silvermane_1
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Well saiga308 Hakims are interesting rifles, @ $850 I would say buy if you get to properly "fondle" it first , the only downside would be 8mm Mauser not being cheap or ubiquitous as it once was.
Perhaps, but even the gentleman in the video uses it as a charging handle several times. Also, it may be possible to manipulate the dust cover and bolt quite easily when the hammer is cocked but I defy anyone to charge a Hakim with the hammer down using only those little serrations......
fedarm got steel case new ammo for 29 cents each
https://fedarm.com/product/fedarm-7-92x57-js-197-gr-fmjsc-steel-core-8mm-mauser/
theres a lot of old Corrosive surplus brass for 30 cents a round hitting the market
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https://www.outdoorlimited.com/rifl...l-metal-jacket-lead-core-brick-of-300-rounds/
Ya, I learned my lesson with surplus '40s Turk 8mm. Looked ok on the outside, but fully half were misfires and my poor Mauser was covered in rust BY THE TIME I GOT HOME FROM THE RANGE!Great stuff if you like click....tick.....tock....tick....tock.....bang....maybe.
Then cleaning corrosive in an automatic.....sorry I am far too lazy.
Just reload for it.....I already reload for the G43, so why would I want to bother with corrosive in anything.....same with 54R....reload already, PSL and SVT....I still have spam cans sitting....every once and a while I go....you know I should shoot that stuff.....then I sober up and go why.
It is not accurate.....think minute of basketball (at best) to minute of softball with most modern loads, or minute of baseball at best with my home rolled.....so why shoot this corrosive stuff....it is just noise. I am not going to hit pop bottles at 100 with them like I can with the others.
What is your point in shooting....to put little holes where you want them....or to make noise. Don't get me wrong making noise can be fun....but it does get old pretty quick.....now the little holes where you want them....that is very different.
Dont believe they ever made Hakims in .30-06, just 8mm Mauser (although the Ljungman was in 6.5 Swede).I too wish I had bought one when they first came out. However if my memory doesn't fail me the ones I saw were in 30-06 not 8 mm Mauser.
Don't you mean Garand thumb there troy fairweather?
Ya, I learned my lesson with surplus '40s Turk 8mm. Looked ok on the outside, but fully half were misfires and my poor Mauser was covered in rust BY THE TIME I GOT HOME FROM THE RANGE!
Never again.
Of course, that incident gave me the push to dump all my weird milsurp chamberings. Got a .308 Mauser and .410 Enfield now. Dont miss the Carcano at all. Kept the Arisaka, but dont ever plan on shooting it again. Sold the Mosin, dont miss it. All the others are good ol' USGI.
Might pick up some of those Keystone .22 mini-milsurps if that bug strikes again.
SVT was so far ahead of the garand it is not even funny.....real detachable mag...yea that never really became standard did it.....adjustable gas system....yea....with soviet ammo I can get that.That's why you always charge of with the lever. If done right it can be pretty fast. I miss the svt40 and dragonof dad had.