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Adroc Thurston said:
I really want a top break, but that'll be later on down the line in terms of what I want/needs
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The only reasonable option that isn't a .32 or .38 S&W(not Special) would be the Schofield reproductions which sit above $1,000 and are purely vanity/novelty pieces due to mechanical superiority of the solid frame revolvers with swing-out cylinders.
 
Here is something interesting, a WW1 Austro-Hungarian SMG (no not the Hellriegal):

What’s interesting is that one of the sources in the description states that there is still apparently a prototype of one in the Canadian War Museum located in Ottowa. Maybe Ian can get his hands on it one day, or maybe someone here could inquire about it.
 
VorpalAnvil- said:
You just know that 60 round mag is a jam-o-matic
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the gen 1 schmeisser definitely is, however the gen 2 works quite reliably if kept with a little lube. tested with several several compatible MGs personally and it has seen some positive use in ukraine too - for whatever reason it's not shipped with lube at all which is required for the mag to function properly. a rub down with an oily cloth is enough.
BohrokSwarms said:
I’m basically trying to get the cheapest possible 5.56. I’m looking at Guns.com because they offer direct financing
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PSA has under $500 AR's that will work for the majority of people. i might not want to go to war with it, but for a super basic rifle it's hard to beat. while there are also ones under $400 i'm a lot less confident in a complete Del-ton rifle (lower is probably fine, but i've had meh to bad experiences with the uppers) and ATI (which is a borderline plinker but isn't dangerous to use).

cheap crap tends to be the most expensive if you actually want to use it - either with repairs, replacements, or losses from poor quality.

 
BohrokSwarms said:
I’m basically trying to get the cheapest possible 5.56. I’m looking at Guns.com because they offer direct financing
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Do you want the cheapest possible AR, or the cheapest possible AR that will work and last for more than a few thousand rounds before it suffers a catastrophic failure?

Club Sandwich said:
the gen 1 schmeisser definitely is, however the gen 2 works quite reliably if kept with a little lube. tested with several several compatible MGs personally and it has seen some positive use in ukraine too - for whatever reason it's not shipped with lube at all which is required for the mag to function properly. a rub down with an oily cloth is enough.
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I never see them run by anyone, even in competition footage I really only see the occasional 40 rounder. Obviously tacticool bros arent generally running them since they dont fit in a chest rig. They come up in conversation occasionally (like here) but Ive never seen and real documentation tests or reviews that shows them to be worth the cost weight and size.
 
VorpalAnvil- said:
They come up in conversation occasionally (like here) but Ive never seen and real documentation tests or reviews that shows them to be worth the cost weight and size.
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that's the difficult part, i just have a sample size of 2 and my info from ukraine is from people actually there reporting what they see and use. not much room for official testing and to be honest these sorts of big mags aren't terribly useful in general, not even the "good" ones. i debated using one as a contact mag when i was in afghanistan and iraq but they just were too awkward and annoying to use.
 
VorpalAnvil- said:
Do you want the cheapest possible AR, or the cheapest possible AR that will work and last for more than a few thousand rounds before it suffers a catastrophic failure?
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Yes, for clarity I want the cheapest good AR. Somewhere under $700 preferably. I want to have a rifle in my house with ammo before the end of this year. There is an affordable PSA rifle on guns.com but it doesn’t have built in sights, so I’d have to spend more money and time deciding on an optic. I would like to get an optic but I want something with sights in case I don’t have the time or money to get an optic picked out.
 
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