Semi-Automatic

[Vly01]

Just curious if anyone knows of any nice surplus guns that are semi-auto. I like the enfield jungle carbine in bolt action.... http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-peta-sucks-sign.gif

[AMMOe]

I have an L1A1 British FN in 308 that I like. I also have (one of my favorites!) an FN 49 in 8x57 that is quite accurate. These FN 49&#39;s seem to have dried up as of late. One of the nicest around right now is the Spanish CETME 308. This is the rifle that the H&K 91 was copied from. Excellent rifles. A Border Patrol agent was at our local range with one a few weeks back. Surplus ammo into 1.5" at 100 yards. They run about $289 wholesale. ...and there&#39;s always the SKS and AK variants. Oh yeah... (yawn!) Garands and M1-Carbines, too.~Andy

[jmabbott888]

Don&#39;t forget the Hakim in 8mm, the SVT-38 & 40 in 7.62x54R, & the 1941 Johnson in 30-06. I haven&#39;t owned these YET but have shot a Hakim & SVT-40 fun shooting guns.

[AMMOe]

Jim,
I have a Hakim, 8x57, and like you, have shot the SVT and the Johnson. I was going by availability! All of the above seem to have dried up. My Uncle Willy&#39;s Johnson would shoot 1" at 100 with GI ammo. It was a screamer. (In fact, I think he still has it!) ~Andy

[MapMan]

That FN-49 is a great rifle. I had one in 8mm and sold it years back. It was very accurate and fun to shoot. A bit on the heavy side but one heck of a battle rifle. Wish now I had never sold it.....

They also came in 7mm and the Columbia had them chambered in 30-06.

If you come across a good clean one then buy it.......

MapMan

[jmabbott888]

Any of you guys try the MAS-49 in 7.5x54 Mas or 308 Win? A friend of mine has 1 he would part with in 308 for $250. My biggest problem with the deal is the moratorium (set by the wife) on buying guns till I get a place to store them since the cabinet is overflowing lol. Are these guns worth hiding from her?

[AMMOe]

Jim: I&#39;ve never shot one but a fellow who owns a milsurp shop in Yuma, AZ swears by them in 308. Says he gets great accuracy. That $250 price sounds reasonable, too. I used to have that "problem" with my dear wife. It stopped when I took a rifle I bought for $150 and sold it the next week for $300 and handed her the cash. She was amazed. I told her (grumbling...we&#39;d had &#39;words&#39; about the purchase of this rifle) that if I&#39;d kept it a few years I could have doubled THAT amount, and that it was too bad she couldn&#39;t see the investment prospects in a good firearm. Well, she&#39;s kind of left me alone since. That rifle was minty Danish Madsen that came with 300 rounds of boxer-primed ammo. Sigh! I kept the ammo, at least....~Andy

[jmabbott888]

LOL Andy, my biggest problem is I can&#39;t seen to get myself to sell the guns I have, kinda wish I would&#39;ve bought a few K31&#39;s when I got mine since they were under $90 each & they are going for upwards of $200 on gunbroker

[Pumpkinheaver]

I&#39;ve got an Aussie L1A1 that&#39;s nice. Gonna try to bag a deer with it this year.