Here are a few of my German rifles.
From top to bottom:
Dreyse 1857
Bavarian Werder Apertiertes 1869
1871 Mauser
1898 Mauser
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- August 23rd, 2024, 6:20 pm
- Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
- Topic: A couple of German rifles
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- July 26th, 2024, 10:49 am
- Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
- Topic: Needle Rifles
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Re: Needle Rifles
Please do some "splainin". What makes a "needle" rifle. Instead of a typical firing pin they use a very long firing pin/needle. These all use paper cartridges, so in order to reach the percussion cap they must punch through the paper and powder. The Dreyse is where the name come...
- July 26th, 2024, 10:42 am
- Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
- Topic: Needle Rifles
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- July 23rd, 2024, 2:04 pm
- Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
- Topic: Needle Rifles
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Needle Rifles
Since there is little activity on this forum, I figured I’ll go ahead and start doing posting some rifles from my collection to see is if I can’t get some more activity though the C&R forum. So here are my three needle rifles. From top to bottom, Prussian Dreyse m57 Carbine Italian Carcano m1844...
- February 23rd, 2024, 1:51 pm
- Forum: C&R and Antique Firearms
- Topic: Albanian SKS
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Albanian SKS
Picked this one up today from Joelgas1.
1978 Albanian SKS, excellent condition, and final year of production. The most uncommon of the massed produced SKS, not including East German, North Korean, and Vietnamese.
1978 Albanian SKS, excellent condition, and final year of production. The most uncommon of the massed produced SKS, not including East German, North Korean, and Vietnamese.