What guns do you consider a poor man's version of something else. It doesn't have to be insulting mind you.
I'll give a few examples that have been sticking in my mind.
I always considered the SKS a poor man's M1 garand. It is similar enough that the shooter can get a general feel of how an M1 would feel like to shoot. If you didn't have the money to buy a real M1 and feed it the more expensive 30.06 ammo, you could fool yourself with a SKS and shoot cheaper, less powerful ammo. It is not a clone but is an inexpensive way to at least pretend if you wanted to. The SKS is a great rifle in it's own right but it always reminded me of a economy Garand for some reason.
The CZ-52 is very loosely a poor man's Auto-Mag. It is a more powerful cartridge than normal and it can really punch holes in things. I have never fired an Automag so I may be way off course but that is what the CZ-52 makes me think of.
I'll give a few examples that have been sticking in my mind.
I always considered the SKS a poor man's M1 garand. It is similar enough that the shooter can get a general feel of how an M1 would feel like to shoot. If you didn't have the money to buy a real M1 and feed it the more expensive 30.06 ammo, you could fool yourself with a SKS and shoot cheaper, less powerful ammo. It is not a clone but is an inexpensive way to at least pretend if you wanted to. The SKS is a great rifle in it's own right but it always reminded me of a economy Garand for some reason.
The CZ-52 is very loosely a poor man's Auto-Mag. It is a more powerful cartridge than normal and it can really punch holes in things. I have never fired an Automag so I may be way off course but that is what the CZ-52 makes me think of.