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  1. Sooter76

    Greatest Bolt Action Battle Rifle in History...

    The statement would still be false. Out of all the countries involved in WWII (and that would be almost every single one on earth) only 13 types of self loading rifles were used during the conflict to any degree, and most only in the waning days. This obviously doesn’t include SMG or LMG’s, but...
  2. Sooter76

    Greatest Bolt Action Battle Rifle in History...

    Considering that no warring power outside of the US was using self loading rifles as its standard arm I’d dispute this.
  3. Sooter76

    Greatest Bolt Action Battle Rifle in History...

    I’m actually a big fan of the Swiss chargers. Yes, like the Mosin, they’re a bit slower than Mauser’s or Enfield’s that kick the stripper clip/charger out of the action when the bolt is closed, but the Swiss charger design reliably feeds the rounds into the magazine with little issue. Personally...
  4. Sooter76

    Greatest Bolt Action Battle Rifle in History...

  5. Sooter76

    Greatest Bolt Action Battle Rifle in History...

    Well the question was battle rifle... My implication is that we’re talking about bolt guns specifically made for mass military issue from the 1800’s to the immediate post-WWII period. Not sniper variations and not rifles converted from the original form.
  6. Sooter76

    Greatest Bolt Action Battle Rifle in History...

    Rereading your original post I think I mistook you... I interpreted your “most influential” comment to mean its lasting influence on hunting rifles as essentially the only action to survive the transition to self-loading arms. I apologize.
  7. Sooter76

    Greatest Bolt Action Battle Rifle in History...

    Again that’s not the question... Nobody can argue that Mauser’s design isn’t the most influential. As the strongest bolt action design it should be as hunting applications in which the safety of the shooter easily trump the need for speed and reliability in harsh conditions, and when you...
  8. Sooter76

    Greatest Bolt Action Battle Rifle in History...

    Interesting... I’m the exact opposite in that I like the lines of the No4 over the No1 MkIII, and consider the earlier model ugly.
  9. Sooter76

    Greatest Bolt Action Battle Rifle in History...

    So not really sniper related but certainly vintage... I’m in the field right now and me and a couple of my guys had this debate last night and I thought I’d see what answers I got here... What would you argue is the greatest standard issue bolt action battle rifle in history and why? Not...
  10. Sooter76

    Iron sights for trajectory calculations...

    In this instance I’m talking about a K98 and a Swiss G1911.
  11. Sooter76

    Iron sights for trajectory calculations...

    Here's a bit of an odd question I guess... I'm not quite sure where to ask it so I figure this is as good a place as any. I'm attempting to use ballistic calculations to get a zero for a couple milsurp rifles I have using a 25yd range. I know with scopes you adjust your calculations off the...
  12. Sooter76

    Finally picked up a Mosin Nagant...

    Picked up a trigger pull gauge... The trigger pull on the Mosin varies between 5.5lbs and just over 7lbs over 6 pulls. Very inconsistent, but still better than my M48 which didn’t break until the scale bottomed out.
  13. Sooter76

    Finally picked up a Mosin Nagant...

    I won’t shoot surplus. I’ll handload for it as I do for all my guns minus my AK and 9mm. Once I get it out to find out how it shoots I’ll look into shimming it for better accuracy if need be. I’d like to have one essentially stock and another to set up as a reproduction sniper if I can find one...
  14. Sooter76

    Finally picked up a Mosin Nagant...

    So I finally broke down and picked up a Mosin Nagant... it’s a 1945 Tula build, so I’m guessing it was one of the last to be produced in the Soviet Union and probably saw little if any action during the war. I’ve never really liked the Mosin Nagant, but being a history nerd I wanted at least one...
  15. Sooter76

    Unertl vs. Leatherwood 1903 Scope Help

    Not necessarily... Leatherwood makes some very good repro scopes. I don’t have first hand experience with their USMC 8x reproduction scopes, but i can say that their M73 and M82 2.5x scopes are better than the originals.
  16. Sooter76

    Rifle Scopes Zero stop shim sets for SWFA Super Sniper scopes

    This needs to be stickied
  17. Sooter76

    Vintage firearm prices

    It gets confusing but the short answer is sanctions and regulations. Either imposed by the US government or self-imposed by Russia.
  18. Sooter76

    Vintage firearm prices

    It has to do with collectability and how few there are in the country. I've heard there may be as few as 100 rifles total rifles, both Russian and Chinese made, in the country. And most of those are civilian Tiger models.
  19. Sooter76

    Vintage firearm prices

    Still low... You don't see them often, but when I have it's usually closer to $10,000.
  20. Sooter76

    Vintage firearm prices

    Not for a real Drugunov it's not... That's actually really low!
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