Probably straight from WWI trench warfare and now in the vaults of the Spanish Guardia Civil.
By Miguel.GFZ
Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.
10 thoughts on “Your weird gun for today: Mauser with Periscope.”
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Have you seen this one?
http://ww2.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9784,DATABASE=objects,
Cool! Now we have one from each side of No-Man’s land
I wonder how many black eyes that one caused?
There’s also the Krummlauf, proud descendant of these two.
==> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krummlauf
Wow. You got kludge in my make-do.
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I’m sorry but that is just dang stoopid… For one thing it puts the Mauser rifle way too high up to get a good hit. And really does anyone need a RIFLE for the job for shucksakes???? Heck if you need a good Mauser gun use a shotgun or a pistol or something more practical for mice.
Trench warfare had lots of riflemen…and good ones. you did not want to risk showing your nogging over the sandbags
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