Rate the main battle rifles of the main combatants of World War II . Here's my rankings:

#1 - M1 Garand. Semi-auto; reliable; excellent sights; good-for-its-day eight-round magazine capacity. The en-bloc clip isn't nearly the weakness some say it is - I suspect stories of enemy soldiers rushing at the "zing" are apocryphal.

#2 - Lee-Enfield #4. Excellent sights; ten-round mag; fast-firing bolt. Best bolt-action battle rifle made.

#3 - Kar98K. Hell-for-strong Mauser action; mediocre sights; five-round capacity. It's said of the rifles of WWI that the Americans had the best target rifle, the British had the best battle rifle, and the Germans had the best hunting rifle. The countless custom rifles built on the Mauser 98 action attest to that.

#4 - Arisaka Type 38 & 99. Unfairly maligned because of the "last ditch" guns, these are the strongest Mauser actions made. Only the awkward straight bolt handle keeps it from the #3 position.

#5. Mosin-Nagant. Rugged; reliable; smooth-as-butter bolt.

#6 and #7 - Mannlicher-Carcano and Berthier. Serviceable but unremarkable. The tiebreaker goes to the Carcano, because nobody ever killed the leader of the free world with a Berthier.