polymer stock for it a few years back,,,
I loaned it to a good friend who took several feral hogs with it.

She may be 72 years old,,,
But she still knows how to dance.

Aarond

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very cool aarondhgraham
thanks for sharing

Here's a couple. The roller is a 1902 in 7mm Mauser. It is in good shape with a good bore, but it's been around the block a couple of times.

The Krag is a 98, all original and untouched with a serial # in the high 450,000s, so it is one of the last ones made. It has about the worst bore I ever saw, so bad I hesitated to fire it at first. I pulled a bullet on a factory round and dropped the charge bu 20%. It digested that with no trouble, along with subsequent factory loads and seemed to hit where I aimed. I decided to try it out at 100 yards.

It hit P,O,A. and shot a two inch 5 shot group with Remington 180 grain factory loads. Proof that a bore doesn't have to look good in order to shoot well.

And I dont know why my pics always seem to end up upside dawn. They are rightside up on my screen.

My old 1873 Winchester in 38-40.

My military M-24/47 has been kicked around a bit, but she has the best trigger I've felt on any military grade Mauser,
even better than my German 98. She'll print 5 shots into 2" @ 100 benched with military sights.
The only one to do that to date in my collection. Generally it's 3"-4" @ 100

Nice story! Wish I had one like that!

Here's my old 8mm Turkish Mauser, Hell on deer with 150 gr Hornady spire points. I had to quit using it for deer, it would put a hole about 4"dia on the way out.
Sorry for the cheesy pic but it's all I have without emptying out my safe.

My other old beaters have all been refinished.

I have my dad's old Remington pump in .35 REM., and old 30-30, and my dad's Winchester 74 from around 1940.

Spanish 1916 Mauser, 100 years young, originally .308. She was sporterized many years before I was born, and in her latest rebirth wears a 70 year old German 8mm Mauser barrel, but because of the old receiver, I only shoot cast bullet loads.



This was when I was just starting to work up a good load...then the Scorpion grabbed my attention...

I still have my first firearm. Stevens .22/410 overunder. My dad bought it for me when I was 12 - paid $24 (used).




I also have my dad's M1 Carbine (.30 Cal)