Thread: WW II bolt-action rifles: Your choice?

I suppose when we consider all the various types of bolt action rifles used by all the combatants during WW2, there isn't really a whole lot to choose between them when used under combat conditions -

Sure the '03 Springfield was super accurate on the target range but was that long range accuracy of any use/benefit when being carried by a 19yo US Marine on Guadalcanal who could barely see a target five metres away or by a 57yo French Algerian Tiralleur in Tunisia with three days training under his belt?

Sure the Lee Enfield held ten rounds and thats great when you've got ten rounds in the mag at the start of a fight (and that could make all the difference). I recall my grandfather telling me that they very rarely loaded all ten rounds into their rifle magazines once a fight had begun, and just went with loading five rounds as it got you back shooting faster.

Mosins, 98ks, Arisakas, MAS36s, Carcanoes - they really are all much of a muchness under combat conditions.