ken_mays

.308 is the 'usual' battle rifle caliber. SCAR, FAL, M1A, HK 91/G3/PTR 91, Tavor 7, and of course the various flavors of AR-10. You should be aware the AR-10 rifles use a variety of designs and will generally not interchange parts outside the brand, like we are used to with the AR-15. I would suggest getting one that uses the SR-25 magazine pattern. The SCAR is probably the lightest of all of them, a bit on the expensive side. It has a reputation for beating older and cheaper optics up. The M1A is a bit obsolescent compared to modern battle rifles. Scope mounting is a bit awkward and the accuracy will generally not be up to the modern competitors, but it's a fun historical rifle to own. Much the same can be said about the FAL. Those tend to be battlefield accurate and nobody is shooting matches with them. Scope mounting is an afterthought as well but it can be done. One thing about the FAL is that its 10 position gas adjustment means that you can get it shooting very soft. That and its storied reputation as the right arm of the free world means it's one of my favorite battle rifles to shoot. The HK91/G3 pattern is similar. Recoil on these is notoriously harsh compared to some of the others, and unless you get a modern clone like the PTRs with the built in optic rail, optic mounting is a kludge. Accuracy is OK but not outstanding, about on a par with the M1A and FAL. The Tavor 7 is a bullpup and has a lot of modern features. Great triggers are possible, optic mounting easy, uses SR-25 magazines, 4 position gas adjustment, and accuracy is fairly good. But bullpups aren't for everyone.

Is that stainless or is it one of the NP3 plated ones? The yellow tint looks just like mine.

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I did show up Sunday for a bit, long enough to see something I had to have. Oh well, I hear having a retirement fund is overrated anyway

I’ve settled on Frankford spray lube for rifle cases. I use One Shot spray for my pistol cases when loading on a progressive press but I find that I have to use too much of it for rifle cases and it’s relatively expensive. The Frankford lube migrates better and I don’t have to use as much. I use a lot of plastic shoebox style containers to store brass and I dump a couple handfuls on the lid and spray over them. A few minutes and they are ready to load.

Would be happy to take the .40 and 30-30 off your hands if you just want to get rid of it :)

I've got a 1076 that I'd let go, DM me if interested

It's a quarterly swap meet that is held at MSSA, for MSSA members only (sadly). It runs all 3 days in the clubhouse but you have to be on premises if you have a gun there for sale. They have a couple dozen tables set up and it's 75% dusty old junk but occasionally something worthwhile can be spotted there. I usually forget about it until the last day when everything's already been picked over.

I agree with the above -- a lot of factory installed red dots are just a way for manufacturers to move sub-par red dot sights. There are a very few RDS that I will spend money on for serious use: Trijicon and Holosun. That's it. Others may be adequate but I like the features and flexibility of the Holosun 507 (fullsize) and 507k (compact). Many others like Leupold Deltapoint and Romeo may be OK but they have features that are annoying or not optimal IMO. The only way I'd accept a 2nd or 3rd tier red dot is if I got it next to nothing and used it only on .22s or range-only guns.

it's really not much worse than a Commander or Government. The key is to get a flush fitting magazine, 126mm, and remove the bulky magwells. I pretty much pull off all my 2011 magwells anyway unless they're an active competition gun.

MSSA has an upcoming swap meet from 9/13/24 to 9/15 for those members who may be interested.

I'd love it, but I'm on the wrong end of the state.