[Uncle Jaque]

Re your #119 - Well then, it seems that i'm a whole lot more "obsolecent" than you are! {;^{)~

Thanks for the update.

I have a CETME which runs great - just won't shoot better than minute of 5-gallon bucket at 100 meters.
Looking to sell it and rely on my old Vennie FN-49 in 7X57.

[archy]

I have a CETME which runs great - just won't shoot better than minute of 5-gallon bucket at 100 meters.

Looking to sell it and rely on my old Vennie FN-49 in 7X57.

I have one of the Egypyian FN-49s in the 7,92x57mm chambering, which not only routinely outshoots 90% of the Mauser boltguns that have come my way, but also neatly incorporates a hole for the cleaning rod in the rear of the receiver, allowing the barrel to be cleaned from the chamber end. Even the much-praised M1 Garand lacks that feature, and the 10-round magazine that can be refilled with a 5-shot clip once half empty is, if not an improvement over the Garand's *all 8 or nothing* en bloc clip, at least an alternate way of taking care of the problem.

I can think of another 7,92 rifle for which I *might* give up the FN-49 that I picked up for a bit under $400. But it would cost more than ten times that much....