Best CR firearm for current uses - Page 3

ConTender Foot · 12-22-2010, 04:01 PM

I don't really see anything in your criteria that I can't do with a Savage M10 in .308 Win. only better. Better ammo availability plus I can change from a .308 to a .243, 22-250, 7-08, .358 Win, .338 Federal, or even a .257 Roberts in about 10 minutes with just a different barrel and a headspace gauge. If I want to go to a .223 I'll need a bolt face and a follower. Plus it will be more accurate, lighter to carry, and parts can't be cut off by an arbitrary import ban.

You have to remember that the ATF and the State Dept. has the ability to turn the spigot off on all of that cheap surplus 7.62x54R ammo anytime they wish without any kind of congressional approval. Turning about a half a million Mosins into jack handles.

Havoc308 · 12-22-2010, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ConTender Foot

I don't really see anything in your criteria that I can't do with a Savage M10 in .308 Win. only better. Better ammo availability plus I can change from a .308 to a .243, 22-250, 7-08, .358 Win, .338 Federal, or even a .257 Roberts in about 10 minutes with just a different barrel and a headspace gauge. If I want to go to a .223 I'll need a bolt face and a follower. Plus it will be more accurate, lighter to carry, and parts can't be cut off by an arbitrary import ban.

You have to remember that the ATF and the State Dept. has the ability to turn the spigot off on all of that cheap surplus 7.62x54R ammo anytime they wish without any kind of congressional approval. Turning about a half a million Mosins into jack handles.

Of course if you go Mosin, you could still buy enough ammo to flatten out the springs in your pick-up for what they're getting for a Garand or a Springfield these days. Plus a pair of Mosins make a pretty good set of oars for your boat. Hadn't thought about using one as a jack handle though, have to write that one down.....

Rick-a-Roo · 03-18-2011, 10:20 PM

FWIW ~ East German and Russian Makarovs (not the Baikal and Imez dealies with the target sights) are on the C&R list.

Pogo · 03-19-2011, 10:53 AM

I bought my Makarov for under $100 several years ago. I've carried it more than I've shot. Nice little hideout gun.

RTO · 03-19-2011, 04:03 PM

I keep one EG Mak in my truck for carry and another EG Mak at bedside. I've put a lot rounds through both of them.

I didn't get as good a deal as Pogo but if I were to sell them I would make money. I don't believe that I'll ever sell them though.

Glock AK47son · 08-17-2011, 08:13 PM

Hunting:
Garand
Johnson
FN49
Hakim
Lee-Enfield
MMauser
!917 Enfield
Mosin-Nagant
SKS.

Self defense:
Walther P1B
CZ82
Makarov
SKS
M1 Carbine
Garand
FN49
Johnson

12-22-2010, 04:01 PM	#31
ConTender Foot Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,234	I don't really see anything in your criteria that I can't do with a Savage M10 in .308 Win. only better. Better ammo availability plus I can change from a .308 to a .243, 22-250, 7-08, .358 Win, .338 Federal, or even a .257 Roberts in about 10 minutes with just a different barrel and a headspace gauge. If I want to go to a .223 I'll need a bolt face and a follower. Plus it will be more accurate, lighter to carry, and parts can't be cut off by an arbitrary import ban. You have to remember that the ATF and the State Dept. has the ability to turn the spigot off on all of that cheap surplus 7.62x54R ammo anytime they wish without any kind of congressional approval. Turning about a half a million Mosins into jack handles. __________________

03-18-2011, 10:20 PM	#33
Rick-a-Roo Gaw' Blimey Limey Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Round behind the sleazy bars of Telephone Road Posts: 25,891	FWIW ~ East German and Russian Makarovs (not the Baikal and Imez dealies with the target sights) are on the C&R list. __________________ zulu6 out

03-19-2011, 10:53 AM	#34
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,980	I bought my Makarov for under $100 several years ago. I've carried it more than I've shot. Nice little hideout gun. __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

03-19-2011, 04:03 PM	#35
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,581	I keep one EG Mak in my truck for carry and another EG Mak at bedside. I've put a lot rounds through both of them. I didn't get as good a deal as Pogo but if I were to sell them I would make money. I don't believe that I'll ever sell them though. __________________ 3 Make America Like Florida

08-17-2011, 08:13 PM	#36
Glock AK47son Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: West by God and the Mini14 Virginia Posts: 275	Hunting: Garand Johnson FN49 Hakim Lee-Enfield MMauser !917 Enfield Mosin-Nagant SKS. Self defense: Walther P1B CZ82 Makarov SKS M1 Carbine Garand FN49 Johnson