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Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America
01/10/09 11:56 PM

South America is a big place...a continent in fact, and I suspect the various countries had markedly different approaches to such imports.

I'm not aware of any significant customizing industry of milsurps and in fact believe that one of the common threads of gun law that exist on the continent is the ban on "military" guns and calibers for sporting use. Seems to be a Latin commonality. I'd be very interested to read of a custom gunmaking industry that used milsurp rifles. I hope someone from LA can weigh in.

Application of the law seems to be somewhat arbitrary in some quarters, too... I remember visiting my Uncle in Ecuador when they confiscated his Savage Model 24 combination gun; it was in a "military" caliber you see. The .30-30 was a ".30", and thus, military...

At any rate, this is a very interesting topic. I believe we will find some countries had/have significant hunting traditions, but overall, the use of sporting RIFLES is a drop in the bucket of that existing in the USA for example. And we also need to remember that just because a country has an "importer" or "distributor" doesn't mean they brought in many {or even any} guns. I suspect few Original Mausers were actually brought in to Latin America. For one thing, there is not a large variety of rifle-compatible game to be shot.

If I had to make a wild guess, I'd guess that the guns brought in were purchased by well-heeled types who wanted them for use in Africa or Asia, much less so in the country of their own residence.

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Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	mckinney	01/10/09 07:19 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	dons	01/10/09 09:29 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	mckinney	01/10/09 10:43 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	ChrisPer	01/10/09 12:02 PM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	9.3x57	01/10/09 11:56 PM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	Carpetsahib	02/10/09 12:26 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	lancaster	12/01/10 07:12 PM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	13/01/10 12:27 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	13/01/10 01:00 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	lancaster	13/01/10 08:20 PM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	lancaster	13/01/10 08:22 PM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	13/01/10 11:31 PM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	lancaster	14/01/10 06:12 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	14/01/10 07:15 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	mehulkamdar	15/01/10 06:16 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	15/01/10 07:32 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	mehulkamdar	15/01/10 07:37 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	15/01/10 11:23 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	beleg2	19/01/10 11:58 PM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	20/01/10 12:42 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	kuduae	06/02/10 05:58 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	xausa	06/02/10 08:17 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	kamilaroi	06/02/10 12:59 PM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	Pretorius	09/08/15 06:40 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	16/01/10 07:16 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	lancaster	15/01/10 08:51 PM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	tophet1	15/01/10 09:41 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	15/01/10 11:20 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	9.3x57	02/10/09 02:25 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	pjaln	02/10/09 10:32 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	JACKEL	12/01/10 07:04 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	mckinney	12/01/10 11:12 AM
Re: Finding Oberndorf Mausers in South America	mehulkamdar	12/01/10 07:51 AM

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