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OK, so I got this yesterday and posting it today.
A CRKT boot knife w/ a blade just a little too long for legal carry in MA. Oh well, makes a good letter opener I guess.
A CRKT boot knife w/ a blade just a little too long for legal carry in MA. Oh well, makes a good letter opener I guess.
Sweet. I have a CRKT folder that I bought when I was 13. It has held up great for 13 years of abuse.
I went old school yesterday. Dan Wesson 14-2 .357 Magnum w/2.5" barrel.
Nice DW. Take the grip off and see if there is a name engraved on the frame. My grandmother assembled DW's at the factory in Monson.
On the two other sides, there are 3 straight orange lines on one side and on the last side there is a yellow dot. I'm not sure if you know what any of that means.
You are right that my DW was manufactured in Monson. I took the grip off but I can't find a name underneath. There are two stamps, an "S" on one side and a "1" on the opposite side. On the two other sides, there are 3 straight orange lines on one side and on the last side there is a yellow dot. I'm not sure if you know what any of that means.
It's the double edge that's a MA no-no.
Came Friday; two days of cleaning and to the range today.
1916 Mauser Geweher M1898/14 8mm-S (.323); 98M conversion by HZa Spandau; SuWw/S58 on rear band, 1936, also matching wrist stamp Su58. Rear sight collar by Obendorf with ®, Ö37, and K Date (1934). Matching rear sight parts S/42G dated with K167 proofs. Contract manufactured receiver, V. Chr. Schilling, Suhl; 10th rarest of 11 Gew98 manufacturers in WWI. 1920 Versailles Treaty/Weimar over date; this marks the rifle as one the Weimar Republic was allowed to keep for the German army, which was limited to 100,000 men after WWI. The rifle is a bolt mismatch except for the front band (6310), serial #9487c; matching parts include barrel (early Simson/Suhl mark; mid 1920’s overhaul), receiver, ejector box and parts, rear sight and parts, middle band, stock, hand guard, bayonet lug, follower, floor plate, trigger guard, and butt plate. Bolt parts match #74 (firing pin, cocking piece, shroud, and safety with Obendorf/DMW Imperial proofs). Imperial proofed bolt body and extractor, #1947. Solid one piece beech stock with Imperial and Weimar HZa Su58 Spandau proofs, and renumbered to match. Odd proof mark on stock by take down disk is probably an entwined “BS” (or “KS”) for “Bahnschutz,” the German Railway Police. Reproduction sling from vintage leather. Light illegible import mark
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Sneaky. I sometimes wish I had a separate discretionary checking account, but we've got that single communal marriage pot in our house. A little new for my taste, but very nice all the same.
MS
Sneaky. I sometimes wish I had a separate discretionary checking account, but we've got that single communal marriage pot in our house. A little new for my taste, but very nice all the same.
MS