Neat Canadian self-loading rifle

[red_bailey]

Want.

Want want want want want.

 

[fraserdw]

You know it is quite build able. Everything exists to make this.

 

[sunray]

One of the reasons Canadian Arsenals shouldn't have designed anything. There was hordes of stuff like that built Stateside and elsewhere just after W.W. I. U.S. was busy looking for a semi-auto and everybody and his brother was trying to cash in.

 

[cigar_man]

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[Lee Enfield]

Know a guy who has one but missing the magazine. Pretty sad shape but could be brought back. The mag however would be a big problem.

The magazine is easy, it's a zb26/30 or Bren 8mm magazine.

 

[xdmer]

Chamber it in something common, and start the production lines!

 

[Philthy1]

Yes, I think all of these were chambered in 8mm mauser for some reason.

 

[Kevin M.]

Neat.

 

[TheTooner]

Looks like a poor man's SKS!

Looks the other way 'round to me. I think a poor man is more likely to be able to afford an SKS.

 

[TheTooner]

Gents............................. I think we have solved the Canadian Ranger new firearm acquisition problem. Now we just need someone to make these...................

This and every other semi-auto rifle ever made and all the ones never made or never even thought of are not the answer to the Rangers' need for a new bolt-action rifle.

 

[Phat Eagle]

It looks more like a FN-49 to me, the main difference being the detachable magazine.

That's what I was thinking too.

 

[NavyShooter]

Chambering in 8mm Mauser would mean they'd used a non-rimmed military cartridge.

Probably a good plan? While rimmed cartridges such as the .303 or 7.62x54 have worked in semi-auto and full autos (SVT-40, BREN, SVD, etc) it is easier to get them to work with rebated rim cartridges, particularly when it comes to magazine design.

My first impression on seeing it was that it's got some influence from the FN-49, bearing in mind that D. Saive escaped the clutches of Germany, and worked at the Enfield Factory (RSAF) and that the original FN-49 was patented in 1937. So, I suspect that this rifle may have had more than a little bit of influence from his work.

NS

 

[lyman54]

The magazine is easy, it's a zb26/30 or Bren 8mm magazine.

Thanks, I'll pass it on.