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Well, after a very unfortunate experience with a Saiga in 7.62x39 mm <_< , I've decided I need to look elsewhere for a decent hunting rifle.
All I need from a rifle is this:
Inexpensive. Anything under $600 dollars works fine
. $700, I'm pushing it but I think I could swing it with enough overtime.
Reliable. I'm in the hunt (no pun intended) for a new hunting rifle because my last rifle, an old M1 Garand, had a very unfortunate explosion
. Maybe it was the handloads (but the hundereds before the last one worked fine), or maybe it was 60+ years it had been on this earth, but its gone.
Accurate. :sniper: If it can't get at least 2 inch groups at 200 yards its not a real rifle to me. Thats why the Saiga will be gone. I couldn't, for the life of me (and all the rests, scopes, and other methods) get 2 MOA at 100 yards!
NO PISTOL GRIP. I live in an area where military-style rifles are frowned upon by hunters. I don't know why, but my cousin Derrick said he felt "like a communist at the stock exchange" when he came up here with his AR-15.
Can a Mini-14 do the above? I know they do not normally come with a pistol-grip, hence why they are more attractive right now. But the price and accuracy are unknown to me.
All I need from a rifle is this:
Inexpensive. Anything under $600 dollars works fine
Reliable. I'm in the hunt (no pun intended) for a new hunting rifle because my last rifle, an old M1 Garand, had a very unfortunate explosion
Accurate. :sniper: If it can't get at least 2 inch groups at 200 yards its not a real rifle to me. Thats why the Saiga will be gone. I couldn't, for the life of me (and all the rests, scopes, and other methods) get 2 MOA at 100 yards!
NO PISTOL GRIP. I live in an area where military-style rifles are frowned upon by hunters. I don't know why, but my cousin Derrick said he felt "like a communist at the stock exchange" when he came up here with his AR-15.
Can a Mini-14 do the above? I know they do not normally come with a pistol-grip, hence why they are more attractive right now. But the price and accuracy are unknown to me.