So me and Shin-Tao were driving back from our vacation today, and there happened to be a little (literally) Mom and Pop gun store along the highway...we had deliberately allowed time for such an eventuality, so we pulled in. The shop not only sold your garden variety new and used firearms, but also a fair assortment -- no, an impressive assortment -- of collectible and rare firearms. After poking around a bit -- and picking up a lovely pair of wooden grips carved with a wildflower motif for my Taurus -- I spied something right up my alley: A 1936 8 millimeter Turkish Mauser. It has lovely Arabic script engraved down the receiver, and every piece of metal on it, including the barrel bands, is embossed with an Islamic crescent. The perfect rifle for a belly dancer, wouldn't you say?
Oh, and it has a hand-tooled leather sling -- camel leather? Who knows?
Shin-Tao finagled me some good soft point ammo for it, and we picked up a few other odds and ends there, too. Check 'em out if you are ever in Moyock, NC -- Cole's Gun Works on the main road. Lots of cool stuff!
Now I just have to work on holding the blasted thing...it's about as tall as I am...
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[This message has been edited by duck hunt (edited September 30, 2000).]
Oh, and it has a hand-tooled leather sling -- camel leather? Who knows?
Shin-Tao finagled me some good soft point ammo for it, and we picked up a few other odds and ends there, too. Check 'em out if you are ever in Moyock, NC -- Cole's Gun Works on the main road. Lots of cool stuff!
Now I just have to work on holding the blasted thing...it's about as tall as I am...
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*quack*
[This message has been edited by duck hunt (edited September 30, 2000).]