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Old 12-28-2007, 05:19 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SPRINGFIELD View Post
I'll start it off,

I love old military surplus bolt-action rifles. Especially Mosin-Nagants. They are dirt cheap(less than 100 bucks) accurate, powerful, and the ammo is both cheap and plentiful. They are Russian, and the Russians did a surprisingly good job of preserving them for the last 60 years. All of them I have ordered have come to me looking as if they'd never been fired.
I have a 1909 Mauser bolt action 30.06 and a few others. Havent shot them in ages, too civilized and weird now. I miss just going out back and plinking cans, the smell of gunpowder and the kick.
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