best bolt action military rifle of the 20th century

[lysanderxiii]

Wow...I missed out on a lot, not sure why I did not get notices of the thread being updated....I got others.

If you ever have a chance to try out a MAS36 in good shape and that was not messed up and changed to 308 do it. They are really very good rifles. I would not think twice about taking one to battle with me.

And yes there are some very good information on Youtube.....some people that don't know beans, but some good stuff.

A MAS 36 is a good solid rifle, no doubt.

 

[denton]

The Finns obtained about 70,000 Swedish M96 Mausers for use in the Winter War against the Russians. So it qualifies as a battle weapon.

I've had 98 Mausers (one of which is now a very nice 30-06) and Finnish M39s. The only one that remains in the safe in original form is my Swede M96. So you might conclude that I like it best, and you'd be right.