Fantasy rifles

[theotherwaldo]

I’d settle for a new nuclear power plant…

I worked on drawing up some of the structural steel for one of these - the Diablo Canyon plant in California.
I wouldn't want to build another one, even if it got me a BUNCH of fantasy guns... .

 

[Blkhrt13]

A mag fed 38 special ruger 10-38 semi auto rifle similar the current 9mm carbines. I just think it would be fun. Also I would like it to have a button for single feed so you could drop rat shot in it too.

 

[d2wing]

A Holland & Holland Royal grade 8 bore double rifle More fun than a monkey with a hand grenade and the # 1 attention getter at any range.

8 Bore? Wow I read about those.

 

[PapaG]

I have mine. Little brother and I had it built in the sixties. 92 Winchester. Rebarreled in 357. 24” barrel, half mag, rifle straight stock. Wish I could find the big loop lever with set screw he made for us. Koozer.
Only problem is it hates swc bullets.
Smooth.

 

[DM~]

12 x 12 x .308 drilling for under $2,500

Two things, "rimmed" cartridges work so much better in drillings. And, 12ga drilling are HEAVY and bulky too, so dream that yours is made from some space age metal that gets the weight down too.

Not much you can do about the bulk though.

SR

 

[Charlie98]

I guess I'm not much of a dreamer...

A .45ACP carbine along the lines of a modern, updated Marlin Camp Carbine, using Glop (or other reliable double-stack) mags. Wood and steel, no take down. If you can get it past straight blowback, make it in 10mm, too.

An affordable M2 .50cal machine gun.

A .41MAG Winchester 92...

 

[Jim Watson]

Two things, "rimmed" cartridges work so much better in drillings. And, 12ga drilling are HEAVY and bulky too, so dream that yours is made from some space age metal that gets the weight down too.

Not much you can do about the bulk though.

SR

True, the superior rimmed cartridge is a great advantage but J.P. Sauer made drillings for Colt in .30-06 and .243 with the trick rimless extractor.
The one I handled did not seem unduly heavy, not a quail gun, but fine for Eurostyle hunting.
Krieghoff makes a drilling at 3.1 kg, say 7 lbs, and Heym uses a Dural receiver to get the weight down to 6.5 lbs, including scope.

 

[KYamateur]

Like others, I would like a .45 carbine. I wish Beretta would update the cx4 storm design with a premium model with an aluminum fore end with mlok slots, a little less plastic all around, scrap the built in sights for a rail, and design a magazine that can hold 10-12 rounds flush and some extended 20 round mags. They used to make a .45 in the CX4 Storm but I think it held 8 rounds or something like that.

I would also go for a Ruger LC Carbine that shot 9mm, .45, or 30 carbine. I love the design but I’m not really interested in the 57. Better yet, Glock do something like the LC design and start making carbines.

 

[DeepSouth]

Two things, "rimmed" cartridges work so much better in drillings. And, 12ga drilling are HEAVY and bulky too, so dream that yours is made from some space age metal that gets the weight down too.

Not much you can do about the bulk though.

SR

I know I’ve never seen one that I can remember. Makes sense there is a reason but I’ve never put to much thought into why.
But hey, it is a fantasy gun.

 

[JeeperCreeper]

-Modernized 357/38 pump ala Colt Lightning

-Modernized Ruger Deerfield carbine in 357/38

-Perfect hunting rifle: European bolt gun, stainless+nitride, CRF, 3 pos safety, irons but also pic rail milled into action, threaded barrel, short action, quality synthetic stock... Basically if my Ruger M77 and CZ600 alpha had a baby.

Wildcard:
Pistol: Glock Gen5 in 7.62 Tok

 

[OrangeCat]

Small carbines for the 30 sc. Would be a fun experiment.

Or maybe a tacticool lever in 5.7 for a suppressor host range toy?

