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[Ridolpho]

Just had a chance to give a '43 Tula (refurb) an initial test. This is one of the ones refurbished post WW2 that are not supposed to be collectable. I don't know why- a No. 4T or '03A4 that was arsenal rebuilt is still pretty desirable. Perhaps the sheer number of these is the issue? It has matching (deep stamp) bolt/ action body. Triggerguard is restamped to match. The scope number is stamped on the left side of the barrel right above the wood. The scope mount base is very nicely installed. Anyway, I bought it to shoot and finally got a chance to put a few rounds through it at the ancestral Ridolpho shooting range in Saskatchewan. Tightened the scope bracket into the mount, set everything at "zero" and it got right onto the bullseye at 100 yards shooting prone off a mat. I shot 5 but only 4 are visible- didn't have a called flyer so either had a "dud" round or 2 bullets through one hole. Rushing to avoid being eaten alive by mosquitos I backed off to 300 yards and set the range accordingly and was shocked to find 4 of 5 on the paper. I haven't shot prone much and was having a heck of a time getting a consistant chin-weld but this combo appears to have good potential and I'm anxious to get it on a proper bench rest for more testing. These rifles were obviously set up pretty well during the refurb- post is dead center in the scope and cross hair drops to center at about 600 meters setting. Fun shooting and not nearly the recoil of D-Bombs carbine!

Ridolpho

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