Mumbles Marble Mouth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Lower Mainland
So I go for a drive out of town, and while I'm out of town, I like to stop at my favorite fishing and sporting goods store, Gone Fishing, to restock and things such as ammo, cleaning patches, cleaning chemicals and oil. I have this very bad.... good.... bad.... maybe good? habit of checking out what they've got on the shelf before buying what I originally came for. I happen to notice a Tavor on the shelf but on the opposite side, so I circle around and bamm! There is it, a Type 97. omg omg omg omg, little kid in a candy store. Long story short, that Type 97 came home with me and I didn't get what I originally came for.
Here it is, with a long mag and short mag. What do you guys think looks better? Long or short? I kind of like it better with the short mag. The rifle in pictures is very deceiving. You look at it and think its going to be this light, ####ty, chinese made sporting rifle but when you pick it up, holy crap its got weight to it. The polymer is thick and nothing is loose. It just feels like a well built sold piece. I have heard everyone is complaining about the location of the mag release but like the guy at Gone Fishing told me, just use your right hand to change mags. Its actually not that hard at all if you tilt the rifle and use your right hand. Guess you got to be somewhat adaptive with this rifle.
The rifle is a lot smaller than I though it was going to be. I knew it was going to be small but not like briefcase small. Here is a picture of the Type 97 with a 5.56 Vz 58.
Does anyone else hear propaganda coming from your Type 97? I'm hearing things like, "You will help build China's Empire." and "You fight for China."
Can't wait to try it out. Probably next week. Until then, I'll continue listening to its propaganda, read the broken English instructions manual, and eat Chinese braised beef brisket.
Here it is, with a long mag and short mag. What do you guys think looks better? Long or short? I kind of like it better with the short mag. The rifle in pictures is very deceiving. You look at it and think its going to be this light, ####ty, chinese made sporting rifle but when you pick it up, holy crap its got weight to it. The polymer is thick and nothing is loose. It just feels like a well built sold piece. I have heard everyone is complaining about the location of the mag release but like the guy at Gone Fishing told me, just use your right hand to change mags. Its actually not that hard at all if you tilt the rifle and use your right hand. Guess you got to be somewhat adaptive with this rifle.
The rifle is a lot smaller than I though it was going to be. I knew it was going to be small but not like briefcase small. Here is a picture of the Type 97 with a 5.56 Vz 58.
Does anyone else hear propaganda coming from your Type 97? I'm hearing things like, "You will help build China's Empire." and "You fight for China."
Can't wait to try it out. Probably next week. Until then, I'll continue listening to its propaganda, read the broken English instructions manual, and eat Chinese braised beef brisket.
