Following up the Cold War Battle Rifles, we have the Assault Rifles which were mostly developed as Western Forces adopted the intermediate 5.56mm cartridge in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Of course, the Russians and their Soviet partners employed and further developed the venerable AK47 series throughout the entirety of the Cold War, starting out with their 7.62x33 intermediate cartridge and later transitioning to the lighter 5.45mm round. In chronological order they are:

- Russian State Arsenals AK-47 Type 2 (1951-1957)

- Russian State Arsenals AKMS (1957-1974)

- USAF Colt Model 601 clone (1962-1965)

- USAF Colt GAU-5/S "Son Tay Raider" carbine clone (1966-1995)

- Harrington & Richardson / Heckler & Koch T223 / HK33 rifle (1964-1966 / 1968-2001)

- Israeli Military Industries Galil Assault Rifle and Machinegun (ARM) (1972-2000)

- Fabrique Nationale Carbine (FNC) (1979-1999)

- Colt Canada C8 carbine (1986-2006)

- SIG 550 / Swissarms "Classic Green" (1990-present)

- Heckler & Koch G36E (1996-Present)

She was more excited to shoot it than I was!

3D printed prototype parts on a mild steel sheet "receiver". Buttstock definitely needs to be larger and a tad higher up.

Most measurements check out but there's still quite a few small things to fix here and there. Fit is solid inside the chassis with no rattling, but there's some gaps I'm not satisfied with

First it was the benelli, then it was the 10/22… now I have the Ranch rifle and i think its the best thing in the world

Benelli supernova 12 Gauge
Ruger 10/22 22LR
Ruger American Ranch 7.62x39

What else to add?

Went to the range the other day and went through a few hundred rounds. One failure to fire on the first couple mags, that was it. Ran like a sewing machine.

Only had the red dot but was keeping it inside the x ring at 36 yards, which was not a limitation of the barrel, but my skill. Very fun little carbine.

My Ruger American Ranch, Patern 82 Canadian webbing, a early patern Canadian Gortex and my Smith and Wesson 686 in a cowboy rig.

thoughts?

Well seeing everyone else post their Henry supremes, I had to join in with my own. As you can see it's got all the fun space cowboy furniture from ranger point. (Stock plus the pewview handguard)

Still debating if the magnifier is worth it, I might swap to an lvpo for a little bit more magnification but we'll see. (Eotech exps + g33, stolen from a different safe queen).

I'm specifically excited to see how the 14.5 inch version with the shield works barrel plays out (might also swap the flash hider).

Range results soon, I've got plenty of old ammo to try (PMC bronze my beloved plinking option).

This certainly is one of the guns of all time. Custom built 6mm PPC Railgun. 20" Barrel. 1:14 twist. Pretty neat thing to fall into my lap.

Lots of Oryx owners out there so here's my take on building and maxing-out MDT's budget friendly chassis.

Usage: Ranger/trainer rifle

Bergara B14 in .243 WIN (Stoke 1:10 20")

Bergara ST1 brake 5/8x24 (.30 cal)

Bergara 10rd aics mag (waiting for MDT steel mags)

Oryx chassis (Grey)

Oryx arca rail (milled for spigot link/extension)

Oryx mlok side panels (Grey)

Oryx buttstock adjustment knobs (x4)

MDT vertical grip elite (notched)

MDT elite bag rider (waiting for 3° angled)

MDT vertical adjustment buttpad

MDT 20 moa pic rail

MDT elite cheek piece (waiting MDT low profile)

Triggertech Special R700 Flat shoe (Set at 1.4lbs)

Discovery ED PRS gen 2 4-20x52

UTG TL 360° bipod 7-9" (waiting for MDT GRND)

Sphur 34mm scope mount

Wayllan MW5 mlok weights (waiting for MDT set)

Wayllan QD picatinny to arca head adapter

Custom brass internal weight (tapped and fastened)

Custom spigot base v1 (secured via arca milled slot)

Custom clamp on tuner (testing stage)

Custom adjustable bag rider plus grip connector bar v1. Milled and hand finished from 2"x1"x12" 6061 aluminum bar stock and two turned 9.5mm x 65mm 6061 aluminum pillars.

Total weight: 18.8lbs (unloaded)

Point of balance is half inch front of Barricade stop.

Sub MOA with norma whitetail 100gr 5 shot at 100yrds.

Load development in progress.

Work in progress:

Barricade stop extension

Spigot body (2 mlok slots)

NV Bridge/hood (picatinny)

Enclosed forend (picatinny/mlok)

None of these upgrades altered the main body of the chassis. The screws used were surplus hardwares that came with the added MDT accessories. (@MDT Josh 😉)

Open to answer any related questions.

Never asked if I should, just seeing if I could

Derya 9mm just arrived. For the money, I'm not expecting miracles. Just hoping to have a fun plinker in a calibre that's not .22. I have a TM22 and the stock on this one seems to be exactly the same. I really like that adjustability. I'm becoming a fan of peep sights and i'm looking forward to experimenting with these. I really like the look of the sharp pin front sight. If the weather holds I'll be able to put some rounds through it on the weekend.

Sks
Derya tm22
Federation Spm12
Ege lv12
Remington 783 300wm
Moss. Maverick 88 20ga
Sears 30-30 lever
Cooey model 64b
Cooey model 64b
250-3000 savage
Lee enfield no4 mk1*

BAR 30-06 - semi auto

Winchester SX4 12 Gauge 3.5" - semi auto

Lakefield 64 .22 - semi auto

LHODR 320 resolution thermal optic ~$290 on aliexpress on a sale a few weeks ago, paired with an original Whitney pocket model in .31 percussion

https://youtu.be/ps8JMuQYvb8?si=SjlEqiihGG-LBRNl

Finally finished my 10/22 build and cant be more happy with it 👌
Build list
Ruger 10/22
Midwest industries 8 inch chassis
Ballistic advantage 8 inch spiral fluted barrel
Midwest industries 5.56 blast can (TIGHT fit in the forend)
Sbi 597 adapter
Vortex triumph red dot
Bcm vert grip
Magpul moe tr stock
Magpul moe k grip

From left to right:

Swedish M96 Mauser made at Carl Gustaf in 1917.

Swedish M38 Mauser made by Husqvarna in 1941.

Lee Enfield No5 Mk1 Jungle Carbine made by Fazakerly in December 1946.

K98k made by JP Sauer in 1943 and refurbished after the war by who knows what country (not the Russians though).

1954 Tula SKS.

1966 TIPO 2 M1 Garand with a 1944 dated springfield reciever, has mix of italian, springfield, and winchester parts.

Running out of storage space lol.

Always wanted a drilling, but was waiting until I found one with non-obsolete calibers. Safe to say, the second I saw this one, a JP Sauer and Sohn in 12GA-12GA (2-3/4”) and 222 Remington (and a scope no less), I snapped it up quick. Handloaded my first batch of 222 a couple hours later. Excited to test it out next week and see how it shoots!

I think these would cover all the bases.

Sako A7 Roughtech Pro 6.5 creedmoor

Beretta 1301

PSA AR15 10.5”

Glock 19 Gen 4