Share This Page:
Rifle POLL for fun
-
- Member
- Posts: 270
- Joined: Thu 12 Aug, 2010 6:44 pm
- Location: AWOL
Rifle POLL for fun
Just for fun.
Ares
Ares
Team work is essential, it gives them other people to shoot at. - Unknown
If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike. - Unknown
Friendly Fire, isn't - Unknown
If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike. - Unknown
Friendly Fire, isn't - Unknown
- Da_sheriff
- Member
- Posts: 16
- Joined: Mon 25 Jun, 2012 3:56 am
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
SMLE with out a doubt, It had the smoothest bolt action and allowed troops to kick out a good fire rate.
-
- Member
- Posts: 270
- Joined: Thu 12 Aug, 2010 6:44 pm
- Location: AWOL
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
Which one?Millar wrote:Voted
Ares
Team work is essential, it gives them other people to shoot at. - Unknown
If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike. - Unknown
Friendly Fire, isn't - Unknown
If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike. - Unknown
Friendly Fire, isn't - Unknown
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
Springfield M1903 - starting service in 1905, seeing us through 2 World Wars, and can still be found in most recent Wars to date, including the Korean Civil War
- Da_sheriff
- Member
- Posts: 16
- Joined: Mon 25 Jun, 2012 3:56 am
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
Maybe for the Americans, But the SMLE was one of the best rifles for British forcesMillar wrote:Springfield M1903 - starting service in 1905, seeing us through 2 World Wars, and can still be found in most recent Wars to date, including the Korean Civil War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C95b_NjXkFM
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
The video you linked was hosted by an American, which I hope was deliberate irony.
Us Brits only kept that weapon because we didn't have time to think of anything better quick enough lol
Us Brits only kept that weapon because we didn't have time to think of anything better quick enough lol
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
The .303 is still in service with some countries and it is still used by the Canadians in the frozen north as it is not affected so much by the weather.
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
Use of the Lee Enfield meant soldiers were taught how to shoot,marksmanship was prized,and paid for.The WW1 soldiers used rapid fire to such effect that the German thought that they were facing machine guns.Ammunition was not wasted to any where near the same level as today,as every shot was made to count,unlike the point and spray methods now in use.It could also kill at long range,and is still used today as a sniper weapon.
-
- Member
- Posts: 69
- Joined: Tue 30 Mar, 2010 4:37 am
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
I voted Mauser. The thing is unbelievably accurate, easy to shoot, and reliable. Also nothing like an 8mm Mauser round to ensure your target is not getting back up.
Although to be fair, I've never fired any Enfields, so I don't actually know how I would sway if I had, but it is certainly class above the Mosin and the '03.
Although to be fair, I've never fired any Enfields, so I don't actually know how I would sway if I had, but it is certainly class above the Mosin and the '03.
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." - George Bernard Shaw
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
The .303 is one of the best rifles ever made and has only been topped by the AK47 for numbers made. It was that accurate that at 200 yards I could get all ten rounds touching each other on the target and you could cover the group with what is now 10p piece
-
- Guest
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
A little suprised that the M14 did not get a mention.Although it had relatively short service compared to other better known rifles it was/is a doozy.Still manufactured by the Springfield Armory it is in limited service in the 'Gan.It's only fault was over engineering ie it was too expensive to mass produce and ended being replaced by the awful M16 A1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M14A1#M14E2.2FM14A1
Just my two cents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M14A1#M14E2.2FM14A1
Just my two cents.
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
Hi Paul.....Was the M14 a bolt action rifle as talked about in the poll ?????
Re: Rifle POLL for fun
id go with the SMLE it shoots very well without a doubt