Post your battle rifle pictures!

Nightcrawler

January 30, 2003, 03:00 AM

We have picture threads in all of the other forums. "Post your .45 pics!" "Let's see your .357s!"

So, let's see 'em! Let's see your battle rifles! M14s, FALs, Garands, G3s, CETMEs, AR-10s, etc.

hondo68

January 30, 2003, 03:27 AM

http://waronterror.net/images/M1poster.gifhttp://www.uidaho.edu/~stratton/Special.jpg
Santa Fe Special, Golden State Arms - LongBranch Enfield No.4 MK1*

Nightcrawler

January 30, 2003, 04:57 AM

Here's a FAL picture I got from somewhere (don't remember where). Two Israelis, a Para, and a standard Metric.

swingset

January 30, 2003, 04:59 AM

http://www.alltel.net/~swingset/temp/collection.jpg
Just a portion of my battle guns (I like them old, and wood covered!). There's plenty more, but I got tired of luggin them out.
From left:
L1A1
Tula M44
Finn 91/30
Enfield No1mk3
LSA No1mk3
BSA No1mk3
Lithgow No1mk3
Maltby No4mk1
BSA No5mk1
K-31 Schmidt Rubin
K-31 Schmidt Rubin
Yugo M48A
Romanian M69
IAI M1 Carbine
On ground: Turk K.Kale M38's

Nightcrawler

January 30, 2003, 05:03 AM

...and suddenly Nightcrawler feels inadequate. Heh.

What make is the L1A1?

Tamara

January 30, 2003, 07:56 AM

I've got a plastic & sheet metal semiauto that fires Winchester's newfangled short .30 caliber round, but for "battle rifles" as in "rifles that may well have seen battle", well:

Schmidt-Rubin M96/11, M1896 Swedish Mauser, Mosin-Nagant M1891, M1917 Enfield (Eddystone), Type 99 Arisaka, Chiang Kai Shek Mauser, Mauser 98k ('43byf), Krag-Jorgensen M1896 carbine, Hungarian Mosin-Nagant M44, FR-8.

:D

Nightcrawler

January 30, 2003, 08:26 AM

C'mon, Tam, let's see the HK91....

Tamara

January 30, 2003, 09:59 AM

Okay... :cool:

Ewok_Guy

January 30, 2003, 10:23 AM

Looks like somebody needs to vaccum their carpet.
Nice guns, BTW. ;)

http://www.albinator.com/data/noah1502/139_p2150.jpg
The only thing close to a battle rifle that I own.

Tamara

January 30, 2003, 10:33 AM

I couldn't get the Dirt Devil to lift nine pounds of plastic & stampings... ;)

JamisJockey

January 30, 2003, 10:35 AM

http://www.savagearms.com/images/centerfire/package/11111FXP3.jpg

I know...it's not a 'battle rifle'. However, it is a .308 bolt rifle. No super sniper fantasies here, but if pressed into duty, it'll work perfectly.
Savage package rifle, short action, .308

Not quite mine yet, its on layaway
:D

CAP

January 30, 2003, 08:57 PM

Atc1man, what model is that? I've got my eye on a new Savage and have narrowed it down to one of 2 or 3 different ones.
Whatdaya got there?
Thanks,

Gewehr98

January 30, 2003, 09:59 PM

http://mauser98.com/stack4.jpg

http://mauser98.com/stack5.jpg

http://mauser98.com/stack9.jpg

http://mauser98.com/stack10.jpg

(Digicam's darned near paid for itself!) ;)

Nightcrawler

January 30, 2003, 10:01 PM

NICE....

Is that an orginal military scope/mount on there?

When I started this thread, I was hoping for things like FALs and M14s...but you C&R Folks have taken over.

NOT A PROBLEM. You guys have some BEAUTIFUL old rifles. Keep 'em coming. :cool:

Gewehr98

January 30, 2003, 10:15 PM

Unfortunately, not original to that rifle, it began life as a 1903A4, but somewhere between the time it came off Remington's wartime production line and the time I grabbed it, it had been reduced to a stripped receiver. Then the fun began, researching the proper parts and finding them all over Gawd's Green Earth, right in the middle of the Saving Private Ryan craze. :D

Skunkabilly

January 30, 2003, 10:42 PM

http://www.skunkabilly.com/images/shtf.jpg

cratz2

January 30, 2003, 10:57 PM

Unissued Polish Mosin-Nagant Carbine
http://photos.imageevent.com/cratz2/guns//DCP_1556a.jpg

1963 Indian Ishapore Model 2A Enfield Rifle
http://photos.imageevent.com/cratz2/guns//Enfield1.jpg

1943 Long Branch Enfield No 4 Mk 1*
http://photos.imageevent.com/cratz2/guns//DCP_1769a.jpg

Another 1943 Long Branch Enfield No 4 Mk 1*
http://photos.imageevent.com/cratz2/guns//DCP_1777a.jpg

Rock River AR15
http://photos.imageevent.com/cratz2/guns//DCP_1101a.jpg

Battle Rifle of the Tactical Urban Battlefield - Remington 700 Police
http://photos.imageevent.com/cratz2/guns//DCP_1314a.jpg

Navy joe

January 30, 2003, 11:34 PM

Anybody that would use a battle rifle to defend their Spam has serious personal issues. ;)

Stephen A. Camp

January 30, 2003, 11:52 PM

Hello. I enjoy this one.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid28/p91fd79e5f1435f5a6dff2ec6118f3ba6/fd66e657.jpg

Best.

CampX

January 31, 2003, 12:08 AM

Does this count?

Engineer

January 31, 2003, 01:05 AM

2 M1A's and an M14S:

http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/glockboy/3M1AM14s.jpg

Duke of Lawnchair

January 31, 2003, 03:52 AM

Engineer, how do you like your Super Match?

AK103K

January 31, 2003, 05:52 AM

Nightcrawler,

The L1A1 is the British version of the FAL.

Nightcrawler

January 31, 2003, 08:09 AM

I know it's the British FAL. I want to know who made the one he has. Is it an original, built on an Entreprise receiver, a Century gun, a pre-ban, etc...?

usp_fan

January 31, 2003, 09:04 AM

Just finished building this IMBEL FAL

usp_fan

bmwguy

January 31, 2003, 10:11 AM

http://home.att.net/~john.t.hsu/hk91.jpg
http://home.att.net/~john.t.hsu/cetme.jpg
http://home.att.net/~john.t.hsu/m1.jpg

JamisJockey

January 31, 2003, 10:30 AM

what model is that? I've got my eye on a new Savage and have narrowed it down to one of 2 or 3 different ones.

11FXP3 Short Action, in .308
Savage is/was offering an in store $50 rebate. I put it on layaway for $349, with a 3x9x40 scope :eek:
A buddy of mine has one, and absolutely loves it. Says it drives tacks at 100 yards, and he's taken elk and deer with it.

SteyrAUG

January 31, 2003, 10:34 AM

One of my more recent range days.

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RgDdAhcT2nPMYLOhndPCoE*HPddXIGjs8tHX6mRnj!1mQYxKukqoPkWkYaaj9R6aADhOhkkeFKQOj5qrxWBuKtsqW*wLY0JSt2DvlqRCKvE/100-0341.JPG

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RgBtABYTnXPMYLOhndPCoNZVMChLk*vq4yQFOoTkLaBPUO7!N*3!AXtndGuWO5sWc30xxB17vjk9Hl*tCtF!2Lag1bqum9YZg1ae!gDHc9k/100-0340.JPG

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RgDcAhgTF3TMYLOhndPCoK2TWU8L86HRKfl8SXb38M0wfEmmLOfpWiIKzkIwdBNoTmt8zPNnHmsYA14IYP*r9J81BJzvhQBaaezO*v1Qc18/100-0342.JPG

And in the "That's Different" category, my HK G3-PDW

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QgDcAskSLVzL*1Ph8Ky5NBhVSZLoYPWrrGKMdvWQdk3m74tQT8A7A1tIjRW4cwoueH4yOYMWphIYEKV4PdK7miUqVMcr3ikNPZPncsMIUyI/hk05.JPG

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QgDhAsoSalx3nI2m!wjeFlxdJwd1KaPTj30iphkc0nNGb0C!K!lhR9hL3JPaUnjUTTPwvq3y9n9Ieet9Ypqe9CtTOGVg9pKaNYpfewf13tI/hk06.JPG

yzguy

January 31, 2003, 12:41 PM

http://www.1bad69.com/gallery/GunStuff/ak/dcp03236.jpg

Gewehr98

January 31, 2003, 03:41 PM

may need to be re-posted for the sake of our AK-owning friends. ;)

(ie, difference between battle rifle and assault rifle, as it were)

SteyrAUG

January 31, 2003, 04:45 PM

Gewehr98, I know the diff. The Galil is a .308 ARM. The AR15 and AUG just happened to be in the same pics. :D

Gewehr98

January 31, 2003, 06:27 PM

Got a friend trying to sell me his as he's enduring gunowner Hell in Kalifornia. There are indeed battle rifles in and amongst your AR and AUG.

I meant Ewok_Guy and yzguy. ;)

dadman

January 31, 2003, 07:08 PM

FAL. Imbel rec'v, DSA/Wilson 18" barrel. Penguin buttstock.
http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=878

Sisco

January 31, 2003, 07:30 PM

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid41/p6db496cb96846ead8b10f8515071df02/fcf75e48.jpg

*8*

January 31, 2003, 07:36 PM

Here's a few of mine..

http://webmin.net/bizzy/FAL_n_AK001.jpg

http://webmin.net/bizzy/my_G3_762x51_002.jpg

http://webmin.net/bizzy/my_ColtAR15_002_b.jpg

http://webmin.net/bizzy/my_762x51_002.jpg

PS: added the AK and AR for the hell of it.. :P

dadman

January 31, 2003, 09:30 PM

Sisco,
Nice pic! What kind of lighting? Indoors or out? Camera type?

CampX

January 31, 2003, 09:33 PM

Please bear with my ignorance, but what is the difference between a 'battle' rifle or an 'assault' rifle? Do they not achieve the same ends?

Marko Kloos

January 31, 2003, 10:32 PM

A battle rifle is usually defined as a military issue rifle which shoots a full-power cartridge, such as 8mm Mauser, .30-06, or 7.62x51mm. Battle rifles can be bolt-action, or autoloaders. Rifles in this category include the Mauser and Enfield variants, the HK G3, the U.S. M1 Garand, the M14, and the FN FAL.

An assault rifle is usually defined as a select-fire automatic rifle shooting an intermediate cartridge, such as the 8mm Kurz, 7.62x39mm, or 5.56x45mm (a.k.a.223 Remington). Rifles in this category include the StG44, the AK-47 series, the M-16 series, and most current military issue rifles like the FAMAS or the British SA-80.

Semi-auto variants of military assault rifles are *not* properly termed assault rifles. An assault rifle, by definition, is a select-fire weapon capable of full-auto and semi-auto fire. If it can't shoot bursts, it's not an assault rifle, regardless of liberal gun-banner terminology.

SteyrAUG

January 31, 2003, 10:36 PM

Beat me to it.

AK103K

February 1, 2003, 06:14 AM

In reality, those battle rifles are really, "old war horses" and the assault rifles are the battle rifles of today. Very few countrys today field a 7.62x51(or equivalent) rifle as their MBR. So doesnt that in fact make the lowly AR and AK the MBR of today and relagate the others to reserve or home forces? Even at that, the reserves carry M16's.

Sisco

February 1, 2003, 10:13 AM

Dadman; Taken outdoors, natural light. Kodak DC 3400 digital.

CampX

February 1, 2003, 03:19 PM

Well thank God I don't own an 'assault' rifle like I've been led to believe. My SKS only shoots semi-auto, so I guess it's not an evil weapon.....

DMK

February 1, 2003, 05:15 PM

A pair of Finns: A Civil Guard Sk.Y on top, and it's Belgian Barreled cousin on the bottom
http://home.mchsi.com/~davidkoch/myarms/m39s_1.jpg

Fire Breathing Main Battle Carbines: 91/59 on top and an M38 underneath
http://home.mchsi.com/~davidkoch/carbines/Carbines01.JPG

I love my Homeland Defense Rifle! :)