Thread: Rimfire Ammo Shortage...

I am actually meeting a gentleman tomorrow 25 miles away to buy a couple boxes of 22mag for my "just in case" pistol that stays in my pocket. During the summer I have to change out the 5 rounds regularly due to perspiration & I am down to about a half a box. Fortunately he's not gouging me & I'm paying around $20 a box.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

I am actually meeting a gentleman tomorrow 25 miles away to buy a couple boxes of 22mag for my "just in case" pistol that stays in my pocket. During the summer I have to change out the 5 rounds regularly due to perspiration & I am down to about a half a box. Fortunately he's not gouging me & I'm paying around $20 a box.

Perspiration?????

5 shot naa pug in pants pocket. Yes, sweat...they HAVE to go bang if I need it. Bullets start to look pretty funky bdtween 2-4 weeks in the summer. So far though they have all gone bang...

Originally Posted by shooter74743

5 shot naa pug in pants pocket. Yes, sweat...they HAVE to go bang if I need it. Bullets start to look pretty funky bdtween 2-4 weeks in the summer. So far though they have all gone bang...

I used to shoot alot of ww2 ball ammo that was covered with grunge (verdigris) both in .45 and.30 carbine.
Also a ton of 8mm and 11mm Mauser stuff from ww1,they worked fine.

Hey Pixel,,,I bet you were happy to get them Mausers, when they took away your 1873 Springfield,,, when you & Teddy charged San Juan Hill,,,,,,,,,,

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Hey Pixel,,,I bet you were happy to get them Mausers, when they took away your 1873 Springfield,,, when you & Teddy charged San Juan Hill,,,,,,,,,,

Tell ya what John,back in the day.late 50s,The Emporeum used the sell Mausers (even 98s) and old rolling blocks,$29.99 ea, they had 100s of them.
Italian Carcanos were $19.99,We all learned after JFK was Killed that the Carcano is the most accurate Rifle ever made Pinpoint headshots at 150 yrds in rapid fire mode.

German K98




"No Name" Mauser M48,,,,,manufactured by Yugoslavia, left unstamped, unfired in the field,(1 of 5000) shipped to Egypt who never took custody, decades in a warehouse, until I got it.

the 98s were great actions,my dad bought ten of them,stripped them to the action only, than made custom rifles.

Yeah, I've read about a lot of the custom makers, Griffen & Howe, amongst others made rifles using rechambered '98s. Matter of fact, IIRC the now venerated Winchester model 70 was based on the Mauser 98 design.

very nice John !!!

one thing I have never heard , was a complaint about the quality or reliability of a WW2 German firearm .. well other then from my grandpa but his complaint was about the bullets coming his way

a guy where I goose hunt brought me into his home one day to share a view of his collection .. half of his collection was unfired weapons of WW1 & WW2 as well as a couple civil war springfields that were sent in when the North switched to percussion , then shipped to the battle field and never issued again .. the story was that him and a friend bought an unopened crate then kept 2 each ...