E. German Steyr SSG82 "Wall Rifle": Should I or shouldn't I?
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Tamara
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Bergeron
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So it's not a Styer, big deal.
It's still pretty cool.
And, ya know, Iwannacoolgun.
C'mon El Tejon say it with me, you'll feel better.
Iwannacoolgun...
Iwannacoolgun...
IWANNACOOLGUN!
There, I feel better now.
It's still pretty cool.
And, ya know, Iwannacoolgun.
C'mon El Tejon say it with me, you'll feel better.
Iwannacoolgun...
Iwannacoolgun...
IWANNACOOLGUN!
There, I feel better now.
Byron Quick
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Responsible Byron has been held captive in an underground bunker by Outer Five Year-Old Byron for about four decades. The prospects for escape or rescue are very low.
Three reasons:
1) My bills are paid and responsibilities met.
2) I wanted it.
3) It's my money.
Next question?
Marko Kloos
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Same reason why people spend $900 on a fiberglass hood for their truck, or $900 on a medieval outfit and a rapier for SCA: because they can, because it's fun, and because the best thing about being an adult is that your toy budget greatly increases.
Tamara
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Several predictions come true:
Finally dragged the SSG82 to a real rifle range (the 200-yd benchrest range at ORSA for you E. Tennesseeans) to do something other than shoot soda cans in the back yard with it.
Had two types of ammo, both steel-cased Russkie garbage (Oh, yeah? Well you try and find anything else in 5.45x39 for sale!). One was ball, one was soft-point "hunting ammo".
Fired a few rounds of the soft-point stuff. Boy, did it make the bolt sticky.
On the third round, as predicted on page one of this thread, the bolt wouldn't open. Handed the rifle to rennaissancemann, whose forearms are as big as my lower legs. With a massive *grunt*, he levered the bolt open. The case didn't extract. Hmmm... Go down and pester the two older guys shooting at the far end. The guy shooting the engraved Schuetzen-style rifle on the Martini action hands me a .22 rod. I wander back down to my station and give the thing a couple of half-hearted taps down the bore. Nada. The guy shooting next to him says "Hang on, my truck has two things always in it: a steering wheel and a .22 rod." He comes down to my station, and with me holding the rifle upright with its buttplate on the ground, gives it a few vigorous whacks down the barrel, popping the case loose. After he went back to shooting (amidst my profuse thanks) I examined the boltface. Sure enough, the extractor was a goner. Oh, well... I popped the smallest screwdriver blade out on my Leatherman to serve as an impromptu extractor, and sat down to shoot my single shot rifle.
I abandoned the softpoint "hunting ammo" as it seemed to disagree (rather violently) with this rifle and went to shooting the ball stuff. It was a little high at 100-yards, so without touching the scope, at the next cold range, I wandered out to the 200-yard targets to see if anyone had left an old one up that I could make use of. Sure enough, there was a pristine sight-in target hanging there. When the line went hot again, I popped five FMJ rounds at it off the bench, and was rewarded with a 4" group centered some 2" right of the bull. Not bad for crap steel-case milspec ammo.
I'll drag the bolt to work tomorrow and hold our 'smith hostage 'til he whittles me up a new extractor, I think. This is one fun shootin' iron.
Finally dragged the SSG82 to a real rifle range (the 200-yd benchrest range at ORSA for you E. Tennesseeans) to do something other than shoot soda cans in the back yard with it.
Had two types of ammo, both steel-cased Russkie garbage (Oh, yeah? Well you try and find anything else in 5.45x39 for sale!). One was ball, one was soft-point "hunting ammo".
Fired a few rounds of the soft-point stuff. Boy, did it make the bolt sticky.
On the third round, as predicted on page one of this thread, the bolt wouldn't open. Handed the rifle to rennaissancemann, whose forearms are as big as my lower legs. With a massive *grunt*, he levered the bolt open. The case didn't extract. Hmmm... Go down and pester the two older guys shooting at the far end. The guy shooting the engraved Schuetzen-style rifle on the Martini action hands me a .22 rod. I wander back down to my station and give the thing a couple of half-hearted taps down the bore. Nada. The guy shooting next to him says "Hang on, my truck has two things always in it: a steering wheel and a .22 rod." He comes down to my station, and with me holding the rifle upright with its buttplate on the ground, gives it a few vigorous whacks down the barrel, popping the case loose. After he went back to shooting (amidst my profuse thanks) I examined the boltface. Sure enough, the extractor was a goner. Oh, well... I popped the smallest screwdriver blade out on my Leatherman to serve as an impromptu extractor, and sat down to shoot my single shot rifle.I abandoned the softpoint "hunting ammo" as it seemed to disagree (rather violently) with this rifle and went to shooting the ball stuff. It was a little high at 100-yards, so without touching the scope, at the next cold range, I wandered out to the 200-yard targets to see if anyone had left an old one up that I could make use of. Sure enough, there was a pristine sight-in target hanging there. When the line went hot again, I popped five FMJ rounds at it off the bench, and was rewarded with a 4" group centered some 2" right of the bull. Not bad for crap steel-case milspec ammo.
I'll drag the bolt to work tomorrow and hold our 'smith hostage 'til he whittles me up a new extractor, I think. This is one fun shootin' iron.
Cool breeze, Tamara! I recently shot my Steyr 376 Scout with Hornady ammo. 2" at 100 yds. The cross hairs about cover the bull but shoot it shore aims and shoots right nice.
PS: Shot Grizzly 44 Mag also. That puppy, a 1911 on steroids, is schweet!
I recently shot my Steyr 376 Scout with Hornady ammo. 2" at 100 yds. The cross hairs about cover the bull but shoot it shore aims and shoots right nice. PS: Shot Grizzly 44 Mag also. That puppy, a 1911 on steroids, is schweet!
"Watched Ronin last night, then zipped across town today in my BMW roadster with Just A Job To Do by Genesis on the stereo and a Springfield Professional on my hip to go to a rendezvous in a rainy parking lot to pick up my East German sniper rifle. Sometimes, life is pretty durn cool."
Tee hee.
Yeah, you have TSR books, BUT do you still have the original Monster Manual, Monster Manual II, Player's Handbook, and Dungeon Master's Guide from D&D? How big of a geek am I? Lol.
For that matter, why would anyone pay $1,000.00+ for air rifles that look like (god forbid) air rifles? Because as the Nuge might say, they KICK MAXIMUM A$$! As does your rifle, Tam. Scope comes standard then eh? What's the difference in your $900 one and that $2225 one on the auction? Hopefully none for your sake. But Tam, just think, if you turned around and sold yours for $2225, that would buy you your AR AND how many run-of-the-mill milsurps?
Also, re the 5.45x39, look here (current discussion):
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=41407
Tee hee.
Yeah, you have TSR books, BUT do you still have the original Monster Manual, Monster Manual II, Player's Handbook, and Dungeon Master's Guide from D&D?
How big of a geek am I? Lol.For that matter, why would anyone pay $1,000.00+ for air rifles that look like (god forbid) air rifles? Because as the Nuge might say, they KICK MAXIMUM A$$! As does your rifle, Tam. Scope comes standard then eh? What's the difference in your $900 one and that $2225 one on the auction? Hopefully none for your sake. But Tam, just think, if you turned around and sold yours for $2225, that would buy you your AR AND how many run-of-the-mill milsurps?
Also, re the 5.45x39, look here (current discussion):
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=41407
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