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Building a Remington 700 in 6.5×55 Swedish Mauser

admin | March 5, 2010

Having collected mainly military surplus rifles and .22 rifles, I really fell in love with the Swedish Mauser round after shooting it in my surplus Swedish Mauser. The first time I fired it, I landed a pie plate-sized group at 200M with its iron sights.  This is probably the best first-five group I have ever [...]

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Refinishing a Chinese SKS

admin | February 21, 2010

When I first purchased this rifle it was caked in red laquer finish that seems to be slathered on as if the armorer got paid based on how much he could apply. The finish normally has a signature red color that can be closely replicated by Minwax Sedona Red stain if you like it, but [...]

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My new home protection weapon – Mint Mosin Nagant!

admin | February 9, 2010

When I saw this little beauty advertised on a local classified site for sale, I couldn’t resist. The words that got me were “Unfired Mosin Nagant”. I didn’t think this was possible, and figured I would find a very well re-furbished rifle of some sort, but I was wrong. What the seller had was an [...]

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