Whats Your favorite Milsurp Rifle..

[Tamara]

I changed my mind.

Today I like my Swiss 69/71 Vetterli. This bolt-action repeater must've just seemed plain Science Fiction back in 1869...

 

[cheapshot]

My "mint" 4-groove 03-A3 is my favorite but when I don't want to have to be so careful I really enjoy my DWM mfg '08 Brazilian 7x57, it is really pleasant to shoot. My Rockola 30 M1 carbine is fun but rather poor in the accuracy department.

 

[NEtracker]

M1 Garand then the M1903 or 03A3. For the History, and besides, they are fun to shoot!

 

[Chut1st]

Of the guns I own right now, gotta be the Garand! But when I win the lottery, it'll be the Ma Deuce. Yeah, I know it ain't a "service rifle" but after playing with one at a local MG shoot, I'm now hooked on rock-n-roll.

 

[Checkman]

My Lee Enfields. Both of them.

 

[Smoke Rizen]

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I'd have to go with the 03\A3 but the 03,the M1,and the carbine are all right up there. I long for a B.A.R.,and the M72,but things like food and shoes come first. S.R.

 

[ojibweindian]

I had a No4Mk1 at one time. It had been slightly hacked on, but was still a good shooter. Like a fool, I sold it. That whole thing about not knowing what you have till it's gone is true.

 

[Tamara]

Did I say the Vetterli?

I meant my short lever Martini-Henry. It's just so... so... Zulu, y'know?

 

[Wildalaska]

Tam ya need to give that Martini to me for a......a...................headspace test! yes thats it...headspace test! I can start prepping as soon as I get it and Ill be finished by January 2006....

WildnochargeofcourseAlaska

 

[El Rojo]

I think it is my Garand. I just love the feel of that gun and who can resist the Ping calling your name. Then maybe my K-31 after that. Although I forget about my M1 Carbine and need to shoot it more. Next comes the Mosins, M44 and 91/30. My two 1903s are nice, I just don't shoot them much. Same with the Sweede 96. I do like my SKS, but I don't really consider that surplus for some reason, it is in a class of its own.

I used to have a Ishapor .308 Enfield, one of only two guns I ever sold, that should explain that. I also am not a huge fan of my Yugo Mauser, but don't really know why.

Man I really need to get out and shoot more!

 

[stevelyn]

Those pig-nosed No.1 MK-III Lee-Enfields are just plain cool in addition to being one of the slickest bolt rifles ever produced. I'd go w/ '03A3 as my next favorite as well as Mosins.

 

[Tamara]

I think I really meant my Type 38 Arisaka cavalry carbine. What a sweet, handy little rifle it is!

 

[drsteve]

I own or have fired most of the military surplus rifles mentioned so far, and I keep coming back to my Garands. To me, a M1 rifle is as good as it gets.

 

[M67]

Tamara

Gee, that's a tough one, and liable to change from moment to moment.

So, you are basically saying that you're ... a woman?

I changed my mind.

Did I say the Vetterli?
I meant my short lever Martini-Henry.

I think I really meant...

Yup, you passed the test with flying colours.

Why are the voices in my head suddenly screaming "Run! Hide!"?

PS, re. the topic, I kinda like k98s.

 

[Tamara]

Well, my Garand does match my shoes better. Plus, it goes *PING!*.

 

[NMshooter]

The Garand of course. Though I have always been partial to the BAR. (Hey, it IS rifled! )

 

[Wildalaska]

I think I really meant my Type 38 Arisaka cavalry carbine. What a sweet, handy little rifle it is!

Tam ya need to give that Arisaka to me for a......a...................headspace test! yes thats it...headspace test! I can start prepping as soon as I get it and Ill be finished by January 2006....


WildflexibleAlaska

 

[NMshooter]

Say, Tamara, do you happen to have Dangerous Dave on speed dial? I have never seen a single round of ammunition in any of those calibers (except 30-06 of course). Is that Arisaka in 6.5x50?

 

[Jmurman]

M1 Garand

 

[aerod1]

Good grief! That's a tough one!
I'll have to say my M1 Garand or my M1 Carbine or my '96 Swede or my K-31 Swiss or my Enfield, or, or, or I think I am confused. I hope that isn't a test question!
I like them all.

Jim

 

[Malamute]

We get to change our minds? I really do like my old SMLE No1 MK III*, but I also really like my M1, and my Portugese G3. The G3 is a lot of fun to plink with out to about 500 or 600 yards. Of course everything is a lot of fun to plink with out to that range.

I also really like my 1903 Springfield that my dad gave me. He had it sporterized in the 60's, and gave it to me in the early 80's. I've killed 6 antelope about 6 or 7 deer, 1 elk, and several coyotes with it. Great old gun. I had it rebarreled to 35 Whelen and will take it hunting this fall for black bear, deer and elk. I think this gun is the real favorite, the others are for fun, this one makes meat.

 

[Tamara]

Say, Tamara, do you happen to have Dangerous Dave on speed dial? I have never seen a single round of ammunition in any of those calibers (except 30-06 of course). Is that Arisaka in 6.5x50?

The 6.5 Arisaka ammo is from Norma; I was fortunate enough to stumble across some at this past gun show. The .577-450 is, indeed, from OWS.

I'd sure like to find some .41 Swiss Rimfire, 11mm Mauser, and 11mm Gras...

 

[varoadking]

M1 Garand.....without a doubt.

 

[NMshooter]

I wonder if there is anything Tamara does NOT own? Sounds like she owns her own museum. (.41 Swiss rimfire?)

 

[Tamara]

NMshooter,

Sounds like she owns her own museum. (.41 Swiss rimfire?)

That's more or less what I'm trying to do. I don't have the edjumacashun to get a gig as a curator at an arms museum, so I figured I'd just make my own dang arms museum.

(.41 Swiss rimfire, aka 10.4x38R Vetterli; fodder for my M1869/71 Swiss Vetterli. )