best caifornia tactical rifle for under 900$

[oldfool]

"The ultimate CA PC-friendly tactical rifle is the Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag with either a low power scope or red-dot installed."

can you use .38spl in a .357mag lever gun?

however for a tactical rifle i say you should use .223 or .762 not pistol rounds.

will 30-30 priece level 2 kevlar?

yes, you can (38sp, 38+P, 357)
me, I never did know what an 'assault weapon' was, but I have heard that a baseball bat works for some folks
worse yet, never could figure out what a NON-tactical firearm was
but almost pretty sure 357 mag out of a carbine barrel will kill a whitetail deer and/or coyote pretty dead inside ~75 yards, though not near as messy dead as 50BMG will

but 50BMG do work better against kevlar than 357 do, pretty sure about that much... but then again the right round in rimfire will go thru kevlar also, so I have heard, maybe depends on the kevlar more than the bullet, so don't go shoot at a whitetail wearing kevlar unless you really know for certain
"run like a wounded deer" don't even come close to "run like an unwounded deer"

 

[ulfrik]

list of california legal tactical semi auto rifles.


-saiga rifle
-mini14
-su16
-m1carbine
-sks
-m1a
-m1garand
-fal with fixed mag
-ar15 with hammerhead grip

did i leave any out?

 

[Sheepdog1968]

For under $900 for CA, I would vote for a mini. At times, I have seen used M1As (even within the last 6 months) go for as low as $1300 on calguns.net website. Keltech also has a semi that is CA friendly but I just don't know enough about it.

 

[ulfrik]

Keltech seems to lite for a fulltime tactical rifle, however it could be good.

the m1a is a good rifle, however its kinda heavy , long and has big rounds(full power). i like intermediate rounds(.223,7.62x39,5.45).
the m1a is still one of the best battle rifles ever.

are these hammerhead grips? or are they some other company with simular grips?
http://lee.org/blog/wp-content/uploa...riflesfull.jpg

 

[lowracer]

are these hammerhead grips? or are they some other company with simular grips?
http://lee.org/blog/wp-content/uploa...riflesfull.jpg

The image is gone but I think you're referring to the California Rifles' U-15 stock. It was a wooden stock that bolted to the pistol grip. Predates the Hammerhead grip by about 3 years or so. They are no longer in production but can be found on the used market in the $175-$200 range..

BTW the word from CA is that the Hammerhead was recently approved by the CA-DOJ Bureau of Firearms. Still waiting official transcripts but there was a recent trial in Tulare County in which the DOJ's assault weapons ID expert testified under oath that a rifle built with a Hammerhead and no prohibited features is not an assault weapon and thus legal in CA.

-Mark