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BrianMan93@reddit

Hey I just bought a Krag at a gun show over the weekend. Mines 1903 too but it’s been sporterized with a new stock and Lyman peep sight. Haven’t shot it yet how’s it shoot?

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Idk haven’t got any ammo since I bought it.

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Adventurous_Ad409@reddit

Holy shit that garand looks like you dig it up from Utah Beach last week. But I’d take it or the Winchester (model 1873?) are definitely my soft spot.

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Well it was found in the red river I restored it myself even fired it. The pitting it so bad. It only fired once. The barrel erosion was bad and the cartridge got so stuck I had to hammer it out with my cleaning rod. I did not shoulder fire it either that’s dumb. I vise fired it. It all on my YouTube channel same name as this name

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Adventurous_Ad409@reddit

That’s actually a really awesome story and such a cool find. I wonder how it ended up in there? I’ll definitely check out your channel

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

I’m not sure what it ended up in the river it was not loaded at all but the cleaning rod kit was still in the butt plate too. Maybe the owner was sick of seeing it from the past wartime and threw it off a bridge. It was found in North Dakota in fargo I’m not sure the exact location of the red river. I have found a few other myself one was a ruger blackhawk with four still loaded. Turned it into police and they have it back after six months and I restored it

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Adventurous_Ad409@reddit

That’s awesome. I watched some of your videos. It’s pretty cool what you’re able to do bringing those guns back. The cleaning kit still being in the stock was really cool.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Well thank you

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PriceEvening@reddit

The mauser!

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IronWolf427@reddit

I wanna know who the fuck painted that M1

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

No one did. It was in a river for a few decades and after sanding it and just applying many coats of linseed oil it turned black.

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IronWolf427@reddit

Oh. That’s actually really cool

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CommonPace@reddit

Krag is nice

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Great eye yes it is. I have it just have not put it back on. A little loose

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CommonPace@reddit

They're all super nice 👍. I love the classics

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masterscoonar@reddit

1897 simply because I love shotguns and have reloading capabilities, or the m1 garand

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ErikTheRed99@reddit

Love that Garand, but the Krag, hands down.

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Roger-the-Dodger-67@reddit

Mauser every time. Is it 8 x 57?

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Tacoshortage@reddit

\#6 and my thumb agrees.

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ilikerelish@reddit

Need it.. got it, got it, got it, got it, got it.

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JunkyardDawg04@reddit

Yes

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velocires@reddit

I love the Krag

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Me too but the ammo is expensive

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Key-Tea-2881@reddit

Krag

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TheKelt@reddit

^bang ^bang ^bang ^bang ^bang ^bang ^bang #**PING**

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Isn’t that the best sound

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captain_grey@reddit

The Mauser. The krag would be if it was full-stocked, though.

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ParticularlyUnstable@reddit

I wanna say the lever gun or the m1a. But god dammit every time i see a mauser i just wanna run the action.

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timstr117@reddit

What the hell happened to that M1?

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Sysion@reddit

War

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Aggravating_Lab5269@reddit

That ain't no war wear partner that's years of improper storage and maintenance

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UnhappyIndependence2@reddit

Happy that I got mine basically brand new produced in 53

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timstr117@reddit

Storage at the bottom of a lake maybe

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Crossingthelineagain@reddit

Double barrel shotgun

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Dndfan68@reddit

M1 garand

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MysteriousDog5927@reddit

The Lever gun

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humblenoob76@reddit

Either the trench gun or the krag, idk why but those two speak to me

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TempusCarpe@reddit

That 1873 is bad as fuk boi!

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ncbraves93@reddit

https://imgur.com/gallery/KNKO7a2 I'll take the shot gun, given idk what happened to that Garand.

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skizzums0@reddit

1873 for me, tough second garand

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Felaguin@reddit

I liked the same two, just in reverse order.

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Felaguin@reddit

M-1 Garand, the finest battle implement ever devised.

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Wisps@reddit

Holy shit that poor fucking Garand was in a jungle wasn't it?

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afleticwork@reddit

All of them especially the crusty garand

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Sea-Combination-6655@reddit

Mauser 1937 and the Krag look sexy as hell

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MaximaSpeed@reddit

The Krag, those things look so cool.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Yea but the ammo is really expensive. To me I want to shoot my firearms.

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TheSilentPhilosopher@reddit

Sexy!! Did you pick these up from the Gunslinger Auction? Some look really familiar

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jfm111162@reddit

If you reload cartridges like 30-40 krag it’s a little more affordable to shoot

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Yea I don’t reload so it’s spendy

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jfm111162@reddit

I seem to gravitate towards obscure cartridges So reloading makes sense for those cartridges You don’t really save money on common ones like 9mm but when you get ones like 7.5 French at 1.40 apiece you save some money

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TacTurtle@reddit

WTF happened to that poor Garand? was it cleaned in a cement mixer full of anvils?

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

It spent decades in a river. Scuba diver found it and I restored it the whole video is on YouTube here. I did not stain the wood either just a sand and linseed oil. https://youtu.be/VUg093Gxpm0?si=YNTzOJracjn39Cnt here is the m1 garand restore

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Mr_9mm@reddit

I would not have had the balls to put a round through that after all that work.

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WhiskeyOverIce@reddit

You have an amazing collection!

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1LR_GUE@reddit

That one

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hindsighthaiku@reddit

pting!

