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2021-11-17 Science & Technology

Winchester 1895 [Russian Contract] to 500yds

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Posted by badanov 2021-11-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

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I like the 1895 7×57mm Chilean Mauser and its 1500 meter flip up sight, better and its KISS design was my buying point.

In the 90's they went for about $50 to $75 still packed cosmoline.

Many owners replaced the barrel with a more common US caliber like 30/06, 308 and some went ape and higher.

NOTE: The Mauser Action was good enough for the US Gov. to buy the 1903A1 which used a copy and later got sued by Mauser in 1914 (WWI) and after WWI won in 1924.

Irony the WWI German Army was fought and beaten in part using a German designed weapon.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-11-17 09:15|| 2021-11-17 09:15|| Front Page Top

Chilean Mauser with sight elevation at approx 1200-1500m (difficult to tell in the photo, but about halfway up the rail). Notice the shooters are in the open, with no apparent concern for return fire.

Interestingly, The U.S. Army has selected a new round to replace those equipping its M4A1 carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons. The Army selected five companies to produce prototype weapons in the new, mysterious 6.8-millimeter round.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-17 10:18|| 2021-11-17 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 At a time when the world is awash in 7.62 and 5.56 weapons and huge industries and inventories of those ubiquitous calibers, and our industrial base and economy is in crisis over inflation and supply-chain issues, what in Gods name idiot thinks we need to re-caliber our armed forces with a completely new round? For the near term, the existing standards do the job just fine. Only a procurement system and policy makers bloated with graft and corruption would consider this the time to relook something so elemental to national defense! God we are cursed with ruling class morons....

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-11-17 12:50|| 2021-11-17 12:50|| Front Page Top

#4 In one of the Russian-Turkey rumbles in the late 19th Century, both side were armed by different American gun manufacturers in New England. It was referred to as the Connecticut War.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-11-17 16:22|| 2021-11-17 16:22|| Front Page Top

#5 the new, mysterious 6.8-millimeter round.

6.8mm Remington SPC

Much more 'painful' than the AK at 400 yrds.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-11-17 23:19|| 2021-11-17 23:19|| Front Page Top

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