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Post by milshooter on Nov 26, 2004 6:58:17 GMT 12.75
Well guys here we go with this. Here is some of my favs. The Sharps Rolling Block. The German Mauser 8mm. The SKS because of the reliability. The Schmidt Rubin just because of the machining precision. Well let me know what you think. milshooter
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Post by Paws on Nov 26, 2004 11:47:15 GMT 12.75
Looks like a pretty good list. I had a Mauser converted to 3006. The old boy I bought it from kept it on his tractor. I tore it apart to rework the stock and blue it and discoveredit was perfectly bedded directly into the wood. No putty,no glass, no nothin. Most fascinatingmachining/carpentry I had ever seen. The forestock had been converted. It was obviously plugged in the front when converted to the 3006 where it had once been free floating. Yep, I'm thinking she was a sniper rifle once upon a time. I bought it for a hundred and after cleaning it up sold it for 300 a couple months later. ;D
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Post by DaGriz on Nov 26, 2004 14:18:35 GMT 12.75
Well I have to say that the Fabrique National Mauser action is my all time favorite. Bulilt many a fine rifle on those action
1874 Model Sharps is another fine firearm.
Now I also like the 03A3 Springfields
and I do have a fondness for the Springfield trapdoor's in 45/70 Officers Carbine Model
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Post by daustin on Nov 28, 2004 13:18:13 GMT 12.75
I've always been fond of the Pattern 1917 Enfield. Seems you can do about anything you want with them, except carry them. That are heavy buggers.
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Post by shiloh on Dec 1, 2004 6:10:22 GMT 12.75
All good choices. My favorite military rifle was the 1896 Krag-Jorgenson in .30-40, perhaps with the M-1 Garand being a close second. The Krag is just plain classy and slick as greased snot on polished glass. The Garand is just...well, a Garand. I like the 1917 Enfield for its strength, making it about as solid a bolt action as ever was made, and the '03 Springfield for its lines, and the No.1Mk.III Enfield for its bulldog nose. The 1861 Springfield is the best muzzleloading military rifle ever devised. The Siamese Mauser and the Types 38/99 Arisaka are not especially good-looking, but are exceptionally strong.
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Post by 7th on Oct 6, 2005 12:11:39 GMT 12.75
I love My copy of the Cook&Brother .58 Carbine and the Bronze 12 # Napoleon that we re-did that was cast in Ohio in 1862. Real work of art when it was done.
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Post by frodo on Oct 16, 2008 1:28:35 GMT 12.75
my favorite is my smith-corona m1903a3 rifle it is a sniper rifle, mine was born nov 1943 30-06 also have a carl gustafs stads gevarsfaktori 6.5x55 mauser that has been sporterised now, boys.. this one will reach out there and touch someone 1915 and a 30 cal carbine m1 gerand but this is a made in fla model that is not military but for us common folk it does not have the military stamps like the 03-a3 has but my favorite gun,out of the whole collection is a 50 dollar j.c. higgins 20 gauge. its accurate, light, fun, perfict for squirels and rabbits loose dawgs. and 2 legged dawgs
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Oct 16, 2008 1:46:15 GMT 12.75
I like my 7.7 Jap. I believe it is the Type 39 and it may have been used as either a sniper rifle and/or to shoot down airplanes during WWII. The chrysanthemum has been filed off which tells me it came from Japan and they filed it off because of the shame in losing the war.
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Post by shiloh on Nov 12, 2008 9:43:11 GMT 12.75
On the Ari-uglies, if the mum is ground off it shows it was a surrendered weapon. To them, the mum was the same as the emporer's name and they could not surrender the emperor's name. They were allowed to grind-off all the mums on all equipment before surrendering it. This was because Japan was not forced to surrender its emporer. If you find anything with that mark in tact it was a captured piece because it never made it to the grinder. I have one Type 38 and one Type 99 action with these marks in tact, and have one Type 38 rifle that has no markings at all. It was a pre-Hirohito mark rifle from what I ahve been told by an Arisaka collector. It is in very good shape.
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Nov 12, 2008 11:27:05 GMT 12.75
I wish mine was not ground off. And I think I called it by the wrong number, it is a type 99.
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Post by OLKoot on Nov 12, 2008 12:30:59 GMT 12.75
What about the British Enfield in .303???
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Post by Snake Eyes on Nov 13, 2008 2:27:32 GMT 12.75
Well guys here we go with this. Here is some of my favs. The Sharps Rolling Block. The German Mauser 8mm. The SKS because of the reliability. The Schmidt Rubin just because of the machining precision. Well let me know what you think. milshooter Kind of surprised not to see any of the Swiss rifles listed. By some considered some of the great military shooting rifles of all time.
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Post by Mars on Nov 13, 2008 3:51:46 GMT 12.75
6.5 carcano
1903 Springfield
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Post by Jerry on Nov 13, 2008 10:00:21 GMT 12.75
My dad has a 303 Infield which was sporterized about 45 years ago. He used it for deer hunting for years. I know it was very accurate for every kind of hunting my dad chose to use it for. Since it was sporterized, it was not so heavy to carry. It was a beautiful rifle.
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Post by Paws on Nov 13, 2008 12:55:13 GMT 12.75
Well guys here we go with this. Here is some of my favs. The Sharps Rolling Block. The German Mauser 8mm. The SKS because of the reliability. The Schmidt Rubin just because of the machining precision. Well let me know what you think. milshooter Kind of surprised not to see any of the Swiss rifles listed. By some considered some of the great military shooting rifles of all time. Man I love the Mauser. Had one converted to a 30-06 long bolt. SKS is a real reliable knock around buddy too. I love the dickens out of mine. Got a 30 round magazine for it but to tell the truth I like the stock mag better and loading with stripper clips. Rifle is easier to handle that way and slam in the dirt.
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