I do like the idea of a .327 rook rifle. If I were one of those more money than sense people a pretty little engraved falling block would be a nifty thing to commission.

 

[Mini30SS]

Remake of the Savage 99f, high grade in 6.0 and 6.5 creedmore.

 

[DM~]

I know I’ve never seen one that I can remember. Makes sense there is a reason but I’ve never put to much thought into why.
But hey, it is a fantasy gun.

There has been made and still are made, drillings in rimless cartridges, I had one in 30-06, bought it new from Krieghoff, but rimmed does work out better.

DM

 

[jmorris]

so dream that yours is made from some space age metal that gets the weight down too.

I would recommend unobtainium over chinesium for that use.

 

[Heir Kommt Die Sonne]

I want a M1 Garand, but with detachable box magazine and chambered in .308. Oh, and I want a improved gas system on it. Maybe even put a muzzle brake on it as well. And I believe the stock could use a foldy thing that goes up.

 

[Random 8]

I'd like a full sized M1 Garand (same weight, length, and darn close balance) that fires 5.56mm from enblocs and goes PING!!!. I'd also like a blow back .22lr that would be a scaled down version of the M1 Garand, but magazine fed.

 

[Random 8]

I want a M1 Garand, but with detachable box magazine and chambered in .308. Oh, and I want a improved gas system on it. Maybe even put a muzzle brake on it as well. And I believe the stock could use a foldy thing that goes up.

So you want a mini-14 in .308???

 

[Dotar_Sojat]

An actual M1 Carbine replicant, scaled to .300 Blackout (but with a 16" bbl, not 18"), weighing less than 6 lb bare (includes iron sights and empty 15rnd mag). Smooth and easy to carry for hunting with no jaggedy metal parts sticking out other than the charging handle. A light, semiautomatic, reasonably powerful, easy to carry, hunting rifle.

NOT a Mini 14.

 

[Heir Kommt Die Sonne]

So you want a mini-14 in .308???

What i described was a M-14. I wouldn't say "Grail" rifle but it's up there on my favorite rifles. Never had a preference for favorite rifles until I shot a m-14, now I do have a TOP 2 favorites list.

 

[Heir Kommt Die Sonne]

An actual M1 Carbine replicant,

Would be a nice project for one of those post-war non-military M1 carbines.

 

[Dotar_Sojat]

I don't think the gas tappet system as designed and built in the M1 Carb would stand up to 52k-ish pressures, that (and the cost) is why I haven't done as you suggest.

But we are talking fantasy rifles here, so wishing is within design specs.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Honestly I’d just settle for a bolt action 9mm that’s built on a modern entry level hunting rifle frame as a optics friendly companion to my Rhineland smle 45acp conversion

Well, .350 Legend basically gets you this, but with subsonic loads slinging almost double the bullet mass and high velocity loads boasting 5 times the power.

Not as cheap to plink with if you don't handload, of course, but bolt rifles and massive ammunition consumption don't really go together, so I would think less of a consideration.

 

[Random 8]

What i described was a M-14. I wouldn't say "Grail" rifle but it's up there on my favorite rifles. Never had a preference for favorite rifles until I shot a m-14, now I do have a TOP 2 favorites list.

Yes, I know, hence the smiley face on my post LOL.

 

[4v50 Gary]

10 mm MP-5. OK, that doesn't count.

I'll take the 22 Johnson Spitfire M-1 Carbine. Numnuts (Numrich or modernly Gun Parts Corp.) used to sell barrels but they weren't cheap.

 

[Dotar_Sojat]

I want a M1 Garand, but with detachable box magazine and chambered in .308. Oh, and I want a improved gas system on it. Maybe even put a muzzle brake on it as well. And I believe the stock could use a foldy thing that goes up.

I realize it's not what you are dreaming about, but on a very similar note, I always thought that BM-59 was a fantastic looking rifle, just too heavy to enjoy carrying around in the woods. I could endure it, I just wouldn't enjoy it.