Battle Rifles

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So recently (after finally taking my Mosin Nagant to the range for the first time) I realized that my favorite "type" of firearm is the battle rifle (by standard definition: Rifle designed for battle that would fire a full sized cartridge).

And now I can't help but want an M1 Garand and an M1A (yeah yeah, the actual battle rifle is the M14).

god knows if I could find one at a reasonable price also an SVT.

What are your favorites? (accepting bolt action and semi-auto of course)
 
PTR-91 is great, especially its relatively low cost compared to the others. Who doesn't like $3 magazines?

FAL is fantastic, pretty much "the" essential battle rifle I think.

M14 always a nice choice.

Those are the "top 3" for me anyway, probably buy them in that order too.
 
the PTR-91 and FAL are pretty great indeed, I think I would have to add the FAL to my endless list of wants

I must say though I know very little about the PTR-91 other then that it exists
 
I think the AR doesnt count for the purposes of this thread.


I have to go with the m1 myself. Classic. Nice picture too.
 
Favorite - I can't pick just one. I love them all. My FAL carbine rocks, but it gets lonely without the HK91, M1, and the WWII bolt guns!
 
Work your way through the list. Its the only way to know what really is one of the better ones, or at least for you.

Oh, and the battle rifle thing is silly. Your battle rifle is the rifle in your hands at the moment your doing battle, doenst matter what it is. Being able to pick up ANYTHING, know how to put it to work, and knowing what to do with it, and expect from it, once you have it going, is the important thing. ;)

Personally, out of the 7.62 guns, I like the HK G3 (HK91) series rifles the best. As they come out of the box, and without going aftermarket, they offer the best all around rifle of the type. The others all have their points, but the HK's realistically put it all together in one gun.
 
AK: I know what you mean about it being silly when it comes to arguing about what is and isn't a battle rifle haha but I just mean full size rounds which is why I have to agree with Dom that the AR doesn't quite count in this thread, though I do respect the need for an intermediate round in certain roles.
 
btw, looooooooove the pictures so far, if anyone out there has a Finnish M39 I could drool over I would appreciate it haha
 
I think what many forget is, the 7.62 guns were pretty much retired for general issue quite awhile ago, and probably longer than many people here have been around. Those "intermediate" guns are what we now have, and realistically make more sense, but that just tends to annoy those who think your picking on their favorite guns and calibers. :)

Like I said earlier, get a hold of as many as you can and get some actual time in shooting them, you'll soon learn what works best for you and what doesnt. Either way, you still learn a lot, and get to have some fun doing so.
 
true the intermediate rounds make sense for common battle but to be honest I just want to feel like I could take out a moose without a problem. Despite the fact that I really don't intend to hunt one ever haha. It is just caliber of choice and for now I am crazy about these.

to put it into perspective, about a month ago I thought .22lr was the greatest thing ever because I had just fired a 10/22... flavor of the month sort of thing, though I have always loved the 7.62s.
 
Wait till you get into the full autos, you'll be in full junkie mode by then! :D
 
I'm right there with you.

I love my M1A. Once I got my M1A, pretty much all interest in anything else disappeared. I still look at other stuff and would still like a lot of different guns, but the M1A is my one true love. The M1A/M14 is truely a rifleman's rifle. You owe it to yourself to try one out. Battle rifles in general are pretty awesome but the M1A/M14 is truely something special.

The military can do whatever it wants. I am free to disagree with it, and I feel that for civilian use, if not for general issue military use, the battle rifle makes more sense. When you're not dealing with concepts of suppressive fire, and all practical uses of the rifle from competition and hunting to self defense and riots in the streets, the battle rifle is as much firepower as is available to the common man can get their hands on. In anything but a true zombie apocalypse/end of the world scenerio, you and I are going to be held accountable for every round we fire, and it makes sense to have each round be as effective as possible because of this.

Others can have their FALs, G3s, or AR-10s. The M1A is where it is at.

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The military can do whatever it wants. I am free to disagree with it, and I feel that for civilian use, if not for general issue military use, the battle rifle makes more sense. When you're not dealing with concepts of suppressive fire, and all practical uses of the rifle from competition and hunting to self defense and riots in the streets, the battle rifle is as much firepower as is available to the common man can get their hands on. In anything but a true zombie apocalypse/end of the world scenerio, you and I are going to be held accountable for every round we fire, and it makes sense to have each round be as effective as possible because of this.
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This.. is the most reasoned argument for "battle rifles" I have ever heard.

Add "you can hunt with it" to the mix, and.... compelling.
 
You can hunt with pretty much anything if you can "hunt". You can "shoot" (or shoot at) anything with anything if you cant. ;)

Maybe the field of definition needs narrowed if we are going hunting. Then again, maybe hunting is a "battle" for many. :)
 
You can hunt with pretty much anything if you can "hunt". You can "shoot" (or shoot at) anything with anything if you cant.
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state hunting laws would beg to differ, most of which WILL allow the 308 for most large game and most will NOT allow the .223.
 
Ours allow for anything "centerfire", but dont allow semi autos, so it really doesnt matter here.

My point was, and still is, if you can hunt, caliber really isnt an issue. It just comes down to what "hunt" means to you.
 
I used a 1903 Springfield for nearly 20 yrs hunting/plinking/and shooting. I replaced it with another '06. A Ruger Md77 with composite furniture and in stainless. I keep an M1A and Remy 700 close at hand but the SKS is closer. Putting an M1A butt plate onto the 1917 Winchester Enfield. Shhhh, don't tell "Bubba".
 
Favorite battle rifle, well for me it's the FN-Fal.
If we're talking bolt action battle rifle, 1917 Enfield. Heavy as sin but the actions are incredible.
 
FN Fal.

Battle rifle is a post ww2 term, but I guess it could apply to older stuff. Usualy it has to be semi or full auto and be feed from a box mag.
 
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