An SKS is a nice gun, don't get me wrong. But buying American and
getting a complete lifetime warranty are worth a lot.
> Ceteris paribus I'd rather not buy from Ruger, because of his support
> of evil legislation.
What pray tell, is this "evil legislation"??? If I were to amend my
buying habits for a business man's politics, I'd get rid of all of my
microsoft products because Bill Gates heavily supported the group that
broght the gun registration bill to a vote in Washington state this last
election. I gave, I hear, at least a couple hundred thousand to the
group. (Lord knows, now that I've posted this, Kathryn will probably
dump her Mac and go out and get totally Wintelled.)
>
> I did look at a Ruger rifle. The sight picture was not as good,
> it didn't feel quite as "right" in my hands, and it was another
> hundred bucks or so (maybe all guns are cheaper in NH than in
> California?).
They probably are cheaper. We have hardly a fraction of the welfare
state that CA has, so taxes of all kinds are lower than anywhere or
nonexistant. I can also get them much cheaper because my father is an
engineer at Ruger. Employees can purchase a gun at 40% discount every 6
months.
As to the sight picture: I have a brand new 10/22 rifle with a bull
barrel and 8x scope. Its pattern is, what is known in the industry as a
"one holer". I shoot a 1/2" pattern at 100 yards.
I also have on loan, a .44 lever action. It has a 2" group at 100 yards.
The accurizing techniques my father is enacting at the plant this winter
should be appearing on new guns in the market by Feb-Mar that will
reduce the group to less than 1" on average.
>
> : The only thing I would criticize Anton about is that.
>
> How unimaginative. You could criticize me for *lots* of things
> if you'd been paying attention. <g>
>
Nothing of late comes to mind. I tend to have a high tolerance level.
-- TANSTAAFL!!! Michael Lorrey ------------------------------------------------------------ mailto:retroman@together.net Inventor of the Lorrey Drive MikeySoft: Graphic Design/Animation/Publishing/Engineering ------------------------------------------------------------ How many fnords did you see before breakfast today?