Lol, I got my PAL July 4th. I originally planned on buying a top end Tikka .308 with a nice scope and a Barretta shotgun, While in the checkout on Cabela's I saw the pop up ad for an SKS. I have not looked at a new rifle to buy since. I was new to firearms but never imagined that such fine rifles could be so affordable. I litteraly took my 2 gun budget and used that to pay for about 75% of the items below.
SVT's (interestingly
- 1941 Izhevsk railed no notch with repro scope/mount 6 port muzzle Serial number 1980 year i was born (likely made prior to German invasion)
- 1941 Podolsk No rails 6 port muzzle made Between August 17th and September 12th 1941 just prior to the evacuation of the factory in cosmo
- 1941 Tula No rails, 6 port muzzle break likely made late July to Sept 1941
- New (in the mail) 1940 Tula with rails 6 port muzzle break..... need to look closer to know more
Mosin
- 1943 91/30 Izhevsk pu sniper
- 1939 91/30 Tula
- 1938 91/30 Izhevsk
- New (in the mail)1928 91/30 Hex reciever..... need to look closer to know more
Mauser
- M98 former K98 refurbished by Yugoslavia, Beautiful rifle and shoots laserbeams
- New (in the mail) Unknown 1944-45 K98 Mauser of some type. Seller had little to no detail but grainy pictures, will see what arrives
SKS
- 1953 Russian Hardwood
- 1956 Russian Laminate
Armed
12 Guage Impactor Camo Vista (new shotgun from Turkey, not many of these here and I like it)
Norinco
JW25A, buy another .22LR rifle instead I would gladly swap it some a Savage or Marlin with Irons.
Plus added some ammunition tallied it up and its a bit over 8000rds divided over calibres (only 600 .22rds)
Previously I had a
0.177 Rueger Air Hawk, came with a junk scope but this rifle is fantastic. Hundreds of Pigeons have fallen to this rifle (grew up around the farm)