Your favourite weapons - Western European

[swaghauler]

A large number of choices but here goes;

I already carry a German made SIG 229 in .40 S&W (one of the first 1000 in the US in 1994). I could live with any SIG, The HK USP or VP-30 in 9mm or .40 or .45, a Browning Hi Power, Glock, Steyer M series in .40 or 9mm, or a Spinx pistol.

I'm torn between my SCAR-17 and my TAVOR (assuming your including Israel in the West). The FAL and the AUG (gen 3) would be "dark horse" candidates.

The MG-82 or the German MG-3 would be good machineguns

for SMGs, I would take the H&K MP-5, the Beretta PM-12, or the Sterling. Having fired all of these, I have an affection for the Beretta.

I'd probably go with a Bennelli M4 12 guage, but Beretta's autoloading 12's are good shotguns too. FN makes a good one too (as a "darkhorse").

[LT. Ox]

I have tested several of their weapons systems for the
Sheriff's department here.
I could find no fault of any weapon in the many we ran and some of them were never cleaned, on purpose. The rep said it was a matter of pride that they would keep on functioning.

[Sanjuro]

I'm a big fan of the SMLE and its derivatives. The fastest sustained rate of fire of any pre-Garand rifle, the ability to never have an empty magazine (ammo in 5 round clips but loaded into a 10-round magazine, and the clips of course have no springs so they can be left loaded indefinitely), good accuracy (the early better accuracy of the Mauser action was equalled when build quality improved), robust... what's not to like?

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Sanjuro

I'm a big fan of the SMLE and its derivatives.

I have to agree with you there, but then I may be just slightly biased having two of them myself, one re-barrelled, etc into what is effectively a .303 sniper rifle (my grandfather won many 1,000+ yard competitions with it using only iron sights).

[Brother in Arms]

.303 Enfield more accurate than the Mauser?

Maybe if that mauser is chambered for 8x57mm...but I doubt it could equal 7x57mm (and especially not the 6.5x55 SE) the Boers proved this theory wrong using 1893/95 rifles in the Transvaal.

The Enfield is a very fast firing bolt gun. It's just about as fast a straight pull bolt actions like the K31 and Steyr 95

The 10 shot double column box magazine is probably one of it's greatest assets as a military rifle. .303 is a good cartridge reminds me of the .30-40 Krag.

[LT. Ox]

Originally Posted by Brother in Arms

.303 Enfield more accurate than the Mauser?

Maybe if that mauser is chambered for 8x57mm...but I doubt it could equal 7x57mm (and especially not the 6.5x55 SE) the Boers proved this theory wrong using 1893/95 rifles in the Transvaal.

The Enfield is a very fast firing bolt gun. It's just about as fast a straight pull bolt actions like the K31 and Steyr 95

The 10 shot double column box magazine is probably one of it's greatest assets as a military rifle. .303 is a good cartridge reminds me of the .30-40 Krag.

I have used that 6.5 by 55 round and I can tell you that pencil will hit out to and beyond 1000 as in yards.
The next most accurate round I have fired is the 35 Weiland (spelling).
Built that with a Douglas barrel on a 98 action.
I still have better luck with the 30-06 than the .303 I have restocked and retriggered both added other mods for hunting here in Colorado and the mod Springfield four grove outshoots the Enfield by a wide margin. It outshoots my Garand but not the M1A1.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Brother in Arms

.303 Enfield more accurate than the Mauser?

1,000 yard possibles on a regular basis with iron sights can't be wrong...
And that's not on a bench rest either - only aid was a sling.
I should probably add that it had been worked on by possibly the best gunsmith in the world in the first half of the 20th Century, but to look at it still appears to be standard issue.

[.45cultist]

Add the G19 pistol and Walther PP(.380) and a decent scoped Mauser or Enfield to the list.