First Rifle

[HALODIN]

Hello,

I'm considering putting a deposit down for an LM7 as my first rifle. Can someone either dissuade or encourage me please? Any thoughts?

[EagerNoSkill]

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I must get treatment for my jealousy! :lol:

[HALODIN]

I think they do it in turquoise if you think that might improve my accuracy...

I'm starting to think of the other rifles I could buy with the same amount of cash. It's £3,400 and that buys quite a few, but on the other hand it's a wee beastie as well... emrolleyes

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[HALODIN]

I take it that's a 1 for "go on, get it..." :shakeshout:

I must get treatment for my jealousy! :lol:

[Tower75]

Holy hell that's expensive. Hey, it's your money, but for that you could get about 7 Enfield SMLEs, or about 12 Mosin Nagants.

What's it chambered for? 7.62x51mm?

[HALODIN]

Yes it's 7.62. This is it... I'd have to forgo lots of other rifles for this one and whilst I was all up for it on the phone, I'm starting to have second thoughts.

For the same price I could have the following rifles from my shopping list with £500 toward the next rifle:

.22 - Spike's Tactical AR-15
.303 - Lee Enfield No. 1 Mk VI
7.62 - AK74M/AK103
.44 - Marlin underlever

I suppose the real question is, is it one helluva rifle?

Holy hell that's expensive. Hey, it's your money, but for that you could get about 7 Enfield SMLEs, or about 12 Mosin Nagants.

What's it chambered for? 7.62x51mm?

[Tower75]

I suppose the real question is, is it one helluva rifle?

In my humble opinion, no.

At the end of the day, all it is, is a magazine-fed, manual-repeating rifle. It looks tacticool and sexy, but I personally do not believe it is worth that. Or, should I say, I personally wouldn't pay that amount for it.

But, as I say, if it's what you want, get it. It's your cash.

[judders]

I'd have to agree with Tower.75, I don't think it's worth that much.

What type of shooting are you intending to use it for?

[Dave 101]

Hi

The same old question what do you intend to use it for ?
If you are after a 7.62 whats the point of a little torch a small scope and a collapsable stock its not as though your going to be doing CQB . It all looks very preeety , but is it worth it . 7.62 is a 600 yd plus rifle personaly I would look at something more apt for that calibre / range .
If that was in .22 semi auto then it would be a fun rifle . Time to shop around a bit more and spend some time on the range and ask a few questions to the guys in the club .

Dave

[UKYankee]

My twopence worth would be, get a .223 / 556 if you want tacticool and go for a more 'traditional' 7.62 rifle. The Lantac below starts at £1560 quid which would leave almost £2000 for a fantastic and very accurate 7.62. Won't say I'm not biased as this is what I'm doing and my Lantac arrives in about 6-8 weeks :shakeshout: