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    Some things just make you smile

    On the range today, stinking hot, typical February in OZ.

    Young bloke fronts up with a nice looking 1918 Lithgowicon with nice tidy Qld. Maple.
    I'm watching him belt a few rounds down range, when lo and behold, the forewood went too.

    Well I've heard of the odd No.4 doing this, common to one Yank outfit I think, but a No. 1......new one on me.

    The front of the forewood had been replaced from the barrel band, but no graft to the rear part, just a clean cut with stuff all but good luck holding it in place........it was just a bit amusing watching the nosecap and half the timber heading down range.

    Hard to suppress a smile while the poor young bugger was telling me he just picked this one up from Victoria during the week and how excited he was to get such a nice deal, the Victorians must have seen this lad coming a thousand mile away.

    It is quite repairable, but all original.........well
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    Not bad for a 200 year old rifle

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    Poor kid. I haven't had that much bad luck with rifles, but I scored a No4 shooting groups in excess of a foot at 100 yrds. I can feel his pain.

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    Yeah, you got me there(corrected) .......I guess I'm still laughing

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    I had the same happen to me on a Mosin Nagant M44. I had bought the thing at auction and unbeknownst to me the stock was duffle cut under the rear band. Ten or so rounds in the front end just fell apart being held suspended in air by the cleaning rod.
    Held together with only a single, cut finishing nail. Not even a piece of bubble gum smashed between for good measure.
    The trick to embarrassing episodes such as these is to act like you meant for that to happen!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by muffett.2008 View Post
    Yeah, you got me there(corrected) .......I guess I'm still laughing
    The look on the young bloke's face would've been funny

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    Some one going to help him get it running again muffett not much use going back to the shop as the "all care no responsibility" comes out, I gather it was a real Mayor of Hiroshima moment, would have been pretty funny though.........

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    I had an Orbea Hermanos revolver that was a clone of the Russianicon S&W, manufactured in Spain and supplied to the Brits in WWI.
    Mine was broad arrow marked and chambered 455 Webley.

    It is of break open design, but the latch is not as robust as that on the Webley.
    At the range I shot off six rapid, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang and then on the last shot, the action popped open flinging six empty cases up into the air.
    WTF! I had an audience watching! How embarrassing!!

    So I casually closed the action, blew the smoke from the barrel and reholstered.

    Later somebody asked me about the revolver that auto ejects after the last round and then stays open for reloading.
    Clever people those Spanish!
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    Got a fellow in our club, turns up while ago all excited with his latest purchase - Nagant Sniper - i know next to nothing about them, but out of curiously i had brief look and few shots to zero - at 400 yds the point of the grate is almost to extreme top and right of field of view - so obviously not centred and aligned to bore when mounted, plus screw are obviously not of correct vintage/style - its a put together IMHO - but he's rapt with his "orig sniper" .

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