Bought a 30rnd mag new from Sportsman today: £50.
Best stick to Austrian surplus mags with that cost!

Quote Originally Posted by Hairydavey View Post
Nice review, I know someone with one of the early ones with the green furniture and had a go on it, had a Ta31 Acog instead of the Susat fitted and a 30 round mag, with the bottom portion of the mag that stuck out of the magwell sprayed with black paint so you couldn't see the rounds! Bit odd!

I've no idea how he modded it, but he seemed to have tapped and drilled a hole in the barrel quick release slot and put a hex head bolt in there, and voila, quick release barrel. Saw him remove and refit it as he showed it to me to demonstrate it.

I found it nice and easy to use though I thought the trigger was very heavy. Don't know if it helps you, but he stuck an AR15 A2 style flash hider on it so it looks a bit more military looking if that's your thing. Would have one myself if I had another slot spare.
I had a look at the ACOG. More practical and mounts out the box.
They do mount a bit high on these unfortunately which put me off; I hate being stuck with a chin-weld on rifles. The SUSAT came in very cheap, and the optics are as good as anything more recent I have seen, despite being manufactured in the mid 80's.

It doesn't suffer much muzzle climb, but I would like to replace the thread protector since it works loose so easily. They take moderators quite well, but the extra cleaning would be a nuisance.