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    1. K

      Trump administration moves to ban bump stocks

      Follow the money Perhaps instead of directing all this anger towards the President (who does share some culpability in this), redirect much of it towards the NRA. The NRA is not just a building, a museum, a range, and a lobbying arm. It's a business. It wants to stay in business and its...
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      Gun cleaning.

      Wipe-Out. Do a search on it here. Amazing product.
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      WWII Nazi Paratrooper's Helmet and SS Dagger questions...

      I though RZM stood for Reichszeugmeisterei and was more of an approval stamp than a makers mark. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichszeugmeisterei
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      19th century military uniforms

      Do you have any rough idea of the photo date? Looks European, but Europe went through a quite a bit of changes. The Christian cross on the leather cross strap is interesting and might be your biggest clue. It's not something you see on the common uniforms of the major players of the period so...
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      Baltimore Antique Arms Show 3/15,3/16

      Interesting, was this on Sunday? We were there Saturday AM. Maybe some of the dealers decided they actually wanted to make a sale and adjusted their prices accordingly. Also, at the recent York show, I saw much better condition RC/import marked K98ks going for the same prices $350-400. It is...
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      Yugo AK's Best ak under 600.00?

      The PSL is for all intents and purposes an upsized AK with parts sized for the 54R round. Strip a 47 and a PSL and the operation and parts are the same except for the size. The SVD (Dragunov) and clones use a different operating system and are not clones of the AK action adjusted for size. At...
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      Baltimore Antique Arms Show 3/15,3/16

      I was not impressed with this show compared to this show I attended 4 years ago. I saw some nice items and hung out with some friends that I hadn't seen in a while. Oh and as far as prices are concerned. I am not paying $650 for an RC K98k with no bluing and the markings peened. My buddy...
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      Collecting specific sets/groups of C&R firearms?

      The K98k. You can collect by year and by factory, and that's just for starters.
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      Smart Rifle never misses, now comes in semi-automatic form

      The smoothbore musket eventually replaced the skilled archer of European armies. Why? Because it was easier and cheaper to give a firearm to a relatively unskilled person and have them be "combat effective". It took years of training and then constant upkeep to make a good bowman and keep him...
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      Why is Maryland so anti-gun?

      Because of the demographics and votes. Generally, usually, normally, blue=anti-2A stance. To be fair, there are some pro 2A blue folks. Generally, usually, normally, red=pro 2A stance. Look at a map of Maryland during the last election, or the one before that, and the one prior to that...
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      Bought a Yugo capture k98. How did I do?

      Easy, on the receiver it says karab.98b. An untouched karab.98b wouldn't look like your rifle. Generally, if it started life as a K98k it would either be blank or say Mod. 98. The Germans were known to "re-use" older 98 system parts to make a "new" gun to current specs. It is known that the SS...
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      Bought a Yugo capture k98. How did I do?

      Bertfish, this gun started life as a very rare karabiner98b. The 98b was an intermediate step between the Gewehr 98 (M) and the K98k. The 98b in original factory config had the long Gew.98 barrel, the side sling, bent bolt, and sight of the K98k. Either the Yugos or the Germans modified the...
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      Russian capture 98k sighting

      JRA used to sell restored K98ks. It was one of the first rifles that I ever bought. Truely a beautiful looking rifle, however, it was a restored K98k. They didn't sell it as an original nor did they sell it as a restoration. I do believe that some of the parts were renumbered to match. To be...
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      Is this a good deal or should I avoid it?

      Some collectors snub the RC's. All of the K98ks in my collection are RCs. So what? If you know what to look for, there is nothing wrong with an RC. Spend a few bucks to replace the sight hood, cleaning rod, and capture screws and you've restored the rifle to it's German wartime config. If you...
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      Maryland Militia ?

      Lexington and Concord? I don't think those were just chest thumpers. I guess the Minutemen there didn't make a difference.
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