Festus Hagen

Ah yes, the time-honored "lubrication and relaxation" technique. I feel your pain, brother.

Shown with a few of my other low-buck toys. Winchester Ranger 120 I've had since maybe 1984, and a Mossberg 702. Why do people put knives in their gun pictures? My Mora is the best I got...

SOPMOD has his bases covered pretty well methinks. I ordered the x39 because I figure it's the best compromise. Cheap ammo, heavy enough to legally hunt deer anywhere I can think of that allows rifles, not so heavy that you can't carry a decent amount. Also, where I live, long shots are the exception rather than the rule- if I lived in the flatlands somewhere I might be singing a different tune. I do have some experience with a .308 winchester, and it is a wonderful thing indeed. The 12 is the last of his list that I'd buy, not because it wouldn't ROCK, but because I already have a

Saiga on order for me 7.62x39 $250. Should be about a week. Thanks for the head's up on Collector.

I was in there again today (yep, they have limited Sunday hours now). One of the WASR-10's has better wood, the other has straighter sights. Both priced the same. Also had a short stack of Yugo SKS rifles, prices between $259 and $279, all complete with 'nade launchers and nice looking bayonets. The wood on these is disturbingly sticky :-0 I asked about Saigas in 7.62x39, they said they recently sold their last one but could probably order one. They said I should call on Tuesday to ask about price and availability, figured it would be about $280 which sounds more than reasonable.

Well the WASR-10 was $379 or $389. SKSs varied from $259 to $279 or so. They had a neat Ruger .44 mag semi-auto carbine for $500 (however I'd rather have a pistol in rifle caliber, than a rifle in pistol caliber). A couple Hi-Point 9mm carbines for around $180 IIRC. Bunch of old milsurp bolt stuff from around $100 to $200+ (I'm not against the idea of buying a Mosin-Nagant now and ordering a Saiga, actually... ) As far as ammo goes, I didn't look too close at the rifle stuff but I bought two boxes of Aguila Mini-shells (20 rounds each) for $10 a box (cheaper than I've ever seen them on

Well Albany county is kinda big. Could start with the name of a shop?

I didn't catch names, but there was a guy working in there, big fella with I think reddish hair and a goatee? Was packing at least two sidearms. Overheard his conversation with another customer and he generally seemed like good people.

Nice shop Bvamp, and not too long a drive, thanks! No Saigas in stock. They did have some AKs though, WASR-10 that were reasonably priced. Might "pull the trigger" on one of those, for my purposes it would do fine and actually save me money I bet (no need to change the stock). Opinions?

Hi there, first post. Looking to buy a Saiga in 7.62. I live in Eastern New York not far north of Westchester County. Need a companion for my 12 gauge, something a bit better suited to medium range. Local dealer doesn't have one in stock but says he can get them. He didn't look it up but said it should be around $360 which strikes me as a bit rich for this particular weapon. Any suggestions for particular shops? Address and/or website would be helpful. Or should I just pay my local guy? (I do like having him nearby for when I need something...) I don't mind a drive Th