I bought a 100+yr ww1 old rifle when I was 14
>be me
>freshman year of hs
>parents are out, chillin in the kitchen making a pizza
>have my super alpha steyr kropatschek m 1886 with me
>mostprizedposetion.info
>suddenly hear a banging down the hall
>some motherfucker is trying to brake into my house
>notonmywatch.jpg
>grab kropatschek
>run down the hall screaming
>intruder looks surprised af
>club him in the head with my kropatschek
>call police
>police arrive
>tell them this trench belongs to austria
>cleaning lee enfield on table
>hear wankers outside having a pool party
>one of them shouts "Hey Tanya, pass me a popsicle!"
>mfw she just called "cold on the cob" a "popsicle
>post up some sandbags after digging a trench on my living room floor
>put a .308 british round right through her well cared for teeth
>god save the queen
>>29084821
>>hear wankers outside having a pool party
>bloody wankers
>>29084679
>be Russian
>get drafted when I was 16
>deployed around Poland
>deployed on frontline after few days in reserves
>Eating my lunch
>German MGs firing at regular time
>I didn't finish my lunch in time
>People around me tell me to put away my lunch
>Put away my lunch and grab my M1891
>Randomly blindfire at enemy trench
>Everyone looks at me
>Suddenly, MG actually stops firing for about 3 seconds
>Apparently, I hit somebody's Pickelhaube
>No one knew what to say, either in disbelief or anger
>Finish my lunch
>get injured few days later
>put away in a hospital with 3.14 qt nurseswhy'd you spend so much money on a m1886, there are other WW1 guns that are far cheaper to buy and run
I used to own G98 a while ago, actually
>>29084679
*salutes*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr_abMTchLoI don't want to live in a world without the Dual-Monarchy ;__;
>>29085452
I bought it from my dad
this is actually a pretty good small thread
>>29084679
>freshman year of HS
where it all went wrong.
>>29085477
But anon, Austria-Hungary is a mistake
Basically "Fuck My Shit Up: The Empire"
>>29085534
yea those were the days
>>29084679
>>>/k/
Also what model was it? I couldn't be bothered reading your story
>>29085567
But it was an eminently dignified clusterfuck.
You're right, it wasn't sustainable, and I freely admit to being a Magyarophile and pie-in-the-sky Habsburg-bo. It was a mess, but it was a beautiful mess.
Central Europe used to be first-world, dammit.
;___;
>>29084679
This kwuarmment is not original.
>>29085887
Austria was pretty rad, but the empire itself and anything outside Austria (and possibly Bohemia) was shit
Habsburgs were pretty rad as well, butthey weren't true Habsburgs past Maria TheresaIt was an entertaining mess, too :^)
>>29084679
>16
>Playing dodgeball
>Playing against guy 100x more agile and athletic than I am.
>Have 2 dodgeballs in my hand
>Remember Shigurui
>Throw one in a totally un-related direction
>He thinks it's intentional and a smile flashes across his face
>Throw the next one a second later
>It hits him right in the chest
>Win at dodgeball for the first and last time in my life
>>29086000
>mfw your whole post
AUSGELOEST
>Erzherzog Karl
>not a true Habsburg
>latter 19th century urban Hungary
>Temesvar/Timisoara in assfuck-nowhere Transylvania has the first electrically lighted streetlamps in Europe (1884)
>Budapest has first underground metro in continental Europe/second in the world (1896)
>not first worldI'll give it to you that rural life fucking sucked
Ferdi did nothing wrong.
>>29086281
I meant the bureaucracy, not economy/technology.and Erzherzog Karl still isn't a real Habsburg, anon
it's called Habsburg-Lorraine for a reason :^)
>>29086000
>>29086281
>anything outside Austria (and possibly Bohemia) was shit
BUDAPEST MOST SUSTAINED AND RAPID NET GROWTH OF ANY URBAN AGGLOMERATION IN POST-1848 EUROPE
MAGYAR STRONK
>>29086363
>shifting goalposts
>Habsburg-Lorraine
>not Habsburg-Lothringen:^)
