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Please do not ask my why or what for. Just foolin' around with things i bought on a whim.
Several years ago I was browsing around a gun show and sale near Madison Wisconsin. They were randomly auctioning lots of various items, parts, accessories. ammo and loads of absolute junk. n the middle of this was an old guy looking to sell a "lot" of rifles. All the same type. Spanish bolt action CTME 7.62 nato La Gardia Seville carbines from around the time of the Spanish Civil War. (1936-37) Nothing to jump up and down about but serviceable. There were six in the lot and the gentleman did not want o piece meal them out. Just wanted to sell them as a lot. He was not getting any takers so he put them on the auction block. I was somewhat interested if they were cheap enough. So I waited around to see what happened. The auctioneer somewhat described the lot.
Not knowing any better I opened for five hundred for the lot of six. People looked at me like I had hot brass down my pants and snickered. I ended up with the six rifles. Now I was concerned that I had just purchased some mighty fine "tomato stakes" for my garden.
When I got them home and smuggled them into my basement to survey the things.
Incredibly dirty and full of old grease but no rust. after several days of soaking and scrubbing they weren't so bad. Pretty basic little crappy carbines with actually decent bores. The rear sights are solid integral to the receiver with a two orifice peep sight. I cleaned and stained the stocks. The guns were Parkerized so nothing to do there. But the actions are small ring Mauser bolt action with typical military trigger. 7.62 X 51 or .308 Win. is common enough. I put slings on them and sold three of then right off as pig guns. Got $175 apiece for them to help defray my loss. At a show a young kid was standing around looking at anything cheap he could get to handle. His dad told him they didn't have any money to buy foolishness. I asked the dad if his son had a rifle of his own? Nope he uses my .22. I asked why they were there? It was the kid's 16th birthday and he wanted to go to the show. I asked the dad if he had a FOID card and he did. I asked him to fill out the required 4473 and gave him the information to contace me for delivery and I gave the kid a rifle. Made me feel kinda good. Well Don and I are still pretty good friends and his kid is in love! Just for FUN! John
Several years ago I was browsing around a gun show and sale near Madison Wisconsin. They were randomly auctioning lots of various items, parts, accessories. ammo and loads of absolute junk. n the middle of this was an old guy looking to sell a "lot" of rifles. All the same type. Spanish bolt action CTME 7.62 nato La Gardia Seville carbines from around the time of the Spanish Civil War. (1936-37) Nothing to jump up and down about but serviceable. There were six in the lot and the gentleman did not want o piece meal them out. Just wanted to sell them as a lot. He was not getting any takers so he put them on the auction block. I was somewhat interested if they were cheap enough. So I waited around to see what happened. The auctioneer somewhat described the lot.
Not knowing any better I opened for five hundred for the lot of six. People looked at me like I had hot brass down my pants and snickered. I ended up with the six rifles. Now I was concerned that I had just purchased some mighty fine "tomato stakes" for my garden.
When I got them home and smuggled them into my basement to survey the things.
Incredibly dirty and full of old grease but no rust. after several days of soaking and scrubbing they weren't so bad. Pretty basic little crappy carbines with actually decent bores. The rear sights are solid integral to the receiver with a two orifice peep sight. I cleaned and stained the stocks. The guns were Parkerized so nothing to do there. But the actions are small ring Mauser bolt action with typical military trigger. 7.62 X 51 or .308 Win. is common enough. I put slings on them and sold three of then right off as pig guns. Got $175 apiece for them to help defray my loss. At a show a young kid was standing around looking at anything cheap he could get to handle. His dad told him they didn't have any money to buy foolishness. I asked the dad if his son had a rifle of his own? Nope he uses my .22. I asked why they were there? It was the kid's 16th birthday and he wanted to go to the show. I asked the dad if he had a FOID card and he did. I asked him to fill out the required 4473 and gave him the information to contace me for delivery and I gave the kid a rifle. Made me feel kinda good. Well Don and I are still pretty good friends and his kid is in love! Just for FUN! John
