Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > At 10:17 PM 1999-01-20 -0800, Kent Jon Peters wrote: > >What do you shoot with an "Argentine Mauser"? Do you hunt with it? > >What size of ammo? > > Oh, it's chambered in 30-06, which gives a bit of windage in the bore, so I > generally use 240-grain rounds. I'm not a hunter. I target-shoot a bit, > and just plink. I have a Kiev 3X - 9X scope on it, so I can generally do > okay out to a thousand yards or so, but, above that, that excess windage > (7.62mm round in an oestensible 8mm barrel) cuts in, and accuracy drops off > a bit. > > I haven't even shot the damned thing in two or three years and don't > currently have any ammunition at hand. > > To repel all the burglars dying to burst in here to deprive me of my Red > Dots, I do have my father's dress sabre hanging on the wall. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! - --------- sweet! Nothing like defending red dots hand-to-hand. ! Love it! Kent