20th Century US Military Rifles

[Guest]

1903, 1917, M-1 garand, M-1 Carbine, M-1A(M-14), AR-15 (M-16), M-4.

I tried to collect some US military rifles from 20th century. I know I may need a few more, but this will do for now. If any Calgunners have more rifles that I don't have, let me know. I will do my best to collect them. My next goal other than these is pre 1900 rifles, ie. 30-40 Krag, Sharps, Springfield Trap Door...

[Casual Observer]

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[NeoWeird]

Nice start. I'd recommend also trying to get a .30 Cal Krag as they were used at the beginning of the century and were issued to some non-combat units during WWII. There are also other variants, such as the M1D (sniper) for the M1 Garand, the M1A1 Carbine (paratrooper), etc. The AR platform alone has several dozen varaints that have seen major use. It's still a GREAT start.

If it were me, I'd suggest these as a base guideline for different times (listed in relevance):

WWI: Krag and M1903
WWII: M1 Garand, M1A1 Carbine, M1903A3, BAR, Thompson (listed last only because of anti-SBR laws in California)
Transisition: M14
Vietnman: 601/Slabside M16, XM177, M1 Carbine, M1D, Winchester M1897
Korea: 603/M16A1, CAR/XM177E1
Desert Storm: M16A2 and all BHD variants, M40
Post 1990: M4, Barret M85A1

Obviously some appeared sooner than in my list, but they tend to characterise those eras. Still, a damn good start to a good collection. As you can see, you have a good chunk of them already taken care of for all of the 20th century and there are more that weren't listed and can't be had.

Good job.

[Casual Observer]

You need a 1941 Johnson used by the Paramarines during WWII.

[scr83jp]

1903, 1917, M-1 garand, M-1 Carbine, M-1A(M-14), AR-15 (M-16), M-4.

I tried to collect some US military rifles from 20th century. I know I may need a few more, but this will do for now. If any Calgunners have more rifles that I don't have, let me know. I will do my best to collect them. My next goal other than these is pre 1900 rifles, ie. 30-40 Krag, Sharps, Springfield Trap Door...

You left out the Rem 03A3,03A4 sniper rifle,Johnson go to this site and check out the items www.miltecharms.com/rifles.htm here's another site http://www.mccannindustries.com I also have the 3/86 american rifleman article Reloading For The M1 Rifle I can send via email

[Jonathan Doe]

I have all the missing rifles in my office reference collection at the Crime lab. Only thing is, they are not mine although I have access to it. By the way, Thank you NeoWeird for posting the photo. I am not good with the computer. I just type my reports on it.

[doughboy334]

Hey topgun7, you bought an Eotech from me a couple of weeks ago. I think I see it there mounted on your carbine How's it working out for you?


Awesome collection!

[anthonyca]

What a nice collection.

[blackfalcon]

Collecting US military pistols will be next

[Walking Fire]

You forgot the Johnson 1941 slr.

[Jonathan Doe]

Hey topgun7, you bought an Eotech from me a couple of weeks ago. I think I see it there mounted on your carbine How's it working out for you?


Awesome collection!

Of course it is the one I received from you. I have been trained with a rifle with EOTech in the past. As a matter of fact, all our field rifles are equipped with EOTech 512's. I am sure this one will shoot well. I just didn't have time to go to the range yet. Maybe I should shoot it at the range at my office building.

[Jonathan Doe]

Collecting US military pistols will be next

Actually, I started with a few WW2 rifles, but my friend started collecting WW2 rifles also. So, I decided to change my collection to US military rifles and I am glad I did it. Next to buy is a 30-40 Krag and maybe a 1941 Johnson, then a trap door..the list keeps going...Once I complete the rifles, then I may move into the pistols.

I hope my wife still keeps me.

[hamster]

Sniper rifles? M40A1 or M24

[Saigon1965]

Very nice collection Neo - Some day I will complete mine -

[bigstick61]

Don't forget the 6mm Lee Navy rifle M1895, which was still seeing some use by sailors and marines, alongside the Krag, into the 1930s, possibly into early WWII. Many of both were used on the Yangtze by naval forces there. The later Trapdoor Springfields saw some use in the first couple of years of the 20th Century, and I think some examples of the Lee Navy 1885 rifle in .45-70 were in use as well during those few years. I think the Winchester M1895 in .30-40 may have been in use during that time as well, although in the end it was not approved for mass procurement. U.S.-produced M1891 Mosin-Nagants were used during WWI as were SMLEs I believe. After the war, I think the State Militias got them.

State Militias still sometimes used muzzle-loaders into the 20th century, but I wouldn't count their stuff unless said militia units actually engaged in combat.