Most accurate Vintage Military Rifle shooting match rifle and calibre combination

RRCo. said:
We are very fortunate in Canada to have access to all those hardly used Swedish and Swiss rifle; we have so many we don't properly appreciate them IMO.

The Ross, the P14/M17 and the Lee Enfield would be right up there but for the fact that most of them went through a world war or two and long years of civilian ownership after that.
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Which is why I really really really want to rebuild a Ross into a match grade target rifle. New barrel, improved sights (if legally allowed), the whole works.
 
Garand said:
From another direction, I want to shoot at a couple of matches in the US every year in vintage military category (prior to 1912). I've had a problem in the past bringing in "lend lease" firearms so my 1903 Springfield is out, I've read an obscure note on the BATF website that Lee Enfields could be a problem, probably because Savage manufactured them in WW2. So I've just purchased a Mauser M96 in 6.5x 55mm with a 1900 dated receiver. The gun fits the requirements of the match and I've read nothing on the BATF website that indicates that Mauser M96's are restricted from entry into the US.
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Yup, I have a buddy that wasn't allowed to take his Westinghouse Mosin to a match in Washington.
 
Blastattack said:
Which is why I really really really want to rebuild a Ross into a match grade target rifle. New barrel, improved sights (if legally allowed), the whole works.
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I concur wholeheartedly, but...they make a better peep sight than that Swiss watch looking unit on the bridge of a MK III?
Wouldn't have seen that as possible.
I've a M96 long rifle 6.5 X 55 in pristine condition but it's sights are nothing to brag about. No. 4 LE's have a better battle sight IMO. That's the downside to having a pristine milsurp...the sights are your best or worse handicap.
 
tokguy said:
I concur wholeheartedly, but...they make a better peep sight than that Swiss watch looking unit on the bridge of a MK III?
Wouldn't have seen that as possible.
I've a M96 long rifle 6.5 X 55 in pristine condition but it's sights are nothing to brag about. No. 4 LE's have a better battle sight IMO. That's the downside to having a pristine milsurp...the sights are your best or worse handicap.
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Don't get me wrong, the backsight of a MKIII/M10 Ross is an absolutely fantastic battle sight, however it lacks some features that could make it a fantastic target sight. Namely, the elevation has no detentes and is graduated in 2moa increments without a vernier scale and the windage plate is usually either seized or completely lose, none of which are terribly conducive to long-range accuracy and repeatability. I would like to hang one of these off the back and install a better foresight. Not sure if either are legal, but both would be permitted in the casual Milsurp shoots we have once in a while.

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My II** Ross has a BSA Martin rear aperture sight. No sight on the barrel, no provision for one.
There are mounting bases so that Central sights like the one on the Sportco can be mounted on the different Lee Enfields without alterations to the rifle. I do not know if the NRA rules would allow not-original-issue sights.
 
Blastattack said:
Which is why I really really really want to rebuild a Ross into a match grade target rifle. New barrel, improved sights (if legally allowed), the whole works.
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The biggest issue is finding a barrel blank that gives a full 30.5" finished length. My 1905 MkII** target has the BSA sideplate and mounts a PH 5G sight which works wonderfully.
 
jakester said:
The biggest issue is finding a barrel blank that gives a full 30.5" finished length. My 1905 MkII** target has the BSA sideplate and mounts a PH 5G sight which works wonderfully.
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I have a good and easily available source for such things :)

Pics of your MKII**? I've only ever seem them with the rear "Bridge" type target sights.
 
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