CW3 Kevin Storm 6636213 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Rules: Must have been a mass issued service rifle. Not some one off for a shooting team. Must be a bolt action rifle. <br />Did not have to be used in a conflict.<br />What technical advancements did bring? <br />My Choice: The Finnish M28/30 Mosin Nagant. Simo Haya used it for his 505 Confirmed Kills. It helped beat back the Soviet during the Winter War of 1939. It had a improvements over previous Russian and Finnish Mosin Variations, including a slower rifling, better sights, heavier barrel, and a forward barrel bushing to keep the barrel free floating. The stock was made of Artic Birch and coated with Pine Tar Oil to keep it weather proof. 2021-01-06T14:41:57-05:00 CW3 Kevin Storm 6636213

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Rules: Must have been a mass issued service rifle. Not some one off for a shooting team. Must be a bolt action rifle. <br />Did not have to be used in a conflict.<br />What technical advancements did bring? <br />My Choice: The Finnish M28/30 Mosin Nagant. Simo Haya used it for his 505 Confirmed Kills. It helped beat back the Soviet during the Winter War of 1939. It had a improvements over previous Russian and Finnish Mosin Variations, including a slower rifling, better sights, heavier barrel, and a forward barrel bushing to keep the barrel free floating. The stock was made of Artic Birch and coated with Pine Tar Oil to keep it weather proof.

2021-01-06T14:41:57-05:00 2021-01-06T14:41:57-05:00 SGT Steve McFarland 6637093

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Finnish still make some very fine rifles. We had a beautiful, used Sako in the shop a few weeks ago, and it didn&#39;t last long.

2021-01-06T22:03:59-05:00 2021-01-06T22:03:59-05:00 CPL Douglas Chrysler 6637094

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sounds like a winner.

2021-01-06T22:04:08-05:00 2021-01-06T22:04:08-05:00 MSgt Mark Bucher 6637097

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Brit Enfield MK IV

2021-01-06T22:05:44-05:00 2021-01-06T22:05:44-05:00 MAJ Ron Peery 6637124

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m rather fond of the Krag 30-40, although it was already obsolescent by the time we adopted it. Smoothest action in my collection. Only a five round magazine, and the side loading gate made it slow to reload. Plus the round was already below standard when the rifle entered service in 1896. But it was a vast improvement over the Springfield Trapdoor. The Krag only saw service for about 10 years before the Springfield replaced it. I had one, but by the time I got round to shooting it, the sights were too fine for my old eyes to focus on. Swiss Schmidt-Rubin has a reputation for extreme accuracy, and the straight pull bolt action made it one of the most rapid shooters in Europe.

2021-01-06T22:13:28-05:00 2021-01-06T22:13:28-05:00 Maj Robert Thornton 6637139

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I believe I will go with the British Enfield .303.

2021-01-06T22:20:32-05:00 2021-01-06T22:20:32-05:00 CPT Lawrence Cable 6637225

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Simo Hayha interviews indicate that he may have killed more Russians with a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun than the Mosin. The reality was that the Fins used Mosin&#39;s because that was what they had available.<br />If I had to pick the ultimate military bolt action, I think that should go to the Mauser 98. There were probably more Military Bolt Action Rifles based of the Mauser design, including our own 03 Springfield.

2021-01-06T23:13:55-05:00 2021-01-06T23:13:55-05:00 TSgt David L. 6637235

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>M1903 variants, followed by the multitude of the Lee Enfield versions from Mk1 through the jungle carbine MK5.

2021-01-06T23:17:27-05:00 2021-01-06T23:17:27-05:00 GySgt Gary Cordeiro 6637480

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My father has an Arisaka rifle from WW2 converted to a .300 Savage. My choice.

2021-01-07T01:14:11-05:00 2021-01-07T01:14:11-05:00 SSG John Jensen 6640911

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Swedish Mauser 6.5 X55, I love that round <br />Somewhere in the literature - WWI -ish or earlier in the War Dept high command to have the rifles made with left hand bolt-actions - because it force soldiers to aim each time. - as a lefty I would have loved it.

2021-01-07T22:19:07-05:00 2021-01-07T22:19:07-05:00 SSgt Dan Montague 6645896

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I did like my Russian Nagant. However, my shoulder not so much. I found the German 98K Mauser had the smoothest action I have ever used.

2021-01-09T16:56:52-05:00 2021-01-09T16:56:52-05:00 SFC Bill Kurtz 7449982

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>M1903 Springfield. Strong action, accurate my pap sporterized two WWI vets. Beautiful groupings at 200 yards

2021-12-31T01:56:37-05:00 2021-12-31T01:56:37-05:00 LTC Lane Altenbaumer 7452306

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;ll go with Carlos Hathcock and the M40

2022-01-01T09:46:58-05:00 2022-01-01T09:46:58-05:00 SFC Mark Merino 9024988

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>M1903A3 rifle. Lost it in a horrible boating accident.

2025-09-19T01:20:48-04:00 2025-09-19T01:20:48-04:00 LTC Rodney Joye 9025212

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Either the K98 Mauser (WW2) or the 1917 Enfield (US WW1).

2025-09-19T17:55:35-04:00 2025-09-19T17:55:35-04:00 CWO3 Robert Fong 9032841

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Without a doubt, it is the M-1 Garand. An ordinary troop could take you out at 300+ yards, and the round will make you feel like a deer in hunting season. Versatile with all the attachments.

2025-10-14T11:33:41-04:00 2025-10-14T11:33:41-04:00 PV2 Billy Turpin 9040146

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No.1 Mk 4 Enfield and 1903 springfield and of course the &#39;98 mauser.

2025-11-07T19:41:22-05:00 2025-11-07T19:41:22-05:00 SMSgt Lawrence McCarter 9040332

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I very much liked bolt action Springfield, 03, 30 caliber rifle. I learned My manual of arms on the M1 Garand and that was the the first Military rifle (although it was semi automatic unlike the Springfield 03 ) that I had learned to use while a Cadet at Bordentown Military Institute in Bordentown, NJ. We had active duty Army Officers and NCOs there to train us on campus. We also fired the Springfield 03 there. I had fired expert each and every time I had fired either of those weapons. The Springfield, 03 as a bolt action rife was so accurate even into Vietnam was used as a sniper rifle and had scopes mounted on them.

2025-11-08T12:43:31-05:00 2025-11-08T12:43:31-05:00 2021-01-06T14:41:57-05:00