What is it?  Price, caliber, history?

M1 Garand.  CMP 400-500, History well, duh.


Any Mauser, $40-200 for a general one.  Up to many thousands for true sniper variants.


Mosin-Nagant $40-$120.  Good shooter for a cheap price.  M44 can hurt though.

Enfields, Price ?

Japanese rifles....  there are too many to pick one.

I like the WWII two bolts myself.

Scroll down this recent Forum page:

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Ive picked up two rifles since getting my C&R - a Romanian SKS and a Yugo M48 Mauser. The SKS is great for some good old blastin' and I'm very pleased with the M48.
C&R rifles are the greatest thing since sliced bread, not only for the cost but as you refer to, the history alone.
My next purchase with either be an Enfield or a Mosin 91/30.

Hard to say whats the best though, but to have the same rifles that perhaps saw 'action' is reason enough to get'em all [:)]

Colt/Armalite marked Model 601

MB Associates 13MM Gyrojet Experimental "Space" carbine.

C&R Elgbl.