Hey everyone. I was wondering how many of you own sniper rifles or modified rifles that you love to go out an go squeeze off a few rounds every now and then. I am thinking of buying a Remington 700 and I want to modify it with some bad@ss equipment. I'd like some ideas if anyone has done the same before. Thanks.

 

just so happens I was a sniper with the 82nd cav when i was in iraq.

If you have a 700, you can pick up a enhanced battlefield stock set up for it. they also make one for the m14, i think fulton armory makes them. if you want to go big you can pick up a grizzly 50 cal for under 1500.00 or if price isnt that big of a prob you can pick up the semi auto version of the barret light 50 for about 6500.00

personally the weapon i like the best is the m14. you can find them super cheap and throw on a good adjustable stock and you have a great weapon that is good for center mass shots clear out to 1200 meters and more. it would either be that or a AR-10 in 308 and sport the hell out of it.

http://www.fulton-armory.com/

 

How long were you a sniper for? I am wanting to get into law enforcement later down the line and train to be a sniper. But I am looking for a .308 cal. and I heard great thing about both the Rem. 700 and the Springfield M14. I like the style of both rifles so its a hard decision between the two. Also, what type of scope do you perfer to use for these rifles?

 

i would choose the m14 over the 700 due to the ability to change and adapt the weapon to many uses. I was able to use it in a socom sporter fashion during CQB operations while clearing houses but still provide distance overwatch in the same hour. not to mention you can put in any size magazine for any size mission, where as the 700 you are stuck with 5 rounds regardless.

there are a couple of different scopes I like and they really depend on the shooter. the scope I used the most was a leupold CQB variable

http://www.leupold.com/tactical/products/scopes/mark-4-cqt-riflescopes/

all of the other missions for overwatch i used the big vari x

http://www.leupold.com/tactical/products/scopes/mark-4-ert-riflescopes/mark-4-8-5-25x50mm-ert-m1-front-focal/

or the springfield armory rangefinder reticle, not sure they make it any more though

 

I was actually looking at the m14 models on the springfield website awhile ago and I really liked the M25 Whitefeather.
http://www.springfield-armory.com/armory.php?model=17
this thing is awsome.

 

I have no interest in sniping, but enjoy game at long distance. Because of the tarrain, we rarely get really long shots where we hunt (Texas) and our Browning .300 WSM reaches far enough.

 

The first US Sniper rifle was the Springfield Model 1903-A3 bolt action in caliber .30-06. These were used extensively by the USMC in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The telescopic sight used is the Lyman/Winchester Model A-5. The Springfield was introduced in 1903. The original caliber was .30-03 = .30 caliber of 1903. The caliber was changed in 1906 to .30-06. The Springfields action is an improved version of the Mauser Model 1898.

The first sporting rifle sold to the public in .30-06 was the Winchester Model 1895 lever action. The .30-06 caliber was introducd on this model in 1908.

 

Loved the ole 'O3A3 with it's "long range" ladder sight ...........

 

I, for one, think that the term 'sniper rifle' is used too often in the wrong context, just as 'assault rifle' is used incorrectly, or should I say, inappropriately.


Other than the 5 round magazines that Springfield Armory, Inc. (not to be confused with the ORIGINAL "Springfield Armory") ships, or the 20 round 'standard' USGI magazines that are available from SAI, or CMI (CheckMate Industries) who supplies the magazines for the government, there are some 'cheap' 30 round magazines for the M14/M1A platform that I cannot recommend using.

Also, there are some Taiwanese imports of 'dubious' quality that abound.


What other is there???

Lastly, (quoting now) Exactly WHERE are you saying that M14/M1A rifles can be 'had' "super cheap"?????

The last time I looked (last weekend) the cheapest M1A that I saw was running $1,895.95. That was for a Scout/Squad.

I did see a PolyTech (Chinese made) M14S for $895.00. . . . well used.
And finding these are like finding hen's teeth. They are now rare.
(Those persons that have them, know what they have and what they are capable of with a little tweaking and don't want to get rid of them!)



As for my knowledge of the M1A, I own one that has been accurized about as much as one can be. It started life as a 'standard' SAI M1A, and is (now)comparable to an M21.
It will put 5 shots into a group UNDER 1" at 200 yds, all day long, with handloads, or Federal Gold Medal Match 168 gr. loads.
The rifle has cost a total of almost $4,000.00 to build.




(Target is a one-inch circle, inside of a one-inch square.)



As for what I'd recommend for someone that is looking to do some "Long Range Shooting". . . .
Remington 700 PSS or Remington 700 'Varmint' rifle in .308.
The Remington 700 in .30-'06 or .300 Win Magnum is also a great long range rifle.

If you want an 'older style' rifle, the Mauser K98k is a decent (and fairly inexpensive) rifle that can be shot at long distances and be accurate.
A friend has several K98k variants, and has an Iron Elite scope mount that he can move from rifle to rifle, and one of these old beauties shoots groups under MOA at 600 yds!!!







Keith

 

I don't know diddly squat about modern assault rifles, 19th Century firearms are a different matter.

Here are some gun related websites where y'all will find anything from assault rifles to derringers, reloading equipment, ammo, you name it.

gunbroker.com / gunsamerica.com / auctionarms.com

Newstand: Shotgun News / The Gun Report

Research US and other countries military firearms by serial number: arms collectors.com. It's a free service. Have an Garand, Trapdoor Springfield, Model 1894 Winchester, Nambu, 98 Mauser, Luger, Colt 1911-A1 etc. you are curious about? Type in the serial number...you might get lucky. The website covers firearms used from the Mexican War thru Viet-Nam.

 

my personal practice for long range shots is with a winchester model 70 .300. it has a cheapo scope on it and the price was around $300? (something like that, maybe cheaper).

you don't need some expensive gun for long shots, what you need is practice, a gun is not going to make you shoot better. one of the best feelings in the world is going out and shooting some clays with a cheap mossberg 500 and then seeing someone with a benali not be able to hit anything.

for semiauto feel, i like the fal, cheap, efficent, weighs less than an m1a . it has a 20 round mag but "rumored" to be able to adapt a 30 round mag off of another european standard gun to fit on, the details escape me right now.

but i found for the best practice is just a simple .22. i don't have one but a friend of mine does and the gun is great, cheap to use and really hones in your shooting skills, especially if you are a beginner. we used things like tabsco bottles out of mre's for our shots and playing cards.

 

Same here! I have two that are excellent shooters. Although it's a clone i hunt with a British WWII #4T Enfield, It was a good sniper rifle for it's day.

 

I like the musket that Daniel Day Lewis used in 'Last of the Mohicans'.....Now THAT'S 'old school'!........Hitting targets at night at 300 to 400 yards running through the woods, and reloading on-the-run every 10 seconds!......

You wimps with your M14s!.....Geez!.....

 

If your building a sniper rifle, you need to go all the way: 50 cal the the only way to go

http://www.barrettrifles.com/rifle_82.aspx

Just kidding, but one of my friends has an m14, and it seems to be a really good rifle.

 

Some sniper info for you: www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/sniper.htm

White Feather comes from a nickname given to sniper Carlos Hathcock. www.snipercentral.com/carlos.htm