Help me with a fun-gun....non-semi rifle for club 3-gun

[Welder]

So our club has an informal, annual 3-gun Weaponsmaster match. I can't hit a darn thing with a shotgun so I always just shoot rifle and pistol. The rules break rifles down only into irons and optics, not into action types. If you shoot .30 or bigger you shoot 2 shots to the 3 that anything under .30 requires.

In previous years I've taken an AR but have been getting bored with that. So this year I took a Pawn Shop .30-30 and had great fun with it, even beating some of the worst AR shooters. But to be fair I could've nearly beat the same guys with my Ruger No. 1. The courses of fire involve 20-30 rounds at around 75 yds max, shooting on the move, with downloaded first magazines so reloads are required. I've started thinking about a rifle for next year, something loaded by stripper clips rather than single-loading through a gate. I don't really want to shoot one of the modern 'tactical' Scout bolt rifles with DBM's; I would rather do this in style. Good sights and quick loading (relatively speaking) are the main requirements. I don't care about the caliber, other than it be at least .30 and not a pistol cartridge. I'll reload for whatever it is so obscure calibers are fine. Is the Enfield the only rifle in the running?

PS - This is totally a fun-gun question. I have rifles for other uses so please don't sidetrack the thread by trying to inject it with reality.

[Wondering Beard]

.303 Lee Enfield?

[Jay Cunningham]

PS - This is totally a fun-gun question. I have rifles for other uses so please don't sidetrack the thread by trying to inject it with reality.

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[Joe in PNG]

Swiss K31 or similar?

[JSGlock34]

Obviously you said non-semi in your title, but that sounds self-inflicted since other guys are running ARs and action type isn't specified? I'd be tempted to run something like a CMP M1 Garand.

[Joe in PNG]

An FN 49 would also work, if you're looking for a semi-auto hipster gun.

[okie john]

This rifle: https://www.gunsamerica.com/96316074...n-760-30-0.htm

It handles like an 870, it will take any scope or iron sights that a bolt gun will take, it's a 30/06, and you can get 10-round mags.

Plus this hat: http://www.filson.com/men/hats-and-c...w-cap.html#277


Okie John

[Malamute]

A 1903 or 03A3 Springfield would fit most of that including stripper loading. a 1917 (US) Enfield would also. The 1917s have excellent sights, the 03A3 next best. Zeroing to point of aim is often a matter of swapping front sights, the rears aren't zero-able for elevation in either, and not for windage in the case of the 1917.

[Wondering Beard]

An FN 49 would also work, if you're looking for a semi-auto hipster gun.

In that case, an MAS 49 might be easier to acquire and can be loaded with stripper clips.

Which reminds me, that rifle is supposed to be a true 'direct inpingement' gun (I came to that part of PFestivus too late)

[Welder]

Yeah, let me be clear as our C-I-C would say. The field is awash with AR's, M1A's, and M1's. I want to be the special snowflake having fun while everybody else shoots their same-same boring rifles. I don't want to win. I whoop most of them in pistol so I don't have anything to prove. I just want to stir the pot, but without single-loading like last time. No DBM's, I want old school stripper clips. And yes, this is completely self-inflicted. But in a fun way.

Although I will add I've always wanted an FN-49. Just not for this particular case.

I do already have a couple of '09 Argentine Mausers. One of them's a carbine but more than 5 rds at a time would be nice and their sights aren't fast. Thus my thoughts on the Enfield. Maybe a No 5 Mk 1.