nsdhanoa

I find the S-308 to be very mild, especially with my ACE stock/recoil pad. The Mosin isn't bad at all if you hold the gun to your shoulder properly. Keep in mind that the length of pull on Mosins is very short. They were designed to fit soldiers wearing many layers of winter clothing, so getting a Limbsaver or other slip on recoil pad will probably make the LOP more suitable to shooting in light clothing anyway.

Yup, I did get a little inspiration from your v.21 and yes, I am still jealous. Someday...

Well then, Michael Moore and I can just agree to dislike each other with a passion. I'm ok with that.

The Saiga 308 is slightly different from the 7.62x39 conversion videos I've seen. For one, mine didn't need shoulder rivets drilled out either. Just had to grind down some spot welds on the cover plate under the trigger guard to remove it. I didn't touch my scope mount either, I just unbolted/unscrewed the factory buttstock and I could get at everything I needed to just fine. To take the FCG pins out I believe you will need to remove the shepherd's crook wire thing that locks them in place, don't just punch them out. IIRC the safety has to be lifted 90 degrees vertical first, to get that out o

It's a Vortex Viper 2-7x with the BDC reticle. Works great. With the 150gr FMJs you just bracket your target between the 2nd and 3rd dots and it is right on at 300y.

Shot extremely well with the cheap American Tactical (Turkish) ammo from the big box store. Relaxing music included for relaxation purposes. I love my local game club, I usually have the whole place to myself.

For what it's worth I would spend the money on a pre modified trigger guard. I tried to re-bend mine to fit the different space between the magwell and pistol grip and I swear they use old armor steel to make these parts. I had put mine in a vise and take a torch to it to get the metal soft enough to bend and it ended up looking funny anyway so I just threw down the money for a kit.

Got mine for $499 at Herb Philipson's in Herkimer. They still had at least one last week when I was up there. Seen them at the Utica store as well.

I have th e UTG 3rd gen and it sits too low to use the iron sights. You can mount the scope on a higher mount but, yeah it will screw with your cheekweld. I think a dogleg style rail is your best bet. I know I've seen at least one with a flip up iron sight or a fixed one built into the rail. Problem is you'll probably end up spending a lot more for a good dogleg rail. edit: TWS dogleg rail $139 Peep sight for TWS rail: $39

$1000 seems like a lot for an AK but it is a bullpup with the benefits that come with that, so I guess it's like comparing apples and oranges. Standard length barrel but a much handier package overall and a completely different control layout, so it's not really the same gun any more. It's pretty much priced in line with the STG-556. I think people who want an AK based bullpup will pay $1K for this. Considering that much money will just get you a base model AR-15 from a decent company I don't think it's too much for an AK with all that work into it.

I think the only difference is that most of the hex receiver guns were made before the war started, so the quality control was much better. Once they started going full swing production for the war, they were just churning out sticks that could go 'bang' as fast as possible. There's no reason you can't get a round receiver gun that is just as good as a hex but on average you're more likely to get a quality hex receiver gun just based on the dates of manufacture. I have a round receiver gun that was made post-war so it is well put together and shoots really nicely. Go here for an explanatio

I'm sure there are plenty of people who will pay $1000 for that. It might look like a lot in total but when you start off with a $400 gun and then add on as time and money permit it doesn't seem like that much. Personally I can't shoot those since I'm left handed. Also, I don't want that much mass reciprocating right next to my face. The first time you get a pierced primer or that dust cover blows off with your face attached to it will probably be the last time you want to shoot it.

Nice shooting Al, gusty winds definitely make things a little more tricky with horizontal stringing. I really appreciate all the range reports. Most of them tell me that these guns were really designed to run well with the cheap Russian steel case ammo, which works out better for cheap bastards like me . Couple of weeks ago we had a calm day here so I ran off to the range to get my Viper 2-7 sighted in Results are in the imgur gallery linked below if you're interested. I took my Marlin 17HMR also, because that tiny bullet can dope the wind better than I can. The first photo is a 2" 9 shot gr

I did the same thing with a 20 gauge brush and Hoppes 9. These things come with a pretty thick coat of cosmoline so they need to be cleaned. I think hot water does a good job of melting the stuff off. Of course these guns were made to take some abuse so don't feel bad working the bolt like you mean it