I was just at my shooting buddy's house. The kids had just left for a church function, picked up by the bus. We were discussing guns, and looking thru the various vendor flyers, and he says he bought a case of .223 at the gunshow last weekend. I say, "but you don't have a .223 rifle!" He gets a wicked gleam in his eye, and trots to the bedroom. Comes back with two new guns he got at the show.
First is a used but good Ruger Mini-14 Ranch model, with a 3-9X32 scope and several spare mags. By golly, he'd been wanting a .223 rifle.
Second was a real find. A 1939-dated (near as we can determine) Japanese Type 99 Short Rifle, with NO import stamp, has the unground mum and arsenal marks, original folding wire monopod and the flip-up rear sight with the anti-aircraft bars. Nice shiny bore. Stock shows some heavy wear, but over-all condition is pretty good. He has the brass on order for the 7.7 Jap ammo. He could make it from .30-06 too. This gun was a war bringback, according to the old gentleman he bought it from. A very nice collectible indeed! And since it was a legal Private sale, 'off paper'.
Keith had been trying to collect at least one rifle from each major WWII combatant nation. He just lacks one from Italy now.
We're planning a range session weekend after next, once the holidays are behind us.
First is a used but good Ruger Mini-14 Ranch model, with a 3-9X32 scope and several spare mags. By golly, he'd been wanting a .223 rifle.
Second was a real find. A 1939-dated (near as we can determine) Japanese Type 99 Short Rifle, with NO import stamp, has the unground mum and arsenal marks, original folding wire monopod and the flip-up rear sight with the anti-aircraft bars. Nice shiny bore. Stock shows some heavy wear, but over-all condition is pretty good. He has the brass on order for the 7.7 Jap ammo. He could make it from .30-06 too. This gun was a war bringback, according to the old gentleman he bought it from. A very nice collectible indeed! And since it was a legal Private sale, 'off paper'.
Keith had been trying to collect at least one rifle from each major WWII combatant nation. He just lacks one from Italy now.
We're planning a range session weekend after next, once the holidays are behind us.