Mordwyn.45
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Mr Nolden,
I was passing through one of the local gunshops near my home and came across an old full sized battle rifle that the guy behind the counter said it was a "Swedish Schmitt-Rubin" rifle.
He explained that the odd looking, wood knobed, "T" shaped, bolt handle was designed to allow use by alpine or arctic troops while wearing mittens or other cold weather hand protection, and it had a "straight pull" Mannlicher type bolt action. With that design the mitten thing made sence, as it also had what looked like a sriker rod that had a large "mitten sized" ring on it's end. This was explained as being "either the safty activator or was used to recock the striker/hammer alowing double strikes on a misfire". This rod/ring was located on the back of the bolt and was "cocked back" by the rearward motion of the bolt. The rear notch type site fixture was adjustable to ranges out to 2000 meters.
He's asking around $175 for it and I'm curious as to the history of this rifle and is the $$ amount they want worth it. Hell, the shop is not even sure of the ammo type it uses, so if I did buy it I don't even know it I'd be able to shoot the thing.
Any information you could provide would be a big help. It's a real neat looking piece.
Thanks
Rob
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"TANSTAAFL"- R.A. Heinlen
"Molon Labe"- Leonidas to Xerxes at Thermopile
[This message has been edited by Mordwyn.45 (edited June 05, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by Mordwyn.45 (edited June 05, 2000).]
I was passing through one of the local gunshops near my home and came across an old full sized battle rifle that the guy behind the counter said it was a "Swedish Schmitt-Rubin" rifle.
He explained that the odd looking, wood knobed, "T" shaped, bolt handle was designed to allow use by alpine or arctic troops while wearing mittens or other cold weather hand protection, and it had a "straight pull" Mannlicher type bolt action. With that design the mitten thing made sence, as it also had what looked like a sriker rod that had a large "mitten sized" ring on it's end. This was explained as being "either the safty activator or was used to recock the striker/hammer alowing double strikes on a misfire". This rod/ring was located on the back of the bolt and was "cocked back" by the rearward motion of the bolt. The rear notch type site fixture was adjustable to ranges out to 2000 meters.
He's asking around $175 for it and I'm curious as to the history of this rifle and is the $$ amount they want worth it. Hell, the shop is not even sure of the ammo type it uses, so if I did buy it I don't even know it I'd be able to shoot the thing.
Any information you could provide would be a big help. It's a real neat looking piece.
Thanks
Rob
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"TANSTAAFL"- R.A. Heinlen
"Molon Labe"- Leonidas to Xerxes at Thermopile
[This message has been edited by Mordwyn.45 (edited June 05, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by Mordwyn.45 (edited June 05, 2000).]