Recent content by yamoon

Things have changed. In 1985 I took a Friday off from work, drove all night to Douglas Wyoming. Got up Friday afternoon, met my 2 hunting buddies, went to the county office, paid the fee, got a tag. We drove out to a ranch Saturday north of Buffalo, knocked on the door. The land owner said there...

I agree the trade imbalances have to be addressed and I agree with most of DJT’s policies, but I have many Canadian friends, some won’t answer my emails. His big mouth pisses me off, he could have done things in a more gentlemanly way, but look at the alternatives in the 2024 election. Mike

I have never read Speed’s books, never wanted to shell out the money. I collect and shoot German Schuetzen rifles. My knowledge on proof comes from research on their proof marks. Mike

I am not going to argue with Speed, I am not a Mauser expert my collection is mostly German Schuetzen rifles. The photo I posted is a Buchel system Concurrenz proofed in 1907 has the crown g, so crown g was used on some rifles much earlier. If the your rifle was proofed a 2nd time it would...

The 706 is the proof house ledger number, the 706th gun proofed in 1907 by that proof house probably Suhl, your’s would be the 232nd if it is a ledger number. That’s part of the fun, trying to figure out the mystery behind these old guns. All you can say is your rifle was built between 1918 and...

March 1907

Don’t believe 232 is a date, I have several German rifles, those with dates always separate the month and year with a comma or period like this photo. Mike