That's a beautiful damned rifle

Always loved the odd aesthetics of many French rifles

@Dataman. It would "work". It would be completely pointless and probably would not extract well but not unsafe.

If he wants a bolt action rifle in 7.62x39 they are widely available and it would actually be accurate and have a useable magazine

I have a similar sporterized by someones grandpa rifle. They are perfectly suitable to hunting and target shooting although of course heavier and more delicate (I.e. rust) than modern guns.

Maybe you would need some kind of condom to get the shoulder to fit properly in the chamber since it doesn't grab at the rim

@Detroit Lion How's that stuff shoot? I still have over 1000 rounds of ZQI I bought during the Walmart clearance and a bunch of Hirtenberger, but I'd like something that's not bi-metal (the Hirt is, the ZQI isn't.)

@keldoclock it was a dumbass mistake on his part, he thought the 7.62 on the side meant 7.62x39

@Advicedog I haven't shot it yet. Unfortunately the L2A2 Serp is also Bi-metal.

I thought it was a meme

So, are these shit?

And if so, why

dicc stuck in a clock

The fuck are these two

you have any common rounds to compare it to?

could be something like 7.5 french or swiss

I got some 7.62x54R

that'd be a good comparison for me

I would say for sure 7.5 Swiss, as for the other one I can't really tell. I might be able to make out 7.3 (?) 1947 can't really tell what it is though

Just check a headstamp guide

1947 marked next to a 7.62x54R

yeah the neck on it really screams Swiss to me

Says 7.9

Has an F.S too

well

if it was french it would be about the same size as the x54r. Both are 54mm long

It doesn't look big enough to be 8mm Mauser

Hmm

Interesting

One of the carcano cartridges?

I've thought of that too

Nah, Carcano is 52mm

would be shorter

True

and being 6.5 would probably be visible difference

I'd want to stick with the swiss assessment

Rape

7.5 French is also x54