Very nice although I hope you have plenty of .22 ammo, it's tough to find for some reason.
The gun currently on the top of my wish list is a Sako 30 06 with a decent Leopoldo scope for hunting. I got to shoot one at a range, light, smooth like butter, and was more accurate than anything I've ever shot. But the setup I was using was near 3k, so I doubt I'll be able to step into one anytime soon.
This is very similar to the one I used.
Your post sent me down a rabbit hole, thinking about .22 calibers. I have a 10/22 that's basically stock. I have been wanting to upgrade, basically make it a better target shooter. Anyway, I found a nice green mountain barrel and over molded hogue stock combo for only about $150. Add in a little trigger work and I should be able to hit a quarter from 50m repeatedly.
Want to see something fun, check out the tactical solutions Gatling gun. It just takes two 10/22's and puts them together with a crank for firing. Completely useless, but looks fun as hell. Blast through 100 rounds (2 X 50 round mags) in a few seconds. And it's totally legal without tax stamps even, although for you the ten round mags would apply I think, ruining it. Anyway, total setup including the guns would be less that $900.
Want to see something fun, check out the tactical solutions Gatling gun. It just takes two 10/22's and puts them together with a crank for firing. Completely useless, but looks fun as hell. Blast through 100 rounds (2 X 50 round mags) in a few seconds. And it's totally legal without tax stamps even, although for you the ten round mags would apply I think, ruining it. Anyway, total setup including the guns would be less that $900.
Want to see something fun, check out the tactical solutions Gatling gun. It just takes two 10/22's and puts them together with a crank for firing. Completely useless, but looks fun as hell. Blast through 100 rounds (2 X 50 round mags) in a few seconds. And it's totally legal without tax stamps even, although for you the ten round mags would apply I think, ruining it. Anyway, total setup including the guns would be less that $900.
My buddy LOVES his MIII pistol. I like them a lot, but I chose this one, because it fits my hand much better than the Ruger.
Both can be a little finicky about ammo, and the Ruger maybe a little moreso. Before you buy, look at some vids on how to field strip and clean. MIII takes some getting used to....the Browning requires a tool to take it down. I'd recommend you pick them up side by side and make a choice.
Both have mags that are easy to load.
Good for you that you're looking at made in USA.
I don't have any experience with the MIII lite, so I don't know what to say about how they might cycle standard velocity ammo.
What kind of Federal bulk ammo do you have? The Federal Champion (blue box) coated rounds are great, even though they used to be cheap....and, I think they are all HV (over 1200 fps).
You can't beat CCI, but be careful....I bought 2 bricks of the CCI standard velocity, thinking the CCI Standard V would be better than the CCI Blazer brand. The CCI Standard V are about 1050 fps and the Blazers are over 1200. Now I've got 1000 rounds that I didn't really want. (Blazers are a really good round for semi's if you don't mind uncoated lead nose.)
Go Blazers
Germany has always been up at the top when it comes to making cutting edge guns that are well ahead of their time. HK is German and my favorite gun company, but there are many other great companies from there as well, Sig Sauer for example. US ranks right up at the top as well obviously.
The STG-44 is the world's first assault rifle and the father of all modern assault rifles. It's a German made gun too and it's often told that Mikhail Kalashnikov got his hands on an STG-44 and made the AK-47. If there was no STG-44 there would be no AK. Who knows how the war would have turned out had the German army deployed them earlier in the war:
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Hey Mags, they even just came out with a .22 version!
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