Hi all,
Wondering if anyone wants to chat about what they think the best surplus rifle is. Personal experiences or stories more than welcome.
I have read about the British using Enfields taking down large game in Africa not to mention having a silky bolt and 10 round capacity. Not sure on ballistics but if it could take down an elephant its gotta be doing something right.
The Russians Mosin Nagant rifles are pretty awesome considering some do not even need an FFL anymore they are so old. That caliber is a heavy hitter too. Only issue I have had personally is a trigger bar broke. Weird. Pretty straight shooting rifle overall and they are still using the round for the PKM MG. Pretty cool.
Italian Carcano? Not familiar in the least with these rifles. Always meant to get one when they were 60 bucks and never did.
Finnish Mosin M39. The Cadillac of the Mosin Nagant? Sights are certainly better, barrels a bit shorter and once action is shimmed seems to make a tack driver out of a 100yr old rifle.
Swiss K31, never messed with one but read that they are amazing shooters and very accurate.
U.S. 1903, IMO a very accurate and powerful rifle. A3 sights are user friendly but the original ladder ones are great once the system is learned. Potent round
Eddystone? Hear these are pretty cool too and built like tanks. Again very potent round for its day and even today
Kar98, sweet sweet surplus heaven. What else can be said, sets the standard for all other bolt action war rifles.
Arisaka, Read somewhere that these were actually built tougher than the k98. 6.5 was a bit underpowered but flat shooting and low signature, 7.7 upped the ballistics but so did the signature. Read the GIs would have a hard time targeting the Type 38 gunners due to low sig and smoke and an easier time with the Type 99 gunners.
Kinda did the round the horn thing I guess. Please feel free to input your thoughts and experiences. There are only so many articles I can read online from tacticool guys. Would love to hear some first hand thoughts.
Wondering if anyone wants to chat about what they think the best surplus rifle is. Personal experiences or stories more than welcome.
I have read about the British using Enfields taking down large game in Africa not to mention having a silky bolt and 10 round capacity. Not sure on ballistics but if it could take down an elephant its gotta be doing something right.
The Russians Mosin Nagant rifles are pretty awesome considering some do not even need an FFL anymore they are so old. That caliber is a heavy hitter too. Only issue I have had personally is a trigger bar broke. Weird. Pretty straight shooting rifle overall and they are still using the round for the PKM MG. Pretty cool.
Italian Carcano? Not familiar in the least with these rifles. Always meant to get one when they were 60 bucks and never did.
Finnish Mosin M39. The Cadillac of the Mosin Nagant? Sights are certainly better, barrels a bit shorter and once action is shimmed seems to make a tack driver out of a 100yr old rifle.
Swiss K31, never messed with one but read that they are amazing shooters and very accurate.
U.S. 1903, IMO a very accurate and powerful rifle. A3 sights are user friendly but the original ladder ones are great once the system is learned. Potent round
Eddystone? Hear these are pretty cool too and built like tanks. Again very potent round for its day and even today
Kar98, sweet sweet surplus heaven. What else can be said, sets the standard for all other bolt action war rifles.
Arisaka, Read somewhere that these were actually built tougher than the k98. 6.5 was a bit underpowered but flat shooting and low signature, 7.7 upped the ballistics but so did the signature. Read the GIs would have a hard time targeting the Type 38 gunners due to low sig and smoke and an easier time with the Type 99 gunners.
Kinda did the round the horn thing I guess. Please feel free to input your thoughts and experiences. There are only so many articles I can read online from tacticool guys. Would love to hear some first hand thoughts.