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I got a new scope. Vortex Diamondback Tactical 6-24 x 50
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Hiker wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:25 pm I got a new scope. Vortex Diamondback Tactical 6-24 x 50

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Oh, yeah. Vortex is a fine brand. Stunning clarity. Was checking out that very scope in a big box sports store by counting the eyelashes on the antelope across the store on the wall. I concluded the taxidermist was OCD.

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Hiker wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:25 pm I got a new scope. Vortex Diamondback Tactical 6-24 x 50

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Nice! I just got some Vortex compact binoculars a few weeks ago. They're a shockingly good value. I only hope they're paying their damned employees something reasonable...
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CDFingers wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:38 am Is that a paddle holster? Asking for a friend.
Nope. That flap is actually the belt loop - it's secured to the back side of the band.
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The whole thing rides against the hip very comfortably, but it's big. This is not meant to be concealed. :)

A little conditioning - leather oil and summer heat - has got it broken in nicely. I don't know if I will ever be able to go back to non-custom belts again.

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I just received my CMP M1911. Haven't shot it yet, but wow! Serial Number look-up puts it at a 1943 build. Matching Ithaca slide and frame. A few blemishes, but those just add to the history of the thing. I need to find out what all those stampings are though.
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This is my 1895 Sestroretsk m91 Mosin-Nagant. Captions refer to the picture below the caption. Click to see whole pic and to zoom.
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Tremendously optimistic sights.
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If you zoom it you can see the [SA] , the Finnish Army mark in the lower left. This is an interesting piece. Made in 1896 by Czarist Russia across the water from Finland in Sestroretsk, it was then captured by Finnish forces as they won their independence from Russia during the 1917 Revolution. Later it was used against the Soviets in both the Winter War and the Continuation War. Finland remains independent to this day. The marks on this side of the sights are in arshins, used in Czarist times. An arshin is about 28 inches, that is, one pace. The Czarist soldiers measured distance in paces.
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Here on the other side is meters, a more modern measurement.
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Sling swivels and barrel bands--watch out! The threads are opposite: Lefty tighty, Righty loosey. You can see in these pics the two piece Finnish stock. They have these gnarly finger joints in the middle so the wood does not move and crack in the severe Finnish winters.
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Cool markings in its original Finnish stock. It is finished in Finnish pine tar. No cleaning rod.

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Bore is totally shot. I have not shot this old guy--I say he's retired.

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