My first rifle

Riposite · Post by **Riposite** » Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:03:29

ended going in a different direction than the 10-22 ...
its a GSG AK-47 clone chambered in .22 LR

Just got it today at Sterling Arsenal, hopefully will have a chance to try her out on the range next week..

http://imageshack.us/f/5/gsgak4722lr.jpg

Jakeiscrazy · Post by **Jakeiscrazy** » Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:04:34

Awesome! Those are pretty cool!

thekinetic · Post by **thekinetic** » Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:56:38

Nice! I prefer the wood stocks but still, nice!

Tazguy04 · Post by **Tazguy04** » Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:21:26

how much did that pretty gun run you?

Riposite · Post by **Riposite** » Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:14:36

thekinetic wrote:Nice! I prefer the wood stocks but still, nice!

It had a wood stock option but it was slightly more expensive and I was advised against it as probably being poor quality wood- (a the fact the wood stock and hand guard version comes without sling mounts was a bit of a warning sign)

Riposite · Post by **Riposite** » Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:15:06

Tazguy04 wrote:how much did that pretty gun run you?

about $380 before tax

Kustomefeft · Post by **Kustomefeft** » Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:43:12

Shouldve went with the 10-22 IMO. I've had the gsg-ak and a gsg-5pk and both are finicky about ammo choices and both suffered from light strikes--- in the end I got rid of both

Riposite · Post by **Riposite** » Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:53:32

Kustomefeft wrote:Shouldve went with the 10-22 IMO. I've had the gsg-ak and a gsg-5pk and both are finicky about ammo choices and both suffered from light strikes--- in the end I got rid of both

well from what i read it is defintely not a fan of the golden bullet from remington-needs HV rounds to cycle properly but they are still dirt cheap. Hopefully I will have better luck with it then you do, worst case scenario a bare bones 10-22 is only about $200 at Dicks if this turns out to be no good.

SDChop · Post by **SDChop** » Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:06:34

Nice looking, I do love my 10-22 target tact but I dont zero experience with the gsg. Congrats on the first rifle. Lifetime fitness wants their towel back btw

Rumson · Post by **Rumson** » Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:21:30

SDChop wrote:........ Lifetime fitness wants their towel back btw

Serves them right for the no firearm policy..

Riposite · Post by **Riposite** » Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:06:22

SDChop wrote:Nice looking, I do love my 10-22 target tact but I dont zero experience with the gsg. Congrats on the first rifle. Lifetime fitness wants their towel back btw

they can have it back when they take it from my warm dry hands : )

jrswanson1 · Post by **jrswanson1** » Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:10:47

Kustomefeft wrote:Shouldve went with the 10-22 IMO. I've had the gsg-ak and a gsg-5pk and both are finicky about ammo choices and both suffered from light strikes--- in the end I got rid of both

Every semi-auto .22 Rimfire has problems with ammo, either Remington Golden or Winchester or whatever. My 10/22 likes Remington but still doesn't feed 100% of the time. Same with Winchester.

Jakeiscrazy · Post by **Jakeiscrazy** » Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:10:08

jrswanson1 wrote:
Kustomefeft wrote:Shouldve went with the 10-22 IMO. I've had the gsg-ak and a gsg-5pk and both are finicky about ammo choices and both suffered from light strikes--- in the end I got rid of both
Every semi-auto .22 Rimfire has problems with ammo, either Remington Golden or Winchester or whatever. My 10/22 likes Remington but still doesn't feed 100% of the time. Same with Winchester.

Not true my 10/22 has everything I have put though it. I've shot Federal bulk, Remington bulk, fiocchi, and blazer bulk all without problems. The exception being maybe 2 jams out of thousands of rounds. It has been very reliable. That said for all I know the OPs gun will be also.

Post by **Palladin** » Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:02:55

Riposite wrote:
SDChop wrote:Nice looking, I do love my 10-22 target tact but I dont zero experience with the gsg. Congrats on the first rifle. Lifetime fitness wants their towel back btw
they can have it back when they take it from my warm dry hands : )

Jakeiscrazy · Post by **Jakeiscrazy** » Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:37:21

Palladin wrote:
Riposite wrote:
SDChop wrote:Nice looking, I do love my 10-22 target tact but I dont zero experience with the gsg. Congrats on the first rifle. Lifetime fitness wants their towel back btw
they can have it back when they take it from my warm dry hands : )

Riposite · Post by **Riposite** » Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:03:21

Jakeiscrazy wrote:
jrswanson1 wrote:
Kustomefeft wrote:Shouldve went with the 10-22 IMO. I've had the gsg-ak and a gsg-5pk and both are finicky about ammo choices and both suffered from light strikes--- in the end I got rid of both
Every semi-auto .22 Rimfire has problems with ammo, either Remington Golden or Winchester or whatever. My 10/22 likes Remington but still doesn't feed 100% of the time. Same with Winchester.
Not true my 10/22 has everything I have put though it. I've shot Federal bulk, Remington bulk, fiocchi, and blazer bulk all without problems. The exception being maybe 2 jams out of thousands of rounds. It has been very reliable. That said for all I know the OPs gun will be also.

well the book for it definitely specifies HV .22lr saying non HV rounds may cause it not to cycle-so I am going to stick with that. Also pretty much every review and video i found while researching it claimed problems with Remington's golden bullets, which is I suspect because they don't generate enough pressure for it to cycle properly -at $3 a box for the hv rounds I am not really crying that i can't get the bulk cheap stuff

Kustomefeft · Post by **Kustomefeft** » Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:33:04

Jakeiscrazy wrote:
jrswanson1 wrote:
Kustomefeft wrote:Shouldve went with the 10-22 IMO. I've had the gsg-ak and a gsg-5pk and both are finicky about ammo choices and both suffered from light strikes--- in the end I got rid of both
Every semi-auto .22 Rimfire has problems with ammo, either Remington Golden or Winchester or whatever. My 10/22 likes Remington but still doesn't feed 100% of the time. Same with Winchester.
Not true my 10/22 has everything I have put though it. I've shot Federal bulk, Remington bulk, fiocchi, and blazer bulk all without problems. The exception being maybe 2 jams out of thousands of rounds. It has been very reliable. That said for all I know the OPs gun will be also.

Agreed-- I have a 10/22 and a marlin .22 as well as a walther p22 that I have never experinced any light strike/ ftf problems with bulk ammo. Search ar-15.com for a thread titled gsg-5 modifications that shows how to modify the firing mech to increase reliability with the strucker mech

Riposite · Post by **Riposite** » Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:53:35

Well took the gsg out to Silver Eagle tonight, and put about 150 rounds thru her
(mostly CCI stinger)_I did have one jam but I am chalking that up to operator error as this was my first rifle experience.
She shot beautifuly, though it wasn't a real test since the indoor range is relatively short distance for a rifle, but even in my amateur hands she was fairly accurate ( I am sure the fact it was only a .22 helped).

here's me ( i need to hit the gym hard)

my friend Karl trying it out

Riposite · Post by **Riposite** » Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:58:10

here's the rifle alone:

Jakeiscrazy · Post by **Jakeiscrazy** » Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:49:38

Very nice!

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