Why do I try to go any where else, should just camp out at Falls City Firearms

[indy1919a4]

So with the rain I decided to start my Monthly Midwest gun shop crawl.. This time starting off on the South West side of the state and working east.. Finding nothing great.. until I pull into Fall City Firearms. Crap should have brought more money. Rick greets me, Glad you dropped in just got a big load of guns in.. And Wow he did..

Heck I was like Arnold Schwarzenegger in that Terminator Movie.. He may have even had that Plasma Rifle that poor Arnold could not find. I should have asked.

Just one of cool and weird that Rick had.

A very Nice 1937 Mosin. But what was cool, was that the Metal band that you find on the upper hand guard. Was not there.. Instead the hand guard was all one piece with a carved wooden band. And the wood band is not a separate piece, the hand guard and the "band" is all one unit..

And it seems like Rick is perfecting his own type of unique salesmanship

First he hits you with friendly Greetings, followed by humor, Youtube movies and vast knowledge

then Bam he follows through with Low Prices and good personal hygiene. How can you say no.???..

I had left my money hidden under the spare tire to try to resist temptation, It was to much for me..

 

[indiucky]

The shortest stay a Mosin ever had in the shop...I told you that you could sleep on the couch until we get it up to the farm.....

Did you get to look under it yet???

 

[indy1919a4]

The shortest stay a Mosin ever had in the shop...I told you that you could sleep on the couch until we get it up to the farm.....

Did you get to look under it yet???

Geeze do not rush it.. let the dance begin... you must have been a terror when girls started wearing skirts.. I walked out of that place with 5 rifles.. you have to give time to each of them equally.

 

[BigMoose]

The only problem with Falls City Firearms is that whenever I see the sign, I see the one next to it,. It makes me instantly think of that famous Indiana Jones scene

[video=youtube;7YyBtMxZgQs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs[/video]

 

[indiucky]

Hey moose...The Dojo is closed...No more evenings of hearing.."Hah!"

 

[BigMoose]

Lol that begs a question......

 

[Fawkes]

SCW rifle? That handguard and the year makes me think it might be

 

[indy1919a4]

The shortest stay a Mosin ever had in the shop...I told you that you could sleep on the couch until we get it up to the farm.....

Did you get to look under it yet???

Ok got it off, the other girls are feeling neglected because of the time it took..

It does look cool.. Lot of work was done there for a nothing..

This note was stuck under the guard.. perhaps a name of a ship they were wary of or some
kinda code I can not make out...

 

[Leadeye]

He's good.

 

[indy1919a4]

SCW rifle? That handguard and the year makes me think it might be

have you seen that type of hand guard before???

 

[indy1919a4]

SCW rifle? That handguard and the year makes me think it might be

You got me looking there, came across this web page..

https://scwmosin.weebly.com/spanish-made-stockhandguard.html

Now someone spent a little time grinding out that wood end cap. and that page tells about how the Spanish made them crude..

But in the web page the cleaning rod looks the same as this ones, and when they were showing the crudeness of the stock, this one
has the same cutting near the middle barrel band and the sling escutcheons also show a certain crudeness.

 

[BigMoose]

Is Falls City open tomorrow?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Is Falls City open tomorrow?

He's open on Fridays, yes.

 

[Fawkes]

have you seen that type of hand guard before???

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Yes. The Spanish were known for doing this. And with the 1937 date it is a strong candidate. The cleaning rod looks odd too. That is another SCW clue. Please put up pictures of the rest of the rifle.

 

[BigMoose]

He's open on Fridays, yes.

Well it is Good Friday. Always good to check first

 

[indy1919a4]

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Yes. The Spanish were known for doing this. And with the 1937 date it is a strong candidate. The cleaning rod looks odd too. That is another SCW clue. Please put up pictures of the rest of the rifle.

I will be glad to tomorrow, but I have been scouring the internet trying to find another example.. Now Rick told it was Spanish Civil War.. But I thought.. hell what does rick know???

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Very cool find! I've never seen one of those wooden barrel bands before. Where's MillerTyme when you need him? I wonder of 7.62x54R.net has any info on them?

 

[mkgr22]

Very cool find! I've never seen one of those wooden barrel bands before. Where's MillerTyme when you need him? I wonder of 7.62x54R.net has any info on them?

Yes!

Spanish Civil War M91/30s

 

[indy1919a4]

Yes!

Spanish Civil War M91/30s

Wow, Thanks Mkgr22.. Now seriously, I really want to hear the story of the anal bastard who instructed his woodworkers to cut the replacement wood handguards so it has a fake hand guard band. I can hear him now "Make it look like this picture or your fired"

 

[Wolfhound]

I learn something almost every time I get on INGO. I consider myself a collector but you guys are the masters. I didn't even know Mosin-Nagants were used in the Spanish Civil War until now.