Vepr .308

lcberlin · Post by **lcberlin** » March 31st, 2008, 8:14 am

Anyone have much to say about these rifles? I have a friend who has one, and states they are worth the thousand dollar asking price. Be interested in hearing more from others about it.

Thanks, y'all!

trent · Post by **trent** » March 31st, 2008, 4:07 pm

if you want to send me one I'll be glad to tell you how much I like it.

volfandan · Post by **volfandan** » March 31st, 2008, 6:49 pm

If you like the gun, get it. I'm not going to burst anyones bubble. However, for $1000 you can get A LOT more in .308.

CDNN sells JLD PTR-91 (H&K-91 or G3 copy) for $900

Entreprise Arms sells their standard FAL for $900.

It would be really hard to find an M1A for under $1200, BUT you may find a DPMS AR-10 for $1000 or less.

Just MHO, but I'd rather have any of these that I have mentioned other than a vepr. Now a dragunov in 7.62x54 or .308.....that's a different story! :-*

volfandan · Post by **volfandan** » April 1st, 2008, 11:29 pm

Here's a Saiga from centerfire systems for half the price of a vepr

http://www.centerfiresystems.com/index. ... rodID=1682

garry · Post by **garry** » April 2nd, 2008, 1:13 am

that saiga .308 is nifty ! . I haven't heard if they are worth the cheap $$ price yet. anyone hear about or have one of those also? G

volfandan · Post by **volfandan** » April 2nd, 2008, 1:16 am

Haven't heard anything, but $500 is darn tempting! I know that everything that I've heard about ANY Saiga (be it shotgun, .223, 7.62x39) has been positive. They are made in Russia, and seem to be very well made.

garry · Post by **garry** » April 2nd, 2008, 1:19 am

again , i spoke from a screwed up memory. They are $369 for the Saiga .308 synthetic stocked version. there at Centerfire/ http://www.centerfiresystems.com/index. ... rodID=1632 G

trent · Post by **trent** » April 2nd, 2008, 8:43 pm

I've got a friend who has one, I'll ask him what he thinks.

mamcdonald · Post by **mamcdonald** » April 2nd, 2008, 10:25 pm

The Saigas are supposed to be quite nice for the money, although 20-round .308 mags are upwards of $50 on gunbroker. That's not necessarily a bad thing though, since with ammo prices being what they are I wouldn't want to shoot 20 rounds of .308 at a time anyway

The VEPRs are from what I understand one of the most accurate AK-pattern rifles around, and especially in .308. There's one on gunbroker right now for $750 with poly furniture/pistol grip, and another with wooden thumbhole stock and wood forearm for $1000, so if I were in the market I'd offer around $850 but it's your money

lcberlin · Post by **lcberlin** » April 3rd, 2008, 7:57 am

I do not care for the M16 style rifles, just not my thing (I'm a Ford man, too). The HK/G3 leaves me cold, too (don't like blondes, either). The FAL is doing ok, but I would prefer wood furniture. A Springfield would be great, however I don't have the ~$1450 being asked for the M-1A SOCOM II Scout that I really really like. What I have read about the Vepr is that it is based on the heavy machine gun reciever rather than the AK receiver.

I am also a big fan of bullpup rifles, so when I saw Kel-Tec's new rifle offering, http://www.kel-tec-cnc.com/images/downl ... 07_web.pdf , I got real excited. Would sure like to hold one of these, and know the actual price, before I buy a Vepr.

mamcdonald · Post by **mamcdonald** » April 3rd, 2008, 10:05 pm

I think I read somewhere that the manufacturer's recommended service life (not the actual phrasing but I can't think of it right now) on one of those Kel-Tecs is like 3k-6k rounds, which is absurdly short for a modern firearm. I'm sure they lowball it to be on the safe side, but even 10k is very short. I guess I'm just not much of a fan of a polymer-framed .308.

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