The best PSL rifle ever made?(well almost made)

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combat_master

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Hey everyone,
I am new to the forums. I was pointed here by a friend, because this is one of the more popular firearms forums. This is my almost done custom PSL:

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Yes, that is concept image, but everything is done except the furniture(which is being currently cut). Right now the rifle is functioning, but has no furniture, so not worth taking a picture. The stuff I put into it:

-upgraded strength spring to shoot 174 match loads
-HPBT seirra .311 174 grain match loads(non corrosive of course)
-svd flashider 14X1 LH threaded parkerized to match barrel
-custom cut down trigger assembly; 5 lb single stage pull, no creep.(I had the RSA, but decided to go with something simpler, due to the chance of the adjustment screws in the RSA coming loose)
-repositioned gas tube for handguard(it doesnt do anything but look good)
-FPK receiver which was bent from a flat which i had cut thicker than the normal(i have exact dimensions of PSL/FPK receiver if anyone wants, in pdf file)
-6x24 kalinka PSOP illuminated green
-custom furniture, well parts of it custom
-and a lot of other crap thats probably not worth listing(like polished steel bolt, or 100% working bolt hold open)

The rifle ghetto rigged to a shooting rest, shoots consistent sub-moa groups at 100 yards, and 300 yards, given 5 seconds between shots(with handloads). Wolf gold does sub-moa to 1 Moa. I think the thick receiver stops the whole rifle flexing and bending as seen in stock PSL's. Once I get furniture and a camcorder I will make some range videos or something.

Well the point of this post is to 1. show what nearly $2000 put into a PSL can do, and 2. see if any of you want to buy something(like a stronger spring, or match ammo). I also have an adjustable gas system if you may want, I don't use it since the strong recoil springs do good enough job.
 
Sounds like a neat project. Personally, If I wanted a highly accurate semi-auto on a $2k budget, I'd just buy an Armalite AR-10(T), but that's just me. I kinda got soured on the PSL, traded mine off recently.
 
I spent a total of $1800, but if I were to build the rifle now it would cost me $1300. Thoat extra $500 was spent on renting tools, paying metal fabricator, and trial and error with the gas tube and recoil springs, etc. I wanted a Designated marksmen rifle, and I am accustomed to the SVD and love its ergonomics/scope. I had a tigr carbine it sucked, sold it. Sold my PSG-1 clone because it was way too heavy for Designated marksmen rifle, at 15 lbs, and bought barrett m99. And now this thing. I may work up a short stroke bolt system for it, I have a feeling by the time I am done with this thing it will be an SVD(except for the fact it will use psl mags, I will never pay $100 per mag for SVD/tigr).
 
Yup the price of 7.62x54R is great, although I don't shoot the cheap corrosive stuff. The real performance is in handlaods, then wolf gold, and 7N1(but thats corrosive). The rifle can easily handle corrosive stuff with cleaning, but I'd rather not.
 
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