Help, I broke my broom...

Olle · 09-16-2015, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by sheepherder

Confusing pictures deleted!

There's enough confusion on this forum!

Hey, this ain't Area 51, so what was that thing in the picture? A block for an Artillery Luger?

sheepherder · 09-18-2015, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Olle

Hey, this ain't Area 51, so what was that thing in the picture? A block for an Artillery Luger?

Well, it could be, if you made your own 'artillery' (or carbine) barrel...Like I did...

It's an actual C96 rear sight assembly with a milled-flat receiver mount. I cut it off a surplus receiver, thinking I would keep it for a spare in case either of my two Mausers broke a sight. But I doubt if I will ever shoot either of them again, and I'm going with the Mauser carbine sight on my long-barrel [top of pic] so this will just collect dust in a drawer until my niece throws it away...

Olle · 09-18-2015, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sheepherder

this will just collect dust in a drawer until my niece throws it away...

Well, why don't you throw it in the mail instead? PM sent.

sheepherder · 09-18-2015, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Olle

Well, why don't you throw it in the mail instead?

You could just root through my garbage. I can't set anything metal on my curb without a scavenger snatching it up within five5 minutes...True!

I replaced my hot water heater a couple years back. Foam insulation was waterlogged; couldn't bump the tank up the basement stairs with it on. I chiseled it all off after removing the tin jacket and took the cast iron/steel [whatever] tank out to the curb. I went back down and got the tin jacket and took it up & out to the curb next to the...nothing...The curb was empty.

Since then, anything metal does not last more than an hour. Old wheels, brake discs, watering cans/garden tools, anything metal. Gone in Sixty Seconds. Like the movie.

Olle · 09-18-2015, 10:12 PM

That reminds me of how my Dad's buddy used to get rid of his garbage. He ran an electronics store, and a couple of times a year he spent a weekend cleaning the store and doing maintenance. When he was done, he put all the garbage in nice, crisp TV boxes, taped them up neatly and put them on his loading dock. It never failed, the boxes were always gone the next morning.

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09-18-2015, 10:12 PM	#5
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 664 Times in 318 Posts	That reminds me of how my Dad's buddy used to get rid of his garbage. He ran an electronics store, and a couple of times a year he spent a weekend cleaning the store and doing maintenance. When he was done, he put all the garbage in nice, crisp TV boxes, taped them up neatly and put them on his loading dock. It never failed, the boxes were always gone the next morning.