Post by gridnorth on Aug 26, 2024 12:03:09 GMT
Hello all.
To some degree and by accident, I seem to have become a replica collector. I didn't set out to become one it's simply that I've bought a few items that I really like and lo and behold, there I am a replica collector. Currently I have a Remington Colt 1911, a Webley MKVI revolver, an Umarex Colt SAA and a Walther Winchester. I realised that I am a collector when I started looking at SMLE and Mauser K98 not just from a shooting it perspective but simply for the ownership and historical interest. I have always been a keen history buff and studied history as a OU course when I retired. I am especially interested in the Old West and thoroughly enjoy debunking Hollywood crap. I love westerns but mostly when they are historically accurate and there are not many of those around.
To get things started does anyone have personal experience of either the SMLE Co2 or the Mauser K98 PCP?
For my part if anyone has any queries with regard to the real old west or debunking the Hollywood myths I would be keen to have a discussion. I did a paper on the Civil War and Reconstruction and the myths created by Hollywood as part of my degree course so I am quite knowledgeable even if I do say so myself. It would be mostly from memory as most of my primary source material disappeared during a house move.
Al
To some degree and by accident, I seem to have become a replica collector. I didn't set out to become one it's simply that I've bought a few items that I really like and lo and behold, there I am a replica collector. Currently I have a Remington Colt 1911, a Webley MKVI revolver, an Umarex Colt SAA and a Walther Winchester. I realised that I am a collector when I started looking at SMLE and Mauser K98 not just from a shooting it perspective but simply for the ownership and historical interest. I have always been a keen history buff and studied history as a OU course when I retired. I am especially interested in the Old West and thoroughly enjoy debunking Hollywood crap. I love westerns but mostly when they are historically accurate and there are not many of those around.
To get things started does anyone have personal experience of either the SMLE Co2 or the Mauser K98 PCP?
For my part if anyone has any queries with regard to the real old west or debunking the Hollywood myths I would be keen to have a discussion. I did a paper on the Civil War and Reconstruction and the myths created by Hollywood as part of my degree course so I am quite knowledgeable even if I do say so myself. It would be mostly from memory as most of my primary source material disappeared during a house move.
Al
