RE: Gotta love those old surplus rifles!!
I picked two old 7x57 Mausers to have custom guns built. The first was an Argentine and is now my favorite groundhog gun (6mm). The other was a Turk and sat in the corner of the safe for 6 years. One day I was at a gun show and picked up a couple boxes of cheap 7x57 shells to play with. Well that little S.O.B. shot a 1" group at 50 yards with iron sights! I have since cleaned it up some, mounted a used scope on it and take it deer hunting (especially in the rain) cause a little surface rust ain't gonna hurt it none. I got $100 in the gun, scope, mounts and rings. Add another $75 in shells and reloading dies and now I have a great shooting deer gun that puts the fun back into those cold, wet hunting days. Every time it puts down a deer I just laugh like hell. That really pisses off my hunting buddies, which makes it even funnier! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>