Hey Guys, I was thinking of getting a mil.bolt to start shooting at some matches my club puts on and I have no experience or knowledge to whats hot and whats not.... any suggestions?
most people at the matches seem to shoot a swedish mauser for its accuracy and lighter recoil.
most people at the matches seem to shoot a swedish mauser for its accuracy and lighter recoil.
+1. I have a couple of Swedish M/96's with diopter sights, and those things rock for tight grouping on a paper target or dinging iron targets way out there. The Swiss K31 is in the same league too, though it has a shorter sight radius and a stiffer recoil. Nice thing about the K31's is that they're easily scoped with no-smith St. Marie mounts.
Of the top 10 winners of the CMP vintage rifle matches, it seems that six or seven of them will have one of these two rifles.
It's just too bad that the Swiss surplus 7.5 ammo (excellent stuff!) is getting harder to find, and more expensive. The Swedish 6.5 is very good, though surface tarnish is common, and a little easier to find.
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