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SHTF battle rifles: M1A, FAL
DMR Battle rifles: AR10/LR308, PTR91/MSG90, select M1As.
DMR Battle rifles: AR10/LR308, PTR91/MSG90, select M1As.
Battle Rifles
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Jeff F
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IMO the finest battle rifle of all time are the Enfields. Time tested, elegant, buttery smooth action, accurate, shoots a powerful cartridge, has a fairly high rate of fire in the right hands. A riflemans rifle for sure.
Wanta B
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HorseSoldier---Sweet Rhodesian shirt and Rhode'sk FAL !!
Wanta B
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+1 TO .280 Brit. FALs...
Quite like the feel of my .280Rem. upper. Only have range time with it tho'. Very mild and very accurate.
Quite like the feel of my .280Rem. upper. Only have range time with it tho'. Very mild and very accurate.
jaimeshawn3
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Get yourself a CMP Garand. If you decide you don't love it, you can always sell it and make $200 over your investment, but you will love it.
MTMilitiaman
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Thanks. I would say I have around 1500 rounds through it. I would have more but times are tight and ammo is expensive.
Glad I could motivate someone. How's the rifle treating you? Had a chance to stretch it out yet?
Winston_Smith
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Thanks MTM, I was just curious how many rounds it took you to get good with it. Mine is treating me very well. I just got a USGI synthetic stock for it.
I take it out to 400m regulalry. I am still working on my skills but I can shoot 4-5 MOA groups with surplus right now (prone w/sling). I have found it more difficult to get into a good seated position with it (due to lack of pistol grip).
I take it out to 400m regulalry. I am still working on my skills but I can shoot 4-5 MOA groups with surplus right now (prone w/sling). I have found it more difficult to get into a good seated position with it (due to lack of pistol grip).
joshuarwright
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I am so lost now, and need some advice.
I don't much care about price because I am patient enough to save up and all, but I can't decide what to get first: Finnish M39, M1 Garand or an M1A. Sooner or later I would love to have each of them, but I just don't know where to start.
I suppose the order they are in is good becuase that is the order of price low to high so at least I will get one soon and be occupied with it long enough to wait for the next... hmmm
I don't much care about price because I am patient enough to save up and all, but I can't decide what to get first: Finnish M39, M1 Garand or an M1A. Sooner or later I would love to have each of them, but I just don't know where to start.
I suppose the order they are in is good becuase that is the order of price low to high so at least I will get one soon and be occupied with it long enough to wait for the next... hmmm
paducahrider
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Battle Rifle
Howdy,
I suppose everyone tends to like what they have.
I have always lusted for an M-14, but can't afford a good one.
I just like the idea of having that big magizine full of hi velocity 30 cal ammo.
What I do have is a matching numbers Karl Gustav, m1896, 6.5X55, Swedish Mauser.
I paid $150 for it, from the local gun shop's "surplus military rifle rack".
ABSOLUTELY the best buy I ever made. The thing was still packed in cosmoline, only had a couple of easily steamed out dents in the walnut stock, didn't have a mark on the bolt, the bore was perfect, and it had a stock disc that said the rifle had a tight bore, had been shot, but had no measurable wear.
I cleaned it up, re-oiled the stock, took it back to the gunshop and showed it to the owner. He asked where I got such a nice Swede. His jaw dropped when I told him I had bought it from him a few weeks before. He said he hadn't really paid much attention to the old Mausers, but he was going to start.
It shot m.o.a. or less, with two types of ammo I tried.
I would really like to have the sniper version of this gun, with matching numbered scope, which the Swedish army issued until the 1990s, because it still got the job done.
Thanks for your time.
Howdy,
I suppose everyone tends to like what they have.
I have always lusted for an M-14, but can't afford a good one.
I just like the idea of having that big magizine full of hi velocity 30 cal ammo.
What I do have is a matching numbers Karl Gustav, m1896, 6.5X55, Swedish Mauser.
I paid $150 for it, from the local gun shop's "surplus military rifle rack".
ABSOLUTELY the best buy I ever made. The thing was still packed in cosmoline, only had a couple of easily steamed out dents in the walnut stock, didn't have a mark on the bolt, the bore was perfect, and it had a stock disc that said the rifle had a tight bore, had been shot, but had no measurable wear.
I cleaned it up, re-oiled the stock, took it back to the gunshop and showed it to the owner. He asked where I got such a nice Swede. His jaw dropped when I told him I had bought it from him a few weeks before. He said he hadn't really paid much attention to the old Mausers, but he was going to start.
It shot m.o.a. or less, with two types of ammo I tried.
I would really like to have the sniper version of this gun, with matching numbered scope, which the Swedish army issued until the 1990s, because it still got the job done.
Thanks for your time.
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paducahrider
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Howdy,
I suppose everyone tends to like what they have.
