DST's for AaronB
by Hoot 
, Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Monday, May 05, 2025, 13:07 (6 days ago)
Your post got me to thinking so I had to take some pictures of what I've got here.
'98 Mauser in 8x57
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Zastava M-85 (Mini-Mauser) in .22-250
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Rusty 54 caliber front-stuffer (need to clean that up...sheesh)
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Dutch M-95 Mannlicher in 6.5x53R
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Sauer & Sohn Tell V in 9.3x57R/360
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Hungarian M-95 currently in a Franken-22 but soon to be in 8x56R
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1916 Newton in 6.5-06
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1925 Newton in .270 with the odd 'backwards DST'
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Nice! I also like DSTs...
Do I spy two or three pop-up tang sights?
The Germans liked those also.
Yep. The '98 and the '95 Hungarian which...
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Monday, May 05, 2025, 13:50 (6 days ago) @ JohnKDM
I hope to get into your hands soon.
Will be good to visit and deliver some other stuff. nt
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Amen.
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Monday, May 05, 2025, 17:06 (6 days ago) @ JohnKDM
Missed seeing you at CSA.
And here I thought I was getting a collection...
...I see my habit of appreciating weird and obscure rifles just don't quite hold a candle to some of y'all.
And those DSTs kinda give me the DTs, if you know what I mean.
-AaronB
I'm a real sucker for them...
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Monday, May 05, 2025, 13:52 (6 days ago) @ AaronB
as well as weird and oddball.
And here I thought I was getting a collection...
Bobby T. had this one for sale but I waffled too long and it had sold when I went back after it. I saved all of his pics to torture myself. Not really DSTs, but there are two triggers...
German double in 43 Mauser made by Scherping.
Check out the folding tang sight. There was a folding front night sight with likely an ivory bead. Looks like customs removed it with an axe, thus saving the whales or something. Yeah, that elephant has been dead for at least 150yrs.
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Whoa!!
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Monday, May 05, 2025, 17:07 (6 days ago) @ JohnKDM
That was a nice rifle.
And here I thought I was getting a collection...
by Slow Hand 
, Indiana, Wednesday, May 07, 2025, 09:29 (4 days ago) @ JohnKDM
Local shop owner has a SxS .43 Mauser. I got to play with it years ago when I loaded him up some ammo for it. I don’t recall much, but i do remember it had double, single set triggers. It was pretty nice! I have tried to buy it from him a time or two in more recent years but he’s not letting go of it.
That sounds pretty cool.
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Wednesday, May 07, 2025, 09:55 (4 days ago) @ Slow Hand
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