Exotics - help me pick out an oddball sporting rifle

Cowcatcher said:

There goes the ski trip.

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tRidiot said:

So, I've been thinking for a while about something exotic and different. I'm an AR guy all the way, and I've been thinking of a bullpup-style or something similar. I could always do a bullpup conversion on an SKS or something, and that may still be a possibility as well.

But with Wanenmacher's coming up this weekend, I've been doing some research to see if I can spot a decent or good deal on one of the following:

PS90
Tavor
Kriss Vector

Personally, I am leaning toward the Vector. The pistol-caliber choices, the Gen II allows for multiple-caliber compatibility - although I believe the conversions are quite expensive - and the Glock mag compatibility are all big selling points.

I really like the feel of the PS90 and one of my friend has one, but the ammo is oddball, expensive, and reloading is problematic, although not impossible. He's told me a little about it, but it sounds complicated. And I don't think I want to do a one-off caliber weapon. Unless I find a really stellar deal on one at the show.

The Tavor I don't know a lot about yet. I like the bullpup design. Trigger options look expensive from what little I have seen. They take standard 5.56 PMAGs which is nice. I do see a 9mm version, but I think that's it other than 5.56. Super high prices for what you seem to get. It is short but has the 16" barrel characteristics, but let's be real, this isn't something to shoot hundreds of yards with. I got plenty of other rifles for benchrest shooting. Seems to float around $1700. I like it, but I don't know if it's worth it, ya know?

So, I am leaning towards the Vector, but I'm open to ideas and to other possibilities. I am looking for something kind of exotic, not just 'another AR' or whatever. I know my son would lose his mind if I brought home one of these, lol. I think it's pretty cool, too, having 'played' with these over the years in FPS video games and such. This is a fun toy kind of exercise, not necessarily something practical, but hey, if it is also practical at the same time, that's a bonus, right?

So what would you buy? Let's say my total budget is 2k or so.[/QU

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tRidiot said:

So, I've been thinking for a while about something exotic and different. I'm an AR guy all the way, and I've been thinking of a bullpup-style or something similar. I could always do a bullpup conversion on an SKS or something, and that may still be a possibility as well.

But with Wanenmacher's coming up this weekend, I've been doing some research to see if I can spot a decent or good deal on one of the following:

PS90
Tavor
Kriss Vector

Personally, I am leaning toward the Vector. The pistol-caliber choices, the Gen II allows for multiple-caliber compatibility - although I believe the conversions are quite expensive - and the Glock mag compatibility are all big selling points.

I really like the feel of the PS90 and one of my friend has one, but the ammo is oddball, expensive, and reloading is problematic, although not impossible. He's told me a little about it, but it sounds complicated. And I don't think I want to do a one-off caliber weapon. Unless I find a really stellar deal on one at the show.

The Tavor I don't know a lot about yet. I like the bullpup design. Trigger options look expensive from what little I have seen. They take standard 5.56 PMAGs which is nice. I do see a 9mm version, but I think that's it other than 5.56. Super high prices for what you seem to get. It is short but has the 16" barrel characteristics, but let's be real, this isn't something to shoot hundreds of yards with. I got plenty of other rifles for benchrest shooting. Seems to float around $1700. I like it, but I don't know if it's worth it, ya know?

So, I am leaning towards the Vector, but I'm open to ideas and to other possibilities. I am looking for something kind of exotic, not just 'another AR' or whatever. I know my son would lose his mind if I brought home one of these, lol. I think it's pretty cool, too, having 'played' with these over the years in FPS video games and such. This is a fun toy kind of exercise, not necessarily something practical, but hey, if it is also practical at the same time, that's a bonus, right?

So what would you buy? Let's say my total budget is 2k or so.

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