Cheap Military Bolt Rifles

I think this post is going to cost me some money!

I have had my C&R license for a year now and have yet to buy anything with it. Thanks to this thread, I might just pick me up a 6.5 Swede. Heck, the more I think about it, if these guns only cost $50-250, I might just have to buy one a month! Thanks again TFL for costing me more money.
 
Hey Erich!! Those Mojo sights look like just the ticket. Gonna have one as soon as they can ship. Serious thanks for what will indeed be a mojor improvement in that rifle. It might even get graduated into a bad weather hunting arm, for use when optical sights are not first choice. Got any more tricks that good and that cheap up your sleeve?
 
Now youse guys went an' did it!

In my quest to completely fill my C&R FFL bound book, I found a mismatched, but nice 1899 Oberndorf Swedish M96, for $150.00, and bought it. Never mind the fact that I already own a beautiful all-matching 1917 Carl Gustaf Swedish M96. As soon as I find the proper Soderin diopter rear, or buy one of the Samco rear diopters, as well as the globe front, the large-handled bent bolt, and maybe the target stock, the Oberndorf will become a match rifle to perhaps duplicate the original CG-63 or CG-80.

Luckily, this breaks me out of my latest affliction, that dreaded disease known as Enfielditis. Matter of fact, I'm gonna pare things down, and stay with just a 1917 Enfield Lock No1MkIII*, a 1941 Lithgow No1MkIII*, and a 1945 BSA Shirley No5Mk1. I'm putting up my 1942 Long Branch No4Mk1* for sale, it just doesn't shout "Ugly, yet brutally functional, love me because I'm an SMLE" like the older No1MkIII*'s do, nor does it have the appeal and report of the gutsy No5Mk1 Jungle Carbine.

As for good quality .303 ammo, don't forget about the excellent Sellier & Bellot FMJ fodder, it's not too expensive, is reloadable, and even gives my Jungle Carbine respectable groups at 100 yards. Cheaperthandirt.com usually stocks it, too.
 
steelbuster, a C&R is a Curio and Relic FFL. You can order certain kinds of guns and have them shipped directly to your house. These include most guns over 50 years old. You can get really good deals this way.

And Big 5 is a big chain of sporting goods stores that oftens stocks lots of neat surplus guns for very reasonable prices.
 
Well, I got Enfielditis not too long ago, a 1943 Longbranch No4 MkI* under my belt, and I'm now looking for a pristine No4 MkII....

All you ever wanted to know about Enfields, and some more... http://www.recguns.com/IIID2a11a.html

BTW, if you don't reload, there's a bunch of 80's mfg PMP (South African) 174 FMJ non-corrosive non-reloadable .303 ammo selling for peanuts...
 
Avoid the rechambered MAS-36 rifles like the plauge!!! I got one here at a gun show last week and this thing is going down the road at the next show. The fore end is kept from sliding off the barrel only because the barrel band connects it to the upper handguard and the upper handguard is stopped form moving forward and off the barrel by the front sight! :( Second point, and the main one as well, is that accuracy on this rifle SUCKS! I mean it's REALLY bad. At 100 yards, I had a lot of trouble keeping 4 out of 5 rounds on a FBI B-27 "gun grabber in the open" silouette target while shooting from a rest. I have AK-47s that shoot better than this offhand! Bottom, line? Piece of junk that fortunatly I got at a cheap price and I will have no regrets selling either.
 
steelbuster - obtaining your C&R

Check out Cruffler's site. Their primary focus is C&R collecting. The following link will give you the information that you need: http://www.cruffler.com/becomingcruffler.html

I found Cruffler's copy of Form 7CR didn't quite print out right for me. The ATF copy can be found at: http://www.atf.treas.gov/forms/5000.htm#firearms. Click on form ATF F 5310.16. The trick is to follow the ATF web's instructions and print the form on legal paper.

I mailed my application off this morning. I figure the first purchase that saves me the $25 FFL fee will cover it's cost. Now I just need to figure out how I'm going to keep myself from buying all these inexpensive (yet quality) C&R rifles :).

LL
 
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