I have always lusted for an M-14, but can't afford a good one.
I just like the idea of having that big magizine full of hi velocity 30 cal ammo.
What I do have is a matching numbers Karl Gustav, m1896, 6.5X55, Swedish Mauser.
I paib $150 for it, from the local gun shop's "surplus military rifle rack".
ABSOLUTELY the best buy I ever made. The thing was still packed in cosmoline, only had a couple of easily steamed out dents in the walnut stock, didn't have a mark on the bolt, the bore was perfect, and it had a stock disc that said the rifle had a tight bore, had been shot, but had no measurable wear.
I cleaned it up, re-oiled the stock, took it back to the gunshop and showed it to the owner. He asked where I got such a nice Swede. His jaw dropped when I told him I had bought it from him a few weeks before. He said he hadn't really paid much attention to the old Mausers, but he was going to start.
It shot m.o.a. or less, with two types of ammo I tried.
I would really like to have the sniper version of this gun, with matching numbered scope, which the Swedish army issued until the 1990s, because it still got the job done.
Thanks for your time.
I suppose everyone tends to like what they have.
I have always lusted for an M-14, but can't afford a good one.
I just like the idea of having that big magizine full of hi velocity 30 cal ammo.
What I do have is a matching numbers Karl Gustav, m1896, 6.5X55, Swedish Mauser.
I paib $150 for it, from the local gun shop's "surplus military rifle rack".
ABSOLUTELY the best buy I ever made. The thing was still packed in cosmoline, only had a couple of easily steamed out dents in the walnut stock, didn't have a mark on the bolt, the bore was perfect, and it had a stock disc that said the rifle had a tight bore, had been shot, but had no measurable wear.
I cleaned it up, re-oiled the stock, took it back to the gunshop and showed it to the owner. He asked where I got such a nice Swede. His jaw dropped when I told him I had bought it from him a few weeks before. He said he hadn't really paid much attention to the old Mausers, but he was going to start.
It shot m.o.a. or less, with two types of ammo I tried.
I would really like to have the sniper version of this gun, with matching numbered scope, which the Swedish army issued until the 1990s, because it still got the job done.
Thanks for your time.
Winston_Smith
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Josh,
With your list of three, I would start with a Garand from CMP. A good one can be had for $600. You can always have some work done to it or convert it to .308 later on.
The M1A is a great choice but several companies are starting to build receivers for them now. My guess is that quality will go up and price will go down over the next few years.
There are a fixed number of Garands.
With your list of three, I would start with a Garand from CMP. A good one can be had for $600. You can always have some work done to it or convert it to .308 later on.
The M1A is a great choice but several companies are starting to build receivers for them now. My guess is that quality will go up and price will go down over the next few years.
There are a fixed number of Garands.
joshuarwright
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Winston,
Opinions on the Field grades? That would most likely be my choice based on price but like I said I could wait and save up if it wouldn't be worth it. So just get the M39 whenever as the price is not bad at all?
correction: Service Grade
Opinions on the Field grades? That would most likely be my choice based on price but like I said I could wait and save up if it wouldn't be worth it. So just get the M39 whenever as the price is not bad at all?
correction: Service Grade
Winston_Smith
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Service grade is what I would pick.
HorseSoldier
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I need to get some more pictures taken of that thing at some point.
The paint was from a batch a guy on the FALFiles had mixed up custom at a auto body shop based off chips from a Rhodie parts kit -- the colors seem to be pretty spot on compared to photos. Someday I want to get some more made up at do up a matching M16A1 style AR and G3, whenever I win the lottery.
joshuarwright
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"Someday I want to get some more made up at do up a matching M16A1 style AR and G3"
That sounds beautiful HS, if I win that lottery I just may have to steal that idea
That sounds beautiful HS, if I win that lottery I just may have to steal that idea
Tim the student
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As would I, if I couldn't go to one of the stores to pick out a Field Grade.
Col. Plink
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There are gems in the Field Grade rack sometimes, you have to go there and get some help but they are glad to do so. The only thing I didn't do is ask the armorer any pertinent questions, but that's the very last step. Choosing the one you want is all-important. I've heard nothing but good things about ordering the Service Grades though.
MTMilitiaman
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My transition to the M1A was very quick. The sights are excellent, providing a crisp, clean sight picture that is quick and instinctive to obtain, with easy and natural adjustments and a good sight radius. The trigger, esp the two-stage NM on my "Loaded" rifle is also very good. Everything was where it should be and worked as I felt it should for me, so it was simply a matter of applying the fundementals and going to work.
"Clear sight tip, blurry target, natural point of aim, natural respiratory pause, slow steady squeeze, follow through!" Sgt. Lardizabul, PMI, USMC
"Clear sight tip, blurry target, natural point of aim, natural respiratory pause, slow steady squeeze, follow through!" Sgt. Lardizabul, PMI, USMC
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