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Anyone familiar with these? I’ve inherited one that has been cut down, or “sporterized”. It hasn’t been used in many years. My wife’s grandmother (89 and since passed) said it was her Dad's when she was a little girl. That would put it at being WW1 surplus purchase. I don’t know if he did the cutdown or what. It seems to be ok, but I’m taking it in to my guy for the once over. They have a test tank and also carry the ammo.

Have any input?

Anyone familiar with these? I’ve inherited one that has been cut down, or “sporterized”. It hasn’t been used in many years. My wife’s grandmother (89 and since passed) said it was her Dad's when she was a little girl. That would put it at being WW1 surplus purchase. I don’t know if he did the cutdown or what. It seems to be ok, but I’m taking it in to my guy for the once over. They have a test tank and also carry the ammo. Have any input?

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Sweet gun. Sporterized makes it worth less but who cares if it's a family heirloom. Get good at shooting it and maybe get a reloading set up for it.

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It’s def a keeper, but I’m not into reloading at all. I have no experience in that realm. I’ll be relegated to finding ammo for it. Maybe some surplus will turn up.

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You could definitely learn to reload. That cartridge fairly common but unfortunately all the older stuff is being bought up quickly since it is harder to find than say 9mm

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In other news, I just picked up 2k rds of 8mm Mauser @ .20 per rd. Old dirty Berdan primer stuff, but, whatever.