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Depends what you consider 'old'.  Every couple of years, I exercise my old 1865 Spencer carbine.  More often, I put a few rounds through a 1903 Springfield.  A Garand often gets some range time as do a Marlin 39 and Remington 12.

Most commonly taken to the range are my old FN FAL and Remington 66.

Every now and again, the M1917 Lewis and original AR10 get some exercise.

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On 11/20/2018 at 6:14 AM, 1gewehr said:

Depends what you consider 'old'.  Every couple of years, I exercise my old 1865 Spencer carbine.  More often, I put a few rounds through a 1903 Springfield.  A Garand often gets some range time as do a Marlin 39 and Remington 12.

Most commonly taken to the range are my old FN FAL and Remington 66.

Every now and again, the M1917 Lewis and original AR10 get some exercise.

I've got some in the WWII range. Thats about as old as I got. Although one of my Mosin's is a 1936 and I have a shotgun from about '36. Just don't have much time anymore. I've heard people my whole life talk about not having time for anything, now I know what they mean.

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1 hour ago, bucnball said:

What nation decided on 30 caliber first ?

That might depend on what .30 caliber is.

.303 British and 7.62x54 Russian are nearly identical and both use a .311 bullet.

The first US rifle in .30 caliber was the .30-40 adopted in the early 1890’s to counter European developments in that caliber range.  It fires a .308 projectile as do all following all US military developed .30’s.

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I fixed a M1 Carbine for my brother in law. Replaced extractor and ejector. Theres a reason they make a bolt tool that holds everything together while you work on it. WOAH! I almost never shoot mine. When I get time though I want to shoot my Mosins and M1 Garand.

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Had my original 1873 Springfield to the range a few weeks back.

Lots of fun throwing 510gn subsonic loads at silly distances! The 4ish second wait to hear if I've hit steel at 800yds always gives me a tingle. I'm always amazed by how many people stop shooting to see if they can hear it too! 😂

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I can shoot every day if I want to, I only live 8 miles from CRC. It's been a while since I've shot any of my Finn Mosins or  Mausers as I'm shooting bullseye pistol every Wednesday morning at the club.

I host a surplus shoot twice a year in the spring and fall and get to shoot them some but most of my time is taken up with cooking lunch and RO duty.

Bill

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