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A 1970 spam can at $29, adjusted for the change in the CPI would cost $159.50 today. Present 7.62X54R ammo cost is almost exactly the same price it was nearly 50 years ago. Back in 1970, I would have worked over 20 hrs to buy one can of ammo (working on a fishing boat, busting my butt). Today I can ...

Prices have gone up disproportionately on the lower priced models. Snipers still top out at around $1000, as they did 5 years ago. Spam can ammo seems abundant at about $150/440 rounds. Still relatively cheap.

How does it shoot? In my hands, with decaf, I can shoot just under MOA with just about any ammo. I can't do much better than that with any rifle, so lets say that the M41B does not detract from the best of my abilities. I think a better bench shooter would be required to determine it's full potenti...

I reblued the metal, refinished stock, and overhauled the optics to get it back to as-issued. I'd be drawn and quartered by some as a heretic for doing so, but I own the rifle. Doug Turnbull is just up the road from me, and when he does the same thing, someone writes an article about his having work...

Everybody who owns one likes the M96, and these are the best of the lot with a siderail scope. You'll like this one. Yes, they are accurate with the right handloads. Mine is also dead nuts accurate with 50-yr-old surplus and el cheapo Prvi, and everything else I've found.

You could contact Richard McMurray in Potlatch, ID: gunsmith@cpcinternet.com. Do you have a donor barrel?

Here's mine:

Yes, $200 is VERY reasonable. They are made of unobtainium.

Looks like my starter set. It's a long and slippery slope that leads to one of everything: Allied, Axis, Neutral and Occupied.

Hmmm... I know I have one of those knocking around in one of my safes. I'll dig it out and post a pic when I get home. As I recall, it was an AA rework and was Parkerized. It looked new when I got it. Pleasant shooting little revolver. I shoot it like Luke Skywalker (use the force) because the sight...

You are always meeting new and interesting people, sometimes in the mirror.

Have you tried Springfield Sporters? They just might have one.

Beauty! Nice tiger strips on the handguard. There's a forum member (Jason) who makes a nice drop-in peep aperture for the rear sight on these rifles. Let me know if you want his contact information.

it actually has the weight and feel of a real rifle

You should take a MAS-45 or a Reising M65 trainer out for a test drive, and if that's not hefty enough, try a Stevens 416 trainer.

M1922M2 and MAS45