OK folks, the rifle will be revealed at the end.....
As it turns out, my dealer had 150$ of my money from a previous deal, but she gives no refunds, so I had to buy through her. She just got some new catalogues from distributors, and I basically had the choices we've discussed before, namely a milsurp WW2 rifle, a saiga, any of the single shots, or a cheap used lever action.
The milsurps didn't seem right for me. I am not a historian or a museum curator, and though I respect accuracy, I do not respect ammo prices, ESCPECIALLY for the K31! Most of the other older (?) cartridges, e.g. 8mm are a little too 'wierd' for me.
The lever actions I was choosing from were over my price limit. They were mostly winchester's, new condition in .30-.30, a cartridge which I found out is also INSANELY expensive.
The single shots tugged at me night and day. That Rossi deal for a 223/20ga combo almost got me. As did the survivor thumbhole in 308. In fact teh survivor was my choice, and they were out of stock.
So I picked up a saiga in 223 for 250$. This is a GREAT price considerring 150$ of it was stuck in my dealer's pocket anyway for some while now.
So my 200$ rifle in fact cost me 100$, leaving me money enough to make my hi-cap WASR really really evil, and providing nice amounts of winchester varmint ammo for my new saiga.
This has probably been asked before..... but the most accurate round and scope for my new saiga is??????
As it turns out, my dealer had 150$ of my money from a previous deal, but she gives no refunds, so I had to buy through her. She just got some new catalogues from distributors, and I basically had the choices we've discussed before, namely a milsurp WW2 rifle, a saiga, any of the single shots, or a cheap used lever action.
The milsurps didn't seem right for me. I am not a historian or a museum curator, and though I respect accuracy, I do not respect ammo prices, ESCPECIALLY for the K31! Most of the other older (?) cartridges, e.g. 8mm are a little too 'wierd' for me.
The lever actions I was choosing from were over my price limit. They were mostly winchester's, new condition in .30-.30, a cartridge which I found out is also INSANELY expensive.
The single shots tugged at me night and day. That Rossi deal for a 223/20ga combo almost got me. As did the survivor thumbhole in 308. In fact teh survivor was my choice, and they were out of stock.
So I picked up a saiga in 223 for 250$. This is a GREAT price considerring 150$ of it was stuck in my dealer's pocket anyway for some while now.
So my 200$ rifle in fact cost me 100$, leaving me money enough to make my hi-cap WASR really really evil, and providing nice amounts of winchester varmint ammo for my new saiga.
This has probably been asked before..... but the most accurate round and scope for my new saiga is??????
