Posted on Nov 3, 2014
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M1 garand
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If you had to pick on or the other as your old school rifle which would you pick and why? The M1 has a lot of nostalgia for me but there are a lot of Mosin Nagant lovers out there.
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CPT Attorney
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Garand all the way!
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LTC Deputy Surgeon
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I'll have to go with the M1 Garand. I just love that rifle.
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MSgt Electrical Power Production
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That's a easy one for me, the M1 Garand. I have shot a match grade M1 from a national guard shooting team. And that baby was a nice rifle, dead on.
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SGT Horizontal Construction Engineer
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It's a close call, but the M1 wins out for 2 reasons: 1) it's an American rifle and 2) it's much easier and faster to reload.
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SPC Korey R.
SPC Korey R.
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M1A on a J Allen chassis. Sorry! But it gets my vote for.


But out of the 2.... Garand
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SGT Horizontal Construction Engineer
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Would love to get my hands on an M1A SOCOM
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SPC Korey R.
SPC Korey R.
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SOCOM has the short BBL. Mine is the standard BBL. Difference being the sight placement really. SOCOM sight on gas block. Standard being on the Flash hider at the end of the BBL. Well... not "on" the flash hider.
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SSG Programmer Analyst
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Both.
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MAJ Audiology
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Nagant simply because it has fewer moving parts and can be field stripped and cleaned quickly. Very accurate as well. I have both and love both, but something about that old Russian hunk of wood and steel putting rounds down range that makes me smile.
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Matt Moon
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M1 Grand
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SGT Aaron Atwood
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I have to pick one? I can't have both?
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CW3 Kevin Storm
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I may be in the minority, but no one said I could not chose the Mosin, so I would go with the latter TKIV Finnish Sniper rifle, built off the Mosin Nagant.
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CW3 Kevin Storm
CW3 Kevin Storm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CDb-Qo1uKY at 42 seconds you get to see the Finnish TKIV, look at the receiver and you will see the Mosin receiver. The TKIV has a huge barrel bushing which free floats the barrel, giving the rifle uncanny accuracy.
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CW3 Kevin Storm
CW3 Kevin Storm
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At 1:08 you can see some shooting with the TKIV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Jtnza49MI
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SFC Detachment Sergeant
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I love my Mosin!
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