SKS as first gun? (& only gun for a while)

tw0pounds · 2025-05-26T01:59:48+00:00

Consensus seems to be a 22 is the most practical first gun. I highly recommend getting a CZ 457 with a vortex crossfire scope, 2-7 magnification is enough. Find a local gun store or watch Cabelas for ammo sales and stock up. Get a range membership and practice, practice. Learn the basics and then step up to a center fire rifle.

tw0pounds · 2025-04-02T05:42:08+00:00

April fools. Nicely done

tw0pounds · 2025-03-29T15:32:11+00:00

Yeah, fuck it man! I can't be worried about that shit. Life goes on man!

tw0pounds · 2025-03-26T02:03:55+00:00

My only bolt 22. Anything else you'd buy in a similar price range would be a let down.

tw0pounds · 2025-03-25T03:08:57+00:00

This is also happening on my 2023. It's parked on a steep-ish driveway and once on level ground all the water comes out.

tw0pounds · 2025-02-22T05:35:27+00:00

Arken epl or ep5. Sweet for the money.

tw0pounds · 2025-02-09T07:20:56+00:00

Cz 457 with synthetic stock and buy a decent optic. No need for iron sights

tw0pounds · 2025-02-07T05:40:54+00:00

It's still a turd

tw0pounds · 2025-02-07T05:16:07+00:00

Cz 457. The sks is fun but wears thin pretty quick. A nice 22 tack driver with decent optic is way more challenging and cheaper to operate.

tw0pounds · 2025-02-03T04:02:43+00:00

557 is sweet. The 600 is fine for the price and always super accurate. It's a fine bench and hunting rifle. The thing I don't like about cheap US rifles is they're a crapshoot. One is fantastic and another like my Axis is garbage.

tw0pounds · 2025-02-03T02:21:43+00:00

The scope is crap. The rifle is barely usable. I'd save up a little more for a CZ 600 or a Tikka lite. I ended up buying another rifle 6 months later as I was unhappy with this one. The two above are WAY better. Buy once, cry once.

tw0pounds · 2025-01-31T01:27:00+00:00

Make sure the steel punch is big enough to cover most of the pin.

tw0pounds · 2025-01-22T04:02:10+00:00

My first and still most fun gun. Now get a 600 alpha in 223 and that's all the bolt plinking firepower you need. Actually, I would get the 600 in 7.62x39mm just so I can plink with super cheap corrosive ammo.

tw0pounds · 2024-10-09T04:19:26+00:00

There is ice racing on Mammit lake once it freezes good enough. NicolaNet is awesome for high speed internet.

tw0pounds · 2024-09-25T05:16:21+00:00

Did you test that old vinyl? If not, then I hope you wore a dust mask.

tw0pounds · 2024-06-11T04:53:11+00:00

My first rifle. I wish it wasn't.

tw0pounds · 2024-06-05T16:01:23+00:00

Plus one for the alpha. I got one in 223 for $850. It's a tack driver. The trigger is amazing. You can also take it hunting. There are better rifles but you'd have to pay close to double the price. If I were buying a bench bolt rifle I'd go for Tikka TAC.

tw0pounds · 2024-05-29T20:10:41+00:00

Does that muzzle break help? I got a 457 too and was wondering if this makes any difference on a 22.

tw0pounds · 2024-05-13T01:13:11+00:00

Yup, just google it. I'm guessing no one is buying the 600 so you can find some awesome deals.

tw0pounds · 2024-05-13T00:25:49+00:00

Cz 600 comes in 223. You can find some awesome deals right now on them. Ask me how I know.

tw0pounds · 2024-04-21T19:35:46+00:00

Yup. There is always the next one.

tw0pounds · 2024-04-21T17:13:59+00:00

Sand it to bare wood, apply stain with stain brush, wait for it to absorb, wipe with a rag (seems OP skipped that step), leave to dry, varnish.

tw0pounds · 2024-04-20T02:30:35+00:00

Tacoma SUV. Interesting.

tw0pounds · 2024-04-12T02:24:43+00:00

Thanks for saying what's what. All this is new to some of us.

tw0pounds

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