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Daniel Defense 7.62 coming out soon - I want one

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  • logic - why do you say Green Mountain barrels are cheap? I've shot them in muzzleloaders and in that application they are top notch.

    Also, I have shot WASRs, semi Auto AKs brought in in the 1980s and pre clinton ban 90s, and now a friends DDI "AK" and as far as accuracy the DDI outshoots everything else, accuracy wise.

    Of course, in the same caliber I have found that the Romanian versions of SKSs were much more accurate than the com-block aks, and a lot less expensive.

  • another dumb question...

    I figure I'd want the 7.62 for hunting long distance game,

    but for wild boar, or bear, under 200 yrds whatever, if I ever did hunt those,

    would a 5.56 do the job?

    I really have to get myself one. I need a coyote blaster.

  • You can't hunt with those in ohio.

  • well, for the most part, we don't have wild boar anyways.

    I figure you'd have to go to Arkansas, etc.

    There are black bear in Ohio, but I don't think bear would taste good.

    I want to try alligator. And rattlesnake.

  • logic - why do you say Green Mountain barrels are cheap? I've shot them in muzzleloaders and in that application they are top notch.

    Also, I have shot WASRs, semi Auto AKs brought in in the 1980s and pre clinton ban 90s, and now a friends DDI "AK" and as far as accuracy the DDI outshoots everything else, accuracy wise.

    Of course, in the same caliber I have found that the Romanian versions of SKSs were much more accurate than the com-block aks, and a lot less expensive.

    @mohican said:

    logic - why do you say Green Mountain barrels are cheap? I've shot them in muzzleloaders and in that application they are top notch.

    Also, I have shot WASRs, semi Auto AKs brought in in the 1980s and pre clinton ban 90s, and now a friends DDI "AK" and as far as accuracy the DDI outshoots everything else, accuracy wise.

    Of course, in the same caliber I have found that the Romanian versions of SKSs were much more accurate than the com-block aks, and a lot less expensive.

    The Green Mountain barrels are fine for muzzleloaders but are no good when you put a lot of rounds down them with AKs.

    I have yet to shoot a DDI so they may be fine. American AKs just have an earned bad reputation. I fire a large volume of rounds a year and so having a nice chromelined bore is my preference.

    Also, when shooting AKs, I don't expect anything better than 3-4 inch groups. They are not marksman rifles. They give you good enough accuracy and fantastic reliability. WASRs are a mixed bag. You can have a decent one or a real turd.

  • Re: AK accuracy / reliability trade-off:

    Dinner plate groups at 300 hundred meters are just fine when you're throwing .30 cal rounds down range in the thousands and you can bury the damn gun in a marsh and pull it out & still keep thumping.

    Cal- hogs are mean as hell. Cysko said yall can't hunt with 5.56. I'd look at the 30 cal range (.308, 7.62x39, & 300 blackout). The latter suppressed is a fucking amazing hog/home defense rifle.

    I've hunted hogs with both 30 cal and 5.56. I've dropped some 150 lb pigs with 5.56 but I'm a pretty decent shot (/shamelessBragging).

    1st choice I'm taking a 30 cal variant "just to be safe"

  • Thanks ! I've read where if you shoot them in the head, the bullets bounce off.

    That's mean. Ah well. Never hunted out of ohio anyways.

    But I would really like a 5.56. Big enough to be fun, ...we only have 28 acres,

    with houses here and there.

    I hope we never have wild boars in N. Ohio. That would be bad. I do believe

    they have been found in SW ohio...

  • post-80-0-50711500-1437218715_thumb.jpgOhio hog?

  • There's no way THAT hog is anywhere near Ohio.

    Looks like the lowlands of Arkansas along the expressway...

    flooded.

  • I'm thinking of buying a rock island mk 47 .22 just to plink shit with. Anyone ever play with one?

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    I'm thinking of buying a rock island mk 47 .22 just to plink shit with. Anyone ever play with one?

    I'm glad you brought this up.. I had forgotten about this pc. I'm about to trade in a small .22 cal 7 shot for a .38 special for CC purposes when I'm doing vaults at one of my businesses. I have a ton of .22 ammo and this is a low cost option for burning it off and a fun small caliber pc.

    Wild hogs have pretty much over run inland Florida. Go for a walk out in the Cypress & Palmettos and I'll guarantee you'll have to shoot two things, maybe multiple times.. A Hog and a rattlesnake.

    I've killed so many rattlesnakes on my properties over the yrs it isn't funny.. Hitting one of those bastards with a pistol, now there's a challenge 😉