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Rep Retirement Lodge #167: Weather

Rep Retirement Lodge #167: Weather

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Re: Giada, bacon, Freddy: I have assumed that Freddy is hacking the bacon, and placing it in Giada's cleave, so one can motorboat it. No option for that is needed.
 
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Somehow we don't get to join in this fun even a bit... Everything here is supposed to stay constant through the week
 
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Those of you that have too much time on your hands, and are good at finding info on the internet, I have something to keep you busy. I bought the rifle that I mentioned last night, for cheap. It was listed as a "Esterr WAFFFB GES Model 71 Bolt Action", and it appears to have been manufactured sometime just before 1900. Esterr WAFFFB is not any recognizable gun manufacturer, but some preliminary searching indicates that this is actually a German Mauser or a Belgian made FN, it is still not clear which. I hope I can get more information when I pick it up later this morning. Also, it appears that this isn't the Mauser 1871, because the pictures don't match. I have found some other people searching for information on the same guns on some gun message boards, but no one seems to have an actual answer as to what this thing is. Might have to bring it to an expert...

edit: another quick search, to try to satisfy my curiosity, has shown that Oesterr Wafffb GES was an Austrian gun manufacturer...

edit2: I think I figured it out. All of the markings on the receiver and barrel indicate that it is a Mauser Model 1871, including having the "Crown FW" stamp, for Fredrick Wilhelm. I found one other gun that looked like this, with the wooden stock shortened, and the military sites removed, and that was a Model 71 that was "sporterized" in the late 1800's, to be used as a hunting rifle, after it was replaced for military service. It looks like the conversion work was done so long ago, that it has probably increased the value of this thing, because it looks to be pretty **** rare. I think it is a good find.
 
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