BEST SERVICE RIFLE EVER. TAKE YOUR PICK ANYTHING FROM A BROWN BESS TO WHATEVER LAZER GUN THEY GOT NOW, WHATS YOUR PREFERENCE??

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Definately not the M16. Actually I would have to go with either the 96 or 98 Mauser.

The SMLE - hands down!

If I had to go into combat today, I'd take the M16, but as far as best in it's day, I'd go with the M1 Garand.

Yep the m1 garand ..also like a bar & a m-14.old mauser be nice to or a smle or a

The Garand.The Winchester may have won the west but the Garand won the war.

i wold have to go with the M1-GARAND.

For modern day I have to admit that I like the M-16 with the M-203 attachment. A well rounded set up that is!

Bolt action-the SMLE. Semi-auto, the M-14, which is truly an improvement over the M1!

Keep yore powder dry!!

Three service rifles that changed the world: Enfield 3-band musket, Enfield .303 (either SMLE & its offspring), and the Mauser 98. The service rifle with best publicity & promotion: M1 Garand (Hollywood made it famous). The most under rated service rifle: Soviet Mosin Nagant 91/30. The most feared service rifle/carbine/assault rifle: anything in 7.62x39 especially anything copying Comrade Kalashnikov.

My all time favorite (it saved my butt more than once): M16A1 & A2

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