Earlier today, authorities announced that a .30-06 bolt action rifle was found in a wooded area that matched the suspects escape route after yesterday’s shooting. Form the New York Post . . .
A rifle recovered in the hunt for conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassin contained ammo engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology,” according to preliminary reports from law enforcement sources.
The weapon — an imported .30-06-caliber Mauser bolt-action rifle — was discovered wrapped in a towel by investigators in a wooded area following the killing of the conservative firebrand, who was shot once while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, according to the memo.
From the New York Times . . .
The weapon used to kill Mr. Kirk, a close ally of President Trump, was a “high-powered bolt-action rifle” that investigators later found in a wooded area near the campus of Utah Valley University, where Mr. Kirk had been speaking to a large crowd on Wednesday afternoon, said Robert Bohls, the special agent in charge of the F.B.I.’s Salt Lake City office.
Officials referred to the person they were hunting as a man throughout a news conference on Thursday morning. Mr. Mason said the person being sought “blended in well” at the campus because he appeared “to be of college age.”
He arrived on campus shortly before noon and used a stairway to make his way to the roof of a campus building overlooking the site of Mr. Kirk’s scheduled appearance, according to Mr. Mason. After the shooting — a single shot that hit Mr. Kirk in the neck — the person jumped from the roof and fled to a nearby neighborhood. …
The gun discovered near campus was an older-model Mauser 30-06 caliber high-powered bolt-action rifle, a military rifle widely popular with hunters, according to three federal law enforcement officials based on a preliminary internal assessment. The weapon and several recovered cartridges are being traced by A.T.F. analysts, but the evidence has not yet led to a person of interest, they said.
Did the NYT mention the engraved ammo?
They were citing the ATF, and that makes two sources where any accuracy in reporting is a coincidence rather than intent
The ATF sent an email to a journalist who released the email and in the email they told of the “transgender and anti-fascist ideology,”
But the police had a news conference and confirmed it in their news conference.
The left wing media has gone into ‘trans protection cover-up mode’ after finding out about the trantifa ideology on the ammo. CNN referred to it as “phrases related to cultural issues”
Murdering some one because they disagree with you.
The very definition of fascism. If the killer is found and he dies I will put a swastika on his headstone if I can locate it.
Mauser .30-06? NOT a “military” rifle.
Not this one. Its an imported commercial rifle.
NY Times said that, trying to bring in the typical anti-gun thing about ‘military rifles’ to give the idea of ‘weapons of war!!!! hand waving freak-outery’ thing. NY Times doesn’t know squat about firearms.
Its actually a sporting hunting rifle, an imported .30-06 commercial rifle – it is not a military rifle. It looks like one of the rifles manufactured by Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH, a company established in 1999 that focuses on hunting rifles. It would be marketed with Mauser branding for that company.
This is a pic of it, the rifle the investigators found > https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/bolt-action-rifle-recoved-near-111147322.jpg?quality=75&strip=all
Yup it looks like a Mauser 18, albeit with a longer barrel than they currently offer.
Any guesses on the optic? Looks like a 42mm objective, variable power (15x max?), but it’s mounted in a weird fashion (way to the rear).
Yeah, kinda Mauser 18’ish looking almost but I sense a hint of Mauser 12 too, but the rear of the bolt looks a little too fat for those and more along the lines of a the older Mauser 98. I notice the scope mounting too, it is weird. And that front scope ring is not where its suppose to be, maybe some sort of DIY thing? Its not a current model from Mauser though, I’m thinking its maybe one of their first lines when they opened up in 1999 because their first lines used a lot of the old Mauser 98 bolt design which looks like that in the pic.
Not really sure on the optic. Looks kinda Steiner’ish (the body lines) but its not Steiner because they are smooth at the rear and the one in the pic seems to have a darker ‘texturered’ band on the rear eyepiece (unless something was added aftermarket). The pic is too blurry to see tale-tale details. I agree with you though, it does look like a variable scope with 42mm objective.
Yep, turns out its a Mauser 98.
About the scope mount… You should work deer sight-ins at your local range. You’ll see that mounting all day.
It’s done by people who never shot prone in their life. Fits ok standing if you bend your neck over. It’s also great for giving scope eye when shooting from a bench off sandbags.
“Mauser .30-06? NOT a “military” rifle.”
It *is* the stereotypical “Grandpa’s deer rifle”…
For anyone who really thought about it one of the top firearm threats in any likely domestic conflict.
“A rifle recovered in the hunt for conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassin contained ammo engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology,”…”
To exactly no one’s surprise, yet another murderous trans ideologue…
Business Owner Fends Off Five Armed Robbers With a Gun of His Own [note: killed two bad guys, wounded three bad guys in “major gun battle” – defender got wounded but is going to be OK]
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2025/09/11/business-owner-fends-off-five-armed-robbers-with-a-gun-of-his-own-n1229873
This is interesting, note the posts of ‘Omar’ on 9 Sept 2025 …
‘Charlie kirk is coming to my college tomorrow …” [note: which would be 10 Sept 2025, the day Charlie was assassinated] “… i rlly hope someone evaporates him literally.’
Then this a few hours later from ‘Omar’ on 9 Sept 2025 …
‘Lets just say something big will happen tomorrow.’ [note: ‘tomorrow’ would be 10 Sept 2025, the day Charlie was assassinated]
https://x.com/HispaNicolas78/status/1965891205805592691
BlueSky Erupts in Calls for MORE VIOLENCE Against Right-Wingers Like Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, and More.
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‘After Charlie Kirk, on the sky app there are people asking for the next person to be targeted. These include JK Rowling, Matt Walsh, Trump, Ben Shapiro, Libs of TikTok, Elon Musk, and Andy Ngo.
I took as many screenshots as I could.’
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Not only are they rejoicing in a horrific murder, but they are begging for more people they disagree with to be assassinated.
…”
https://twitchy.com/samj/2025/09/11/bluesky-erupts-in-calls-for-more-violence-against-right-wingers-like-ben-shapiro-matt-walsh-and-more-n2418805
Escalating toward full boogaloo. They’ll keep killing us here and there and celebrating it en masse and eventually when one of ours breaks and hits back they’ll all scream “unfair!” and cry “victim” and end up coming out on top.
Which is why their entire worldview needs dismantling because as long as they exist they win. We have rules they don’t. We want stable jobs and families they don’t. We want to be left alone and they want to waggle their junk in your face. They are a disease on civilization. A nuisance to a functional society. A terminal threat to our very lives.
Like the majority of those who working to support a family, raise the children and grandchildren, I just want to be left alone. We are causing no harm to others, they need to stop the insanity. I don’t want what they are asking for. It will not turn out well for them.
You should be looking up at the roof tops. When you are attending any outdoor event. And practice long range shooting.
Those grocery store aisles are at least 35 feet long.
“…ammo engraved with ‘transgender and anti-fascist ideology,’ according to preliminary reports from law enforcement sources.”
That language is a problem. It’s anti-conservative and anti-Trump language. And conservatives and Trump aren’t fascists!