Recent content by Magnum88C

When I bought my DPMS A2 a few years ago, they said all of their military-style models (i.e. not their target rifles) were chrome lined and chambered for 5.56mm. Mine was both, but I also ordered it special to get a 1:8 twist rate, so I don't know if the standard models have those features or...

Figure out what you REALLY want. Then figure out what you REALLY need to do what you want. IMO, "all-round" means capable of fighting, which means semi auto. "all-round" also says "full power" to me. The best that satisfy both criteria, from highest cost to lowest are the M1A, FAL, PSL...

Were you shooting it with the batonet attached? Most Russian Mosins were sighted in with the bayonet attached (or extended with the M44), and they will shoot to one side if it is not attached. Try it with the bayonet attached. If that fixes the problem and you don't want to shoot with the...

Wolf and Wolf Gold are not made by the same people. Wolf is made in Russia. Wolf Gold is made by Prvi Partisan, and is very good stuff. Winchester is S&B ammo with a different headstamp. 7.62x54R will most certainly take deer, and anything else a .30'06 will take, as they are in the same...

That's simply a war-expedient receiver. They didn't bother buffing and polishing it, they just finished the important parts and got it to the front as fast as possible.

Some are, some aren't. Even Mosins. I've got a pair of 1946 M44s that look better than any factoryrifle I've seen in several years. But then again, one of my best shooters is a counterbored Romanian that was dropped a heck of a lot more than one time. Well, since this was in reference to...

What annoys me about these guns is that they don't come in what I consider the most versatile package: .22LR over 12 ga. I know, people probably think it'd be weird having this tiny barrel ove the huge scattergun tube, but let's face it, it's more versatile. You can shoot the entire range of...

Fact is, for deer and elk, it doesn't matter. There's almost no difference between the two with equal weight bullets, and what little difference there is is meaningless. Yes, the .270 shoots a little flatter. . .how little? Glad you asked. A whopping 2" at 500 yards with a 200 yard...

The big aperture sight is set for 300 meters, the lowest setting ont he Mk1 and Mk3 peep sights is 200 meters. These weren't meant for precision, they were meant for "put the sights on the guy's belly button and drill him". No, I think you mean the .308 and .30'06 are very similar, and they...

Marlin 1895 in .45-70. Give it a one-piece firing pin, big loop lever (Rocky Mountains + Winter = Gloves), Bearproof extractor and trigger happy kit (this also happens to be the configuration my 1895 is already in). Although this is the rifle forum, I'll add that I'd also carry my Ruger...

Just to beat on this a bit more. I hunt with an L1A1. . .a lot. It's not a "watered down replica". The L1A1 has always been a semi auto, the L2A1 and FAL were full auto. So I'm not a wannabe because my rifle is in full trim? I hate to burst any bubbles but there's more reasons than...

I will say that every time that I have been shot at in the woods it's been some guy with a Remchester/Savage, etc, not someone with an AK/AR/FAL, so the idea that such people know how to hunt safely more than guys with AKs or ARs doesn't get it with me. It's not exactly uncommon to see...

The FAL. More reliable, mags are far cheaper, although IIRC the rifle is a lot more expensive than the DPMS.

Six in one, half dozen in the other. There is really no meaningful difference between the two. Pick the one you like best. The only real advantage I've seen in the '06's favor is that most places will have more of it and more variety of it in stock than the .308. If you don't shoot milsurp...

I understand your point, Gustav, but the cuts the Finns made are not what keeps the rims from locking, it's the interrupter. It;'s the little metal piece that pops out and keep the top round in the magazine separate from the ones below it. If the interrputer is functioning, the rounds CANNOT...