Well, it's a bit of a mini review right now. Only shot about 80 rounds through it so far.
With one of the S&W MP15 rifles I just bought, they all arrived the same day!
On it's own
My curiosity about this rifle got the best of me, so I ordered one up from Nechako Outdoors. In typical fashion I ordered it on the weekend and it showed up on Wednesday, fast shipping.
I was hoping to throw some spare iron sights on the top rail and then try it with a scope. I got the delivered notification this morning, so i tossed a spare Leupold scope in the truck, dropped by PO and picked up the rifle, intending to mount the scope at the range. Except I had grabbed some spare 30mm Vortex rings instead of the 1" rings I actually needed. Ok, let's throw on those BUIS that came with the Tavor that I took off when I mounted the red dot on it...
Those went on fine, but I ran out of adjustment for elevation before I got it hitting well for a 6 o'clock hold. Basically if I took a head shot hold it would drop into the mid chest area if shooting at a silhouette target. I wasn't, I was shooting at gongs, so just held high and I seemed to hit often enough. I'm sure there are a set of BUIS that will work for this rifle, but I think it would really shine with the red dot for a fast shooting high volume 150-200m plinker.
I'll find some rings and get a scope mounted pretty soon. And I'll look into a keymod adapter to mount a bipod, I've only used Mlock and regular picatinny.
So how is it? Well, it ran fine, with a variety of magazines except Elander mags which can be temperamental anyway in my experience. Felt somewhat "ARish" to shoot. Mag release is awkward with trigger finger of course, I think if I wanted to change mags fast I would figure out a system with my left hand. I think you could get pretty fast.
It's certainly heavier and not as nicely balanced as an AR, but it felt no heavier than a factory SKS to me, maybe a bit lighter.
To begin with, I like AR15's more than this rifle. Actually I like AR's more than most semi auto rifles. But AR's are also restricted, so they don't work for everyone. If you want a solid rifle that shoots cheap ammo, uses 10 round pistol mags and it's easy to mount a scope or red dot to it, then you should like this rifle. Another plus is a cleaner look rather than the "cobbled togethher" look of some SKS's with gadgets attached. I might have preferred a front handguard made out of some sort of plastic to give it a little less weight, but I'm sure some people would want the aluminum for strength. The trigger is really nice, too. I don't know if they worked on them but it seemed very smooth. Overall, I enjoyed shooting this rifle and I think others would too.
Under a Hi Caliber built SKS with Archangel stock, mag adapter and rail
This pic is somewhat of a comparison of 2 ways to get to similar results. The top SKS has a mag adapter, Archangel adjustable stock and top rail. It ends up being more expensive than the SKS-15, and I think the ergonomics for offhand shooting go to the -15. Another nice aspect is not having to replace the roll pin on the front of the top rail, although that may not be an issue for lower volume shooters. Soon I will find out which one I like best for scope shooting. I'm curious to see what sort of accuracy it gets.
That's it for now....
With one of the S&W MP15 rifles I just bought, they all arrived the same day!
On it's own
My curiosity about this rifle got the best of me, so I ordered one up from Nechako Outdoors. In typical fashion I ordered it on the weekend and it showed up on Wednesday, fast shipping.
I was hoping to throw some spare iron sights on the top rail and then try it with a scope. I got the delivered notification this morning, so i tossed a spare Leupold scope in the truck, dropped by PO and picked up the rifle, intending to mount the scope at the range. Except I had grabbed some spare 30mm Vortex rings instead of the 1" rings I actually needed. Ok, let's throw on those BUIS that came with the Tavor that I took off when I mounted the red dot on it...
Those went on fine, but I ran out of adjustment for elevation before I got it hitting well for a 6 o'clock hold. Basically if I took a head shot hold it would drop into the mid chest area if shooting at a silhouette target. I wasn't, I was shooting at gongs, so just held high and I seemed to hit often enough. I'm sure there are a set of BUIS that will work for this rifle, but I think it would really shine with the red dot for a fast shooting high volume 150-200m plinker.
I'll find some rings and get a scope mounted pretty soon. And I'll look into a keymod adapter to mount a bipod, I've only used Mlock and regular picatinny.
So how is it? Well, it ran fine, with a variety of magazines except Elander mags which can be temperamental anyway in my experience. Felt somewhat "ARish" to shoot. Mag release is awkward with trigger finger of course, I think if I wanted to change mags fast I would figure out a system with my left hand. I think you could get pretty fast.
It's certainly heavier and not as nicely balanced as an AR, but it felt no heavier than a factory SKS to me, maybe a bit lighter.
To begin with, I like AR15's more than this rifle. Actually I like AR's more than most semi auto rifles. But AR's are also restricted, so they don't work for everyone. If you want a solid rifle that shoots cheap ammo, uses 10 round pistol mags and it's easy to mount a scope or red dot to it, then you should like this rifle. Another plus is a cleaner look rather than the "cobbled togethher" look of some SKS's with gadgets attached. I might have preferred a front handguard made out of some sort of plastic to give it a little less weight, but I'm sure some people would want the aluminum for strength. The trigger is really nice, too. I don't know if they worked on them but it seemed very smooth. Overall, I enjoyed shooting this rifle and I think others would too.
Under a Hi Caliber built SKS with Archangel stock, mag adapter and rail
This pic is somewhat of a comparison of 2 ways to get to similar results. The top SKS has a mag adapter, Archangel adjustable stock and top rail. It ends up being more expensive than the SKS-15, and I think the ergonomics for offhand shooting go to the -15. Another nice aspect is not having to replace the roll pin on the front of the top rail, although that may not be an issue for lower volume shooters. Soon I will find out which one I like best for scope shooting. I'm curious to see what sort of accuracy it gets.
That's it for now....
) this is the closest we Canadians can have to an AR-ish non-restricted black rifle (AR180-B's notwithstanding).
