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What do you guys think of my director's gift to me? 2017-05-15 08:23:35 Post No. 33970909
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What do you guys think of my director's gift to me?
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2017-05-15 08:23:35
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So a while back I was in my school's production of Beauty and the Beast in which I played Gaston. Now, in the opening song Gaston shoots a duck from the air (which is quite an impressive feat with a rifle) and when my director brought out the gun I couldn't put it down. I'm very interested in guns, especially from the world wars, so to get my hands on a Gewehr 98 was just incredible. My director isn't dense, so she noticed my obsession right away. Since it was my last high school play and I was obviously interested in it she gave it to me as a gift.
More pics soon.
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that's fucking based. probably won't kill a lot of ducks with it though
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>>33970909
>>33970919
>>33970933
>Mauser-brand Mauser
Fucking nice. Being a 1918 WF-Mauser w/ Turkish Crescent Moon on the receiver ring it was most likely sent to the Ottoman Empire as war aid during the last desperate months of the conflict; a sizeable percentage of 1918 WF-Mauser production went to Turkey in that last year.
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>>33970909
>My director isn't dense, so she noticed my obsession right away. Since it was my last high school play and I was obviously interested in it she gave it to me as a gift.
That's awesome, OP.
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I really like this gun and I love taking it apart and tinkering with it. Thing is, I need a new barrel since the end was plugged off to make it legal as a prop.
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>>33970995
Plugged with what? Often they just soldered a rod in the bore, and with a little heat the solder can be melted and the obstruction removed. Take it to a gunsmith and let him have a look.
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>>33971068
I do believe it is solder or some metal with a fairly low melting point. Thing is, I don't have a license so I'm afraid to go to a smith.
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>>33971084
>I don't have a license so I'm afraid to go to a smith.
Where do you live?
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>>33970930
>based
you want to know how I know you need an underage ban?
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>>33971100
New Jersey
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>>33971114
lolololol
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>>33971138
Yeah, R.I.P. me
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>>33971106
>it was my last high school play
Watch out for Danny Detective over here.
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>>33971114
>New Jersey
You're fine. You do not need a permit to merely own this rifle in NJ, and since it was a gift you did not purchase it. You can take it to a gunsmith no problem.
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>>33971160
Aw sweet. Now to find a gunsmith in white suburbia...
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>>33971084
What country are you in?
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>>33971180
Here's a list of Federal Firearm's Licensees in NJ; you can search it by your zip code. Not all FFLs are gunsmiths, and not all gunsmiths necessarily have FFLs (or they might in NJ; IDK the full state laws) but it's a start and you might talk to people who can direct you to a person who can take a look at it.
Always eager to help out a fellow Gew.98 owner.
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>>33971319
Any good pics of yours?
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>>33971342
Made at WF-Mauser in 1914.
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>>33971372
Wow, she's beautiful.
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>>33970909
Looks like a famas
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Is this a kebab blaster thread now?
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Lucky bastard. Get that baby firing
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