Old Small Arms Revived...... With Some Tweaks

[Wyrmshadow]

I found some more pix

http://media.photobucket.com/image/mosin%20nagant%20pimped/aceofshadows/MosinNagant9130Multicam.jpg
http://media.photobucket.com/image/mosin%20nagant%20%20pistol%20grip/majorpayne83/001-6.jpg


This picture below took me 2.5 hours of searching through my computer and trying to find it one pik at a time. Yes it's a Nagant.

[dy031101]

Very imaginative modifications!   

[Henry Yeh]

Bear in mind that most anti-materiel rifles (& more importantly, ammo) have an abysmal accuracy of 2 MOA or greater, they are really stealthy direct-fire light artillery, not sniper rifles. The record Canadian kill in Afghanistan was achieved after multiple shots. Most sub-MOA rifles are still chambered in .308 (7.62x52mm) or .338 Lapua, & lesser number of .300 WinMag, with corresponding match-grade ammo. COTS kits are available to turn most bolt-action rifles into tactical precision rifles at reasonable costs. GA Precision can do so for under $2000, or about 1/2 the cost of a brand-new AI AWP (or 1/3 the cost of the absolutely sub-standard M24). Even the over-hyped & over-priced McMillan stocks cost less than $500 each.
The biggest problem with old rifles is the lack of detachable magazines. Hand loading single rounds into fixed integral magazine is not only time consuming, the repetitive movement can also compromise stealth. It's also a great way to introduce dirt into the chamber. After combat lesson in the Balkans, Afghanistan, & Iraq, the US has introduced detachable magazines on all of their sniper rifles: M24A2, M40A3, & M110. Sadly, no detachable mag modifications are available for older Mauser actions, as the market for tactical Mauser is almost non-exitent (not counting newly-built "modified" Mauser actions like CZ). For now, Remington 700 action is the lead candidate for custom sniper rifles.

[ChernayaAkula]

<...> not aesthetically pleasing (admitedly not usually a consideration when choosing a rifle). <...>

Well, that's what you say. A friend of ours paid several hundred EUR to get the plastic shaft of his new Blaser R93 looking like a wooden shaft and not the usual olive or black.

[deathjester]

Does anyone know about the Boy's anti tank rifle?  Surely that would be a marvelous heavy sniping/anti material weapon....? 

[rickshaw]

Does anyone know about the Boy's anti tank rifle?  Surely that would be a marvelous heavy sniping/anti material weapon....? 

It had a kick like a mule, as my father once related to me.  The Boys was used occasionally late in the war for anti-sniping work (there are pictures of it mounted on various universal carriers from NW Europe).  However, it wasn't as accurate as a modern .50cal rifle. 

[dy031101]

Self-winding wheellocks perhaps? 

Recently I've been wondering...... can a wheel-lock be produced for metal cartridges?

[Just call me Ray]

I don't know if this qualifies but it certainly looks interesting!

http://www.mauserwaffen.de/Specifications.81.0.html?&L=1

[jcf]

Recently I've been wondering...... can a wheel-lock be produced for metal cartridges?

Well the wheel-lock is an external ignition system, its just a fancy way of making sparks, so if
you have metallic cartridges why not just include your ignition system in the cartridge?

Yes, I know a few weapons used a metallic cartridge and external ignition, the Burnside carbine for example (I own one),
however these all used some sort of cap or pellet ignition system, not loose powder and a spark.

[Sauragnmon]

I always thought it might not be a useful modernization to the classic bolt action rifles would be a detatchable box magazine instead of the standard stripper clip.  That and perhaps a double-stack magazine... imagine the Mad Minute with a double-stack detatchable box mag...

[DarrenP]

Instead of the LSW British army should have Converted the Bren /L4 to 5.56 it was ergonomically better laid out than the L86 LSW

[Weaver]

Instead of the LSW British army should have Converted the Bren /L4 to 5.56 it was ergonomically better laid out than the L86 LSW

To hell with it, they should have just kept/re-made the L4s in 7.62mm: excellent light-weight (relatively) firepower supplement for anybody who doesn't want to carry a GPMG.

[beowulf]

http://pimpmygun.doctornoob.com/


try having a play with this 

[PanzerWulff]

LOL the Thompson of DOOM.Another weapon based on the thompson was the ALIENS M-41A pulse rifle which was made using working Thompsons and remington pump shotguns for the grenade launchers

more herehttp://props.steinschneider.com/pulser/printro.htm
"Panzer

[dy031101]

Well the wheel-lock is an external ignition system, its just a fancy way of making sparks, so if
you have metallic cartridges why not just include your ignition system in the cartridge?

Fair enough...... but at least, is a breech-loading wheel-lock rifle possible?