Argh, dyslexia strikes me again! And to top it off the US Army wanted to give the sniper team Silver or Bronze Stars but then they got caught up in a controversy surrounding an alleged “trophy photo” with a Taliban KIA.
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So sad what the commies were allowed to do to these guys:Argh, dyslexia strikes me again! And to top it off the US Army wanted to give the sniper team Silver or Bronze Stars but then they got caught up in a controversy surrounding an alleged “trophy photo” with a Taliban KIA.
How a record-breaking Canadian sniper kill shot was almost forgotten - Macleans.ca
An elite unit of snipers went from standouts to outcasts—victims, many say, of a witch hunt driven by jealousy and fear
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One that was all built up, but had open sights and a ten-round magazine bottom metal, sold on GB yesterday for $1875.
Yes, they do require heat treating. Amazingly, it's not that expensive. In case your wondering, it's 4140 steel, so you can tell whoever is heat treating them.
I've been told standard full length Mauser bolt. You won't be able to fit one in until it's machined for it. They have little blocks inside that need to get cut out. Part of what's required for the casting process.
That 175 will fly a LOT farther and smoother than a .308 175 Berger. Better than a 185 Juggernaut too!
That would be interesting reading. I would love to take a look before i start to button this project up.
The advances in tech leave us all behind at one point or another. Lovely rifle! I think that is the first real C3/ M82 someone actually has, versus had. I've never seen one in the States, just parts. I saw the reddish hue on a pic of an extractor, and assumed it had just browned over the years, but apparently it was a thing. Regarding finish, I've read that some were parkerized, some were blued, and some of the re-builds were sprayed with the Suncorite enamel, which was apparently really nasty stuff. Nice to see an original. If I could bother you on a couple items.. Rear swing swivel, does it have a stud that is mounted into the stock, or the old school wood screw that is just run in? I have both, don't know which is right-ish, like to figure that out before I go punching holes. Second, what kind of slings did they use, and why the sling mount on the forward action mounting screw? I'll probably think of other questions I should have asked before I started this little project. Thank you for the picture, "dog's breakfast", love it....
Hey mate - real sling swivel - its a stud screwed into the stock that allows the swivel to rotate 360 degrees. Slings - in Australia the issued sling was from the UK - same as the L42 rifle and the early L96's. I think it may have been called an L8 sling - maybe try Fultons Of Bisley in the UK and they may have one or know of where to get one. Forward mounting screw - the kingscrew as its called by our English mates - seems to be a hangover from L42 and No4T rifles. It allowed the sling to be used in a short look same same fullbore type shooting. I think you guys call fullbore Palma shooting ?
FWIW, you probably did better investment-wise. But, you didn’t end up with at least one C3.
Looks like a serious piece of kit. The stock looks good and extremely practical. More images please.
Very interesting, I had never heard of the Kalspruta before, thanks for bringing it up, I did some research, that is a fascinating weapon
Seems the second machine guns came about, one design took off, and just about everyone put their own spin on it. I stumbled across the barrel in unfired form, that was still in cosmo, and paper. seems they made a number of them, and they ended up in storage till some one dug em out.
as of right now I have a little over 1000 rounds of m75 yugo, 200 rounds m49 yugo, 100 rounds Turk, 100 rounds PPU new production, 500 rounds new production on reclaimed brass and projectiles out of Russia which advertise 2500 fps and same weight as the 75.
The way it goes sometime. I picked up several hundred rounds of WW2 aircraft ammo i.e., red band .30-06 to shoot in my ZG47. It was perfectly accurate and reliable in my rifle but a guy with an M1 Garand experienced several misfires with the same batch. I plan to reload those cases at some stage but my Hornady New Dimension .30-06 dies are set up for the undersized brass dimensions adopted by SAAMI. Those Hornady dies reduce the base diameter to less than that of unfired military brass. I have read that US ammo manufacturers deliberately make some rifle cases undersize in order to avoid complaints from once-a-year hunters who allow the chambers of their self-loading rifles to rust up; and that seems plausible. At some stage I will send off several fired cases in order to get a correctly dimensioned resizing die made.
I'd love a copy of this too, if the offer is still there.
What kinda velocities can 7x57 do with 175’s in said throat configuration? Any reason you didn’t go 7x57 improved just for that extra bit of capacity? Or .280/.280 improved for that matter?
The 7x57 can do 2700 with 168's no question. Powder and barrel length help a lot. That's the highest I could shoot as my 7x57's have looser twists that won't stabilize 175's.
I have not gotten around to trying them out yet. My range time has been less than I'd like and have had other things to try that seemed more important when I did get there. Too many things not enough time.
