How to choose a Fighting Longarm
There seems to be an enormous amount of threads that all have the same basic theme - "which rifle is best for me?" With that in mind - I will attempt to provide a logical way for those that are...
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In theory the M1 Carbine might seem to be lacking as a MBR, but a lot of guys sure used them in battle in WWII, Korea, and many of our Asian allies used them in the 'Nam. That brings me back to "does...
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Can't go wrong with the M1. CMP has them right now (haven't heard they are out yet) 'bout $495 for a rack grade Springfield or H&R. I hear the next batch will come from Korea, and I can't think of...
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I can... Vietnam. The ARVN and CIDG had tens of thousands of them. Hopefully the communists still have a bunch and would be willing to export them. And then there is the Philippines, Taiwan, and...
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I kind of doubt that Charlie will give or sell us any Garands back. I knew a Mong/Moung (sp?) once, CIDG fighter and the M1 was his favorite rifle. When he said "Garand" his eyes got this far away...
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Actually, the problem will be with BATFE and the State Department. The Vietnamese would love nothing more than to establish the sort of trade precedent that sending some 20,000 or so Garands to the US...
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If memory serves me correctly, my CMP Garand was $295....that was some time back for an International Harvester type
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Hello ALL, I have a question? is the 308 verison of the ak be a solutin to the short range of the 7.62x39? my thinking is yes it may not be a moisn thats easly a 600 yrd gun but IMO the 308 ak could...
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.308 16" Saiga rules and is my MBR. Yes, recoil, muzzle flip and concussion (in confined areas) is significant. You can make it work. I recommended one to Bull (and everyone else that will listen.)...
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Why the 16 incher over the 21 for a 308 Saiga? -Sefus
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BlazerM wrote: Hello ALL, I have a question? is the 308 verison of the ak be a solutin to the short range of the 7.62x39? my thinking is yes it may not be a moisn thats easly a 600 yrd gun but IMO the...
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Keep in mind that the range of the 7.62X39mm is pretty solid at 500 meters. Beyond that, finding and identifying the target become more problematic than trajectory, and accuracy of the rifle and...
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I agree with the range/caliber equation Klick, the 7.62X39 should be effective at that distance. But the problem that I am seeing on the line is the Caliber+Rifle+Shooter do not come close to the...
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That's true, that 90% of the time most shooters did not have near as much range as their rifles. 600 meter rifle+100 meter shooter=100 meter rifle. Thanks to Appleseed that's changing. But for...
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I went with 16" just for it to be compact. At the time, I lived in the woods, so limiting its total effective range didn't hurt me that much. Now I live in the desert...My Saiga is very accurate. I...
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