Hey Guys
Had an interesting discussion with a National Match shooter the other day. (ChrisFTK knows exactly who I'm talking about). He's a bit of an advanced collector of 1903's and M1 Garands so he may be a tad biased. But his competition record does give his opinion worth listening to. He's extremely extremely good on the range.
But he was arguing ballistics, design features and sights and stated very boldly that the 1903 Springfield will out-shoot the Mauser (whether it be Gewehr 98 or K98) any day.
Now he wasn't arguing on the characteristics of being a battle rifle, merely accuracy in the realm of competitive shooting.
So as a range rifle and competitive shooting (omitting design flaws on the battlefield or advantages) who has the competitive edge: the 1903 or K98 (lump the Gew98 in there as well for simplistic reasons)
I posted this same exact question on the K98 forum to see their responses. I'm anxious to see the posts. Should be some extremely interesting arguments.
Personally I'm a decent shooter but by no means National Match material so I'll leave my opinion out of it because it just doesn't carry much weight but I'm curious to see other opinions out there.
Had an interesting discussion with a National Match shooter the other day. (ChrisFTK knows exactly who I'm talking about). He's a bit of an advanced collector of 1903's and M1 Garands so he may be a tad biased. But his competition record does give his opinion worth listening to. He's extremely extremely good on the range.
But he was arguing ballistics, design features and sights and stated very boldly that the 1903 Springfield will out-shoot the Mauser (whether it be Gewehr 98 or K98) any day.
Now he wasn't arguing on the characteristics of being a battle rifle, merely accuracy in the realm of competitive shooting.
So as a range rifle and competitive shooting (omitting design flaws on the battlefield or advantages) who has the competitive edge: the 1903 or K98 (lump the Gew98 in there as well for simplistic reasons)
I posted this same exact question on the K98 forum to see their responses. I'm anxious to see the posts. Should be some extremely interesting arguments.
Personally I'm a decent shooter but by no means National Match material so I'll leave my opinion out of it because it just doesn't carry much weight but I'm curious to see other opinions out there.