What is a good range gun?

All the surplus is corrosive and that's the stuff that saves you money so most people shoot corrosive. It's not that difficult to deal with after really so I would say its worth it.
 
eb13da said:
Loving all of the great suggestions. In terms of shooting 7.62 x 39 do you guys always shoot corrosive? Is the cost savings worth the extra hassle of dealing with the corrosive ammo? I'm definetly leaning towards a firearm in 7.62 x39 more so now with all of these suggestions along with also thinking about 9mm, .223, and maybe even the 7.62x54?
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Since this is primarily a range gun, make sure your range allows steel projectiles...you don't list a location so I don't know where you are but I do know that in SW Ontario, a lot of ranges have banned ANY projectiles that stick to a magnet and unless you are prepared to pay about $1/round, your 7.62X39 is going to stick to a magnet. Just something to be aware of.
 
Something in 9mm, cheap, leaves an easy to see .30 cal hole, and you can have some fun lobbing shots out there with it. Also nice having a carbine that takes the same ammo your pistol does.
 
A 9mm caliber carbine

-Most can be had for under $1000
-Light weight
-Compact
-Quieter to shoot
-Fairly cheap ammo THATS NON CORROSIVE
-Reasonable selection of hunting ammo
-Ammo does not damage steel plinking targets at close range
-less worry's of ricochets traveling long distances
-easily re loadable
-shares same mags/ammo as handguns
-Optics friendly

SKS / VZ 58

-SKS is very cheap and is excellent quality
-Very cheap ammo thats dirty
-Bigger gun that makes a much bigger BOOM!
-Only holds 5 rounds unless you spend $$$ and mod it
-Wood furniture
-Can shoot larger animals with it



I LOVE MY 7.62x39mm guns.... but for plinking, practically, Pistol Caliber Carbine's win.
 
sub 2000, Just right carbine.....

TNW ASR, CX4 and SUB 2000 were the contenders when I was making the choice. Bought the ASR because it felt sooo nice in my hands (wanted something different than everyone else as well), my buddy bought a SUB 2000 gen 2, and so far it appears to be a really great gun. If I sold my ASR, id definitely buy the CX4, the CX4 seems a little more compact, better reliability and has bolt hold open and release button(under rated feature). People tend to think there ugly though, and I personally found it felt fat/bulky in my hands.
 
Everyone has their own opinion of a range gun as well as what is fun.
I own com block firearms yet they rarely come out to play because I like seeing small groups on paper.

If I want to have cheap fun at the range I bring out my .22lr bolt gun
I can spend half the day there practicing with a brick of CCI Standard Velocity for around $10.00.
Then when I pull out the 308 my shooting is better than if I didn't practice with the .22lr

If I wanted to buy something non restricted in the $1,000 range I would go with the Beretta Cx4 Storm.
I've seen them go through a CQB course without a hiccup which is more than I can say for the CZ/VZ, SKS's that people sometimes bring along.
 
There's a few reasons I'm looking for a non restricted. First off, I don't actually have my restricted license at this point, although I'm sure I will look into it in the future. Also, non restricted just makes life easier in many ways and allows me to take it to some property if I ever want to do that as well. As for the 9mm carbines, I find the Cx4 pretty ugly which turns me off from it. Really like the looks and take down of the TNW ASR but would like to know people's experiences with its reliability before I would drop close to $1000 on it.
 
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