UAG Mauser K98 K-98 Karabiner Long Eye Relief Scope + New Generation Weaver Rail Scope Mount + Scope Rings+ Lens Covers+Lens Cleaning Kit

Official UAG Mauser K98 2-7x32 Long Eye relief scope and mount package. Includes the 2-7x32 Duplex Reticle Long Eye Relief scope, easy to install Mauser K98 rear Sight Replacement Weaver Mount, mounting hardware, rings, lens cleaning kit, and lens covers. The scope is Nitrogen filled, fogproof, shock proof to withstand and perfrom under the highest recoil, and water resistant. Features a duplex reticle for sharper aiming points and a clear and bright field of view. Lenses are multi coated blue for lowlight conditions and is fully adjustable for windage and elevation click adjustments. Includes see through lens covers, deluxe cleaning kit, as well as Premium 'QD' 7/8 weaver scope rings. The included Mauser K98 mount fits mil spec Mauser K98 and most other Mauser K98. It has 13 separate slots (approximately 5.25' length) and 2.5 oz weight. This mount replaces the rear sight, and is made from high grade aircraft aluminum with a black anodized finish and will give you a WEAVER/ PICATINNY 7/8' rail mounting platform for your included UAG 2-7x32 Long Eye Relief Duplex Scope or other weaver based scopes-sights-lasers-lights. Easy Installation- Includes Allen Keys, Mounting Screws, Roll Pin

Best viewed LARGE! Ok, this took me nearly 12 hours of polishing and cleaning to get the bottom half of this U.S. WWII 75MM M5A1 tank round to shine like it is here. Of course I have no proof but, this round may have been fired against the Japanese bunker in the background. I wanted to clean only half to show the contrast of how the round originally looked verses lying for 60 plus years on a deserted island in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean. I actually found this on an island where there is no documented activity in any of the record books. I also found a few small arm rounds as well as the remains of a plane crash. Small dirt mounds bigger than a man also dot the island making me wonder what exactly is inside these mounds that are not native. A Marshallese friend of mine told me this island was the sight of a massacre - in his words the island is called 'Shark Island' (Marshallese Language). The reason behind this, as he says, is the result of the killing of many Japanese soldiers and sailors who were marched to this island after being taken prisoner, during low tide, over the reef, and lined up and shot by U.S. Marines during WWII. This Marshallese friend told me the sharks can remember the taste and smell of the Japanese blood and visit this island in the hopes of finding a meal. Now I’m not really a believer of legendary tales and folklore because usually as the years pass the stories mutate into some extraordinary end result to scare young children into doing chores, taking a bath, not venturing too far from home ect.ect. But I swear to you as we were walking around the island there were times we had to walk into the lagoon because of the overgrowth of trees and jungle well, every time we walked ankle to knee deep about ten to 20 baby sharks would approach us - they were all no more than 2 to 3 feet long. Without warning the first time we ventured into the lagoon I noticed my friend bend down and pick up some rocks. I later watched him throw the rocks at the approaching baby sharks. It did the job! The sharks would dart away only to return in a few minutes. To be honest I really do not believe this story but, after talking to an American official who is an expert on this place and it’s war time history, something just doesn’t add up. According to this expert this particular island was not used at all by the invading Americans: there is no mention of it in the invasion plans or after the atoll was secured and taken over. There is no mention of it any where in any of the books as being used by any U.S. personnel during WWII. Yet I found this shell there and other small arms as well as many WWII era American coke bottles, a WWII plane wreck and large dirt mounds that are not native to the island. This expert stated that the only way to prove this story would be to conduct an excavation of these mounds to see what they reveal. Hmmmm… ;) I guess I’ll have to revisit this island with a shovel……. The bunker in the background is not on the island in question. I brought this brass casing from the island to this island. The outer islands were used as artillery positions in support of U.S. Marine’s main invasion target. So, this round could have been fired at this island in support - just like the story above - it is all speculation at this point.

WWII Museum in the remains of the bunkers of the 'Atlantikwall' build by the German forces during WWII. Camera: Fed-3B, Industar-61. Film: Rollei Retro 100, developed in Caffenol C.