I Love Guns [Pro Gun]

@SW-User Curious...what would you call a "mid range" sniper shot?

@SW-User No offense intended, but the Styer Aug is not a sniper rifle. It is basically an Austrian version of an M16 on a Bullpup platform. Same caliber, gas operated, rotating bolt, comparative rate of fire. It is a damn good assault rifle and great in close quarters but its maximum effective range is between 300 and 350 yards.

@OwnerOfMany I said it was “sort of like” where it’s quite accurate firing single shot. It’s a popular assault rifle of the Australian Military.

@SW-User *Austrian* army, not Australian.

@OwnerOfMany the Australian army use them too. In case you did t know

@SW-User No, they do not. They do use a Steyr designed weapon that is made in Austrailia. It is similar to the AUG but it isn't an AUG. It is called an Austeyr EF88. It is a Bullpup and it does fire the 5.56 NATO round.

@OwnerOfMany I always thought they were steyers, but there are models that look exact like the AR-15 looks like an M4. The SKS adult rifle is the Chinese version of the AK47

@SW-User I hate to tell you, I really do, but the SKS is a rifle all to itself. It originated in Russia and was later made in several other countries including China. The Chinese version is the lesser expensive one you can buy and the most available. I have a Norinco SKS (Chinese) that was a post war arsenal. It has had less than 100 rounds put through it. It fires the same ammo as the AK47, 7.62x39.
The AK47 is another gun that originated in Russia but has been manufactured in many countries and in several versions, all basically the same.

@OwnerOfMany never knew that, there you go. You learn something new every day 🙂

@SW-User If you ever want to read the history of a long lived battle rifle, study the Mosin Nagant. A long Russian bolt action that fired a 7.62x54R cartridge. It was first built in the late 1800s and is still used in some areas today. The M 91/30 PU Sniper was a preferred weapon for the Vietnamese snipers. Finland acquired a bunch of them, disassembled them, modified them, and made a better rifle. The Cadillac of which was the Finnish M-39. The most prolific sniper in history used a Finnish Mosin with iron sites only. His name was Simo Hayha, better known as "White Death". He was credited with 505 kills in 100 days during the winter war between Finland and Russia.
A lot of people talk bad about those old guns but the variations of them and the longevity of them and the history of them tell another story.