Hello gentlemen,
I am new here and in the respect of this discussion, green as wood.
I live in the very south west of the south west, the border country.
As you may have seen in news reports things here are getting stranger by the day. That bein' the case, I have purchased a rifle I never thought to own. A soulless, scary lookin, green lead spitter. A JDL PTR91 in .308. I have done some on line research and found that some of the early rifles have bolt gap and other issues, mostly those with serial numbers beginning with AW. Mine is A12XX so I assume it is very early production. I will ask that we forego the usual arguments as to what other rifle would be better. This is the one I have, the price was more than painless, nearly a gift in truth. I do not expect to shoot the gun very much as recreation. I want to shoot it and drill with it enough to become proficient in it's use and stack it away for who knows what?
It came to me near new, I have put 100+ rounds of Remington Generic through it with out a hick up. It is accurate and reliable thus far. I have found in my reading that the PTR is a picky eater in some regards. I have a chance to buy 1000 rounds of Portugese surplus ammunition. Will the PTR like it? Also, How difficult is it to install a paddle type mag release? It needs that! Is any fitting required? We are in some pretty remote country, as in back o beyond, so trottin' down to the local gun smith is bit of a trip. "Local" bein' a relative term. Up to this time my fast movers have all been lever guns so this is all new to me. Thanks.
I am new here and in the respect of this discussion, green as wood.
I live in the very south west of the south west, the border country.
As you may have seen in news reports things here are getting stranger by the day. That bein' the case, I have purchased a rifle I never thought to own. A soulless, scary lookin, green lead spitter. A JDL PTR91 in .308. I have done some on line research and found that some of the early rifles have bolt gap and other issues, mostly those with serial numbers beginning with AW. Mine is A12XX so I assume it is very early production. I will ask that we forego the usual arguments as to what other rifle would be better. This is the one I have, the price was more than painless, nearly a gift in truth. I do not expect to shoot the gun very much as recreation. I want to shoot it and drill with it enough to become proficient in it's use and stack it away for who knows what?
It came to me near new, I have put 100+ rounds of Remington Generic through it with out a hick up. It is accurate and reliable thus far. I have found in my reading that the PTR is a picky eater in some regards. I have a chance to buy 1000 rounds of Portugese surplus ammunition. Will the PTR like it? Also, How difficult is it to install a paddle type mag release? It needs that! Is any fitting required? We are in some pretty remote country, as in back o beyond, so trottin' down to the local gun smith is bit of a trip. "Local" bein' a relative term. Up to this time my fast movers have all been lever guns so this is all new to me. Thanks.