Not only the Mausers but also M1s, Garands, and Thompsons all had the same destination. As a Brazilian I am sad and ashamed but that's what happens when we don't know how to use our vote.
Eduardo, Brazil is beautiful and has some of the most lovely women in the world. It is a true melting pot of different nationalities. It is the only place in the world, where I have seen a dozen different language newspapers and magazines in small shops, along the Amazon or in the jungle villages. Fantastic people as well. Loved Carnival.
Rio, is huge and sprawling, Belo Horizonte' is industrious and bustling. The iron ore is so pure it can be picked up with a magnet. Incredible.
They mentioned the other firearms as well. Another thing they mentioned, was that other nearby nations, without smelting facilities, send their arms to be smelted down as well. Everything that was ever sold in South America, other than Argentina, head for those smelters.
It won't be long before there won't be any of those fabulous Mausers available to the North American markets any longer.
I'm really surprised that entrepreneurs like Century International aren't approaching them to be allowed to strip the rifles for salvageable parts???
Could it be that Obama's government is purchasing all of those arms outright and selling them or giving them to Mannesman at scrap prices, to keep them offshore or just to destroy them???
Brazilian and US ties are pretty close these days.
