Why a battle rifle? Why do you choose to have and shoot them?

[roscoe69]

I have a HK91 it was a great shooter, used it for moose and deer. still miss using it. oh! it was a moa rifle also.

 

[Seafury]

I choose a bolt action for hunting but at the range it's mostly semi auto military rifles and of them I like the M1A best.

 

[ih8ipods]

Why do I own one.......cause ive seen both red dawn movie's lol jk
But actually Its the history. just the way the action works is mesmirising. They fire what I consider a real cartridge. When the US army was in Afghanistan they pulled out old m14s Cause they worked better then the 223 at a distance. They are cheap. Non restricted. Ammo is available. You can add more acessories to them then the rifle is worth. What's not to love

 

[Brutus]

Because its better than a sks

^Why even bother pulling the trigger on this, when the terminal energy/accuracy/long distance reach is much better delivered with a single round of 7.62 NATO/30-06 M2 ball?

 

[Northman999]

Battle rifles, what's NOT to like?

I can hammer my moose with one, or keep my family safe from a bear, or shoot targets with it.

Try that with a glorified .22!

 

[xdmer]

Battle rifles, what's NOT to like?

I can hammer my moose with one, or keep my family safe from a bear, or shoot targets with it.

Try that with a glorified .22!

^This, is my primary reason. If I end up having to get rid of some collection, I won't be without a battle rifle.

 

[Call]

Can someone explain why an SKS isn't considered a "battle rifle"? Not being deliberately obtuse, just wondering as to the definition of "battle rifle" since the SKS is also 7.62 and military-issued. Or is it because it only has the semi-auto option?

 

[kage123]

I think because the 7.62x39 was created as an intermediate cartridge

Seems like its a pretty new term
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_rifle

 

[xdmer]

Can someone explain why an SKS isn't considered a "battle rifle"? Not being deliberately obtuse, just wondering as to the definition of "battle rifle" since the SKS is also 7.62 and military-issued. Or is it because it only has the semi-auto option?

I think it is

But I think battle rifle is a fairly new term covering bigger 30 cals.

 

[teller]

Because a real gun deserves a real cartidge

 

[EL34/6L6]

That says it all! The SKS was designed to be used by Russian peasants that could be trained in under 5 minutes so that they could supply a large volume of bullets down range semi accurately under 100 meters while covering the assault of other illiterate peasants.

Pretty sure you're confusing this rifle with the Mosin 3 line which is well documented as being a simple, rugged rifle that all countrymen could maintain with little to no training.

 

[Pietro Beretta]

Because the M14 7.62 NATO battle rifle is a Non-Restricted, VERY accurate and VERY powerful combat rifle. No collection is complete without an M-14 & AR-15 rifle.

I owned both a Springfield Armory M1 Garand .30-06 Sprng and an M-14S in synthetic CADPAT stock and are Amazing. Non restricted is a HUGE bonus. Walking around on private land a friends cottage holding my M-14 rifle with belts of 7.62mm NATO FMJ rounds strapped to my chest makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Those iron sights are almost as accurate as a scope in the hands of trained operator, and massive power of that 147 grain FMJ-BT @ 2800 fps is very impressive.


The M-14 battle rifle is my #1 choice, in synthetic camo stock and SOCOM 16 or Squad Scout 18" configuration to reduce weight, 20-round magazines of 7.62 NATO (in the real world lol) ....what more can you ask for? ....besides a 100 round Beta C drum of LC 5.56 NATO green tips in Burst/Auto fire, suppressed ...one can only dream lol. F@Ck I wish I was born in Arizona....