Hello Sniper. Have you ever fired a type 99 Arisaka? The rifle is superbly accurate, very simple to disassemble and clean/replace things, had a monopod and innovative AA sight that no other country even thought of. My dad flew B25's in the SP and always griped about ground fire on LL strafing runs. The Type 99 7.7 is a powerful, accurate wonderfully built rifle. Even Jack O'Connor mentioned the arisaka action was the strongest BA rifle ever made. Can't agree with "worst firearms" based on my experience with them.

I would have to say the best rifle would be the SMLE in the bolt action catagory and the Garand overall. Many many units never even were issued Garands in WWII so it was a johnny come lately. The 1st Marine Division took Guadalcanal with 03's and still had many of them when relieved by the Army.

I'm not going to vote in the poll because each rifle in their own way was excellent....I wouldn't want to have been hit by any of them. The ultimate WWII weapon was only fired twice and that ended the whole thing. Very intresting thread and very much worth the read.

Had the thread been on WW1, WWII and Korea......my vote would have gone to the Enfield. Regards, Rick.