Curio & Relic License circle of death.

[toad]

Ok, I was interested in getting a Chinese SKS so I started looking up getting a C&R license. Well there the fee for the license about $30 IIRC. But a further requirement is to get a Texas State hunters license. The fee for that isn't to bad but you also have take an online hunters safety course ,
$ 39.95 . Then there are the shipping fees. Then the necessity of buying ammo. I think I'll just wait until the Virus Panic stops and get a Palmento State or other forged trunnion version of an AK .

[Captain Wheelgun]

Ok, I was interested in getting a Chinese SKS so I started looking up getting a C&R license. Well there the fee for the license about $30 IIRC. But a further requirement is to get a Texas State hunters license. The fee for that isn't to bad but you also have take an online hunters safety course ,
$ 39.95 . Then there are the shipping fees. Then the necessity of buying ammo. I think I'll just wait until the Virus Panic stops and get a Palmento State or other forged trunnion version of an AK .

Why would they require a hunting license to get a C&R FFL? Why a Texas license? I thought you were in Louisiana.

[toad]

Nope, I have been in Texas since 1962. The requirement to get a state hunting license is a new requirement. Mostly I am not a fan of the 5.56 round and also not a fan of the AR-15 , M-4 forgery action. To tricksy for me. I know that people have shot them for thousands of rounds by just dunking them in cleaners but I wouldn't buy one unless it was an actual Colt.

[Vonz90]

Nope, I have been in Texas since 1962. The requirement to get a state hunting license is a new requirement. Mostly I am not a fan of the 5.56 round and also not a fan of the AR-15 , M-4 forgery action. To tricksy for me. I know that people have shot them for thousands of rounds by just dunking them in cleaners but I wouldn't buy one unless it was an actual Colt.

The problem with SKS is actually hitting anything. The ones I have fired were not exactly precision instruments.

[HTRN]

Mostly I am not a fan of the 5.56 round and also not a fan of the AR-15 , M-4 forgery action. To tricksy for me. I know that people have shot them for thousands of rounds by just dunking them in cleaners but I wouldn't buy one unless it was an actual Colt.

You might want to take a look atGun Jesus video comparing the AR and the AK. After a mud bath the AK was non functional, while the AR was...

Colt is out of the AR market i think, and were one of the better values out there for awhile, but they are nowhere near the best the market has to offer. LMT, Daniel Defense, Hodge, Knight Armament all make a better gun, but the stocker shock is truly epic. Honestly? Id look hard at one of the Rugers for 600 bucks.

[Precision]

Colt hasn't made a quality AR in years. About 5 years ago I was an across the counter monkey at a gun store. We had more defect returns on Colts than on Diamondback AR's. Just sayin.

If you want a ZA AR, then buy a top brand. If you want a good enough gun, the sweet spot is probably about $5-600 ( outside of Covid scare season).
My Yugo SKS shoots minute of 1 gallon paint bucket at 75 yards with irons. Others have not done nearly as well.

[Jered]

You have to get a hunting license to get a C&R?

That doesn't sound right. It's been a couple of years since my last renewal, but all I did was fill out the application and pay my ducats.

[Netpackrat]

You might want to take a look atGun Jesus video comparing the AR and the AK. After a mud bath the AK was non functional, while the AR was...

That one was on InRange, not Forgotten Weapons, so it was Gun Jesus plus Karl. And I can't remember if it was in that video or a later one, but they did mention that while the AR handled the mud test better, the AK could be expected to withstand that sort of treatment in the longer run much better and still be a usable rifle, the AR not so much.

Basically everything chokes on the mud test but the AR does better because it has a better dust cover. Performance on the mud test is an interesting data point but the real lesson is don't dump shovels full of soupy mud on any rifle's action and expect it to work.

[evan price]

You have to get a hunting license to get a C&R?

That doesn't sound right. It's been a couple of years since my last renewal, but all I did was fill out the application and pay my ducats.

I know of no federal requirement to have a hunting license to get a c&r.
Is this a Texas thing?

Finger print card.
Letter to CLEO.
Check.
Application.

That's it.

[scipioafricanus]

You might want to take a look atGun Jesus video comparing the AR and the AK. After a mud bath the AK was non functional, while the AR was...

That one was on InRange, not Forgotten Weapons, so it was Gun Jesus plus Karl. And I can't remember if it was in that video or a later one, but they did mention that while the AR handled the mud test better, the AK could be expected to withstand that sort of treatment in the longer run much better and still be a usable rifle, the AR not so much.

Basically everything chokes on the mud test but the AR does better because it has a better dust cover. Performance on the mud test is an interesting data point but the real lesson is don't dump shovels full of soupy mud on any rifle's action and expect it to work.

https://youtu.be/YAneTFiz5WU

Dust cover helps, but the AR, which is basically a sealed action, keeps the crap out even when the dust cover is open. Plus the direct impingement gas forces crap out of the ejection port. All said in the video.

The Ordnance Dept really gave the AR a bad reputation for reliability. 50 years + of development helps too.