Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!unisoft!dual!ucbvax!jade!jkh From: jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: mod.rec.guns Subject: Old Mauser Bolt Actions. Message-ID: <1634@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Mon, 10-Nov-86 18:31:40 EST Article-I.D.: jade.1634 Posted: Mon Nov 10 18:31:40 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Nov-86 20:27:28 EST Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 19 Approved: jkh@ucbjade Author: nike!seismo!sundc!gouldsd!mjranum@cad.Berkeley.Edu (Marcus J Ranum) Article: 11:10 I recently bought a 1912 Mauser bolt action. (Karl Gustaf) Does anyone out there have any useful information about this piece as regards to the sighting ? It has a flip up sight with some fairly ambigous numbers on it, and a battle sight with equally ambiguous figures. My first guess was metres, but the ranges that would yield are a bit better than I expect. Bought it at Woolworths for 78$, of all things. It's in great shape, and the machining on the bolt brings water to my eyes... Live Free mjr --- Must springtime fade ? Outstretched palm at dusk dies Morning-Glory gazing