Advice on shooting and getting better with older rifles.

Got a few books on Canadian military rifle shooting.
Shoot to Live by Col Johnson 1945 all on the Lee Enfield and very good knowledge book. The book is a tad dated and the book's condition is also used but all and all a very good read. $125.
Mastering the Service Rifle 2012 all on .303. 7.62 and 5.56 shooting, iron sights and optics by a Canadian army Rifle Champion has 30 pics, charts, also intro by world rifle champion and combat vet Larry Fish. $50.
 
I would suggest looking into the swiss k31 also and decide along with M1 and K98. Ask around your area or club you belong to try it out before buying if you can.
 
tokguy said:
I struggle with the whole "Kicks like a mule " concept. I am suspecting that the power of suggestion is at play in this topic.Perhaps bench shooting, which I rarely do...has a lot to do with it as well.
I am not that big, or that tough IMO. I seem to handle it OK, as do most of my kids. I've shot 8 x 57 through a M95, and found it quite manageable ( M95's are purported 'Kickers' as well).
If you've been told it's 'Bronc'y' you'll find it such perhaps?
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Interesting thread.

We have a K98 and don't find recoil to be too much of a problem, steel buttplate and all. The rifle's weight does help. S&B factory hunting ammo is the hottest commercial stuff we tried and recoil was manageable. My youngest son loved recoil when he was young, he didn't develop a flinch because he wanted to be pushed back... the things a 9 year old finds fun.

We reload which helps as well. We load for accuracy, not power, so we don't shoot thumper rounds.

In terms of accuracy our K98 can produce a nickel sized 3 round cloverleaf at 100 metres. The one we bought was a real ugly duckling, a Soviet capture and probably unshot since 1945. The stock looked like it had been through, well, a war. But the bore was really good. The sales guy said I was the only one who looked at the bore, everyone else ignored the rifle. As added bonuses, the trigger is fantastic (after cosmoline removal) and the eagle and swastikas were not peened out. Thank you Canadian Tire Vernon BC!
 
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