New member from Uppland, Sweden.

[Lidsman]

Greetings,
I'm a new member living in Uppland, Sweden, and I'm interested in history, Black-powder shooting, historical fencing among many (to many accord to my wife) expensive hobbies. I'm a High school/Upper secondary school teacher in history and civics.
Regards,
Ulf Lidsman

 

[nit wit]

Welcome from Maine
Nit Wit

 

[kelljp]

Welcome from East TN

 

[wiscoaster]

Welcome from NE Wisconsin (Packer country to US football fans).

Your Swedish Mausers are also hellova rifles. I've got a Carl Gustav and a Husqvarna. They sure knew how to make steel in those days. Bolts in the white still bright and shiny.

 

[Bustacap]

Welcome from NH

 

[Old Timer 48]

Welcome!

 

[Okie Hog]

Welcome from southwest Oklahoma.

 

[2 shots]

welcome from long island new york, U.S.A.

 

[slhowell]

Welcome from Maryland

 

[TFoley]

Welcome from a relative! Well, sorta. My father's ancestors came from southern Norway/Sweden around 850AD and settled in SE Ireland, so the link is tenuous, to say the least. However, it is indisputably there, as you can see from a photo of my dad - almost 2m tall, blonde and blue-eyed, and similar in appearance to the late, great Jussi Bjoerling

I've got a 1898 three-digit m/96, too.

 

[user 31232]

A hearty welcome from Indiana !

 

[Eutycus]

Howdy and Welcome from Texas!

 

[Lidsman]

Welcome from NE Wisconsin (Packer country to US football fans).

Your Swedish Mausers are also hellova rifles. I've got a Carl Gustav and a Husqvarna. They sure knew how to make steel in those days. Bolts in the white still bright and shiny.

Here's mine! A Model 46 in 9,3x57 made in 1936 and still going strong! You can buy these for about $100-200 in Sweden.

Husqvarna 46

 

[Lidsman]

Welcome from a relative! Well, sorta. My father's ancestors came from southern Norway/Sweden around 850AD and settled in SE Ireland, so the link is tenuous, to say the least. However, it is indisputably there, as you can see from a photo of my dad - almost 2m tall, blonde and blue-eyed, and similar in appearance to the late, great Jussi Bjoerling

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I've got a 1898 three-digit m/96, too.

Your dad really looks Scandinavian! During the 19th century about a million Swedes (25% of the population) left Sweden for a better life in America so there is a lot of Viking blood in the US.

 

[TFoley]

Your dad really looks Scandinavian! During the 19th century about a million Swedes (25% of the population) left Sweden for a better life in America so there is a lot of Viking blood in the US.

My dad only left Ireland to go to England - never left it again, except to go back to Ireland.

 

[toot]

Welcome.

 

[GregK]

Welcome from the Catskill Mountains of NY

 

[Terrier]

Welcome from Middle Tennessee!

 

[LSLibelo]

Välkommen från Kalifornien.

 

[VA Hawken]

Welcome from Winchester, VA!