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52 ExcellentAbout Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674
- Currently Viewing Topic: Sheeple - now an official word.
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- Birthday 04/24/1961
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SE WI
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Firearms, Civil War reenacting, Home brewing
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Frozen lake auto recovery.
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Sedalia Dave's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
I don't know how much it adds to the cost but there are environmental regulations that need to be met, mainly to prevent fuel leakage. -
Mannlicher- Schoenauer ammunition
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Forty Rod SASS 3935's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
No, that’s a clip for a Mannlicher style magazine the Mannlicher Schoenauer has a Schoenauer style rotary magazine. -
For people that wear glasses
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Alpo's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Glass lenses can shatter into sharp fragments. I have a nice “dueling” scar as a result of one of my glass lenses shattering from a freak impact, I was lucky not to have lost my eye. Now I only wear polycarbonate lenses. -
It is available on Amazon
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It does look something like a Gren, though I don't think he did rear sights like that, mine has a notched hammer for a sight. Also, he marked his guns.
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8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Forty Rod SASS 3935's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
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8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Forty Rod SASS 3935's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
BTW Forty, congratulations on your new rifle! -
8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Forty Rod SASS 3935's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Forty, before Steyr added more American chambering in the 1924 model, the magazines were designed to the profile of the round the gun was chambered in, so if you rechambered the rifle, you would also most likely need to modify the magazine. -
8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Forty Rod SASS 3935's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
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8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Forty Rod SASS 3935's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
I believe 8x57 brass can be converted to 8x56. -
While called a .44, the "58" Remington's bore is .454 so .44-40 would not work.
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Actually, it was an executive order.
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Not a bill, but George Bush Sr. was responsible for the 1989 Assault Weapons Import Ban.
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non SASS gun?
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Forty Rod SASS 3935's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Mannlichers/Steyr rifles are often available through the Cabelas Gun Library. Though a later model, this one might interest you: https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/100931065 There is an older model M-S in .270 also available: https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/100867678 Around 10 years ago Cabelas must have bought up number of collections/estates with M-S rifles as they had a fair number available through their "Gun Library". I found a very nice mid-1960s MCA model in 270 and its been my main hunting rifle ever since. It originally had a very worn Leopold VXII 2-7 power scope on a G -
"The Siege of Jadotville"
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 replied to Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
A very good movie!