Enfield vs Mauser old school throwdown

Mauser or Enfield?

  • Mauser

    Votes: 85 27.1%

  • No4 Mk1

    Votes: 229 72.9%
  • Total voters
    314
Mauser is still a loser rifle. If it was so great why did Canada keep the enfield until they got the FN. just another nazi failure. I can't see how the Mauser had any significance on the German war machine. Just a piece of junk. If a German soldier had a choice of which weapon to use it wouldn't be that piece of junk. He would grad a machine gun or a stolen svt-40.
 
Nelson84 said:
Mauser is still a loser rifle. If it was so great why did Canada keep the enfield until they got the FN. just another nazi failure. I can't see how the Mauser had any significance on the German war machine. Just a piece of junk. If a German soldier had a choice of which weapon to use it wouldn't be that piece of junk. He would grad a machine gun or a stolen svt-40.
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The most copied rifle in the world & you call it a loser! I chose the Enfield for it's 5 extra rounds & cocked on closed capabilities; but to call the Mauser an all out loser is over the top!!!
It was a fine rifle with a technologically advanced cartridge, in it's day...
Hell, the Americans thought so little of it, they ripped off Mauser's design when designing their own 1903.
 
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Nelson84 said:
Mauser is still a loser rifle. If it was so great why did Canada keep the enfield until they got the FN. just another nazi failure. I can't see how the Mauser had any significance on the German war machine. Just a piece of junk. If a German soldier had a choice of which weapon to use it wouldn't be that piece of junk. He would grad a machine gun or a stolen svt-40.
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I can't and won't argue with ignorance.
 
The arisaka, springfield 1903 & p14/m17 are all 98% mauser. I am not even that big a mauser fan but I have to give credit where it is due. Had the mosin been listed as an option I would have gone with it instead, just cause I can take it apart with the bayo & make spares with nothing but a file.
 
jbmauser said:
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7)Not to sure what you're after here. I don't see why you couldn't easily dismantle the k98k with one screwdriver. I've done it lots of times. Sure you may mar the slots on the screws if you don't use the proper size for each one but it can be done in a pinch. Swiss army knife flat screwdriver blade has worked for me when I'm in the bush.
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Unless I am mistaken the guy I responded to claimed it could be done with no tools. A screwdriver is a tool, and a proper one was not in the issue kit.
 
Nelson84 said:
Mauser is still a loser rifle. If it was so great why did Canada keep the enfield until they got the FN. just another nazi failure. I can't see how the Mauser had any significance on the German war machine. Just a piece of junk. If a German soldier had a choice of which weapon to use it wouldn't be that piece of junk. He would grad a machine gun or a stolen svt-40.
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really lame attempt to troll...congratulations on your very own fail

the Mauser didn't lose WW2...tactics based on ideology, instead of sound military strategy, lost the war for Germany
 
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Nelson84 said:
Mauser is still a loser rifle. If it was so great why did Canada keep the enfield until they got the FN. just another nazi failure. I can't see how the Mauser had any significance on the German war machine. Just a piece of junk. If a German soldier had a choice of which weapon to use it wouldn't be that piece of junk. He would grad a machine gun or a stolen svt-40.
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The Korean War threw a #### into Canada's plan to re-arm with predominately US designed/built weaponry / munitions.
 
BeaverMeat said:
MAUSER!

(I just want to be different)

In all seriousness, a LE

WWI, the Americans had the best target rifle, the Germans had the best hunting rifle, and the British had the best battle rifle!
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I will retract my statement. The question is too broad for me to answer with certainty.

In a close quarters situation, like an urban environment. I would go LE.... But if I were a sniper. Give me a bell tower and a scoped Mauser.
 
Claven2 said:
Unless I am mistaken the guy I responded to claimed it could be done with no tools. A screwdriver is a tool, and a proper one was not in the issue kit.
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Well he did say "You can dismantle a K98K completely with only one screwdriver. The No.4? Nope! Take it to the armourer..." but you're right that there wasn't a screwdriver in the issue kit so unless you brought your own into battle it wouldn't make much difference. No real need to take the action out of the stock for 90% of the issues you could have any way. The floor plate is easily removed with only a bullet tip or something along those lines if you need to clean out that area.
 
Nabs said:
It can be theorized that if WW1 had not happen or had been delayed, the Lee Enfield would have been replaced by the P14 or something similar.
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The reason that the P14 was shelved was in part the performance of the No1MkIII in battle - it wasn't broke, and didn't need fixing. The Lee Enfield may not have been the perfect rifle for the colonial policing actions the British were used to, but once all out war broke out, it was the best tool for the job. The No4 rifle effectively addressed the few shortcomings of the No1 MkIII - sights, and cost of production. As far as the 'sporting rifle action' comment goes, well, it isn't a sporting rifle - it's not a particularly good target rifle unless you're familiar with the dark arts, and it's not really a good hunting rifle without work either. It is however an amazing instrument for the field of battle.
 
davemccarthy707 said:
Okay, here we go. Battlefield 1942. Which rifle do you want in your hands. Your choices are the No4 Mk1 or the K98k Mauser. What say you (strictly design not country affiliation).
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In the real world (and not the Computer Game World for some people!), any rifle is better than nothing on the battlefield as well as the skill. Forget your Joystick hand movements on this one!
 
BeaverMeat said:
Who said anything about video games?
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Battlefield 1942 is a video game.

And No.4 FTW! :rockOn:
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Coyote Ugly said:
In the real world (and not the Computer Game World for some people!), any rifle is better than nothing on the battlefield as well as the skill. Forget your Joystick hand movements on this one!
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I didn't even know battlefield 1942 was some kind of game until someone noted it. That was totally a fluke!
 
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