Lee-Enfield Bayonet

[jamespowers]

A good idea, unfortunately my personal 91/30 is a little the worse for wear after 71 years of service. I could probably borrow a good 91/30 ex-sniper from a friend though, and would put that up against an '03.

Wait a minute! If you get a sniper then so should he. The '03 sniper with the special scope should be equivalent. Good luck in finding one though. Those things are worth big bucks now and the owners won't let you touch them much less shoot them.
I know what you mean though. My Garand could probably use a new barrel now.

Regards to all,

J

[Vladimir Berkov]

It is not an actual sniper rifle, it is an ex-sniper retrofitted to m91/30 infantry rifle configuration. The problem with a lot of mosins is that the bores are pretty bad after years of being shot with corrosive ammunition.

[jamespowers]

Yeah there are quite a few out there with bad bores. There are, however, some suppliers that import good surplus long guns from the old eastern european bloc and South America that are in unissued condition. They look great and are still packaged as they were stored---with the paper still on them.
A friend of mine picked one up for less than $100 and in good shape. Those old work-a-day rifles really shot well too. You are looking at buying a gun that can shoot a group of five under two inches at 100 yards without any special tweaking. That is better than some of the guns they make today. Nothing like getting a NOS gun from yesteryear when quality really was job one.

Regards to all,

J

[TomMason]

Love this discussion. Someone mentioned a comepetition. There are such things just for old bolt rifles. I used to shoot in one up in Oregon. You would use the steel silhouette targets - lead bullets only - great fun. The one rifle we have not mentioned is the 1917 Enfield. I have seen these shoot great.