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An excellent "Shooters" movie, if you've not seen it.
I have what I like to call my "Stalingrad Special." An 1942 Izvehsk M38. In the white, unfinished birch stock, rough tool marks, etc. It was was from my Dad's collection and one that I had wanted. It is a keeper. Quite accurate.
*Also have an M44.
If you are a Student of WWII, and the Arms used, MN's/K98's etc. This is a movie you should see.
Just finished watching it. (Again.)
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Haven't seen it in a while, sooooo, going to have to watch it soon. Great movie.
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Also own a 1915 Berlin/Oberndorff Gewher 98, Nazi Arsensel reconfigured to a K98 in 43'.
One of my best trades. 👍😁
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The movie is based on fact of sniper, Vassili Grigoryevich Zaitser. He killed over 225 Germans at Stalingrad. And Germany did send their top snipper to try and kill him. And yes I had to look it up in order to spell his name right. Lol
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Now maybe you could look up "Snipper." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
🤔😉😂🤣
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Russian sniper was a real guy, the story is a nice fantasy but it was a very cool movie and I recommend watching it
BTW he did not hook up again with his lover until they were very old but that would have been lousy ending
Can't say for 100% certain but I don't think there were any Vielacht (8X) scopes yet
I believe after Stalingrad the Germans asked people to donate higher power scopes to the military so it is possible in later 43 a civilian Vielacht could have been deployed but it was not until mid-44 the military produced a 8X. Pretty rare
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The scene where the NKVD starts shooting retreating soldiers is brutal. Stalin's order number 227 demanding 'No Retreat'
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I will agree with that.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Getting thrown in, (with one rifle, per every 2 men) in human wave assaults, against the well trained German Wermacht, was suicide. Given that they were shot in retreat, by their own side, (the Soviets) was a No Win situation.
The 1st 10-15 minutes of the movie, are pretty grim. (In that respect.)
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There is another story about a Russian Female Sniper who was a national treasure in the USSR. She killed hundreds and started out as a child in a rifle club. Stalin sent her over here to appeal to Elanor Roosevelt for aid which she did and toured this country seeking same. She and Elanor became friends for life and on a trip to Russia Elanor begged the Secret Service to allow her to visit the sniper in her apartment alone. i am sorry I can't remember her Russian name right now but will keep trying.
Perhaps one of you fellas can find the story and provide a link. I promise you will love the story. What a read! ---------------------------------------Ray
PS: Her name was Lyudmila Pavcichenko
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Now maybe you could look up "Snipper." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
🤔😉😂🤣
Oops, I’ll play the age card on that one.
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When that movie played locally, I went to see it by myself. It was a 10am showing so I didn't feel too wierd. My wife didn't want to go. I liked it so much I bought the cd. The scenes of Stalingrad all blown to rubble was impressive. In one of the early scenes where they locked the recruits on the cattle car, I just got a bad feeling about what the Russians were all about. Yeah,I owned a 91/30 years ago. 1967. I scraped wallpaper off a room and the owner of the house asked if I would take the rifle. Okay said I. It had 1917 and the Russian imperial crest and the hex looking receiver. I could only get Norma ammo for it. 10 rounds in a box. And pricey. The stock was bubba'd poorly. I sold it for 125$ in 1979 and I don't miss it.
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Good movie
I am about due to watch it again
After a few years I tend to forget some of of the movies scenes
What's worse some days I forget what I had for breakfast lol
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There is another story about a Russian Female Sniper who was a national treasure in the USSR. She killed hundreds and started out as a child in a rifle club. Stalin sent her over here to appeal to Elanor Roosevelt for aid which she did and toured this country seeking same. She and Elanor became friends for life and on a trip to Russia Elanor begged the Secret Service to allow her to visit the sniper in her apartment alone. i am sorry I can't remember her Russian name right now but will keep trying.
Perhaps one of you fellas can find the story and provide a link. I promise you will love the story. What a read! ---------------------------------------Ray
PS: Her name was Lyudmila Pavcichenko
Here's a write up from the National Park Service.
"Lady Death" and the First Lady - Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Bibliography "Army & Navy- Lady Sniper." Time. September 28,1942. http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,773683,00.html. Dean, Mack. LYUDMILA PAVLICHENKO. February 16, 2021. http://www.worldwar2facts.org/lyudmila-pavlichenko.htmlSounds like she was quite the lady.
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I have sold a few hundred of the things. Used to buy them two or three crates at a time. Unscrew the lid and sell them for $139.00 each. They came twenty to a crate with bayonets. After the guns were gone folks would pay $50.00 for the green wood crates. I even had one a year or so ago that a student at one of the gunsmithing schools had restocked and engraved and blued. He did a great job and I think it sold on the auction side for around $1000.00. It was pretty but it was still a moist nugget. I never wanted to own one, the same as an Arisaka. Ugly guns.
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Nothing "Ugly," about an M38.
A beautiful Utilitarian Firearm, I'd trust my Life to. Super reliable.
IMHO.
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NeoBlackdog/Allen, thanks for link/post. At 309+ kills, would not like to be in her crosshairs. --------------------Ray
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Ricci, I agree on the ugly Arisaka. Did a ton of research on the 03 Springfield that Gen Hatchers boys heat treated on low numbered ones at the Arsenal. I read someplace that the Arisaka had some good steel in it. Is that true? ------------------Ray
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Everything I have read concerning the Arisaka and the Mosin suggest they are both good strong rifles but are both ugly rifles in my opinion. I just sold an Arisaka that I started for $1.00, and it brought over $1500.00 so some folks do like them. Ironically, I actually own an Arisaka at this moment. I bought it for $100.00 and it is missing the bolt internal parts. The bore and the rest of the gun is in good shape, so I got it strictly a parts gun. I only remember owning one Mosin and I bought it for $50.00 from an old country boy I went through BLET with. I remember asking him if he had shot it much and he replied that he had killed around twenty head of whitetail deer the year before. He wasn't lying. He was a country boy, and that deer was all eaten, I am sure.
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The "Ugly" Arisaka, proofed out to be the best of the WWII Bolt action rifles, when proofed till destruction by the U.S. Military after the War. (Surprised many.)
My Dad had two Arisaka's (w/Mum intact) that went to other Family Members. I found two complete w/Mums Bolt assembly's in my Dad's garage wrapped in an old oiled paper bag. (After he passed and my Mom was moving after selling their house.) It taught me to look at EVERYTHING that looked like Junk. Never could tell what was inside.
*Found a couple old 40 mm High Velocity Bofors rounds, packed similarly. Etc. Have a 75mm and a 105mm artillery round in my collection as well. Lot's of other stuff. 👍😁
Dad was WWII, Korea, Vietnam. ABN/CSM.
Love and Miss you, Dad. (Super Proud of You.)
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NeoBlackdog/Allen, thanks for link/post. At 309+ kills, would not like to be in her crosshairs. --------------------Ray
I don't care how many 'kills' one has! I don't wanna be in no stinkin' crosshairs, period!
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In my humble opinion, it is one of the best war movies, ever made.
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