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Re: new black rifle AKA "The Sink Plunger"
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:47 pm
by Sandgroper
kennyc wrote:this is my new baby, I know its not going to fire as fast as an AR nor be as easy to fire consistently, however it is more involving to shoot and offers a challenge to brighten up those "plinking" sessions
with a 20" 1in9 twist barrel 600 yrds should be doable.
Everytime I see that one of you blokes have got yourselves a Steyr
, I get really tempted to get one for myself :-P - even if I know it's not going to be be same as the one I used in the RAAF.
At least I have the mags for it - until Blackstuff takes them off my hands! :shock:
Re: new black rifle AKA "The Sink Plunger"
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:41 pm
by Chuck
Good ad, is one chap wandering about with the optic cover still on?? looks a fun piece of kit.
Re: new black rifle AKA "The Sink Plunger"
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:53 pm
by ovenpaa
Sink Plunger?
It is an odd looking rifle Kenny but strangely tempting.... :?
Re: new black rifle AKA "The Sink Plunger"
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:07 pm
by Michael Sproul
That is a nice rifle, sucks the powers that be removed our ability to own it in S/A. Sucks even more being FACless, woe is me....
What's the eye relief like with that scope?
Re: new black rifle AKA "The Sink Plunger"
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:04 pm
by kennyc
Michael Sproul wrote:That is a nice rifle, sucks the powers that be removed our ability to own it in S/A. Sucks even more being FACless, woe is me....
What's the eye relief like with that scope?
its a 20x42 so eye relief is pretty demanding insomuch as you have to be just "there" not forward or back, other than that its comfortable to use, if the rifle gets a walk after CWD or Muntjac then I will need to put a more forgiving sporting style scope on it.
Re: new black rifle AKA "The Sink Plunger"
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:06 pm
by kennyc
Sandgroper wrote:kennyc wrote:this is my new baby, I know its not going to fire as fast as an AR nor be as easy to fire consistently, however it is more involving to shoot and offers a challenge to brighten up those "plinking" sessions
with a 20" 1in9 twist barrel 600 yrds should be doable.
Everytime I see that one of you blokes have got yourselves a Steyr
, I get really tempted to get one for myself :-P - even if I know it's not going to be be same as the one I used in the RAAF.
At least I have the mags for it - until Blackstuff takes them off my hands! :shock:
I have 3x30 and 1x10 rnd mags, and for a straight pull I suspect that is enough to be going on with
(£26-50 all loaded depending on ammo)
Re: new black rifle AKA "The Sink Plunger"
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:28 pm
by Blackstuff
Dangermouse wrote:
Also noticed the Irish army with them as well - perhaps a cheap source for magazines?
DM
I was over in Dublin on a stag do a couple of years ago and while everyone was getting ready i sloped off into town on a mission to buy some mags from an Army and Navy store. Asked the bloke about them and he reacted like i'd asked him for a ricin/C4/uranium cocktail :roll: :lol:
When i first got the gun i almost filled my pants when i say Sportsmans wanted £60 for one, and when i was speaking to a guy at the Steyr factory (chasing up my rifle - 6 month debarcle
) i asked him about magazines and he claimed that price was about right :shock: Anyway, i ended up ordering some from the US and i got 3x30rd, 3x9rd and a 42rd one for less than 2 from Sportsmans :55:
Don't worry Sandgroper, i've not forgot about yours . . .
Re: new black rifle AKA "The Sink Plunger"
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:27 pm
by Sandgroper
Blackstuff wrote:
Don't worry Sandgroper, i've not forgot about yours . . .
:lol: I didn't think you had! :lol:
with a 20" 1in9 twist barrel 600 yrds should be doable.