I like to shoot the old stuff,O3A4, m1D,M41B,PU,K98Short Slide rail, Impressions?..Always draws a crowd at rhe range
Anybody shoot old snipers?
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There`s something about the older rifles that`s very attractive to me also.
The wood and blue steel has a very strong eye appeal.
I like the smell of linseed oil and even the odors of the old style bore cleaners and oils the vintage rifles have.
That`s just something you won`t get from a new rifle-
There`s something about the older rifles that`s very attractive to me also.
The wood and blue steel has a very strong eye appeal.
I like the smell of linseed oil and even the odors of the old style bore cleaners and oils the vintage rifles have.
That`s just something you won`t get from a new rifle-
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Hoppes#9 makes me think of my brother...he taught me alot about everything.He was killed in 1988. he was a class 3 dealer and collector...Icould feild strip and clean mg-42 when I was twelve...had a pretty cool childhood
Hoppes#9 makes me think of my brother...he taught me alot about everything.He was killed in 1988. he was a class 3 dealer and collector...Icould feild strip and clean mg-42 when I was twelve...had a pretty cool childhood
Re: Anybody shoot old snipers?
I occasionally toss 58 cal minies down range with this:
Armi Sport reproduction of 1861 Springfield Rifled Musket
I occasionally toss 58 cal minies down range with this:
Armi Sport reproduction of 1861 Springfield Rifled Musket
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TOO COOL! I had a 45/70 BPCR browning for awhile. But I would like to get a repo of the Sharps the green mountian boys caried and used..
TOO COOL! I had a 45/70 BPCR browning for awhile. But I would like to get a repo of the Sharps the green mountian boys caried and used..
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The thing I like best about this rifle is the slow muzzle velocity of about 800 fps. It takes enough time to reach a 100 yd target that the blast from the shot subsides just in time to let you to hear the lead brick rip through the target. For some unknown reason that puts a smile on my face.
The thing I like best about this rifle is the slow muzzle velocity of about 800 fps. It takes enough time to reach a 100 yd target that the blast from the shot subsides just in time to let you to hear the lead brick rip through the target. For some unknown reason that puts a smile on my face.
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I have my Garand with irons, and a K98 with the old Zeiss on it.
I also have a Jap rifle from WWII... but I'm not brave enough to fire it.
Wanting to get a M1 with a m81 or a m82 and an '03 too.
I have my Garand with irons, and a K98 with the old Zeiss on it.
I also have a Jap rifle from WWII... but I'm not brave enough to fire it.
Wanting to get a M1 with a m81 or a m82 and an '03 too.
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I've shot on a limited basis the following
M1D
M1C
M41B
03A4
98k zf41
Jap Type 97
PU
PE
NDM 86
M21
K31/42
K31/43
K31/55 (ZFK)
They are getting to valuable to shoot much now.
I've shot on a limited basis the following
M1D
M1C
M41B
03A4
98k zf41
Jap Type 97
PU
PE
NDM 86
M21
K31/42
K31/43
K31/55 (ZFK)
They are getting to valuable to shoot much now.
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I got on a kick a few years ago hunting with my snipers. The 03a4 was kinda useless in the cold....scope FOGGED UP bad. the m41b was exellent. K98 was exellent. Pu felt long..lol, in the woods. The M1D was my fav...I took a 195 lb 11 pointer...funny thing it was at 20-25 yards...but DRT
I got on a kick a few years ago hunting with my snipers. The 03a4 was kinda useless in the cold....scope FOGGED UP bad. the m41b was exellent. K98 was exellent. Pu felt long..lol, in the woods. The M1D was my fav...I took a 195 lb 11 pointer...funny thing it was at 20-25 yards...but DRT
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They weren't OLD then, but I ran sniper schools for the NG using M1C/D's. Then we got M-21s.
Apparently Vintage Sniper Rifles are catching on. Hornady sold the CMP on the ideal. They had a couple of "test" vintage sniper rifles (Pre-'54) matches at the Eastern & Western Games. The reponse led CMP to include the Vintage Sniper Rifles at Perry as well as their Eastern & Western Games. Hornady has started making Match Ammo for these old war horses, '06, 303, 7.62X54R and 8X57.
They weren't OLD then, but I ran sniper schools for the NG using M1C/D's. Then we got M-21s.
Apparently Vintage Sniper Rifles are catching on. Hornady sold the CMP on the ideal. They had a couple of "test" vintage sniper rifles (Pre-'54) matches at the Eastern & Western Games. The reponse led CMP to include the Vintage Sniper Rifles at Perry as well as their Eastern & Western Games. Hornady has started making Match Ammo for these old war horses, '06, 303, 7.62X54R and 8X57.
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