Thread: First deer

HAHA I will tell you a story about my old 8x57mmjs Mauser I brought it new for about $20 off my brother in law
full wood still with the swastikas on it not stamped out . My Father god bless him built a new stock out of mahogany
for me and it weighted a ton that soaked up a bit of recall , shot like shit , but was ok in the bush and I did take it on a few Thar hunts with success .
Well old mate Kay Khoe wanted the stock for something he was building so I gave it to him and he told me when he was a kid in Denmark after ww2 when
the Germans left there was 1000's of the 8x57s laying around every where . He lived in the countryside and they had a 44gal drum full of 8x57 ammo.
The thing was they used to wear out the barrels pretty quick but that didn't matter there where plenty around . It wasn't until a bit latter they found out that the 44gal drum of ammo was machine gun ammo .