Man in a sandstorm

**Story** · October 12th, 2009, 10:51 PM

April in Iraq.

**ROCK-IT3** · October 12th, 2009, 11:48 PM

Wow, is Obama cutting back on the military spending? You gotta take your own rifle to Iraq these days?

**Story** · October 13th, 2009, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by ROCK-IT3

Wow, is Obama cutting back on the military spending? You gotta take your own rifle to Iraq these days?

It followed me home (but the museum got to keep it).

**Mity2** · October 13th, 2009, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by ROCK-IT3

Wow, is Obama cutting back on the military spending? You gotta take your own rifle to Iraq these days?

I'm all about cut spending, but damn!
I donno if I care for THAT much of cut for our boys out there...
Should I start sending my ammos through USO?

**Story** · October 14th, 2009, 10:25 AM

The irony is that the last time the Battalion deployed into a 'real' combat zone (NW Europe), the Bad Guys were carrying these rifles (Model 1939 K98 dated 1940).

**NightRocker** · October 14th, 2009, 10:59 AM

Is that all original? marking, numbers ect...?

**Story** · October 14th, 2009, 12:04 PM

Bolt was mismatched. Bore was in good shape, tho.

**NightRocker** · October 14th, 2009, 12:12 PM

Nice. I had one with all the marking in tac but came with a miss matched bolt also. Didn't shoot well, but was a interesting piece. looks like it's in good shape.

**eulogyADD** · October 14th, 2009, 12:56 PM

When my cousin was in Afghanistan for the first time he biught 5 rifles for $40USD for the lot. The dates ranged from 1830-1935 but I can't remember exactly what they all were but he got a Mauser, some type of lever action, and a breech loader. He shipped them back home and had them checked for function, 3 of 5 worked and all had zero rust because its so dry there.