So How Was The Steel in These Rifles?

[Alan de Enfield]

Isn't there a saying something along the lines of :

"If you want to shoot boar, use a Mauser, if you want to go to war use a Lee Enfield, if you want to shoot targets use a Ross"

[togor]

Isn't there a saying something along the lines of :

"If you want to shoot boar, use a Mauser, if you want to go to war use a Lee Enfield, if you want to shoot targets use a Ross"

Target rifle was a US M1903 as I have heard it.

[Surpmil]

Target rifle was a US M1903 as I have heard it.

Which is pretty much another way of saying "Mauser" given the royalties paid to them for the design?

But as we know, most rifle designs can be made to shoot very well with the right QC in manufacture and ammo. Some do have definite advantages however.

[togor]

Which is pretty much another way of saying "Mauser" given the royalties paid to them for the design?

But as we know, most rifle designs can be made to shoot very well with the right QC in manufacture and ammo. Some do have definite advantages however.

The M1903 because of the aperture sight and the windage adjustment, as compared to the open notched sight of the Gewehr 98.

In benign conditions at the range, one can dial in the M1903 sights perfectly. My two pre-war models original to the first rebuild era have no wobble.