My haunting memory is of a nice German sporter rifle, built on a Mauser action. It was unmarked as to maker, but had that great half octagonal/half round barrel with integral rib. Typical German engraving, butternife bolt handle, slim forend, side panels on the stock, horn buttplate (with a little worm damage). It was chambered in 8x57J (0.318 bore diameter).
It was the only thing that caught my eye at this gun show. My wife was with me & insisted that she buy it for me - for my birthday. The gun wasn't perfect, and I wasn't very educated on such guns - so I said "No." That's the last I saw of that gun...
What in the world is wrong with me ????
From that day on, I've been convinced that I must have been dropped as a child !
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