Book Review: FN49 - The Last Elegant Old World Military Rifle
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Ian mentioned another good book about the FN49,-- "The Fn49,the rifle that ran out of time".Very interesting reading especially thinking what would have happened if the plans for this rifle had fallen in German hands after they overran Belgium and of course the FN factory.
Development work on this arm was done at Enfield 1943-46 and it it was fast tracked to be the new British service rifle. Two thousand trial rifles and bayonets were ordered but project was cancelled in favour of intermediate ctg system. However the bayonets were completed.
I have both "out of time" and "Last elegant".
"Last elegant rifle" is of much higher quality print and choke full with drawings and photos.
Fedex though never fails to charge brokerage fee, advance credit fee etc. I am getting the french rifles from Ian and then I am done ordering from the states.
Border fees are just getting ridiculous, especially considering these are just books.
"Last elegant rifle" is of much higher quality print and choke full with drawings and photos.
Fedex though never fails to charge brokerage fee, advance credit fee etc. I am getting the french rifles from Ian and then I am done ordering from the states.
Border fees are just getting ridiculous, especially considering these are just books.
Thanks a lot, I'd honestly prefer the -06 anyway. Already have lots of .308 rifles.
I just bought the second edition of the FN49 - The Last Elegant Old World Military Rifle from a member on CGN.
Good read.
I also have a copy of the FN 49 Collector Grade Publication, The Rifle That Ran Out Of Time.
Both good books.
I have owned quite a few of the 49s over the years I remember buying two of them for $100 each Egyptian.
Never did get a 7mm, bought what was sold as a 7mm and it turned out to be a 30-06.
I took it to the range after cleaning it and fired two 7mm rounds through it before I figured out it was a 30-06.
I still have the 7mm cases fire formed out to 06 as a reminder to research firearms before shooting them.
That was before I had a library to identify guns.
Don't have any 49s now but have between 2,500 and 3,000 books.
Kids will probably fill a dumpster after I kick off.
Good read.
I also have a copy of the FN 49 Collector Grade Publication, The Rifle That Ran Out Of Time.
Both good books.
I have owned quite a few of the 49s over the years I remember buying two of them for $100 each Egyptian.
Never did get a 7mm, bought what was sold as a 7mm and it turned out to be a 30-06.
I took it to the range after cleaning it and fired two 7mm rounds through it before I figured out it was a 30-06.
I still have the 7mm cases fire formed out to 06 as a reminder to research firearms before shooting them.
That was before I had a library to identify guns.
Don't have any 49s now but have between 2,500 and 3,000 books.
Kids will probably fill a dumpster after I kick off.
Wow. That's a hell of a collection! You should try to find a library or museum or something to will them to if your kids have no interest in keeping the collection, It would be a shame for such a collection to end up trashed.
My uncle had a few bookshelves full of stuff when he passed last year. I saved a few dozen of the ones that interested me the most, I wanted to take more but I don't have anywhere to put the ones I took as is (they're currently in a pile ontop of the kids' big toy bookshelf thing)...
Diopter, the new edition looks quite a bit thicker. Does it contain a lot more info than the first edition, or is that just a result of different paper, cover etc between the two?
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Hi - I was going to suggest that you just provide a link to the publisher's page (https://www.fnbrowning.com/book-fn49...t-military-rif) but I saw that you already did that. That web page has sample pages from the book as well as the Table of Contents so I would think that would be enough for people to make an assessment. I see one person asked whether the increase in the thickness of the book was due to the paper. You could mention the statistics of the first versus second edition: 200 pages to 460 pages, 300 illustrations to 1,050 illustrations, and 90,000 words to over 150,000 words.
If you still think that some additional photos would be helpful to those folks, I don't mind if you take some photos of the book pages - just open the book to the spread that you think is interesting and take a shot of the facing pages. However, no close-up detail shots of individual pages or individual photos or tables.
Too bad it's so expensive to get a book across the border. It's even worse going to Europe - that's about $75 USD mailing cost. The book weighs about 4.3 pounds so it is much more expensive to ship internationally than the first edition.
Wayne J.
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Goes by "Goose52" on Gunboards
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Hi - I was going to suggest that you just provide a link to the publisher's page (https://www.fnbrowning.com/book-fn49...t-military-rif) but I saw that you already did that. That web page has sample pages from the book as well as the Table of Contents so I would think that would be enough for people to make an assessment. I see one person asked whether the increase in the thickness of the book was due to the paper. You could mention the statistics of the first versus second edition: 200 pages to 460 pages, 300 illustrations to 1,050 illustrations, and 90,000 words to over 150,000 words.
If you still think that some additional photos would be helpful to those folks, I don't mind if you take some photos of the book pages - just open the book to the spread that you think is interesting and take a shot of the facing pages. However, no close-up detail shots of individual pages or individual photos or tables.
Too bad it's so expensive to get a book across the border. It's even worse going to Europe - that's about $75 USD mailing cost. The book weighs about 4.3 pounds so it is much more expensive to ship internationally than the first edition.
Wayne J.
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Goes by "Goose52" on Gunboards
