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JOHNNY WACKO

Post subject: Steyr 1896

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:59 am

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This rifle started out as a dutch 65.25 or something like that. I have a nice 1 here some where in super shape but no sling swivels. So I'm at my FFL's house fixing his TV.The digital converter power supply was dead and he was lost.It takes 2 remotes to work it and gets you all confused.So i see this rifle he was telling me about that was re chambered to 303 British but wasteses the caseins when you fire it. Must of had a bad reamer..First thing i see is those old stock-factory sling swivels.Just what i need for my nice gun.And i got 2 coffee cans of 303 with nasty brass+ the Bradan primers.Ended up giving him a demilled jap 65 M-38 parts gun for it.Its ugly but I was blasting branches off a big dead tree at 200ft from his Kitchen window.Boy is it loud+ i bet his double pain window will fog up after the blast it took.I put 2 clips down the tube and he did 1 and the tree now is a man made cactus statue now.Great to live out in the country on a dead end road.

I should tell you about he is 88 and the oldest veteran in the state of pa.His licens plate is# ooo1

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NebrHogger

Post subject: Re: Steyr 1896

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:22 am

Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!

Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:04 pm
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Could the caliber be 7.7 Jap? SW

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JOHNNY WACKO

Post subject: Re: Steyr 1896

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:15 pm

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I asked that also but the 303 has a different rim then the 7.7 and would no way work.I saw the 7.7 and thought that but a 303 is the same caliber as a 7.7 Its like .312 ,takes the same bullet when loading.so its a 7.7 caliber but 303 casein.I learned something from the old fart on the phone last nite when i called after seeing that 7.7.

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Et2ss

Post subject: Re: Steyr 1896

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:31 pm

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My memory is failing me as to which exact country used these but it was in the pacific.....maybe indonesia? Dutch mannlicher converted to readily available 303

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A square 10

Post subject: Re: Steyr 1896

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:40 am

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that would make sense but never heard of these

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