like, when i first got it i thought the gun was broken

i had to pull so hard on the charging handle i saw stars and bruised my hands after a range trip

i had to put about 500rds thru it before it wasnt that bad, i'm about 1200 in now and it's still a complete bitch to charge, just not quite as awful as it was

it's not anything to do with the brand, it's just the nature of roller-delayed blowback

hoooonestly i'd save for a FAL or get an AR10

G3s are cool but i wish i'd have gotten an AR10

I saw that on a 1000 round tourer test for the c308 and also thanks again for the link you and the Oregon unemployment just bought me a toy we have Mason hands so we can hang with it. Do you wish for the ar10 just for options on parts ? I want the rifle with closed off parts it rains a lot here and I'm prone to treat things like I don't love them

for the option on parts, aftermarket, accuracy, and ease of cleaning

PTRs are accurate but if you get good shit you can get an AR10 sub-moa

and let me tell you something about cleaning

G3s are a *whore* to clean

and because they're roller delayed blowback, you need to clean them every 500rds or so

i shoot 1 mag and the thing is completely filthy

The roller wears on those as well dint they? I'm more of a bladed weapons nerd than firearms

Hema and shit

@NwSamsquatch Hunter the rollers will last forever, dw about that. the gun just gets disgusting after a while

and you have to rotate the bolt, that's under spring pressure, to clean it... so

that and the gun is really hard to reach inside of to clean the actual receiver body

all that said, the gun is a dream to shoot and i love it to death

i just kinda wish i wouldve gotten an AR10 instead

tell you one thing it is nice that mags are so cheap

G3 mags are about $5 a piece, and i got a bulk deal for 19 mags for $3 a piece after i got it

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Shittt whats a good ar10 plat to start with if I went that way. There's a shot load of dimond backs out there but I saw a meme on them once

welp theres goes more of our privacy

They already lost steam in whatever Oregon rally they had wanted to start the alt right was trolled there to pipe down, anmmdd seaside has moved to open more anyways

also g3s are *heavy*

mine is 9 and a half pounds unloaded, the mag adds about a pound and a half and most of that weight is in the front

Jesus hallway there to a saw almost

yeah

would not be a fun shtf gun

also diamondbacks are okay

i have one, my buddy has one, they're ok

on the same level as PSA with just

inspect what you get before you fire because QC on their side is kinda eh

you could also get a Smith&Wesson M&P10, they run about the same cost as a PTR, about the $1000 range

There is a mp 10 decent mods for 1.1k if thats a good choice I could go there

There are also some sport 2s for 650 is

1.1k isnt super bad for a MP10

Also random but funny my great uncle was a big collector and went cocoo so now my gpa has like 8 mag fed m1garands to get rid of on top of a shit load of luger style 22.s had to get a ffl guy even for some crazy crap he had

Mag fed garand?