snipers nest
Found this article in the news. Old snipers nest found from 1943. If that rifle could talk. Oakie
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Somewhere in an unidentified waterway in SE Asia, there's the remains of an M-40 minus the bolt. It was a choice between carrying the rifle and being caught or pulling the bolt and ditching the rifle to improve chances of getting away. Stuff happens.
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What rifle is that?
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I would imagine a Mauser K98 or another variant.
Guess on my part. (Obviously.) I assumed (yes, I know.) this was found in Germany.
Magazine should have told me M/N.
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Model 91/30 PU sniper in 7.62x54R
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My gosh what a find!! Amazing.
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Probably a skeleton down below under the dirt. Amazing!!
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Very interesting!
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This - but mine is in a little better shape:
And I also have a PSL - but it is not as accurate as the Mosin.
Best Regards - AQH
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Where was that rifle found @Oakie?
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Where was that rifle found @Oakie?
The article didn't say. I'm assuming they found the gun laying on the ground and propped it up, as those trees would have been a lot bigger, 80 years later.
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" I'm assuming they found the gun laying on the ground and propped it up, as those trees would have been a lot bigger, 80 years later."
Good catch and excellent observation.
I once 'found' an axe head stuck in a large, dead tree trunk. Handle apparently broke off and the head left stuck in the tree with 5-6" of new growth covering it. Unfortunately, I 'found' the axe head with my chainsaw totally destroying the chain.
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Trigger guard looks awfully low compared to the magazine for most/all rifles of the time, or is that just the decay?
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Trigger guard looks awfully low compared to the magazine for most/all rifles of the time, or is that just the decay?
Decades of weather. Love to have found that thing.
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