What features should a rifle have to be a great modern iteration of the M38 TS Carcano Carbine concept?Here's what I came up with. 1. Either go with a Straight pull for quick cycling of the gun without sacrificing integrity like how the Enfield SML

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Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 03:37:37 cab622 No.516985

What features should a rifle have to be a great modern iteration of the M38 TS Carcano Carbine concept?

Here's what I came up with.

1. Either go with a Straight pull for quick cycling of the gun without sacrificing integrity like how the Enfield SMLE has a weak bolt or something like a Howa Mini action.

2. An equivalent of a WSSM for a compact cartridge but reduced loading so it's not a total barrel burner. 260 or 243 for laser point & shoot accuracy at short distances while keeping that long distance accuracy. potential.

3. Free float barrel

4.have the barrel be mounted to the receiver like a savage barrel so you don't need a gunsmith to replace a burnt out barrel in the field like you would with a Remington rifle.

Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 04:10:48 09f1e2 No.516990

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Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 04:51:43 cca370 No.516997

>to replace a burnt out barrel in the field like you would with a Remington rifle

That's pretty ridiculous thing to be worrying about in the field. If you can even get close to damaging a bolt action rifle's barrel before it has a chance to be fully rotated back to the armory either the round is WAY to hot or you are using pot metal.

Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 05:22:42 817bbd No.517001

>>516985

The Enfield action is fine, its just batshit insane like any sane bong is.

Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 08:38:19 793051 No.517015

I don't have enough knowledge to meaningfully contribute to this thread but here's a bump to keep it on p1

Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 08:55:30 457617 No.517016

There is objectively nothing wrong with the Lee-Enfield action.

>rear locking lugs make a much shorter bolt travel than the Mauser forward lugs, because you dont have to pull the locking lugs out of the locking recesses before the cartridge case clears the action.

>The shorter action means you dont have to move your head out of the way to cycle the bolt

>The only time it showed weakness was in the No5 Jungle Carbine, when its weight-reducing cutouts in the receiver led to 'wandering zero' accuracy problems that caused it to be withdrawn.

>Cock on closing means that you are not fighting the striker spring and doing primary extraction at the same time.

We had the Enfield P14 ready to roll in 1914 and thats an excellent rifle, but we still stuck with the Lee for two World Wars

Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 09:20:37 817bbd No.517025

>>517016

The steel in No1-No5's isn't strong enough, causing headspacing issues over time, with the No5 being the worst out of the bunch, the Ishapores in .308 as well as the Enforcers were made with better steel and generally don't have that issue if the bolt is matching.

Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 13:20:18 cab622 No.517053

>>517025

the rear locking lugs are a weak point.

What if we replaced standard lugs with ar-15 style lugs for better lockup which means a more accurate rifle and a safer one to boot?

Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 13:36:28 46c689 No.517057

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>>517053

Or take a simplified AR-18 action and leave out the gas piston. You could even make it pump-action.

Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 14:56:31 fa083a No.517067

Any 700 custom action in a decent chassis will do the job, really.

Strelok 09/17/17 (Sun) 17:30:48 cab622 No.517098

>>517067

Do they make any manlicher stocks for the 700?

All I find are such stocks for the Remington Model 7.