UK-legal silenced AR

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They do the same thing with Saiga rifles in the UK, straight pull bolt rifle.

http://www.rusmilitary.com/html/c-special_offer.htm

Brand new Saiga M4 (fixed buttstock) and Saiga M3 (folding buttstock) rifles are civilian versions of Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifle, manufactured by legendary IZHMASH factory. The AK-103 features all-black polymer (or laminated wood) furniture with fixed buttstock - the early AK-74 look-alike or black plastic (or laminated wood) foregrips & skeleton folding stock - Afghanistan-era AKS-74 look-alike. In accordance with the UK law requirements, this rifle was manufactured as a straight pull / single shot rifle with magazine capacity of 10 rounds, convertable into 30 rounds. Our package includes: two 10-round in 30-round body polymer magazines, canvas sling, cleaning accessories kit, cleaning rod and manuals in English
 
Thanks Fosbery, I'll check those guys out. It's unlikely I'll buy one of their rifles though, at almost £900 before optional extras :eek:
 
Federal .223 is about $16 per hundred in your money but better stuff can get up to $21, $25 etc. Milsurp ammo is closer to $7 per hundred.
 
$7 per hundred.
You mean £? About the cheapest I can find is $18(about £9.50) per hundred, and that's if I buy steel cased ammo by the 1000rnd case.
 
Group buy anyone? At rates like that, it might be worth the transatlantic freight costs.

At $7 per 100 it is definitely worth the freight costs; but is it worth the import/export licensing, paperwork and hassle costs? Cheapest brass cased 55gr FMJ I have found is Remington UMC for $27 per 100, followed by Federal AE223 at $32 per 100. $7 per 100 surplus and less hassle for suppressors. I never thought I would be envying shooters in the UK ;)
 
Whoops! I completely did my conversions wrong. Instead of doubling the number (from sterling to dollars) I halved it!

Surplus ammo is infact $28.

Sorry! :eek:
 
That was cool!

I am really impressed with how fast you can work that action. What an interesting way to obey the law and yet still have a very fast cyclic rate. I think a shooter would be more accurate, and also more deadly, running through a magazine in this method than just pulling the trigger as fast as possible.

It's sad that the laws on suppressors here in the States are the way they are. I was at the local Spring machine gun shoot here and a guy had a suppressed M16 that sounded exactly like that, very neat! Thanks for sharing!

I enjoy these posts from the UK shooters, you guys certainly are a clever bunch with the way you navigate through all those crippling laws. Keep up the good work, and keep those cool videos coming!
 
Even at that price it is very cheap.

Ammo around here in France is about $28 for 20 for milsurp.
Now if I could only figure out how to move ammo across the channel it would be fun...

Maybe an ammo cruise... like the booze cruise in reverse?
 
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