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1950's built rifles do not seem to figure too often in forum topics or even at the range so I thought it was time to ask, so what is your favourite? It can be an earlier designed model however it does need to have been built in the 1950's

FN FAL?
Could it be that in the 50's the majority of rifles were moving over to Semi/full-Auto, hence why we don't see many from this era on the range?

EASY

Rifle, No.9



More commonly known as the EM-2

Oh we likes the No 9 too. We have a chance to pawdle aome of them at the Royal Armouries and they are very advanced for their era. Come up to the shoulder nicely, the optical sights are good ( and they have excellent emergency battle sights too). Excellent tunnel guns...

L1A1.... but also brings back memories of pokey drill.. :-(

Should be getting one (although butchered to straight pull) in the next couple of weeks...

Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy, commonly known as the AKM

My second favourite - Eugene Stoner's baby - the AR15

M14

(which just scrapes through as 1950s and has seen a new lease of life in recent conflicts of course)

For me it is hard to choose, the practical side of me says the Heckler and Koch G3 however I also marvel at the build quality and accuracy of the swiss Sturmgewehr Stgw57 (despite its weight). Despite having shot them both I don't think I could choose, in an ideal world one would have both. One major thing they have in common is the marvelous delayed roller blowback principal.

Vostok CM-2, Remington Model 37, BSA Martini International, L1A1.