Thread: Walnut and blued steel,

Originally Posted by Sideshow

FRST what are those 30M1 like to shoot.
Always wanted one.

They are super fun, no recoil, lightweight with great mag capacity. The round is not a great killer though, you must be close and accurate to put your animal down. Great history behind them though. Mine is a 1943 made by General Motors. They were made by a bunch of US companies from IBM to jukebox & typewriter manufacturers.

This years birthday present to myself, a limited run ruger in .358 win, love it,
put a few 225gr serria soft points threw today, 2400fps and very good groups, also had a play with sum 158gr pistol bullets and 15gr trail boss at 2000fps, they don't feed all that great, as the big flat on the nose, is catching the ramp, coming out of the mag, but fun to shoot, and will get a more truncated nose next time.

Nice. Ruger. Nice. Shooting. Nice. Bear (Borwn or Black??)

That Ruger is a cool rifle in a nice bush calibre. Nice to see a classic!

Nowadays I am doing black powder cartridges - Winchester 73 in .44-40, one of my favourite cartridges:



If you thought old guns with black powder cartridges and open sights don't shoot very well, I have discovered this is not necessarily true....



She gets out in the bush too - three deer to her name since April, all with black powder loads and soft lead bullets I cast myself from a period design.

Well...I'll starve for about 6 months, but I had to get this Reeb DR from a friend. He's had it for 62 years and has lately taunted me with it, so I bought it.

It's in 8X57J (rimless .318), and the scope is the original 3X Voightlander SKOPAR. I'll use it on two deer hunts this fall in Nevada and Montana. I've had to sell a couple of drillings to get it, but drillings are common now. Not this.

Stunning. Was it a war trophy? I heard many nice German sporting guns ended up in the States post-war

Great round in an excellent Ruger. I've loved Rugers all my life and owned many along the way.

Yours is a KEEPER, southernman! Rates a Two-Cool

Originally Posted by Pointer

Stunning. Was it a war trophy? I heard many nice German sporting guns ended up in the States post-war

It was a WWI war trophy. Reeb was house gunmaker to Frederick Wilhelm III, Son of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

I am sure that gun was removed from my great grandfathers chateau in 1918, please post it to me asap, so the I can confirm its origins
On the serious side that is a stunning gun

Must get some photos of my bro in laws Hurbertus Drilling for ya all. It's a WW I war trophy, taken from a ships captain by his grandfather. A neat firearm made with such skill.

Originally Posted by Mathias

Must get some photos of my bro in laws Hurbertus Drilling for ya all. It's a WW I war trophy, taken from a ships captain by his grandfather. A neat firearm made with such skill.

Get some posted asap! I'm a drilling slut.

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My latest, Ruger 96/22WMR