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jimmyd87 · 24-05-2011 3:05pm #1

Would there be any bother with getting a .308 for deer? Is that caliber restricted?
I already have a safe, monitered alarm etc, local fo has been out already.

Thanks:D

garv123 · 24-05-2011 3:07pm

jimmyd87 wrote: »

Would there be any bother with getting a .308 for deer? Is that caliber restricted?
I already have a safe, monitered alarm etc, local fo has been out already.

Thanks:D

dont see a problem. lots of lads on here have them, it would be restricted if it was semi auto.

gunhappy_ie · 24-05-2011 3:12pm

As Garv123 has said, it would be restricted if it were a semi auto in that caliber.

Also only bolt actions above .308 are classed as restricted but .308 itself is unrestricted..... unless the rifle you are buying is of bullpup configuration

Confused ? :P

You seem to have a high level of security anyway so all you can do is apply and see what is said to you

GH

Sparks · 24-05-2011 4:21pm

Restricted if semi-auto, or possibly if it "looks like an assault rifle" (that's a heinously gray area in the law right now with no case law I know of as yet). There's also the length of the barrel to consider - there's a gray area as to whether or not you can have a barrel shorter than 20" from the factory. There's the bullpup config that gunhappy mentions as well (though I can't think of a bullpup configuration rifle with a bolt action off the top of my head - do they make a straight-pull Steyr Aug or something gunhappy?).

But if it's a normal bolt action hunting rifle with a 20" or longer barrel, it's grand.

It wasn't me! · 24-05-2011 4:24pm

Sparks wrote: »

do they make a straight-pull Steyr Aug or something gunhappy?

They do indeed. AUG-Z I think it is, or something similar.

Sparks · 24-05-2011 4:27pm

That's got to be a pain in the shoulder to cycle!

gunhappy_ie · 24-05-2011 4:30pm

It wasn't me! wrote: »

They do indeed. AUG-Z I think it is, or something similar.

I take a break for 10 min and you swoop in :P

Yep the Z model, Ive seen them advertised in the UK.

Pain in your shoulder not at all..... the pain in your stones from havin a straight pull would bother me more :P

It wasn't me! · 24-05-2011 4:31pm

Sparks wrote: »

That's got to be a pain in the shoulder to cycle!

As far as I know, the cocking handle is forward, on the left hand side, much like the standard AUG.

gunhappy_ie · 24-05-2011 4:36pm

It wasn't me! wrote: »

As far as I know, the cocking handle is forward, on the left hand side, much like the standard AUG.

Most likely they are standard Semi autos that a dealer in the UK has converted to staight pull because on googling AUG Z the Steyr page shows a semiauto civilian version.....

It would be easy convert them to staight pull. And the standard postion of the cocking handle would be the best place for it.

Sparks · 24-05-2011 4:36pm

Ah, I see...

It wasn't me! · 24-05-2011 4:40pm

Still a pain in the hole, mind. It's certainly no Blaser for ease of use.

Tackleberrywho · 24-05-2011 7:07pm

I'd Rather a Baikal and Buckshot then an AUG

Very loud to fire as the shell ejects right at your ear.

The Aug is a Dog IMHO

And the codology that they can be fired left handed when you have to change the bolt and the stock

I know of a guy who has a straight pull Aug, I'll post a pic of it if I can find it

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