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That's terrible about the beautiful tile. I'm a specialty record collector so I am experienced in packing similar items. One would really have to pack it like a glass record; i.e. no flexing, and even then it's a dicey proposition.

Edit;ebay and overseas? Uh-oh spaghettios. I've ceased even looking at ebay. It's just too much of a pain to have to explain how to properly pack fragile items.

 

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Yes, they are a 50 cal. The 475 Linebaugh is of course .475 and uses a cut-down 45-70 case rifle case. I shot it 60 times one day when I was working up loads for a safari. That was about 1 too many shots in a row. A few weeks later I shot 80 rounds through my 375 H&H while working up loads for the same trip. Since then I keep my range sessions a bit shorter. The most I shoot the 500 NE is 20 times then to on to something lighter. You can tear a retina if overdone.

 

I don't own any functioning firearm, but we keep an old WW1 relic, a German Mauser rifle. It was brought back as a souvenir by my wife's grandfather who was a lieutenant during this war, not in the German but in the French army. He passed away in the 1980s and nobody knows where precisely he took it (in Verdun, perhaps?), and why he brought it home. He kept it hidden in his garage since, even hidden from the Germans during the 1940-1944 occupation (he lived in Normandy). It seems he never had any ammunition for this rifle, which very probably did not fire a single shot since WW1. There is an inscription : Waffenfabrik / Mauser A-G / Oberndorf A/N / 1915.
It is completely rusted, I do not know if it is possible to clean it and take that rust away. It has very probably never been demilitarized or rechambered.

 

Great souvenir. Nice heirloom. It can be conserved. The rust is removed by boiling in water. It likely would have some pitting, but it's hard to tell. I've seen rusted guns come out pretty good with a lot of bluing left. Last thing you want to do is take steel wool or sandpaper to it. It's better off leaving as is rather than doing that.

My father was at Normandy. He was with the Engineers that first hit the beach.

 

Thank you, but I don't know how I could do this. Even if I managed to disassemble it, there are parts too big for my biggest pan... Well, I'll follow your advice but not right now, I'll start thinking of doing it when I'll retire, which is coming soon. Thank you. I hope tour father came home from Europe in good health, for the Normandy battle has not been a picnic...

 

You would have to make something big enough to put the barreled action in. I've seen gutters cut and used. It's something that would have to be well thought out. If you are interested, you can message me and I'll give you a link where you can watch a guy that is very good at conserving guns and will show you the process. Yes, my father made it back ok. He was wounded and received a purple heart when a piece of shrapnel from one of the German's large howitzers hit him in the spine at the base of the neck. He said they sounded like a bus going thru the air.

 

PussyCat dropped 50rds no problem.

 

Just plinking, or grouping?

 

The GREATEST generation! Thank him for me, for his service!

 

Thank you for that. Sadly, he passed away in 1992.

 

A little of both had target just 50yds out 3" orange circle had to aim 6" below but started nailing it.I then started picking items 3/4' up the berm about 110yds was dead on.

 

Just won this in auction VZ-24 to replace the one I gave to my Son.On a roll.Today I spied an American Tactical MP40 9mm 10" barrel $589 last one for a while.

 

Fantastic Gun! Good win.

 

Bismuth crystals. I am fascinated by the different crystal shapes they form.



I like Malachite. It calms me down.



I sleep next to a dragon...



True story. lol

 

..i got these two kool books for me antique library..one has alligator hide for a cover...undated, my 1st two as such... The Golden Treasury, Francis Palgrave and Compensation, Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

The red car is the first car I bought when when I got a job right after college in 1990. 25 years later I bought the silver car as my daily driver. The black car is for the dogs, so that I stay out of trouble for not allowing them in my other cars

 

Those are fine looking wheels, but I must point out they are not "compact" cars!!!!

 

A New addition to the collection for the WWII era semi only can't afford a real one is 9mm though.

 

I collect old diaries and I metal detect.

 

I had a friend that had several MP40s. Of course, he had several of every gun it seemed.