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Perfect-Bison2561@reddit

My wife would kill you and I both for those bed sheets

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Significant_Team1334@reddit

The Winchester shotgun. The rest are meh surplus.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

What the Winchester rifle is the best

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Significant_Team1334@reddit

They made far more rifles. A shotgun than slam fires is worth more.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Fair point yea I like the slamfire. The Germans said the trench shotgun was a war crime. I mean it would clear out a trench pretty easy and with the bayonet as well. Just brutal

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Significant_Team1334@reddit

Fuck the Germans and any war crime laws. I've been in combat every last ounce of it is a crime.

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funwithfuel@reddit

1897 & Garand

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sHoRtBuSseR@reddit

I'd really like to have that 1897

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peregrine05@reddit

Like the Terminator said, "All"

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igwaltney3@reddit

Garand

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CFishing@reddit

1897, krag and 1873 are tied, but probably 1873x

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linkslice@reddit

Octagon 1873? Ya that one.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Yea me too laid a pretty penny for it too. Can’t wait to fire it. Might vise fire it first who knows how long it has been since fired. I had to pay a lot for some 38-40 black powder

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linkslice@reddit

If you’re worried about it a gunsmith can inspect it and tell you if it’s safe before you blow it up. I don’t imagine black powder 38-40 really has the power to blow it up. But I’m just a guy on the internet. I’d take it to a pro.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

I vise fire them safely. I do this a lot. I have period correct ammo

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OkAsparagus2644@reddit

The lever action

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Gallen570@reddit

The Lefever looks very similar to my dad's AH Fox... Nice collection.

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popeye44@reddit

1,5,3,6 in that order.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Yes great answer meaning you will take all of them 👍

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popeye44@reddit

Top of my wish list is the shotgun, lever next. I don't have much of a fascination "except historically" with the bolt guns.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Yea I have a friend that has a huge fascination with all kinds of bolt action. Like arisakas lee enfields, moisin nagants, k98, Springfield 1903, carcano, Steyr mannlicher, etc…. He has had me transfer 7 this year alone. All bolt actions

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popeye44@reddit

Yea, I think collection wise they'd be great. I've always liked that 1897, a collector I knew when I was really poor, probably had 15 of them, some were museum pieces he purchased a museums closed. I wouldn't mind one I could shoot and one I wouldn't.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Yea I need to find a spring kit for it so it can hold more that three shells

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os-n-clouds@reddit

They're all beautiful but my eyes keep drifting back to the 1897, it's aged like the finest of wines.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Yes I have two of them I also have a lot other older handguns that I have restored and fired. Here is my channel link https://youtube.com/@TheKinzlerBros?si=2VMoEdvpVL9_yyne

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Sigeightyeight@reddit

The aryan one

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JethroFire@reddit

My understanding was the vz24 was never produced with a bent bolt handle or stock recess. I have a vz24 that was captured and reworked by the Germans and still retains the straight and in the white bolt.

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Dane__55@reddit

The Mauser Model 1937.

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Environmental-Wind89@reddit

Same here

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jengus-christler@reddit

The first two are the coolest.

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

What about the Winchester 1873 it’s literally the rifle that won the west

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ZarekTheInsane@reddit

As much as I love the other nothing say fuck off better then both tubes of buckshot or slugs.

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Darksept@reddit

1897

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jfm111162@reddit

The krag

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CommanderKertz@reddit

1897 all the way

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gofasteatass123@reddit

Ooooo that 1873 is niceee but krags give me dirty thoughts

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ShotgunEd1897@reddit

The Winchester 1897.

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10gaugetantrum@reddit

I'll have to say the Garand. Its hard to own multiple of the same gun and it not be one of your favorites.

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NavarroJoe@reddit

Style wise? 73 or 1897! Plinking the Garand. Smoothest shooter by far is the Krag but like you said ammo is expensive.

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cjfraiz@reddit

The Lever, almost always the Lever!!

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Hilth0@reddit

Krag or Garand all day.

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NinjaBuddha13@reddit

Theres just something about old side by side shotguns thats so classic. I feel like I might need to renounce my citize ship too cuz that Mauser got me more than the Grand right now.

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salemgreenfield@reddit

Lever action. Easy peasy.

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FirstTarget8418@reddit

There is no better weapon than the "Geneva Suggestion".

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CraaZero@reddit

#*PING*

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StonewallJackson45@reddit

Always Mauser

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VanillaIce315@reddit

Model 1873, second from right. Far left is a close 2nd

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FuggaliciousV@reddit

M1 for me

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Zealousideal-Box28@reddit

I own a .30-40 Krag, but I’d really want to buy an 1873.

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Leading-Strawberry78@reddit

Those guys have seen some shitz

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The-Fotus@reddit

1897

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FactsHurt1998@reddit

Yes

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DeerStalkr13pt2@reddit

Trenchgun, my grandpa had one and he’d hunt birds often with it

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

Well this is not the trench version but yea I really want one

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DeerStalkr13pt2@reddit

Wonder if they make Repros

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advertisementistheft@reddit

The reproduction models of the 1897 don't have slam fire

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Thekinzlerbros@reddit (OP)

The Mauser and garand were restore by my the garand was found at the bottom of a river in North Dakota. It was in horrible shape. The wood is black because of the water. I simply sanded it and put linseed oil on it. Here is the link for the m1 https://youtu.be/VUg093Gxpm0?si=BQlwoXzFKOZNFScZ

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