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Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:36 am
by Christel
Hope to get some inspiration from all you clever folks on here.
I have this thing for long barreled, long distance, Titanic era or earlier rifles. No carbines for me.
Read up about the Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 yesterday, very very nice.
Question is, what else is out there?
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:47 am
by meles meles
We have a Russian M1891 Mosin Nagant (7.62x54R), Swedish M1896 Carl Gustav Mauser (6.5x55 Swe) and a Norwegian Krag Jorgensen (6.5x55 Swe), all in their original long rifle form.
In the 1920s / 30s most of these rifles were cut down to carbine length after it found that trench warfare had reduced the need for long range shooting and that long rifles were rather unwieldy in the confines of a trench.
We like our long rifles too, especially with bayonets fixed...
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:49 am
by idge
I always fancied one of the original Portuguese mausers chambered in 6.5x58 , beautifully made rifles.
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:16 pm
by IainWR
NRA can hire you a Moisin-Nagant (with scope or iron sights), a Mauser in 6.5 or 7.92, Schmidt-Rubin (choice of 2), a (replica) Enfield 18** musket, a SMLE, choice of No4s in .303, Mod '17 in .30-06.
£11 for the half-day to an individual IIRC.
Iain
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:07 pm
by meles meles
IainWR wrote:NRA can hire you a Moisin-Nagant (with scope or iron sights), a Mauser in 6.5 or 7.92, Schmidt-Rubin (choice of 2), a (replica) Enfield 18** musket, a SMLE, choice of No4s in .303, Mod '17 in .30-06.
£11 for the half-day to an individual IIRC.
Iain
Seems like a bargain ! We assume delivery and collection is included...
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:12 pm
by Christel
Thanks Iain for the tip...however it is only two out of the lot that kinda fit the bill and one I have just bought (Rubin) and the other is only kinda there (Mauser, I assume you mean K98 Sniper?)
Not interested in muskets nor carbines.
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:19 pm
by meles meles
We forgot to mention we have a Schmidt Rubin too ! Awesome accurate but a
*** to mount a telescopic sight to.
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:21 pm
by ovenpaa
What about a nice Mauser G71 or G98?
Which of the Mausers was fitted with a tube over the barrel like the Danish Krag?
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:40 pm
by Christel
meles meles wrote:We have a Russian M1891 Mosin Nagant (7.62x54R), Swedish M1896 Carl Gustav Mauser (6.5x55 Swe) and a Norwegian Krag Jorgensen (6.5x55 Swe), all in their original long rifle form.
In the 1920s / 30s most of these rifles were cut down to carbine length after it found that trench warfare had reduced the need for long range shooting and that long rifles were rather unwieldy in the confines of a trench.
We like our long rifles too, especially with bayonets fixed...
We have a Danish Krag, it is lovely. I did have a look at a Carl Gustav last Friday, I am not entirely convinced although I have asked for that at my renewal. I had a MN and I do not want to repeat that again.
Re: Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:42 pm
by Sandgroper
christel wrote: No carbines for me.
What's wrong with carbines?
Carbines are fun! clapclap