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Parker-Hale M48 Mauser (.308 Win)

The Gun Thing

When last I offered this Parker-Hale rifle (from the late Layabout Sailor’s estate), it didn’t get much response.  But I can’t just leave it to rot in my safe, so I’ve sweetened the pot, so to speak.  Here it is, with the new Pachmayr recoil pad I’d fitted earlier:

As you can see, I’ve added a Bushnell 3-9x50mm scope (Multi-X crosshair reticle), and using some spare Federal Sierra Match King 168gr ammo I had lying around, I took it off to the range to sight it in.

I used a laser sighter (one of those in-barrel thingies) which was almost useless at 50 yards — I could barely see the red dot — so I brought it in to 25 yards just to get the damn thing on paper.

Here was the first target, at 50 yards.  The top four scattered shots were my attempt before I did the above, and the three in the bull were the result after bringing it in to 25, getting it zeroed, then taking it back out to 50.

Then I played with the scope a tad, and set it up to shoot about an inch high at 50 yards, thinking that shooting high at 50 would more or less drop the shots into the bull at 100.  Here’s what happened with a five-shot string at 50 yards:

Gotta say, that’s not too shabby — and it validates my decision to use proper match ammo instead of the “practice” stuff (PMC 150gr) that I’ve used before.

So here’s the deal.

I’m raffling this lovely rifle off to you, O my Readers.  $10 per ticket, no limit on the number of tickets per person, and I’m keeping the raffle open until I get the amount collected up to where I won’t be embarrassed to pass it on to the Widow Irish.  (Reminder:  I do not benefit financially from any of this.  All the money less the shipping cost goes straight to her.)

I have to say that I was sorely tempted just to buy it myself, but I can’t afford the amount I think it’s worth.  It is an extraordinary rifle:  smooooth action, a light trigger (~5oz pull with hardly any take-up), and the accuracy speaks for itself.  It is a rifle I would take into the field or into battle, any day of the week.  (Yes I’m prejudiced because Mauser, but even then I can say without reservation that it is the best Mauser action I’ve ever fired.)  Those guys at Parker-Hale really knew what they were doing, and still do.

As always, feel free to use any method of payment you wish:

Paper cheques to the sooper-seekrit mailing address:
6009 W Parker Rd
Suite 149-141
Plano TX 75093

Venmo: -at-Kim-DuToit-3

Paypal / Zelle:  kim-at-kimdutoit.com

And also as always, many thanks for your assistance.

That One Thing

Guy Stuff, Tools

So you’re going to be marooned on a deserted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.  You can only take ONE thing with you.

What is it?  Easy-peasy.

Swiss Army Champ XXL:

Hahaha.  Just kidding.  There’s way too much stuff on the XXL that you’ll never need, and all that makes it damn heavy and cumbersome.

The “ordinary” Champ will do just fine.


(As I recall, I have about three of the things scattered around the place:  bedside drawer, toolbox and SHTF grab-‘n-go bag.  Oh wait, there’s another one in the kitchen “junk” drawer too, so:  four)

My only “improvement” would be to exchange the red plastic grips for grooved aluminum (which they make for the Mini-Champ and others, but inexplicably do not offer with the larger Champ models).

Feel free to argue with my choice in Comments.

By the way, this post was inspired by:

Thursday Landscape

Travels

The Old Bell Beer Garden, Hurley UK 2004

Just east of Henley-On-Thames.  The Old Bell is one of the oldest pubs in the UK.  Despite (or because of) that, it had a really crappy beer selection when we were there.

Predictable

Africa

So you’re part of a group of fishermen, walking off to your favorite fishing spot, when you encounter a herd of elephants.  Most likely there are newborn calves in the herd, which is why the females take offense at a bunch of humans occupying the same zip code.  So you flee the angry herd in panic, and take refuge in a nearby river.  And the predictable occurs.

…because Africa.

Doing My Bit

Muzzies, Two-Minute Hate

As I don’t have a Twatter account, I can’t do as Mr. Gervais requests.  The best I can do, however, is this:

As for the underlying message (that Muslims think dogs are unclean — “najis”), I heartily concur with Ricky’s suggestion.

Ditto U.S. Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), who said “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.”


(pic borrowed from C.W.)

And not just as it pertains to dog-hatred, either.  I feel the same about “honor killings”, forcing women to wear niqabs, sha’ria “law”, “fatwas”, banning liquor, and all the other vile dogmatic slop these tits bring to our treasured Western civilization.

It may really be time for us to consider adding an asterisk to the First Amendment.