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My favorite firearm thread!
I openned this thread so everyone puts pictures and some
details about one of his/her favorite firearms. I'll start with mine.......... M40A1 Sniper Rifle ``````````````` After beginning of the Vietnam war, US Marine corps decided to purchase some bolt action sniper rifles. Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 Win) Length: 1117mm (M40A1) Weight: 4.08 kg empty w/o scope; 6.57 kg complete weapon Barrel Length: 660mm (M40); 610mm (M40A1) Magazine Capacity: 5 rounds in detachable box magazine Sight: Redfield 3-9X (M40); Unertl 10x with Mil-Dots and BDC (M40A1) Stock: Remington one piece wooden (M40); McMillan fiberglass (M40A1) Max Effective Range: 800 meters M40's were used in Vietnam and in later companies with great success, proved itself reliable and deadly accurate weapons. |
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Blackhawk :
Welcome aboard !! Were you a sniper ? Larry
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Wow!Nifty!
Always thought those Redfield scopes would have done better if they had parallex adjustment,your's do ok without it? Will it shoot into 1 MOA? 1/2 MOA? |
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My favorite Hunting Rifle.
A 1903 Springfield. 30-06
Bishop Stock Glass Bedded drilled and tapped for scope 3 - 9 power scope Bent Bolt Adjustable Trigger sits at 1.5 lbs of pull. Put it together when I was twenty years old. Back in 1966. Have a couple of other rifles but I know this one from way back and we are friends. Keith Hixson |
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I shoot Military Rifles, mostly from World War 2. I have one .308 in enfield style made in India during the late 60's. Also have several Mausers which are fun to shoot. Only have one scoped rifle which is a SSG 97 in 7.62X 54 caliber, suppose to be good out to 700 yards but who knows........
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Blackhawk?
What is your trigger pull setting.
I find that having a target rifle / sniper rifle trigger pull really makes for greater accuracy. The less squeeze the less jerk the more accurate. I like 1.5 lbs to 2 lbs. I believe that the standard off the rack trigger pull is around 6 lbs. (I think someone told me that somewhere or sometime). Keith |
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I liked the M-14 with a Unertl scope.
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1966, 5th Marine Scout/Snipers. I was one of the original members when the Marines decided to bring back snipers. Were you of the 7th Marine snipers?
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I agree with ColMurph and Blackhawk M40A1 and M-14 were and are excellent rifles.
I think only the Army scoped the M-14 . Good idea ! The rains on the DMZ were hard on the Redfield 3 x9 Variables mounted on the Remington . |
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