I took a little extra time from a recent roadtrip to divert from Rock Island Arsenal (45 minutes north of Simpson's) to go see Simpson's seeing as how I was in the area. (for those interested I have posted a few hundred pictures from Rock Island and Springfield Armory in the photo forum).
The folks were very nice at CF, and as for the discussion on here about the high price of the Mondragon in 7mm Mauser, their prices on books were absurdly low, so much so I bought some collectors books I didn't even care about just because of the low prices.
As I walked around I saw two Liberators (genuine ones, not the newer repros), and commented you don't usually see more than one at a time, at that they whipped one out for me to look at).
I asked if it was ok to take some pictures, and was told as long as no one was in them, sure. It made it a bit hard, and with customers there I didn't want to be to obvious, but managed a few of the 'high end' display, with various minatures, including the mini g43, luger and 1911.
As for stock, frankly I was blown away. Its been never that I have seen a milsurp stock like thiers here in Canada. 3 Swedish Cavalry carbines (IIRC), racks of Lee Enfields, K31s (meh, see them here enough), various mausers, French rifles, etc etc.
If I had 25K to blow on guns I would have passed on the Mondragon (the 5,8 is the only one for me), and bought a truckload of their 'cheap stuff'. If you are in the area, I recommend it.
The folks were very nice at CF, and as for the discussion on here about the high price of the Mondragon in 7mm Mauser, their prices on books were absurdly low, so much so I bought some collectors books I didn't even care about just because of the low prices.
As I walked around I saw two Liberators (genuine ones, not the newer repros), and commented you don't usually see more than one at a time, at that they whipped one out for me to look at).
I asked if it was ok to take some pictures, and was told as long as no one was in them, sure. It made it a bit hard, and with customers there I didn't want to be to obvious, but managed a few of the 'high end' display, with various minatures, including the mini g43, luger and 1911.
As for stock, frankly I was blown away. Its been never that I have seen a milsurp stock like thiers here in Canada. 3 Swedish Cavalry carbines (IIRC), racks of Lee Enfields, K31s (meh, see them here enough), various mausers, French rifles, etc etc.
If I had 25K to blow on guns I would have passed on the Mondragon (the 5,8 is the only one for me), and bought a truckload of their 'cheap stuff'. If you are in the area, I recommend it.
