Best Bolt-Action Battle Rifle.

I really don't know which is the best. I voted Mannlicher because the Mannlicher Schoenauer rifle was used as the basic rifle by the Greek army in all its major wars from the First Balkan War to WWII.

Well, the Carcano M1930 was actully quite a good rifle.


Well, I must say, I agree with your grandfather. I own one.


Heres of list of calibers I know for these guns.
SMLE No. 4 Mk 1*- .303 "British" (Lee Caliber)
K98k-7.92x57mm
M91/30-7.62x54R
Carcano-6.5 Italian
Ariska T99-7.7 Japanese
M1903A3-7.62x67 (.30-06 American)
Lebel-8mm French

I personally think the Swiss Vertelli rifle is just odd.


Edited by AFV Master

The Mannlicher Schoenauer that the Greek army used had 6,5mm calibre.

Mauser. No question about it. Lee Enfield had a larger ammo capacity ( 10 rounds ), but the accuracy of the Mauser was superb.


taken from Wikipedia:

Lee's action was a major improvement on existing bolt-action designs. The rear-mounted lugs place the operating handle much closer to the operator, over the trigger, making it much quicker to operate than "traditional" designs like the Mauser, which forced the operator to move his hand forward to operate the bolt; also, the bolt's distance of travel was identical with the length of the cartridge, and its rotation was only 60 degrees (compared to the conventional 90 degree rotation of Mauser-style actions). The disadvantage was that the rear lugs placed a greater load on the rigidity of the bolt up to the receiver.

The speedy bolt and large magazine capacity (ten rounds, compared to the five of most Mauser derivatives, which also used a slower bolt-type) ensured that a trained rifleman could fire between 15 to 30 aimed rounds a minute, making the Lee-Enfield among the fastest military bolt action rifle of the day. Some straight-pull bolt-action rifles were faster, but lacked the simplicity of the Enfield.

The Lee Enfield was the fastest cycling bolt action service rifle. As for accuracy, all but mabe the type 99 are capable of quite respectable accuracy, and each uses a round that is cappable of one-shot-stops. I think that it would have to come down to a personal choice based on ones personal egronomic "feel" for the weapon