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06-02-2012, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Cyrano
Paladin: Absolutely gorgeous, and yes, very exotic. The condition of that oue is simply superb; it looks like it came out of the factory yesterday. I think the sight graduations are a little off: in his autobiography, "Edwardian Heydays"., George Cornwallis-West described shooting on a rifle range with the Mauser. The distance was 500 yards, and he had to use the 800 meter sight setting to hit it.
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Mine definitely has a 1000 meter setting. If you look closely at the last picture you can see it. As I said, I think that's a really optimistic sight!
John
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