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ImNotGod

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4. You can get Gew 1888 mausers shipped directly to your door without any paperwork. I believe it used the first smokeless

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Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:04 PM

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cartridge and since it was made before 1898 it falls under antique non firearm which needs no federal registration. The ammo, unless it was rechambered for a modern cartridge, would be very difficult but not impossible to find. I remember back in the 1990's tons of these showed up in sportsman's catalogs for around $200 buck. I still see them for sale online but at about double that price. This is just one example out of hundreds of pre 1898 weapons available that fall under the no paperwork loophole.

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Charlie Kirk assassin's alleged gun was powerful, vintage and hard to trace [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 20 OP

I don't think there is any issue that the gun is or is not the murder weapon Bernardo de La Paz Sep 20 #1

They have serial numbers. James48 Sep 20 #2

OK More of this official story is BS. If this was a WWII German rifle it is a 7.92x57mm Mauser. flashman13 Sep 20 #3

Century Arms alone sold tons of sporterized Mausers rebarreled to .30-06, dirt cheap sl8 Sep 20 #5

I bow to your superior knowlege. Nothing more reliable than internet posts in which the FBI reported it as a flashman13 Sep 20 #7

Question: Before those surplus WWII rifles were sold wouldn't they have been stamped with a serial number? flashman13 Sep 20 #8

Yes, after that requirement was instituted. 1968 Gun Control Act, I think. nt sl8 Sep 20 #12

They probably had serial numbers before they originally left the Mauser factory. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 20 #14

Yes, good point. nt sl8 Sep 20 #16

The average reporter is not competent to report intelligently on specifics about firearms, Jack Valentino Sep 20 #17

You can get Gew 1888 mausers shipped directly to your door without any paperwork. I believe it used the first smokeless ImNotGod Sep 20 #4

It was his Grandfathers gun and it had a $2000 scope on it is what I heard. Ellipsis Sep 20 #6

Grandpa's gun? Old war surplus rifle? $2000 scope sight? Paladin Sep 20 #9

Don't over think it. n/t Ellipsis Sep 20 #10

Good advice. Think I'll take it. (nt) Paladin Sep 20 #11

Thanks for that.... thought perhaps I was a being a bit short... Ellipsis Sep 20 #13

I've been in DU gun discussions for 24 years, now. Pretty hard to get me riled. Paladin Sep 20 #15

The scope was added long afterwards, obviously.... Jack Valentino Sep 20 #18

Private sellers are not required to record serial numbers of guns sold Kaleva Sep 20 #19

Ban unregistered guns and confiscate them, please. LudwigPastorius Sep 20 #20