Only took about 5 days to ship from Frontier... excellent service.
The gun is way better than I expected. Clean and tight. No rough surfaces or anything that makes me doubt the quality inside or out. I LOVE how it feels on my shoulder... fits tight and the adjustable stock let me position it exactly where I want it.
It has a metal buffer tube, which is nice. I thought it might be plastic like the ones that come with the Tapco stocks for an SKS. I don't know if its commercial or Milspec though. The one on my shotgun was listed as Milspec but is actually smaller than the one that came on my VZ... I thought Milspec was supposed to be bigger in diameter? Either way, they are not interchangeable so one is commercial and one is mil spec. Just gotta figure out which is which.
In the box were the 2 magazines, sling, cleaning kit and DVD. Didnt open the cleaning kit to check it out yet, but the sling is nice. I wont use it. Ill be using another sling I have. Still, its a nice sling. Mags feel cheap to me. Im sure they aren't and I'm sure they'll be fine but compared to how the gun feels the mags have a tinny, cheap, stamped steel feel (because they are stamped steel). They fit great in the gun though. I can definitely see why an extended mag release is a necessity and I can't wait for the tactical bolt release to come back in stock somewhere. I want that too.
I just bought the BCtactical fore end for it. I wanted a rail for an optic and I read that the front grip can get hot so the BCtactical fore end seemed like, while expensive, it would solve both problems AND look cool.
Otherwise, I don't see anything else I need to change. Other than getting the inside dirty with a few hundred corrosive rounds this afternoon. Thats gotta happen.
Just thought id post up my initial impressions. Ill get a pic or two up later tonight.
The gun is way better than I expected. Clean and tight. No rough surfaces or anything that makes me doubt the quality inside or out. I LOVE how it feels on my shoulder... fits tight and the adjustable stock let me position it exactly where I want it.
It has a metal buffer tube, which is nice. I thought it might be plastic like the ones that come with the Tapco stocks for an SKS. I don't know if its commercial or Milspec though. The one on my shotgun was listed as Milspec but is actually smaller than the one that came on my VZ... I thought Milspec was supposed to be bigger in diameter? Either way, they are not interchangeable so one is commercial and one is mil spec. Just gotta figure out which is which.
In the box were the 2 magazines, sling, cleaning kit and DVD. Didnt open the cleaning kit to check it out yet, but the sling is nice. I wont use it. Ill be using another sling I have. Still, its a nice sling. Mags feel cheap to me. Im sure they aren't and I'm sure they'll be fine but compared to how the gun feels the mags have a tinny, cheap, stamped steel feel (because they are stamped steel). They fit great in the gun though. I can definitely see why an extended mag release is a necessity and I can't wait for the tactical bolt release to come back in stock somewhere. I want that too.
I just bought the BCtactical fore end for it. I wanted a rail for an optic and I read that the front grip can get hot so the BCtactical fore end seemed like, while expensive, it would solve both problems AND look cool.
Otherwise, I don't see anything else I need to change. Other than getting the inside dirty with a few hundred corrosive rounds this afternoon. Thats gotta happen.
Just thought id post up my initial impressions. Ill get a pic or two up later tonight.
