Was just wondering if my M14 has enough punch to detonate Tannerite shooting targets. I don’t have hunting rifle, I use semi auto military rifles but I nothing like a .308 . Currently I am trying to just set it off with blasting caps. Thank you.
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I have a Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle that I recieved as a gift over the holidays, and for the life of me, I can’t get any accurate background for it. The reciever has the following stamped on it:
‘Gew.98′
’1916′
‘(manufacturers name) Berlin’
As far as I can tell, this was not an issued military rifle – in fact, as best as I can tell, the rifle isn’t military at all. It doesn’t have the regular flip-up rear sight you would expect to see on a military Gew.98, the foregrip only extends about halfway down the barrel, as opposed to the military rifles which extended nearly the entire length of the gun, and the buttstock has been cut just behind the bolt to have a contoured grip like a monte carlo stock. In addition, the buttstock does not have the traditional side-mount sling attachment, but a regular swing/swivel sling mount on the underside.
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I work for a sporting goods store and we sell collectable military rifles (M44′s, 91/30′s, SKS’, Enfield’s, etc.) Every once in a while I hear a customer talk about how they "sporterized" their rifle, but I don’t know what that means. Please explain.
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Which military surplus rifle can you mount a scope on the easiest (without drilling the receiver, or doing any permanent modification to it) Also hopefully it would be inexpensive…nothing like 0
+ for a specialized mount or anything…
Thanks!
I do have a scope on my AR-15..you’re absolutely right about military rifles not supporting scopes…still I would like to try it anyway!!
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Vz. 58 P
The spring-loaded extractor and firing pin are both abode inside the breech lock, while the firm ejector is located at the base of the sender.
The rifle uses a trigger mechanism with a handle-type fire mode selector, which is also a manual shelter against unintended free. When the selector bar is to be found in its rear location (“1″—single fire) the sear is hinder and the left striker grapple is swivel by the disconnector, which is depressed by the bolt shipper after each shot and is consequently disconnected from the striker land. The ahead scenery of the selector switch (“30″—automatic fire) disables the disconnector, and the left striker capture meshes with the sear device. The midpoint (“safe”) location with the selector lever pointing perpendicularly downwards, mechanically lowers the trigger bar and the disconnector so there is no connection between the trigger and the semi-routine sear which grasp the hammer. The rifle also has an internal shelter, which prevents the weapon from discharging when out of battery. The exact striker-hammer snatch disables the striker-hammer, and it can only be released by pulling the indict handle back and elevate the weapon.
The weapon is fed from a detachable box journal with a 30-round sealed unit capacity and made from a lightweight alloy. When the last round from the magazine is passionate, the bolt will stay put locked open on the bolt hook, start by the publication’s admirer. The arsenal let go of tab is located at the base of the receiver on the left side, behind the periodical well. The bolt carrier has a assemble-in show rail used for reloading from 10-round stripper cut back (from the SKS rifle). Despite their similarity, vz. 58 magazines are not the same with those of the AK-47 and its derivatives.
Sights
The rifle’s iron sights consist of a fully adjustable front post and a tangent rear sight with a sliding notch with range denominations from 100 to 800 m, adjust every 100 m. Besides this, the left side of the rear sight leaf is clear with the letter “U” (univerzální), for snap shooting, firing at poignant targets and night combat at ranges up to 300 m. The front sight base also serves as a mounting platform for the vz. 58 edged bayonet.
Accessories
Additional tackle supplied with the rifle embrace: 4 extra magazines, a journal small bag, vz58 bayonet and scabbard, clean up disagreement, stifle cap, oil bottle, unified sling, front sight change tool and a threaded blank-firing adaptor.
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I couldn’t even hit paper at 100 yards. I’m not new at shooting, just military rifles.
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I like older mail order/kitchen door guns and older military guns. I just started getting into single shots and older guns. I know what to look at when buying them and how to check to see if there safe to fire. I had my eyes on a Spanish Imperial in .38 Special after handling it, It had way to much play in cylinder didn’t function in SA sometimes and trigger was way to lose and needed parts that would have had to be custom made. I asked what other handguns they had around 0. He said since he knows I have a thing for old guns I would feel like I was at a history convention. I was soon looking at a counter full of old top break revolvers from yester year in .32 S&W and .38 S&W. Most where Iver Johnson/US Revolvers with a one H&R and one S&W. After a few minutes I had a Iver Johnson third model top break in .38 set a side for my dad to pick up on Saturday. I put my the S&W and H&R and a .32 Iver hammerless on my list. Any ways why do people not have and interest or like these guns? I mean all these new tactical guns the have in the show room but if they know you enough you can go in the back room or corner behind the counter and dig threw military rifles. There are great prices like a unissued MAS 36 for 0 and a K-31 for 5 these took a while to get off the shelf I guess just me and a few collectors are interested in them but these AK and AR style rifles along with the new plastic pistol or anything "tacti-cool" flies off the shelf. They have a basement full of older shotguns and rifles that just gather dust down there. I mean I once seen a guy interested in a Winchester 1200 and was offered a Ted Williams 200 for less but he payed the extra money for a Winchester logo and chipped stock. I mean why not give the attention to these old guns they deserve? I’ll admit most of them are out dated but we wouldn’t be where were at with out them. Most of these were every where and highly advertised. You might say single shot shotguns for example are a dime a dozen. I look like each one of those has a different story and unique in there own way. If those guns could talk about there travels and all they saw I could listen day in and out. I see AR rifles and tacti-cool guns as bland and underneath those thirty pounds of accessories there all the same.
