MilsurpDan
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Had a good time last weekend working at the Baltimore show. Got to meet some fellow MDShooter's and talk to a few others. I saw a lot of things I'd liked to have bought but not much that I could afford. There were some good deals there if you looked close enough though. I saw this Venezuelan FN-49 on Frank Pagano's table and was shocked nobody bought it Friday Evening or most of the day Saturday. I've been lusting for an FN-49 for a while, but they're either too far out of my price range or I couldn't find the right one. I would've really liked one in .30-06 since I already have a lot of ammo and reloading supplies for it, but 7x57 is a pretty neat cartridge and should be fun to play with. I also went against my "no South American stuff" limit again, but for an FN-49 I don't care too much.
It's still got a lot of cosmoline in the action, and despite some charging handle impressions on the stock (probably from being stacked on top of each other when they came in the country), I'd doubt it was ever issued before it was sold for surplus. I was surprised to learn the Venezuelan FN-49's were imported in the early 1960's. My rifle was part of the second contract out of 8,000 rifles for Venezuela.
Now I just need to clean the cosmo and get some ammo loaded.
It's still got a lot of cosmoline in the action, and despite some charging handle impressions on the stock (probably from being stacked on top of each other when they came in the country), I'd doubt it was ever issued before it was sold for surplus. I was surprised to learn the Venezuelan FN-49's were imported in the early 1960's. My rifle was part of the second contract out of 8,000 rifles for Venezuela.
Now I just need to clean the cosmo and get some ammo loaded.
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