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Convention Community => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Prinz Eugen on December 15, 2011, 10:35:44 pm
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Whee!!
I got my Curio & Relics Federal Firearms License today!
C & R FFL holders are sometimes called 'crufflers' and dat's a mee now!
Now eyeballing all the infantry rifles of Valkyria Chronicles (http://www.imfdb.org/w/index.php?title=Valkyria_Chronicles&oldid=465620) a little more closely, especially if I can nail down a Gewehr 43 in decent condition.
Here's a comparison overlay from a German forum:
(https://www.kumoricon.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi153.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs236%2FArchimedes27000%2Fanimu%2FsexyG43.jpg&hash=50b62d2f93b305e290549e13ca85abdd69922756)
Now compare the muzzle end of the anime rifle to the Russian Mosin-Nagant:
http://www.firearmspriceguide.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=198
(pics at the beginning of that forum thread.)
The groove in the stock back near the trigger also seems inspired by the Mosin.
ANd no, I will NOT paint an original stock to Gallia militia colors ...