Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: Long time lurker, first time poster!

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies

*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***

You are not logged in. [Login]

Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Shooting & Reloading - Mausers, Big Bores and others >> Mauser Forum Photos & Archive

Tentman
.300 member

Reged: 13/06/10
Posts: 128
Loc: Southland, New Zealand

Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!
26/03/13 08:35 AM

Hello Guys

Yes Lancaster a great picture, I have hunted here in NZ in conditions not unlike to those in the photo with my trusty blued steel and walnut 98 Mauser (in this case a Model B kurz 250 Savage).

I can tell you that the rifle probably saved my life. Like the guy in the photo I was crossing a snow/ice filled Col. However I didn't have crampons or an ice axe, just a heavy pack and my rifle. The snow had a lot of ice on it, and I hit a spot where I couldn't kick steps into the ice. I lost my footing and started to slide, my only option was to self arrest with my rifle barrel, I used it exactly like and ice -axe and smacked the barrel throught the ice with all my weight. I stopped and therefore am here to tell the tale.

I doubt very much if the plastic stock that comes with a Sako, Tikka, or the cheaper versions would have stood the forces involved, as I have seen them broken form just fitting a bipod or instance (the recoil rips the swivel stud off).

The photo is possibly "posed" as it would be very difficult for the subject to self arrest with his ice-axe in one hand and rifle in the other, do you have any further details as to its origin ??

--------------------
Southland, New Zealand

Post Extras

Print Post

Remind Me!

Notify Moderator

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Long time lurker, first time poster!	midwesterner	23/03/13 03:42 AM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	DORLEAC	23/03/13 07:01 AM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	Rule303	23/03/13 08:56 AM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	Even	23/03/13 09:21 AM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	midwesterner	23/03/13 09:42 AM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	DORLEAC	24/03/13 12:12 AM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	lancaster	24/03/13 04:27 PM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	Even	24/03/13 09:20 PM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	midwesterner	25/03/13 12:33 PM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	Tentman	26/03/13 08:35 AM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	VonGruff	26/03/13 02:31 PM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	Tentman	26/03/13 05:57 PM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	lancaster	27/03/13 06:12 AM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	lancaster	28/03/13 05:55 AM
Re: Long time lurker, first time poster!	CptCurl	07/06/13 09:52 PM

Extra information

0 registered and 14 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: CptCurl

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 18467

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact

Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved