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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

Awesome! Those are pretty cool!

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

how much did that pretty gun run you?

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)

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

about $380 before tax

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

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.

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

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

Serves them right for the no firearm policy..

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 : )

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.

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.

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 : )

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 : )

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

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

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

here's the rifle alone:

Very nice!