A Christmas Story
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A Christmas Story
“The only real power comes out of a long rifle" - Joseph Stalin
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Re: A Christmas Story
Ooooh nice Chrissie pressie. Santa wasn't as good as that for me this year.
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Re: A Christmas Story
Winchester 1895. Sold to the Russians like Nagants made by Remington And New England Westinghouse at the start of WWI. Great Christmas present. You must have been a good little boy last year.
Yes Robert but this one was shipped to Spain by the Russians in 1936-37 for use in the Spanish Civil War as noted by the MP8 cartouche.
http://scwmosin.weebly.com/the-1895-win ... rifle.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1895Between 1915 and 1917 approximately 300,000 M1895's were manufactured for the army of Russian Empire, accounting for about 70% of total production of the rifles prior to 1936 when the M1895 was discontinued.
Yes Robert but this one was shipped to Spain by the Russians in 1936-37 for use in the Spanish Civil War as noted by the MP8 cartouche.
http://scwmosin.weebly.com/the-1895-win ... rifle.html
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Re: A Christmas Story
joseyclosey wrote:Ooooh nice Chrissie pressie. Santa was'nt as good as that for me this year.
Thanks Josey, Mrs Claus has been very nice to me.
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Oh well...Spain... Russia... they are both foreign countries to me.
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Re: A Christmas Story
They're a great rifle, you'll certainly enjoy it; I once fired 5 effective shots in 4 and a 1/2 seconds from a .303 version.
This was on a military range at a standard figure target.
This was on a military range at a standard figure target.
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