Soviet M38 Carbine

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went to Vietnam.

I have a 1961 Chinese Type 53 Carbine that came from Vietnam guy who just about gave it to me was my mentor when I served in the US NAVY SEABEE.

CM1 Ringer was his name and he was getting ready to retire and move out of state; he was taking guns with me and another guy and said that if we were interested he would sell us a couple of rifles that he captured when he was in Vietnam. The next day he showed up with a German Mauser and this Mosin. I was really interested in the Mauser but the other guy got to it before me. When Ringer gave me the rifle he told us the story of how he got it.

They were building a small firebase when they started taking 'sniper' (used loosely) fire from somewhere out on the perimeter. After a while, they located the shooter in a tree. They open up on him with the M60 and when they sent out a detail to check the area and the shooter; Ringer grabbed his weapon, the Mosin, and brought it home as a war trophy or whatever you want to call it. He told me he hadn't done much with the rifle and mostly sat in his closet since he came back from the war; which showed because of the rust. Just the same I handed him $20.00 for the rifle and brought it home. I did fire it once with surplus ammo and a long *** string but after that cleaned and never did anything with it.

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