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FJ4Jake previously said:
Im looking at buying an assault rifle. I've been shooting guns most of my life, but have never really wanted an assault rifle until now. I dont know much about the positives and negatives of the different brands. Im looking for something that is not gonna cost a fortune to shoot. Im hoping to stay under $1000.00 or so. Im sure there will be somebody with an opinion on this here.. so fire away...!
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Ok. the other issue of the word Assault rifle has allready been explained to you. As for your question. I have a lot of experience when it comes to military type weapons. I not only collect, but I’m also a weapon specialist for work. I build weapons as a hobby for myself too. As for your initial question of a rifle being under $1000 and cheep to shoot. Well I agree on the AR type rifles, I have quite a few, including in .308. But you said you want something that is cheep to shoot. As of lately, .223 is NOT cheep to shoot anymore. It runs between $320 –and going up to $400 a case in the next few months, so If your looking for something that is cheep to shoot, I would steer you to an AK 47, AK-74, SKS, types. You should be able to pick one of these up around $300 - $400 for a rifle, ammo is running about $170 dollars for cheep Russian 7.62x39, the 5.45 is a little cheaper. Now I know someone is going to point out that you can buy .223 Russian for under $200. I don’t advocate shooting Cheep Ammo in a close tolerance weapon like an AR. They will JAM, they also will cause a lot of fouling more than any good quality ammo. I know of people that have shot the cheep Russian ammo out of their AR and have had catastrophic failure. Not worth tearing up an expensive rifle over trying to save a few dollars in ammo. The AK family of rifles are a different breed of weapon system, they are cheep to manufacture and don’t have the close tolerances of an AR rifle. The AK type weapons also have one up on AR’s by being more dependable, they will shoot anything, under just about any circumstances, wet, sand, mud, etc. The AR is a much more accurate weapon system than an AK, I have a National Match Armalite AR that will shoot ¼” groups with 62 grain Serria Match Grain Boat Tail Hollow Points. I also built an AK-47 not to long ago, and was able to achieve 1.5” groups from it. If you ask anybody about accuracy of an AK they will almost always tell you about 3-4 inches @ 100 yds. The reason I was able to achieve this type of accuracy is because I built it from the ground up, then breaking the barrel in properly. I also have high dollar H&K’s, along with many other type weapons systems. When you purchase a weapon, you make your purchase by the type of shooting that you plan on doing with realistic idea. It sounds like you have done this. So to answer your initial question, which it sounds like you want something for plinking that is fun to shoot, and that it won’t break you going out and shooting. I would point in the direction of a brand new AK-47, or AK-74, also, try to find a high quality one, like the Bulgarian. I would rather see you purchase a weapon that you will be able to go to the range and shoot and be comfortable with it, then to buy a high dollar weapon that will become a wall hanger, that is to expensive to shoot, not allowing you to get comfortable with the weapon. This is just my 2 cents worth.