Any way what is your personal view on these older/mail order guns? I’m pretty interested to the answers here.
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I asked this question before and I want to clarify that I want a Colt MILITARY rifle, NOT a Colt civilian rifle.
I know that Bushmaster has the option to buy their military models in semi-auto only configuration, so I want to know if Colt will do the same. I am not impressed with their civilian market products and would really like their military rifle, even in semi-auto only.
http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?reptype=r&detail=-1&sortp=f&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&database=fpds&parent_id=56506&fiscal_year=2008&record_num=f500
To all of you who are saying Bushmaster did not have any government contracts, click on that. Come on people, do a little research before you post something.
Also compare these two:
http://www.coltsmfg.com/products-c6-q9-Colt_Rifles.aspx#
http://www.colt.com/mil/M16.asp
So to those of you who keep saying their military rifles are the same as their civilian rifles, NO THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!!! Seriously, do a little research before you post.
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My adult daughter wants to shoot one of my military rifles. She is of small stature and shooting the rifle as is would be punishing because the firearm would not properly fit her shoulder. Used stocks are available and cheap. I would like to shorten a used stock and put on a shotgun recoil pad or install the buttplate from my stock. I don’t want to do this by trial and error. How do I determine the proper length for the stock?
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I am a gun owner, collector, hunter, trapper and avid outdoorsman. I have a large collection from single shots to high capacity military rifles. Just looking for your thoughts on diminishing ammo supply and the cost of firearms now? Any and all thoughts appreciated so I can form my own opinion. No, I don’t want to hear from the "guns are bad" or "guns kill people" crowd. Thank you for your insight.
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I would like suggestions for a military surplus AND non-military rifles
In order of importance:
1) cost 1K-2K (including fairly good scope/red dot)
2) great accuracy
3) 7.62 x 51 round (or 308)
4) high cap mag
Muchos Gracias!
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I am thinking M4 but i am not quite sure. I have a friend who has a lot of military rifles or similar ones, and he said if i knew which gun i would probably be using he would let me come out to his place and pop off a few rounds.And to filter out any stupid responses about "weaponry always changing" just let me know what is the most commonly used present day rifle in the airborne infantry. Thanks
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French Military Rifles Never fired and only dropped once.
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what are the differnt types of rifle rangeing from civilian to military rifles
what type rifles as in basic catagory the fall like a assualt rifle and normal and so on
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Old fully stocked military rifle.Looks to be about 6.5 mm (guesstimate) bore. Flip up backsite to 2K meters, fixed front sight.Box magazine with straight bolt handle.Marked "CARL GUSTAFS STADS GEVARSFAKTORI 1915. Ser.# 355680. Sling swivels and cleaning rod.Barrel length is approx. 29".Action looks similar to Mausers I have seen before. Also has crown markings and an idealized letter symbol I can’t make out too good. Please help if you are knowledgable on old (WWI-era) military rifles.I’m guessing it’s Austro-Hungarian.
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Two that I still kick myself about, years later, are very well done sporterized military rifles: a 6.5×58 Portugese Vergueiro, and an ’03 Springfield in 333 OKH.
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I have recently started collecting old military rifles and I have came across everything except the old M1 Garand’s. Does anyone one know if they were ever re-sold in the us market? It’s funny that you can find Mauser’s, Nagants, Rubin’s, Enfield’s but I can’t seem to find a M1 surplus.
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whats the difference between military rifles and something you could buy at a local gun shop. Any info greatly appreciated.
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Muzzle loaders, Self reloading, Military rifles, Shotguns don’t count. I’m talking about legal hunting/shooting rifles for civilian use with store bought cartridges.
I just want your opinion not the exact 100% hands down correct answer. Keep your thumbs down to yourself its an open forum.
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I was looking for a collectible (and shoot-able) genuine military issue 1911. I’m more familiar with military rifles and markings and do not know too much about the 1911.
Doing a search on gunsamerica.com, there were TONS of different 1911′s.
What do you look for for a military issue one? Makers? etc..
Not looking for anything prestine or rare. Just looking to own a little piece of military history. And what would a reasonable price for one be?
thanks in advance
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My definition is that it must be capable of full auto fire and in current use by one of the worlds modern armies. Civilian versions of military rifles are not assault rifles.
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Apart from the military rifles that you can’t buy. Your opinions?
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I’m looking to fill my gun cabnit with a few surplus rifles(mostly target shooting and maybe varmint hunting). When I think of surplus rifles I think of the mosin nagant, kar98, springfield, lee enfield, sks, ak47, and other popular military rifles. I want reliabilityy, cheap ammunition, and decent/good accuracy. Whats my best bet? I would like to pay between 0-0 for each rifle.
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Hello, my friend told me that you can dry fire military rifles, as they’re designed to be rugged. Is this true?
My gun is a Norinco M14.
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