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Posted: 6/6/2003 5:46:55 PM EDT
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save your money and buy a ruger mini 30
best battle rifle ever made |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 5:46:57 PM EDT
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SKS, without a doubt. accurate, realiable as hell, and cheap to feed. Im not sure how available mag fed SKS's are? But I know they are made because my first rifle was a mag feed chinese SKS paratropper.
If I were you, I would just step up and buy a SAR1 for about $300 |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 5:48:29 PM EDT
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SKS
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Posted: 6/6/2003 5:53:41 PM EDT
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SKS
(as a friend said once to a guy weighing joining the guard vice joining a pretty high speed USAR unit: "If everyone fucking tells you this place sucks and the reserve is better, shouldn't you believe it? We ain't got nothing to try to sell you.") |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 5:54:53 PM EDT
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Quoted: SKS Ditto |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 5:56:27 PM EDT
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Quoted: save your money and buy a ruger mini 30 best battle rifle ever made I must concur. Get a mini 30 or go home!!! |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:00:14 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: save your money and buy a ruger mini 30 best battle rifle ever made I must concur. Get a mini 30 or go home!!! Ruger mini 30, and mini 14's have never seen battle. SKS is about as reliable as an AK47, and has seen plenty of it- with good reviews at that. Just get detatchable mag's for the SKS and your all set. Theyre just about as easy to come by as that of the mini-14 or 30. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:02:55 PM EDT
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A used Winchester 30-30 mdl 94, tubular magazine fed, very reliable.
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:09:25 PM EDT
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I love my Yugoslavian SKS, for $150 dollars, I got the never issued rifle in perfect condition. It also came with a tool kit, a brass oil tin with leather belt holder, leather ammo pouch, strap, and gear belt!! What a deal.
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:12:31 PM EDT
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You can get a Yugo Mauser in As New condition from a C&R shop, with a bayonet, sling, and cleaning kit for about $160-170.
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:12:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: save your money and buy a ruger mini 30 best battle rifle ever made I must concur. Get a mini 30 or go home!!! Ruger mini 30, and mini 14's have never seen battle. SKS is about as reliable as an AK47, and has seen plenty of it- with good reviews at that. Just get detatchable mag's for the SKS and your all set. Theyre just about as easy to come by as that of the mini-14 or 30. why would you want to blow your money on [b]FOREIGN MADE CRAP[/B] like an sks when you can get fine American engineering like the [b]GOD DAMNED RUGER MINI 30[/B] !!!???!??[b]??!!?[/b] |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:16:10 PM EDT
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You can get a British enfield in 303 for $100.00 or even a Ishapore enfield in 308 for just alittle more, 10 round mag feed.
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:19:40 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: save your money and buy a ruger mini 30 best battle rifle ever made I must concur. Get a mini 30 or go home!!! Ruger mini 30, and mini 14's have never seen battle. SKS is about as reliable as an AK47, and has seen plenty of it- with good reviews at that. Just get detatchable mag's for the SKS and your all set. Theyre just about as easy to come by as that of the mini-14 or 30. why would you want to blow your money on [b]FOREIGN MADE CRAP[/B] like an sks when you can get fine American engineering like the [b]GOD DAMNED RUGER MINI 30[/B] !!!???!??[b]??!!?[/b] Because the Ruger rifles don't fit the LESS THAN $200 CATEGORY. SKS does. Some people cannot afford to drop $450+ on every gun they buy. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:20:50 PM EDT
[#14]
Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: save your money and buy a ruger mini 30 best battle rifle ever made I must concur. Get a mini 30 or go home!!! Ruger mini 30, and mini 14's have never seen battle. SKS is about as reliable as an AK47, and has seen plenty of it- with good reviews at that. Just get detatchable mag's for the SKS and your all set. Theyre just about as easy to come by as that of the mini-14 or 30. why would you want to blow your money on [b]FOREIGN MADE CRAP[/B] like an sks when you can get fine American engineering like the [b]GOD DAMNED RUGER MINI 30[/B] !!!???!??[b]??!!?[/b] Is this the obvious sarcasm that it seems to be??? |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:21:01 PM EDT
[#15]
sell a kidney then
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:22:58 PM EDT
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seriously, get the SKS
TXL |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:25:58 PM EDT
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Some people, like myself, refuse to buy Ruger products because of Bill Rugers support for the 10rd mag limit.
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:30:10 PM EDT
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I'm happy to say i don't own a ruger for that reason.
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:42:59 PM EDT
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Quoted: Some people, like myself, refuse to buy Ruger products because of Bill Rugers support for the 10rd mag limit. Bullshit. Another one of those "I heard from so and so.........." internet lies. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 6:45:48 PM EDT
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If the Yugo SKS has a longer stock than my Chinese SKS, then that would definitely be the way to go... simple to disassemble and clean, quick to load with strippers, and 7.62x39 is dirt cheap... but still has good hunting loads available. The SKS or an Enfield will be about the only rifles to fit your requirements, unless you'd be satisfied feeding a Mauser with strippers.
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Posted: 6/6/2003 7:27:26 PM EDT
[#21]
10/22 $130 or so
30rnd mag $50-60 550 rounds of ammo $10 Cheap ammo and lots of aftermarket stuff out there. About the best value really. CH |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 7:27:30 PM EDT
[#22]
Yugo SKS.
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Posted: 6/6/2003 7:29:19 PM EDT
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for 200.00 the sks is hard to beat. Personally i'd save another 2-300 and get a fal. 100 times the ruger and cheaper.
The sks is rock solid reliable and ammo is cheap. I am assuming you want a semi auto. Cetme Fal sks ak |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 7:46:25 PM EDT
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If you can find one for less than $200, a Swede Mauser M-96 in 6.5 Swede is an excellent, sexy little rifle.
