r/canadaguns • u/Bowie37 • 14d ago
Feets / Collection / My build Valmet M78 “DMR”
Picked up this great example of a Valmet M78 in .308 a couple of weeks ago from GunPost. If you’re familiar with it, you’d know it was developed by Valmet as a possible LMG for the Finnish army. It didn’t get adopted but they still produced it for the commercial market. A semi-auto with a 5 round magazine doesn’t make for a great LMG so I figured I’d see if I could turn it into a DMR without having to make any permanent modifications to the rifle. It performed quite well at the range today with the cheapest ammo I could find locally (4.5” groups at 200 meters). I was just happy that it held a consistent zero! Here’s the build list:
Valmet M78 in .308
-AK Master Mount side rail (AKM Pattern)
-RS Regulate AK-303M lower mount w/ full rail upper
-MDT Premier low scope rings
-Primary Arms SLX 1-6x
-Valman AK2.0 Buffer tube adapter
-Magpul MOE PR Carbine stock (wanted something that was lightweight but still retained the silhouette of the club foot wood stock)
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