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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?

black :roll:

I must get treatment for my jealousy! :lol:

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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EagerNoSkill wrote:black :roll:

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

EagerNoSkill wrote:I must get treatment for my jealousy! :lol:

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?

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?

Tower.75 wrote: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?

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.

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?

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

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: