I might see about getting a carbine and m1903 to add to the collection.

Collect them all! I'm fond of the Grease Gun as well as the BAR which is a beast!

Browning Automatic Rifle - YouTube

I have shot one once, made me feel tingly all over!

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Good advice that applies to guns, trucks/cars, and women...

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That's an impressive vid. It'd be more so if you could see the shots actually hitting the target.

What do you mean by a K98 clone?

- Peter.

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Maybe he is talking about the Zastava M48. It looks like the K98, but the action parts aren't interchangeable.

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m48 to name one, their are a bunch.

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They're variations of the original Mauser action. The K98 was perhaps the most famous.

Mauser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Watch your fingers when reloading! They were dubbed the 'thumb-breakers' for a reason!

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Ah I see. Actually I have quite a few. K98's, M98/22's and M24/47's. The only one I don't have from that group is an M48. Pity. The stars have never aligned for me on one. Actually only the M48 could be considered somewhat of a K98 clone as it's the only one the came after it. The other Yugo mauser, the M24/47 were reworks of the FN model 1924 which predated the K98 by about 11 years.

I won the last military surpluss shoot we had at our local range with my 1943 Russian Capture K98. I'm going to try one of my Enfield No 4 Mk1's at the next match and see if it's all it's made out to be. Also a 1943 dated one made by Savage in the US. I have my doubts about it though. Just doesn't "feel right" to me the way a Mauser does. Hopefully with some practice I'll be able to do ok with it.

Regarding the original post. The Garand is a great rifle but it's meaningless to compare any semi-auto with a bolt gun in a compettitive setting. The need to break and re-acquire your sight picture whenever your cycle the bolt puts such rifles in a different class than a Garand.

There are three US rifles I'd really like to acquire. The Garand is one, a 03 Springfield is another. But the one I'd really like to pick up is a Model of 1917. There is one in Cabelas right now made by Eddystone that looks to be in decent shape but at almost 1800 bucks I'm afraid it'll remain a dream for me.

I'm hoping to pay that for a car this weekend...

- Peter.

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1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S