7.62X51 or .308 Mausers

[tombogan03884]

 It might have been the Classic Arms sight that had the FR8's. I went through a bunch of sights today. Even found Prewar Czech Vz24's in 7mm, also a bunch of DWM Brazilian  7mm's but they had 39 inch barrels. The FR8's were around 20 inches.

[MAUSERMAN]

Just wanted to add some porn.

[fightingquaker13]

It might have been the Classic Arms sight that had the FR8's. I went through a bunch of sights today. Even found Prewar Czech Vz24's in 7mm, also a bunch of DWM Brazilian  7mm's but they had 39 inch barrels. The FR8's were around 20 inches.

39 inches?? Good lord, put a foot long German bayonet on the thing and you'd never have to fire a shot! I thought Moisins were bad. The flip side is, if you have a competant local gun smith and don't care about collector's value or looks, that 39" barrel can become a 24" barrel very quickly and for not that much green (though the recrowning is something to be concerned about).
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[Badgersmilk]

Just wanted to add some porn.

Porn is NEVER a bad thing!  

This is the surplus rifle of my dreams!
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Semi-auto 7.62X54!  Mmmmmm FUN!  Wish I had one!

[Badgersmilk]

quaker, I believe it's just the overall length that's 39 inches...  Not bad really!

Check out here.

http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/fr8/index.asp

Though a 39" barrel would be something to behold!    

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[Hazcat]

Porn is NEVER a bad thing!   

This is the surplus rifle of my dreams!
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Semi-auto 7.62X54!  Mmmmmm FUN!  Wish I had one!

I'll second that, BM!

[tombogan03884]

My mistake, BM,  BARREL LENGTH  was 29 inches,

http://www.centuryarms.biz/proddetail.asp?prod=RI195O-G

FQ cutting down the barrel means replacing the stock which is something I want to avoid since the primary appeal of a surplus military rifle over a civilian one is that I like the military stock better.
Recrowning  the barrel, if your gunsmith has any skill at all with a lathe, is the least of your problems, the difficult part would be reinstalling the front sight. Iron sights being another driving force behind buying Milsurp instead of civilian production.

[nupe]

Just go with the swiss K31 (swiss 7.5x55).  It's light, short, accurate as all get out, has a 6 round detachable mag, surplus ammo is cheap, and it has decent sights.  Downsides are that extra mags are expensive and the surplus ammo is a lead core with a steal jacket and then a nickel jacket so I don't know how well that will go over with some ranges.

[fightingquaker13]

Just go with the swiss K31 (swiss 7.5x55).  It's light, short, accurate as all get out, has a 6 round detachable mag, surplus ammo is cheap, and it has decent sights.  Downsides are that extra mags are expensive and the surplus ammo is a lead core with a steal jacket and then a nickel jacket so I don't know how well that will go over with some ranges.

This post brings up a VERY important note that we have all forgotten. Lots of states (I don't know about NH) ban the use of FMJ for hunting. If you want to do violence to bambi, make sure that there are legal  hunting rounds out there before buying.
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[Badgersmilk]

I'd read an article sometime back about pulling FMJ bullets and replacing them with SP, HP, Ballistic tip and the like when nothing else is available, or just as a cost savings idea.  If you REALLLLLY like the rifle otherwise, it's not hard, kind of a pain though.