Range toy?

[Vicious-Peanut]

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to choose a range toy this summer and the FAL struck me a great purchase especially if a Dem. gets into office, however for what a FAL cost (and .308) I could get two or three other firearms. What are some of you guy's favorite rifles to shoot at the range or just have fun shooting?

 

[Deer Hunter]

I shoot all my rifles, but I really like my Saiga .223. My FAL goes to the range with me as well, I have more ammunition for that gun. But a Mosin will always go with me.

 

[Vicious-Peanut]

I should mention that I have a .223 carbine, a 91/30 and a .22 among others.

My current maybe list is -

24/47 Mauser
Hi-Point 995
CZ-82

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

Think hard before you buy, FALs are tons of fun:

 

[Deer Hunter]

Well then I think a FAL would fit into there very nicely.

 

[Vicious-Peanut]

I know it, I really want to buy a FAL, but letting go of that much money on one firearm is tough for a college kid!

 

[Deer Hunter]

I did it when I was in high school. I don't regret it a bit, man. Listen, if you want a DSA-quality FAL for a few hundred dollars less than their SA series, look at their STG58 line. I bought mine straight from DSA for $880, shipped.

 

[Vicious-Peanut]

Really, $880, hmm best I've seen was $1050, I guess prices have gone up as they have on everything else.

 

[Deer Hunter]

Are you looking at prices on their website? They were advertised at over 1k when I bought from them too.

 

[Avenger29]

Either get the FAL, or get a few Saigas.

I'd get one in 12 gauge (likely to be a destructive device come next ban!), .308, and 7.62x39. If ya can't kill it with those three calibers...

The 12 gauge will set you back $450, the 7.62x39 around $270, and I figure the .308 will be around $300. You can convert and buy mags, too.

I think I am going to pick up a .308 Saiga, and a bunch of FBMG or Surefire mags- you could get a lot for what a FAL costs (the FAL is still a fine rifle, of course). Don't forget the compliance parts, though.

 

[USSR]

Quality trumps quantity for me. I'd rather have my DSA Stg-58, than half-a-dozen $200 cheapies.

Don

 

[Deer Hunter]

The Saiga's no slouch, USSR. If the Saigas had been in this country when I was drooling over an STG58, I may have bought a few instead of the FAL.

But I am extremely happy with my FAL either way.

 

[Avenger29]

Now, the Saigas, while affordable, are far from "cheapies"- they are good quality guns.

He wants several guns if he's paying that price...Saigas are a great value, particularly for expanding your rifle battery...they've got calibers to cover everything...

Now, they just need a .22 that uses 10/22 mags. THEN we'd be sitting pretty...

 

[Vaarok]

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/programming/expand.asp?Prodid=372

FAL, cheap to shoot. You asked.

That said, you could also get a GSG .22 cal MP-5 thinger, a PPS-50, an Erma EM-1 carbine, a Military Gun Supply PPSH-41 semiauto, or a 9mm AR upper.

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

Are you looking at prices on their website? They were advertised at over 1k when I bought from them too.

If you order direct from DSA they give you dealer pricing.