WANTED INFORMATION ON THE SPANISH M43 SNIPER RIFLE & THE FR 8 SNIPER RIFLE

[rtt321]

Hi
I am looking for any information on the M43 sniper rifle and the FR 8 sniper rifle. Both were used by the Spanish military. Need pictures close up on the mounts and bases of the FR 8 sniper rifle.. I have both types of rifles in my collection but it seems not much information.

 

[mrfarb]

Forgotten Weapons hate the Spanish M43 sniper rifle

Ian hates the Spanish M43 sniper rifle. Bad mounts, cheap scope. Dunno, I always thought the Winchester A5/Lyman 5A scopes were among the worse. Reticles can break, small field of view, had to be manually pulled back after use (movement is bad). The 03 Springfield rifle was good though...

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[Muncher 1953]

Not to be rude, but an FR 8 sniper rifle? That’s the rifle based on the model 98 action, but w/a 19” barrel??
The standard rifle was pretty unpopular w/the troops, 8x57 is a lot of cartridge for a 19” barrel. Sniping w/one of those would likely draw some very unwanted attention………….
but I like my M43 La Coruna!

 

[biggymu]

La Coruña FR-8 Sniper

Being a rather very exotic rifle, I nevertheless thought I would share what I had been able to buy in the US. This is a La Coruña manufactured FR-8 rifle in .308 Winchester caliber which had been officially converted to a sniper rifle. The bases were welded and the rifle was phosphated again...

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[biggymu]

I Need some help on a Spanish FR8 Mauser Sniper? rifle

My Buddy bought one of these rifles, it has scope bases either silver soldered or welded to the receiver. Apparently these were used by Spanish special forces. The front base is significantly thinner then the rear base. He bought a cheapy set of see thru rings to get a feel of what "might have...

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[Muncher 1953]

I stand by my comments on the Fr 8. to each his own!

 

[Absolut]

Another thread:
https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/spanish-m43-sniper-with-10x32-marine-scope.31105/

I have both types of rifles in my collection but it seems not much information.

It would be appreciated if you could share your rifles in here. Maybe you purchased your rifles from forum member @MrHaney who to my knowledge had them on GB some time ago? He had posted on Spanish Sniper Rifles in various threads, including these:

New picture of a spanish 98 sniper rifle

Hi I found a new picture of a Spanish Coruna modelo 1943 sniper rifle.. It has a como finish and some type of flash hider. Regards Bob

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Absolut m-43 spanish sniper matching barrel no holes drilled in the barrel

Hi Absolut . Well I finally took my Spanish M-43 sniper apart. And I am happy to say the barrel is numbered to the rifle and it does not have any holes drilled in to the barrel !!! It must be a very early one that came in to the US before 1968. And there is no German or any other Country import...

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Disassenbled m-43 spanish sniper rifle with pictures

Hi Here are the pictures of my M-43 Spanish sniper rifle. The rifle is taken apart. The pictures show that there war no holes drilled . into the barrel Enjoy............ Regards Bob

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Ckeck out the pictures on the unknown mounts

Hi Check out the pictures on the unknown sniper mounts I found the pictures I had. And they do not match the ones you showed. But they do look some what like them. Maybe they could be a other type of Spanish sniper mounts. I hope some day we will know. Regards Bob

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[Muncher 1953]

Thanks for those links, very interesting photos. The bipod looks rather fragile & ‘spindly’, I’m curious how well it works/ed.

 

[Faithful4]

La Coruña FR-8 Sniper

Being a rather very exotic rifle, I nevertheless thought I would share what I had been able to buy in the US. This is a La Coruña manufactured FR-8 rifle in .308 Winchester caliber which had been officially converted to a sniper rifle. The bases were welded and the rifle was phosphated again...

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I actually have one

 

[biggymu]

I actually have one

It appears these are rare enough that pictures would be greatly appreciated.