Poll: Help Justin choose his pre-election rifle!

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Which rifle should Justin buy?

Sig 556 w/folding stock and holo sight, $1,550+tax
13
48%
Sabre Defense M4 Tactical, Magpul stock, $1,600+tax
2
7%
Wait til gun show on Nov. 1st and hope I find a better deal! (Magical Brownies option!)
12
44%
 
Total votes: 27

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Whirlibird
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Re: Poll: Help Justin choose his pre-election rifle!

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I'm with Fastrope on this one....

But I must ask, why the 1:7 twist? Gonna play with the 69+gr bullets?

The Model1Sales M-4 Kits are a whopping $550 with the chrome lined barrel. $510 without.
Add the YHM 4 rail foreend for $100 with the kit. And the upper comes assembled, a good thing.
A receiver $100
Magazines?
Ammo?
I guess if you must....
1:7 barrel....Yankee Hill $170
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Kommander
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Re: Poll: Help Justin choose his pre-election rifle!

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The optic that comes with the Sig rifle is not all that good. Find one without it and get a good red dot of some kind.
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JustinR
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Whirlibird wrote: But I must ask, why the 1:7 twist? Gonna play with the 69+gr bullets?
Yea, I plan on mostly shooting Mk262 equivalent (Black Hills commercial 77gr SMK BT and I plan on reloading to basically the same specs) since 6.5 or 6.8 rifles are not as easily obtainable or economical for the volume of practice I'd like to do.
Kommander wrote: The optic that comes with the Sig rifle is not all that good. Find one without it and get a good red dot of some kind.
Did you have problems with one? Was it not holding zero or something? I was planning on using it as a stopgap til I can afford a TA31F ACOG sometime next year.
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Mud_Dog
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Re: Poll: Help Justin choose his pre-election rifle!

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Kommander wrote:The optic that comes with the Sig rifle is not all that good. Find one without it and get a good red dot of some kind.
Who needs batteries?

They rolled this out at a company seminar/shoot a few months ago, and it's a lot better than and other red dot sight I've ever seen. I'm planning on getting one of these when I get enough money to start a TUBAR AR. Just an idea!
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