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Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:43 pm
by meles meles
Sandgroper wrote:christel wrote: No carbines for me.
What's wrong with carbines?
Carbines are fun! clapclap
Not when it comes to push of pike....
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:49 pm
by Sandgroper
meles meles wrote:
Not when it comes to push of pike....
Considering a pike would between 10-25 ft in length - even with a full length rifle, that's a bit of stretch! :lol:
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:56 pm
by meles meles
Good enough reason to keep a canned bang or two ready in the magazine then...
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:58 pm
by Sandgroper
And with a carbine you get more bang for your buck! :shakeshout:
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:58 pm
by Christel
idge wrote:I always fancied one of the original Portuguese mausers chambered in 6.5x58 , beautifully made rifles.
Barrel is short ish, some 23.6 inches me thinks. Looks good.
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:03 pm
by Christel
Carbines are not that good at long distance...they normally give up around the 500-600 meters. Actually one has to work hard to get accuracy out of them at that distance...more fair to say 300m :)
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:13 pm
by Sandgroper
christel wrote:Carbines are not that good at long distance...they normally give up around the 500-600 meters. Actually one has to work hard to get accuracy out of them at that distance...more fair to say 300m :)
And the problem with that is...?
I don't shoot past 600m so it isn't a problem for me. Anyway, I like the handiness of a carbine (all my rifles bar one are carbines
) and at short range you hit the target with the bullet, muzzle blast and flash! clapclap
To paraphrase Blackstuff: Short Gun = Fun!
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:17 pm
by meles meles
Did you perchance have a hand in designing the English Electric Lightning ?
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:28 pm
by Sandgroper
Unfortunately not.
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:29 pm
by dave_303
How about a Long Lee Enfield?