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Posted: 2/24/2005 11:48:59 PM EDT
| I was wondering what the big stink is about Hesse guns. Is it the customer service like with Special Weapons or the actual quality of the receivers? Other than being the biggest mistake I have ever made that didn't involve a stripper, I have not shot mine enough to complain yet. It has the worst condition "refurbished" Portugese hardware I have ever seen, but then I bought it intending to modify it into a US parts, PSG-1 style rifle. I knew it would be more expensive that way, but I thought the $900 starting point was reasonable in the face of the assault weapons ban. With the sunset of the ban, I am wondering if I should go ahead with my mods or ditch the gun (not misuse of the g-word if it gets made into a sniper rifle) at a loss. Please no ranting or raving. |
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Ditch it, start over with a JLD enterprises reciever, have a reputable smith build up your PSG-1 clone from the ground up. It'll save you some money, but still look to spend a lot on it and be waiting for a long time. If you want primo quality, you need an Urbach barrel...about $800 I think - when you can get them that is. Other options are hit and miss when it comes to quality, accuracy, etc... The JLD 24" barrels are not quite heavy or long enough for that real PSG-1 look, but they are good barrels. Also getting rare though. |
So, no saving the Hesse receiver from the fires of Hell? |
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Supposedly the Hesse receivers are not heat treated and are too soft to last as long as they should. I had two of these rifles during the dark days. Both were junk. Poorly welded with uneven seams, tight magazine wells, nasty furniture, etc. Dump it and make something worth hanging on to. |
I think we are missing something really important here! It appears that this fellow lives in California. Today G3's are a big No No! I think considering the circumstances, you are stuck. A Pre-California-Assult-Ban rifle is priceless to the owner. My $.02 is, to send it to a good gun smith and have them go throw the entire rifle and re-finish it. Good luck |
or if it is already registered, you can do whatever you want to it. |
I can visualize the thumbhole stock, but the fixed magazine? Are you thinking similar to the SKS style ones, where the magazine pivots? Would that be legal in CA? If it was fixed, it sure would be hard to load? Through the ejector port? |
A fixed magazine can be defined as a magazine that requires a tool to remove. A bullet tip is considered a tool. So in that sense you can load the magazine and insert normally, the only difference is when you remove it you have to use something other than your bare hand. You can't really load an SKS mag when it's pivoted open. |
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The fixed mag route works on Flip open guns (AR and FAL) but you need a special lower receiver to do so. I sure don't see that as any sort of option on any HK / G-3 type gun! M-U-C-H Easier to pick up someones Thumbhole stock cheap that they are dumping off a Springfield clone now that Pre-Ban can return to most of the rest of the "Free States". Save your good stock (pistol grip and conventional stock) for "Serious Duty Times" and use your thumbhole to pass muster with the Kommosars in the P.R.K. (People's Republik of Kalifornia!) My .02 Cents BIGGER_HAMMER 
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A thumbhole stock is equivalent to a pistol grip under CA definition. |
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