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I have no need for a rifle. But I want one.
- Thread starter StevieP
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Mine haven't started to do that yet. Maybe I am not feeding them correctly. What would you recommend?
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Mass-diver
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M&P AR10s are getting really great reviews and the price tag is not too bad
I just ordered this. Seems like a great deal to me especially with the square back which makes a traditional ak conversion easy as hell.
RUSSIAN VEPR RIFLE .308 Square Back with 16-1/2" Barrel #VSB308-16-01
RUSSIAN VEPR RIFLE .308 Square Back with 16-1/2" Barrel #VSB308-16-01
I'm going to say something a little different. Marlin Guide Gun in 45-70.
Another vote for a Mosin... but why settle for just one, get a crate of them!
I took my Mosin out today because of this thread... my shoulder is still thanking me. +1 to the op for getting me out there!
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As I've often said, "Need has nothing to do with it".
I just picked up a Browning Micro Hunter in .308. Mines a Lefty. Put a Leupold 1.5X5 Scope on it. It's about the same size and weight as the old Remington Mountain Rifle. I figure it's good for just about anything the North East Kingdom has to offer for game.
I just picked up a Browning Micro Hunter in .308. Mines a Lefty. Put a Leupold 1.5X5 Scope on it. It's about the same size and weight as the old Remington Mountain Rifle. I figure it's good for just about anything the North East Kingdom has to offer for game.
I agree with mike. I like my Ruger Gunsite Scout and I will never get rid of it but if I had to buy it again I would get something else. I wanted a bolt gun with iron sights, A detachable magazine, and chambered in .308. The ruger fit the bill with its nice laminate stock and short handy barrel. It is a good all around rifle but not particularly great at anything and I am just not using it the way I have envisioned. I do prefer the 16" blued (I think it may actually be parkerized) over the 18" stainless.
PRO'S
-Accurate (sub 1" groups @ 300 yards with Match ammo, sub 1" groups @ 100 yards with surplus NATO 7.62)
-Comes with iron sights (a rarity on bolt guns now)
-Very nice laminate stock (Butt spacers are kind of chincy though)
-Nice trigger
-Reliable magazine and feeding
CON'S
-Iron sights suck compared to M1 and M1A sights, the front post is thick and the rear sight adjustment is hokey, in order to adjust wind-age you have to loosen one allen screw and tighten another, in order to adjust the elevation you have to loosen the wind-age allen screw and rotate the aperture ring which ends up being a rather coarse adjustment. There is one aftermarket rear sight for M77 actions but it is really not much better.
-The stock steel magazines are difficult to load, expensive, and cannot top load.
-The polymer magazines can top load in the rifle but eject every round if dropped.
-The barrel/actions on most I have seen are far from being "true" which can result in the rear sight wind-age being far off center.
After firing over 2000 rounds though this rifle I would rather have a standard internal magazine that would load with stripper clips and better iron sights. The only issue I have had was a broken extractor which Ruger replaced for free, so no, these mauser copy actions are not bullet proof. The rifle is just too accurate and it takes a good quality conventional scope to ring out all of the accuracy. I just cant justify wasting that accuracy with a low powered scout scope or the crappy iron sights. If I had to do it over again I would probably buy a M1, 03A3, or Remington 700 BDL.
StevieP
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Just to close out this thread, I did buy the Ruger Gunsite Scout rifle. Four Seasons had a previously owned but unfired one in-stock. Came with everything in the box plus two extra polymer 10-round mags and burly Uncle Mikes sling swivels, for a great price. Here it is, with the first 50 yard target from Friday's trip to the range. Credit my friend Jim (Raccoon1969) for the ones closest to the bullseye.
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StevieP
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I've shot both the 16" and 18" Gunsite Scouts. Liked both and didn't find enough of a difference in accuracy to make me want the longer one more. I'm like you, I like versatility in a firearm. I've been wanting a Ruger Gunsite for some time and when I get around to buying one will go with the 16" black version. It's a nice shooting weapon and its light enough to carry around comfortably while being accurate enough to toss a bipod on and shoot at longer ranges.
DemonChronicles
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AR-10, the "true" big brother to your AR 15. Screw those silly old guns...
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Duderino,
I'll throw my hat in the ring here. I have a Mosin Nagant 91/30 in an Archangel stock w/ a scout-scope optic. Five- or ten-round box magazine, throw a Harris bi-pod on there, and you're golden.
I'll throw my hat in the ring here. I have a Mosin Nagant 91/30 in an Archangel stock w/ a scout-scope optic. Five- or ten-round box magazine, throw a Harris bi-pod on there, and you're golden.
CRSIII
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whew $$$$. I like it but damn. an 1896 30-30 works too
