What's your favorite C&R Rifle?

[Aladinbama]

I like my Finnish Mosins a lot, but my favorite would have to be my Swedish M96. The only problem I have is that I only have one. They are SWEET shooters. Tom

[deputyvaughn]

I'm a Mauser addict.

Scott

[Aladinbama]

Scott, you're well on your way - you're first post here professing you're a Mauser Addict.
Don't worry, I won't mention any 12 step plans or anything.
Welcome to the Forums!

[Matt]

I want a Finnish mosin in the worst way. I lived in Finland for a year. I stayed with four families. My third family owned an old house which my host dad was remodeling. I went back a few years ago and found out that he was knocking down a wall and found a Mosin in his wall! How cool is that?!

Turns our that a lot of old houses may have firearms hidden inside of them.

Another reason I want a Finnish mosin is because of Simo Häyhä:

In temperatures between −20 and −40 degrees Celsius (−4 and −40 degrees Fahrenheit), dressed completely in a white camouflage suit, Häyhä was credited with 505 confirmed kills of Soviet soldiers,[2][4] and 542 if including the unconfirmed deaths.[4] The unofficial Finnish frontline figure from the battlefield of Kollaa places the number of Häyhä's sniper kills over 800.[5] A daily account of the kills at Kollaa was conducted for the Finnish snipers. Besides his sniper kills, Häyhä was also credited with over two hundred kills with a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun, thus bringing his credited kills to at least 705.[4] All of Häyhä's kills were accomplished in less than 100 days.





Here's some reading material about Finland

The Weapons Cache Case is a Finnish criminal case of the late 1940s. It concerned a secret military operation following the Continuation War, where a large number of Finnish Army weapons and equipment was hidden away around the country.

Following the Moscow Armistice, two officers in Finnish Military HQ, Colonel Valo Nihtilä and Lieutenant Colonel Usko Haahti, started planning countermeasures against a possible Soviet occupation of the country. They came up with the idea of decentralized storing of light infantry weapons, so that in case of occupation, an immediate guerilla war could be launched.

During the demobilization, an organization responsible for hiding the equipment was created and war material was given for safekeeping. A total of 5000-10000 people participated in the operation. It was planned that they would hide material for 8000 men, but the participants worked so eagerly that it is supposed they hid material for 35000 soldiers.
The case started to unravel in the spring of 1945, when one man, who had stolen foodstuffs from the cache and sold it on the Black Market, for fear of reprisal from his comrades, divulged the existence of the caches to the Allied Control Commission (ACC). Initially the ACC was eager to follow the case, but after written orders from Nihtilä and Haahti surfaced, they left the investigation to Valpo, the Communist-controlled secret police of Finland at the time.

Valpo interrogated more than 5,000 people but failed to completely crack the case and find all the weapons. Most of the weapons were silently returned to army depots, and some were destroyed, but even today when old buildings are demolished, caches turn up every year. The investigators failed to find out how many people participated in the operation, as the participants tended to be reluctant to divulge meaningful information. In the end, 1488 people were convicted, most of them receiving 1–4 months in prison.

Decades later, in 1980, Arvo Tuominen, a former Finnish Communist leader, claimed that the weapons cache case was the tipping point which transferred the power within the Finnish Communist movement from the revolutionary to the parliamentary wing, as the communists feared armed resistance against revolutionary takeover. However, as historian Kimmo Rentola among others has shown, Tuominen's claims are to be treated very sceptically.

[Colt45]

Droool:
Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 (SAVAGE US MADE)

These should run neck and neck with the Mosin-Nagants, as they have both been around forever.
Colt45

[Matt]

How much do they run? I'd like to snag a Mosin sometime soon. Then look for a Finnish Mosin Then a K98, Enfield, Springfield, etc.

[deputyvaughn]

I love all my Mausers, but I'd have to say my favorite is the Chilean. It has the smoothest bolt of any rifle I've ever worked.
Here's my lineup. FR8, 1916 Spaniard (scouterized), Israeli (newly acquired), and the 1912-61 Chilean.

[Matt]

Nice!

[mojo]

Originally Posted by Colt45

Droool:
Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 (SAVAGE US MADE)

These should run neck and neck with the Mosin-Nagants, as they have both been around forever.
Colt45

I have 2 Enfields, 1 British made in Birmingham by BSA Shirley in '44 (only 26 miles from where I was born) and the 2nd in Canada by Long branch and exported to New Zealand in '43. I would not trade em for anything. Theres a gun shop down here with 2 Savages in poor condition for $279 each (ouch) only paid $400 FOR BOTH OF MINE. Each of mine have the gradiented sights out to 1300 yards. Yes they can be that good. The No. 4, Mk 1 sniper T version was one of the best sniper rifles ever produced, try getting one of those for little $ now!! Hence to say, make mine an Enfield

[bigfelipe]

I'm limited to my only Mosin. It hardly qualifies anymore, but they are great rifles.