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<p>[QUOTE="Firemandk, post: 3944025, member: 7258"]I once had an 1888 German commission rifle I bought packed with cosmaline that had a post 1900 Turkish crest on it.... I swedged a bullet through the barrel and determined by mic-ing it had been re-grooved ( not re-bored) for post 1900 semi modern spitzer ammo ... That said , they had single locking lugs, and getting one of those bolts blown into your forehead will leave a mark or much worse . Bought some surplus Argentinian ammo , tied that rifle down to a tire and shot 30 rounds through it till I was relatively satisfied I wouldn't kill myself ( after removing the bolt and checking a well as I could . ) I kept it a bunch of years and must have shot 100 rounds through it . Would I use it now if i still had it ? maybe with my own loads or "cowboy" loads, but with modern ammo, heck no. I survived at 21 years of age my gun phase but I was relatively smart ..... no way I would do it these days.... at 59....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Firemandk, post: 3944025, member: 7258"]I once had an 1888 German commission rifle I bought packed with cosmaline that had a post 1900 Turkish crest on it.... I swedged a bullet through the barrel and determined by mic-ing it had been re-grooved ( not re-bored) for post 1900 semi modern spitzer ammo ... That said , they had single locking lugs, and getting one of those bolts blown into your forehead will leave a mark or much worse . Bought some surplus Argentinian ammo , tied that rifle down to a tire and shot 30 rounds through it till I was relatively satisfied I wouldn't kill myself ( after removing the bolt and checking a well as I could . ) I kept it a bunch of years and must have shot 100 rounds through it . Would I use it now if i still had it ? maybe with my own loads or "cowboy" loads, but with modern ammo, heck no. I survived at 21 years of age my gun phase but I was relatively smart ..... no way I would do it these days.... at 59....[/QUOTE]
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