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I saw that rifle on display in Prague in 1978. It was a travelling exhibit. It was a plain jane Mosin Nagant sniper with a miniscule scope and a side mount. The rifle looked like any other milsurp sniper with dings in the wood and little bluing left. The photos of him were a seaasoned young man uncomfortable being photo graphed. Back here in North America he would have been a farm boy doing his duty.

My uncle Mac's FN Hi Power accompanied him five years during WWII, and his son owns it now. It is where it belongs. I am a bit odd I guess but do not have a desire to own a particular rifle because of its famous history.

My brother and I own Dad's rifles, and our kids and grand kids will inherit them.

I think I kind of agree with that... When first I saw this thread, I thought of all the fine rifles I've read about, TR's Big Medicine, JOC's .270's, Any of Elmer's big bores...

Then I thought: "What would I do with them if I had them...." Likely any of them would just sit in one of the safes like dozens of others... I have my own .405 "Big Medicine", more .270's and 7x57's than I'll ever use... And yes, I have my share of big bores, as well... I think some of them would make Elmer proud... More than any of the guns, I'd much rather share a pot of coffee and an afternoon of conversation with any of the above...

I've done that with one retired writer, and I have one of his custom rifles that I purchased from him. That is one day that stands out as one of the highlights of my life. Perhaps the time will come I can do that again... I'd cherish that...

GH

Wooters, Sako mannlicher carbine 308
Elmer's 44 Mag S&W that he used on his infamous 600 yard running elk!

John-
Thanks for that info on Finn's 375. I have been curious about it since I heard of his passing years back. I use the familiar since as I read his works, I felt the telling was as from an old knowledgible friend. That "trained" aspect is part of what makes me like "experienced" rifles so much.

OK....let's see,
1.Bells .275 Rigby
2.Elmers Hoffman .400 Whelen
3.Jack O'Connors Model 70 .270 ( either one )
4 Bob Bells 1911A1 that he carried in WW2 or his 2nd .338 called Old Ugly
5.Fred Wells old Mauser '98 .375 H&H named The Beast
I'm sure there's at least a hundred more that I could think of given the time.

F.C. Selous .375 Holland Rifle

John Wayne's big loop lever.

Audie Murphy's Thompson..

One of the Remington boltguns fired by Carlos Hathcock.

Swamp, are you sure Carlos wasn't using a M-70?

DF

Ahem...

He also shot some M40 Remingtons.

You can't even spell his name right..

No, Johnny, I think hes got it right..Hatcock shot Remingtons, Hathcock shot a M70....

Carlos gave that rifle to me. I'm putting it in the classified later on this evening if your're interested. I'll be offering layaway terms for all interested parties.

If your going to talk about a man of this caliber, at least get his last name right,

Carlos Hathcock

All the books I have read of Mr. Hathcock tell of a Winchester M70.

(you guys type really fast)

Mawhinney is the one that used a 700.......not Hathcock

�Remington really went out of their way to help put this together. They created the stock with the cheekpiece on it; they never had this heavy a barrel in this stock. We had the scopes sent in from Redfield. Remington mounted them, tested them, and they were put in a specific case and shipped to Vietnam or to Quantico.� This was the rifle used by Carlos Hathcock in his second tour of duty.

Since Hathcock was in the Corps for years after he left Vietnam & training young snipers I feel sure he fired an M40 at some point. I'd like to own one that was fired by him.

M7300SUAM I believe that Carmichel is selling off a large part of his collection via auction. You may be able to score one.

Oh and there are so many historic guns Davy Crockett's Betsey and Daniel Boone's Ticklikker, but I would like to have either Teddy Rosevelts 405 Winchester 95 or maybe Wyatt Earps Buntline.

Hathcock used a Ruger #1 in 375 H&H during his second tour.