Folks,
I've got a buddy who's dead set on getting a G3 clone. What's available and what's recommended? I'm trying to steer him in the right direction so he doesn't waste his money and end up with some jammomatic cheap crap.
Thanks...
Folks,
I've got a buddy who's dead set on getting a G3 clone. What's available and what's recommended? I'm trying to steer him in the right direction so he doesn't waste his money and end up with some jammomatic cheap crap.
Thanks...
--Josh H.
Over the counter.....the PTR-91 is the only G3 clone I'd think of buying currently.
If he can hunt around and fine a Greek G3 imported by Springfield (SAR-3, SAR-8), or a Portuguese G3 or XG3 imported by Pars, those would be my choices.
Or, pick up a parts kit and a JLD receiver and send it to a reputable smith and have them build it up.
If he tries to buy anything Century Arms, beat him with the rifle like a red headed step child.....
Employee of colonialshooting.com
Try to get a like new H&K91!
There is nothing like the original!
Only modification it needs is the flapper mag pull
every H&K related gunsmith can really easy install!
The Portugese are quite well too!
Have myself both types,
an original H&K41 and a Portugese G3-clone (called SAR97 in Germany!),
both do extremly well!
Do not wasten your or your friends money with cheap knockoffs!
In Germany we say: Who buy cheap buy twice!!!
And what nothing cost is nothing !
JLDs are the only ones I was familar with when he asked. Any quirks or unique traits to the JLDs that he should know about?
Honestly he's more looking at this as a fun plinker than a battle rifle so justifying an HK91 over a clone is tough for him. He did just buy a new P30 though
--Josh H.
If the G3-clone is too hefty for you
you can add the MSG- or SR9-buffer and the recoil is not so much!
For us (we were trained with thr original G3 in the boot camp )
the recoil feels very soft!
We shoot it with the A3 stock for that reason,
thinking recoil is your friend !
We normaly shoot calibre 8x68S, 9,3x62 and .404 hunting rifles !
Fritze, hefty = heavy.
The G3 is already a fairly heavy rifle, but the heavy barrels on the PTR's just make it heavier.
Employee of colonialshooting.com
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