I know it is a travesty...

[jmoore]

Dang. Bolt handle is bent down as well. Good for working up loads, though, esp. if you have another rifle like it.

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[Calfed]

My sons and I shoot in a vintage Military rifle silhouette match and a vintage military long-range match at my range. The matches are set up for "as issued" rifles, but both matches have an "open" class for scoped military rifles. We have heretofore only fired the match with open sights, but I kinda wanted to get either a scoped Persian or scoped '09 Argy to try out the "open" class with.

I can't bring myself to mutilate a nice mil-surp, and have been on the lookout for one that someone else had already done the dirty work on. I know that this one no longer has any collector value...but, it was priced accordingly.

[Calfed]

The Persian arrived today and is without question one of the finest condition Persian that I've seen...bluing is near perfect, a few dents in the stock, even the "straw" coloring on the screws is intact, bore is superb.








The scope base install and the bolt turn-down appear to be first rate. I'm certain that the bolt is the original because there there is a partial serial number in Farsi on the handle.

[Calfed]

I finally mounted a scope on this and will try to get to the range this week.




Anyone have any favorite 8mm loads?