We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/11/boer_mauser.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:00:52 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Kim du Toit dropped in yesterday (electronically, not in person) to check out the bar where my Boer Mauser hangs. Since he was not surprisingly interested in it, I thought I'd post a few more pictures that ya'll can take a gander at. This is a M1896 Mauser made by Ludwig Loewe in Berlin. Many of these rifles never made it to the Orang Vrije Staat (Orange Free State) because the war started before they were shipped. Most (or many) of those rifles were eventually re-sold to Chile. Not this one. He made it to the fight. Unfortunately (from a... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/11/boer_mauser.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/11/boer_mauser.html Fri, 14 Nov 2003 07:28:47 -0600 Aaaaaargh! My sources back in S. Africa tell me that a genuine Boer Mauser can fetch well in excess of $2,000 over there -- not Rands, $US -- and I want one in memory of my great-great granddad, who fought against the British in 1881 AND 1899. Let me know. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/11/boer_mauser.html#comment-438 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/11/boer_mauser.html#comment-438 Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:58:30 -0600