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I was wondering if you guys wanted to start a few threads (separate threads for M40's, Mk13's, M24's, etc.) that have links to suitable donor rifles that are currently available. Or maybe just do an M40 donor rifle thread since that's the most popular sniper rifle clone to build. People are...

As you guys have seen, I posted a Christmas gift thread, but there is no discussion allowed in the thread (the entire point is to assign a post number with a member that participates, nothing more). So, this will be the discussion for anything related to that Christmas gift thread! Post all you...

Gentlemen, I thought about doing something fun this year for Christmas, I pulled 7 10 11 lucky items out of my collection and I'm going to be giving them away to 7 10 11 lucky Sniper's Hide members! I'll keep trying to add a new gift for each new page added in this thread! If we hit 5 pages...

Wanted to give you guys a heads-up that EuroOptic and 3 other dealer are getting these scopes, EuroOptic will have the most scopes in inventory with 140 of each type. I'm not sure how many of these scope will be made, but the current estimate is 300 of each type, which will be split between the...

As we all know, last weekend McMillan officially sold the first M40A1 HTG smear stocks in almost 40 years! This is pretty remarkable, since Kelly McMillan had refused to make any replicas of the old smear stocks and that the very early dyes used from 1974 to 1976 was no longer available...

Yes, you read the title correctly, this thread is about new production McMillan HTG M40A1 stocks! More information to come later. https://mcmillanusa.com/shop/ready-to-ship/ready-to-ship-stocks/limited-availability-stocks/m40a1-smear-camo-remington-700-short-action-4/...

Well, gentlemen, Rob just finished his first video with this astonishing rifle! This M40 is extremely rare and historically significant, which makes this a very unique YouTube video (I don't think there's any other YouTube videos showing a review of an original M40)! Rob does an amazing job...

My M14 collection seems to be slowly growing, but it takes a while to build absolutely perfect clones! I've been working on a USMC shooting team M14 with a smear stock and Barnett barrel for about 4 or 5 years, that's about when I acquired my first parts for the build. The rifle was put on the...

As you guys probably know from the USMC DMR video, I've teamed up with Rob at Vintage Rifles Shooters Club on YouTube, and I'm sending him cool rifles from my collection to review. He just put this short teaser up on his YouTube channel and I figured you guys might be interested! We're still...

It's pretty rare that new information about the M40 comes out, but ever so ofter we get to learn something interesting. In past threads people have asked if there's a difference in the US markings between the 6 digit serial number M40's and the 7 digit serial number M40's. Everyone who commented...

I don't know if this has already been posted on the site, but here it is. Yesterday the Scout Sniper Association just broke the news that Scout Sniper platoons are no longer part of an infantry battalion and are being replaced by scout platoons. The 0317 Scout Sniper MOS billet is also being...

Here's the YouTube review: I recently purchased a very rare (supposedly 8 of them are in the country) B&T APR308S that has a 16 barrel and very long silencer. I mainly collect US military sniper rifles, but I sometimes buy oddball stuff and anything that I think is interesting. I have some...

This is a build that has taken years of work gathering the correct parts and it's finally done! I've also been told that this is a completely unique rifle, apparently it's the only black stock USMC DMR clone that's been built with original parts. I have no idea if that's true or not, but if...

This thread started out with some posts about various M40A1 parts that I had on hand to build a few clone rifles from. However, the thread has now morphed into a resource for all things M40A1 related. If you have any original USMC M40A1 parts or M40A1 clone builds, please post them in this...

The Welrod pistol is one of those magnificent, elusive bastards that everyone wants, but don't appear to exist on the collector market. There's been discussions about them on this forum and none have turned up in any of our collections, which is rather surprising because the people who frequent...

I know this isn't a sniper rifle and I know it's not vintage, but this has always been the section to share and discuss rare and interesting firearms that wouldn't generate very much discussion in their usual sections. Due to it's rarity and historical interest, I've decided to post this pistol...

Obviously not vintage sniper related, but this section is also for very unique firearms. Does anyone else here own any copper beryllium firearms? It's supposedly not a fun material to work with and added precautions need to be be taken when milling. Many years ago I bought some AR15 and 1911...

Just picked up this extremely unique pistol, it's a Beretta M9 with a Phrobis slide. In 1987, 3 Navy SEALs were injured when a few M9 slides failed, so Beretta needed to redesign the M9 in order to make them safer. The government ended up buying the redesigned Beretta slides, but during this...

I just purchased this at an auction for a whopping $40 and it's by far the strangest M40 stock I've ever seen! It's a real M40 stock and has all the correct characteristics, but I have no idea who did the modifications. It's actually pretty stable holding it while standing, but the vertical...

Gentlemen, it's time to grab your tickets for the 2022 Scout Sniper Association rifle raffle! This year's rifle is pretty epic, it's a Vietnam War era Winchester M70 clone that's been built with original USMC take-off parts and a civilian receiver in the USMC M70 serial number range! The SSA is...