M10x...
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Same here! I still have my Russian Izvehst 1977-manufacture AKMS in excellent condition. Along with a nice Russian 1955 SKS and a minty VZ-58 (proper military barrel length). All of which is why I want to try an M10X - it is something different from what I already have (and am thoroughly bored with). That's all there is to my motivation. Well, that and the numerous positive written and video reviews of the M10X. It really does look like an intriguing design with a lot of ÀK, a healthy dose of SIG 550, together with a bit of FAL, etc. To my knowledge this is the first new design based on a steel upper receiver mated to an extruded aluminum monolithic rail/MLOC handguard. So it is not fair to call the M10X a mere rehash of existing designs. There is some of that, but the heart of the M10X is a new mixed-materials concept. Ànd I must say that by all accounts, including first-hand CGNer handling and inspection at North Sylva's recent booking day, the M10X is a winner design-wise.
The price is what it is. Would I have preferred my rifle come from the Wanstalls pre-order? No doubt, but that is simply not happening. Old news, so may as well get past it. Is M+M's marketing strategy the best that it could be? Sh#t no, but that is not really my primary concern. It matters little to me if they sell 100 or 1000 of their rifles. More would be better for a whole bunch of reasons, but I'm not going to get wrapped around the axle about M+M's sale numbers. Not my business. As for the warranty under NS, given their track record I am going into this purchase with the assumption that any problems will be my own to correct, perhaps with some spare parts purchased from the US M+M site. Really though, I am banking on their being no major issues requiring warranty work based on the reviews that I have read and watched. Wiĺl I be disappointed? Perhaps, but I doubt it. After all, we are talking about a product made in the USA from first-rate materials, not an inexpensive, mass-produced Chinese rifle of dubious quality (no slight to T81 owners intended).
Will the M10X be the "end all and be all" of shoulder-controlled, self-loading small arms available on the Canadian market? Hardly. I'd leave that to the ACRs and Swissarms offerings long before the M10X based on its chambering alone. Be that as it may, the M10X is new and different, which makes it interesting to me. Not boasting, but I already have just about everything else worthy of mention in my collection, so something new with positive initial reviews is exciting to me. That's it, that's all there is to my attraction to the M10X. Show me something more interesting and my focus will shift. I'm a bit of a gun slut that way.... ��
Don't count on it, they just want to take your money.
For testing you'll have to trust what is already posted from South of the border or wait till some guys here have one and post some reports.
Looks like a decent rifle but more than I'm willing to spend on a x39 and I'm not impressed with M+M's comments that were shared during the Wanstalls fiasco.
Still looking forward to reading some reviews from local guys though.
Ugh.
What is up with the last year or so and rifles having terrible stocks that are well below the height of the top rail?
The dmr looks like it has a proper riser but jeez..
I've notoced this on a lot of the newer rifles like the b and t etc
The dmr looks like it has a proper riser but jeez..
I've notoced this on a lot of the newer rifles like the b and t etc
The stock was designed for an AK with iron sights. The m10x was designed for optics with a higher sight plane, so the comb sits low.
It's an artifact of slapping together parts the manufacturer (magpul) did not design for this rifle. It's meant for a real AK.
