I agree with the logistics of repair 100%. I do not understand the bolt gun thing however. A Kalashnikov would work very well in that climate and use \ abuse. I suppose it would not look as classic though. Just saying, there are better options, and cheaper aswell.
No NATO country (except for former Warsaw pact countries) is going to field an AK variant. They also lack the accuracy to double as a decent big game rifle. I know they get used for that in the Russian sphere but they are far from ideal. The junky scope mounting options are also a big strike against them.
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The example I put was in 308 win, in my experience 9 out of 10 will be 1.5 MOA guns out of the box with Nato weight ammo, I own 2.
There is no limit to the options, and typically one can witness the iron sights aswell as scope. Seems it would be great waiting for your scope to acclimate from a quick exit from a warm tent into arctic air to fight a polar bear
The manufacturer had to be located in Canada. Colt was already set up in Quebec ( sort of part of Canada). The bolt action was a requirement in the bid, over concerns on operation in -40 temps. Gun law discussions are taboo on Bitog, so I’m going to avoid that one.
The stated reason for a bolt was the reliability in -40C.
Reliability, there's nothing stopping them from using a semi, as others have pointed out. An AR-10 in .308 would have been an option I assume, if semi's were on the table.
All side mount or top cover mount optics are "junky" in my opinion. The first doesn't allow the optic to mount over the bore like all mounts should. Both have increased trouble in maintaining zero with the top cover options being worse.
the Soviets weren't trying for a minute of angle, where they?
Indeed, the SKS is like minute of barn door, lol.the Soviets weren't trying for a minute of angle, where they?
they were trying for volume of fire at a degree of angle.
sort of like the original German philosophy that brought out these short rifle cartridges in auto loading rifles as in the STG 44.
What did the Germans call it... the 8mm Kurz, Kurz being German for short.
yeah, I have a nice Russian SKS. complete with folding bayonet.
They are fun, and VERY popular in Canada, because you could buy them for like $150.00 at one point. Now of course they are no longer that cheap. The 7.62x39 ammo is also ridiculously cheap, you could get the Chinese surplus stuff that went bang, but every bang was a little different, lol.
In their eyes its much better than composite .. as composite doesn't like -40c apparently.
a few years back I kicked myself in the butt for not buying a Marlin 336 with the laminated stock.. it had the hooped lever too.
