Posted on 06/29/2021 2:20:50 PM PDT by PROCON
I agree 100% about the SKS.
I have 2, a Yugo and a Chicom.
Follow up shots? Not a problem.
My Chinese SKS hits dead center in rapid shots making figure 8s in the target easily at 100 yards.
What a great weapon. Great round.
Had a [aratrooper model with 20 round box mag. I went to detachables and like an idiot gave the box mag away to a friend. When I sold it I had detachable mags and a folding poly stock on it. It was a bit heavy.
Yeah. I guess one of the big selling points is that the current inventory of tools would require only a barrel change to retrofit.
I’ve heard about that round. My men folk being former military have really instructed me on firearms and how to shoot; I have three handguns plus my work gun. I love long distance shooting; lots of math involved.
But the Aussie gov’t has hysterically limiting guns there. My mate there had to fill out an almost 20 page request on why she needed a .22 rifle. She gave it up rather than go through all that. The result is that gun violence (not reported) had increased dramatically and the rodent, varmint pests, have pretty much taken over grain storage, plus, get this, due to climate change and global warming, pesticides are also closely controlled and regulated to the point where you basically can’t buy it.
The front sight base of that rifle looked like it had been buried in a corrosive substance. It was pitted beyond belief. That is why I believe it came from a scrapped or condemned M-16.
***I miss the days when every gun shop I walked into had at least one, maybe several, and from different countries, usually for less than $250.***
I saw my first in a pawn shop back in 1970. A war trophy from SE Asia. Price was $98 but back then no one had ammo so several pawn shops had a few.
You could buy a new in box Winchester 1894 for $45 all over the area back then.
Yep, I love them for an all round tough dependable firearm. I bought my first for $69 also. All machined Norinco with a blade bayonet. The blade was still legal back then.
And absolutely! I like stripper fed mags. Unless you have unlimited ammo supply being dropped to you, you are going to have to reload the mags at some point anyhow.
I like my Enfield for that feature also.
Some of the FB pages are fights between purists and modifiers. It gets a bit tiresome, if occasionally humorous.
Honestly, even though it was very flat shooting at long distance it was almost over kill with charge. There was probably a lot of powder still burning long after the bullet was gone. lol
Hold on a minute, I’ve got a rifle in each caliber.
Bang .......Baang!
Hmmm.....inconclusive.
I need more ammo for testing. (opening browser tab to Lucky Gunner)
Good that you are hip to using firearms. :)
All my girls are pretty good shots, and even though my wife can handle arms well she just never got into it much. She can defend herself fine if she needs too, just never got too excited about it as a sport. :)
One variable should be the age & experience of the shooter...
At my advanced age, everything is “long distance”...
While we (and children. grandchildren, & great grandchildren) have a virtual Baskin & Robbins of tools to chose from, the first one I would grab for that 400-500 shot will be my trusty M-1 Garand and for anything longer than 500 it will be time for the AR-50 ...
7.62 and .223 will certainly get their turn as distances diminish...
If the range targets have helmets and/or body armor, definitely 7.62...
May not penetrate, but will definitely tip them range targets over...
I’ve never got into long distance shooting but I do have a few calibers that do it quite well. I like fast movers so none of mine will handle the longer heavier bullets available but they do OK for hunting here in West Texas’
I shoot 150’s in my 300 Weatherby, 140’s in my 7-mag, 130’s in my 270 WSM and 100’s in my 257 Weatherby. They’re solid 500 yard rifles, with the proper bullet and twist you can stretch them out to twice that range. 500 yards is about my limit, I’ve only taken two animals past that and both were with the 300 Weatherby. One was a bull Elk in Colorado and the other an Aoudad ram down by Big Bend. Buddy of mine builds long distance rifles and his personal rifle is a 300 Weatherby shooting a 230 grain Berger. He’s taken that rifle well past 1000 yards.
For most common situations, better than 7.62x39 but not x51. 5.56 75gr or heavier match can reach out pretty good. 6.5 Creedmoor wins, BTW. ;)
A buddy has an AR in 7.62x39—the AK round. Shoots pretty good. Kick ain’t bad at all. I think he played with the buffer tube recoil spring and weight, though.
.308 Norma Magnum. I shot that, once.
Just once.
Far Away Targets.
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Never heard it put
that way before.
II don’t know where you are, but the bayonet may be legal, again.
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