GunLvr |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 7:48:48 PM EDT
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Big difference between the SKS and the Ruger is the SKS will shoot where you point it, the Ruger is known for less than great accuracy.
The SKS is a military rifle, the Ruger is not. 5, 10, 20 round non-detachable mags, 30 round removable mags and 75 round drums can be had for the SKS as well. The stripper clip loading system works pretty good too. I have a Chinese, Russian, Romanian, Yugo and Albainian SKS in my private collection. All shoot great. A bit more accurate than my AK's IMHO. I also have 7 Albainian and 1 Yugo for sale, will ship to your FFL. Can get you a Ruger AC-556 (Mini 14 - machinegun) but you ain't gonna get THAT one for $200!!!! In the end, shoot both and decide which you like best. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 7:51:15 PM EDT
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... Samozariadnyia Karabina Simonova
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Posted: 6/6/2003 7:56:25 PM EDT
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Depends on what you are going to use it for.
.22/target shooting = 10/22 ruger Hunting/High Power = SKS, or used AK |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 7:58:10 PM EDT
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joking aside,
i'd vote for the sks i picked up a few of the yugo sks rifles when aim had them on sale for 90 bucks each they shoot good enough for my crappy skills |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 8:07:20 PM EDT
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For a Semi-auto, I would go for the SKS, they are damm near failure-proof.
For a bolt gun go with the Mosin-Nagant M44 Carbine. I got mine for $50.00 and 330 rnds. for another $50.00 with Tax $115.00. It's accurate and Cheap. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 8:10:05 PM EDT
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SKS is cheap. But I put a fiberforce stock on mine and accuracy went south, way south. I considered remounting the original wood but I bought an AR-15 and haven't seen my sks since.
cheap. sks. keep original stock. but, you could buy a bolt action Marlin 25n in .22 LR and put a $75 scope on it. I bought my kids one of these and it absolutely drives tacks. I love shooting it em em... I mean taking the kids out to shoot it. Ammo is much cheaper than even 7.62X39 |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 8:10:11 PM EDT
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Quoted: For a bolt gun go with the Mosin-Nagant M44 Carbine. I got mine for $50.00 and 330 rnds. for another $50.00 with Tax $115.00. It's accurate and Cheap. The 7.62X54 hammers in their pretty hard too. I have a shortened Mosin-Nagant that kicks worse than my 300 mag |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 8:29:29 PM EDT
[#32]
SMLE in .308. I have one for sale for $150 and I will even throw in another box magazine. 10 rounds.
Sturdy, fast action and great accuracy. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 8:29:50 PM EDT
[#33]
Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: save your money and buy a ruger mini 30 best battle rifle ever made I must concur. Get a mini 30 or go home!!! Ruger mini 30, and mini 14's have never seen battle. SKS is about as reliable as an AK47, and has seen plenty of it- with good reviews at that. Just get detatchable mag's for the SKS and your all set. Theyre just about as easy to come by as that of the mini-14 or 30. Not true! As far as I know, the Rugers have never seen action with US Troops. They have, however, been in scraps as the weapon of "para-military/security" troops. And having seen that, I'd stick with the SKS. SRM |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 8:39:22 PM EDT
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Quoted: MAG FEED Ummmmm, all rifles are mag fed. Unless you are looking for a musket. Sgtar15 |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 8:47:56 PM EDT
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Quoted: You can get a Yugo Mauser in As New condition from a C&R shop, with a bayonet, sling, and cleaning kit for about $160-170. Or buy a 3 year C&R licence for 30 bucks and have one shipped to your door for 70 bucks. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 8:52:35 PM EDT
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Mosin Nagant M44, M38, 91/30
Semi Auto ground hog hittin fun: Ruger 10/22 |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 8:56:33 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: MAG FEED Ummmmm, all rifles are mag fed. Unless you are looking for a musket. Sgtar15 There are single-shot rifles which dont have magazines. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 9:22:13 PM EDT
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K98 Mauser in 8mm - $90
1400rds 8mm ammo - $75 Cleaning kit - $7 shooting the thing - priceless [:D] |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 9:34:39 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: MAG FEED Ummmmm, all rifles are mag fed. Unless you are looking for a musket. Sgtar15 There are single-shot rifles which dont have magazines. Point-Counter Point. True Sgtar15 |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 9:43:39 PM EDT
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SKS is a great choice, but so is the Saiga Sporter. Where else can you get a brand-new Russian-made AK rifle in the "true" 7.62 x 39 AK caliber for under $160?
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Posted: 6/6/2003 9:44:15 PM EDT
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Another vote for the SKS here and AIM is selling Albanian SKSs for $99.95!!!!!
I'd get one but I already have one and am saving for an AR10. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 9:51:47 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: MAG FEED Ummmmm, all rifles are mag fed. Unless you are looking for a musket. Sgtar15 There are single-shot rifles which dont have magazines. Point-Counter Point. True Sgtar15 And the Garand is clip fed. I say go with the sks. |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 10:06:40 PM EDT
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Quoted: And the Garand is clip fed. Not true. The garand clip is what you use to laod the mag, it just happens to say in the mag while shooting. Sgtar15 |
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Posted: 6/6/2003 10:31:07 PM EDT
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For a bolt gun, I would look at either an M48 Yugo Mauser or a Finnish M39 in 7.62x54R. In both cases the ammo is cheap, and in the latter case you have a pretty accurate rifle.
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Posted: 6/6/2003 11:36:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: And the Garand is clip fed. Not true. The garand clip is what you use to laod the mag, it just happens to say in the mag while shooting. Sgtar15 How bout hinge action? |
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