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    Lets see your USMC M40-M40A6!!!

    Did a scope swap on my replica M40A5 recently: It now wears a take-off M8541a in good shape. …so that scope swap allows me to put my civilian S&B scope on my pending M39 replica. Just need to get the proper SIMRAD cap for it:
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    Lets see your USMC M40-M40A6!!!

    That picture with the two Marines, an M40A1 and its green Protecto cases is on the M40 picture thread. I don’t know those two Marines, it’s just a neat picture from many years ago.
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    Vintage sniper rifle match, Quantico

    FYI, the Quantico matches have 3 categories: vintage, Vietnam and Modern. CMP does not have a “modern” category. Anything after Vietnam is considered “modern.” Its best to have a partner who is using a rifle in the same class.
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    Vintage sniper rifle match, Quantico

    You’ll fit right with any USMC precision weapon, esp with any M40 series rifles.
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    History of the SR25

    I think you are asking for pics of the early SR-25s with the shorter 20" barrel and smooth handguard, but before the RAS rail was developed? That was called the SR-25 Special Military Lightweight (SpLW) Match rifle. Those date mid-to-late 1990s. SOCOM purchased 45 of them in 1999, along with 45...
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    Another Picture Thread - All Other Semi-Autos

    Replica of early XM25 circa 1988-90 on top, and replica of the late M25 circa 1993-94 on the bottom, as used by 10th Special Forces Group.
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    Interesting M25 Info and Pics

    On the Crane built PSSR rifles circa 1990, they would weld on a rear lug and thread it for the torque screw. Below pic is a factory rear-lugged commercial SAI Supermatch, but we did the same set-up for my PSSR replica. The initial PSSR rifles were double lugged with front and rear torque...
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    Interesting M25 Info and Pics

    Nice, I recall that you were a fan of his on an older thread he posted on the history of the M24, M24A1 and M24A2, etc. Thanks for reminding of TACOM's role as the third DoD entity that can approve modifications to a combat weapon. Digressing, but I will note to the best of my knowledge, the...
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    Interesting M25 Info and Pics

    From my research, me thinks 10th SFG actually never bothered completing or even submitting paperwork to manufacture or modify combat weapons. No funding was allocated either, so no NSN was developed. Mitch Mateiko was local and friends with 10th SFG, and he reportedly gave the 200 or more BPT...
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    Interesting M25 Info and Pics

    ....Resurrecting this old thread with my most recent replica of the mysterious M25 rifles seen in that 1994 Sniper Locker Proposal: Yes indeed, that 1994 proposal motivated me to build a replica of the "late" - or final version - of the M25 sniper rifle that was built by 10th SFG back then. To...
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    Springfield 1903A4 Thread

    That 1970 manual was always interesting to me. I don’t know if they were updated for a foreign military or what, but the rifle was considered obsolete after the M1D sniper rifle officially replaced it after the Korean War. The FBI got some M1903A4s around that time. Anyhow, it’s a late date for...
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    WWII 30-06 ammunition question

    FWIW, m2 ball has a much shorter and lighter bullet than M2 AP (1.125” vs 1.40”length). My guess is the longer AP had a better ballistic coefficient relative to the shorter M2 bullet. I also think velocity was marginally higher, despite the AP bullet weighing about 20 grains more, hence the...
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    WWII 30-06 ammunition question

    Wow. I’m quite gaga over that box. That small quantify of accuracy-tested standard M1 ammo was not issued in WW2 - but they were obviously used at the pre-WW2 National Matches, which were stopped in WW2 and restarted in 1953. Very neat box, thanks for sharing.
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    WWII 30-06 ammunition question

    M72 match 30-06 was not standardized until 1958. The US Army didn’t issue any match ammo for its snipers until the late 1960s in Vietnam (ie, 7.62 NATO/ M118 used with accurized M14s). Translation: No match ammo was used in WW2 or Korea. It came much later… I’m still looking for a box of M1...
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    Armscorp "M21" Marked M14 NM Semi-Automatic Rifle with ART II Scope

    ….Nice, congrats on getting that rifle. It looks nice. One nit pick in defense of the M21 service history, the Vietnam era scopes were called “AR-TELs” and were made in 1969. They lacked a separate adjustment for magnification and range, it was combined. The ART II scope fixed that issue with...
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    Kollmorgen Scopes

    The old 4x Kollmorgen Bear Cub scopes are pretty decent for being 60 plus years old. I have one on this M14A1 replica. The U.S. Army almost adopted them in the early 1950s to replace the obsolete 2.2x M84 scopes, but ultimately didn’t adopt them. The USMC of course adopted them as the MC-1 -...
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    safe load for M1903A1 / Unertl Rifle

    A real one with USMC documentation is easily $15k-20k here in the U.S., but most for sale are fake. Whereas a reproduction might be $2500 plus, if built with a new Criterion barrel, plus a new stock, carefully installed Steve Earle scope blocks, plus all the other gunsmithing required to...
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    Parker Hale M82 Clone

    Is this the PH accessory rail you need for that project? It’s made of steel, but I don’t think its correct for the M85 stock that I have. PM me if this is what you need for an M82/C3. (I think it’s the same rail seen in post #127).
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    Navy NSWC Crane M83

    The M83 is sort of a unicorn rifle and this thread has the only clone I have seen of this rifle. 0812 guns, thanks for the pics. Do we know what barrel Crane used 40 years ago re the M83? I might guess Hart Barrels, but that is pure speculation.
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    CMP auction, M40 circa 1968-69 (probably AF or Navy M40)

    You need to publish that book with a ton of your color pics(!), I suspect it would sell well. I’d be first in line to buy it. As for the CMP M40, my eyes might be deceiving me, but is that barrel marked “U W S?”? If “S” is the date code it’s 1969, but if “W” is the date code, then it’s...
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