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    Vintage Sniper Rifle Picture Thread

    Very nice. I have also wanted one for a while BUT it was simply too much hassle to add an extra chambering to my loading list. Time to stop messing around and seek one out!
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    Swiss K31 Sniper Build

    Pecar 3x would be a viable option, dependent upon condition. The 4-10x was actually used by UK Police marksmen with the L39, as I recall.
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    A mystery Mauser

    The ‘turret’ Mount was developed for an Argentine order of 98/1909 rifles and was originally called the Argentinian-Montage. Source: German Sniper Rifles, pub. by S.I. Publicaties. ISBN 978-90-78521-04-4. The ‘Schweden-Montage’ or short side rail mount was jointly developed in the early 1930s by...
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    A mystery Mauser

    @TorF It has just occurred to me that, if this rifle is a genuine sniper rifle, it was probably made up for the Gebirgsjaeger. Maybe you could locate some photo images of German alpine troops in Norway.
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    Vintage Sniper Rifle Picture Thread

    @sirhrmechanic In regard to that highly appropriate fire extinguisher ... there was a summer exercise down at Burnham Military Camp, near Christchurch in the South Island, several years ago, during a High Fire Risk period. A grass or scrub fire resulted. The silly bastards, presumably the...
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    Not a vintage rifle but... still interesting vintage!

    Interesting story. Thank you. In regard to the ‘instant foxhole’ application, you would have the same problems that you always have with ‘ditching charges’ i.e., you make a very loud noise and … the dirt falls straight back into the hole!
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    Super rare Tula Mts13-1

    Dry-firing practice before live-firing, can make a big difference. When I shot 25 metre indoors, I would get into my jacket and sling to practise my position before walking into the actual range for my first shoot of the night. I would save some of my fired cases and carry out dry-firing...
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    Making Swiss guys lose their minds

    Nice job.
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    My adventures with Record-1-308 - the progenitor of SV-98 sniper rifle

    All good. No point acquiring knowledge unless you share it🙂.
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    My adventures with Record-1-308 - the progenitor of SV-98 sniper rifle

    I suggest that you look up Maxim Popenker's website and flick him a message. If he does not have the answer, he will probably know the best person to ask.
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    HOWA TRAKR .22LR

    We bought some to replace the worn out Marlin rifles that we mainly used for our Hunter Understanding National Training Scheme (H.U.N.T.S.) programme. We are the largest N.Z.D.A. Branch and we run our annual course during the Southern Hemisphere spring. It was a no-brainer, as a Committee...
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    BSA Royal Featherlight

    Nice. That is a perfect result. You must have been a very good person in a previous life😁! Have fun and remember … we want pictures of your—holed—paper targets plus field trophies. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿.
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    Some cool stuff at the Royal Armouries

    Also a New Zealander and … probably never happen😁!
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    Some cool stuff at the Royal Armouries

    Budgie smugglers is an Australian—Oorstraalian?—term😁!
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    Some cool stuff at the Royal Armouries

    I have Sniper Out of Nowhere, excellent book.
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    BSA Royal Featherlight

    Checked my PH5 sight and the hole-spacing is smaller BUT … I pulled out my copy of Nick Strobel’s book: Old Gunsights & Rifle Scopes: Identification & Price Guide. I found the crucial information on p. 245. Marlin/Ballard, Remington and Winchester all used 0.600 hole spacing and 6-48 screws for...
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    BSA Royal Featherlight

    Beautiful rifle @VJJPunisher. Please ignore the uninformed comments and keep it as original as possible. I understand that they still have the tooling and there have been repeated attempts by the NZ distributor to reintroduce these rifles. Given that the brand has been part of the Gamo empire...
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    Front stuffers and pumpkin slinger picture thread…

    You did not mention how the Mrs did on the Thunderbird target. Should we presume that she hit dead centre😁?
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    Super rare Tula Mts13-1

    An actual gunsmith can make parts, as necessary. Some people who work on firearms are simply parts fitters with zero trade training.
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    French FRF2 Sniper rifle

    I wasn't trying to be nasty. Basic French instructions are pretty easy to translate, especially where you are familiar with the type of material that will be in the manual. Gauche is left, droit is right and most of the nouns should be pretty easy. NB Some French academic type has reportedly...
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