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warriflefan · 09-25-2011, 04:47 PM

My vote would go to the springfield 1903 if it was just for a quality shooter and smooth bolt. But I think that for overall impact and length of service the mosin nagant takes it. I enjoy shooting my MN as much as my LE, maybe more so because it is a work horse. I don't think that MN's had the sticky bolt issue till they sat in cosmoline for years. Most of them don't have sticky bolts once you chip all that cosmoline out of the bore.

09-25-2011, 04:47 PM	#55
warriflefan V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Meadow Vista, CA Posts: 239	Re: Best Military Bolt action of all time? My vote would go to the springfield 1903 if it was just for a quality shooter and smooth bolt. But I think that for overall impact and length of service the mosin nagant takes it. I enjoy shooting my MN as much as my LE, maybe more so because it is a work horse. I don't think that MN's had the sticky bolt issue till they sat in cosmoline for years. Most of them don't have sticky bolts once you chip all that cosmoline out of the bore. __________________ "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46 at 243-244) "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." (Thomas Jefferson)