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- Jun 25, 2013
Thanks!
Yeah, the Daisy* comes with a peep sight rear, and a globe front sight with different inserts (it's supposedly "the most accurate BB gun made"). Now, in terms of Guns, i'm a recently "reformed liberal" so I don't have much practical knowledge on peep sights, but I like them well enough. Certainly seems to cut down on the time it takes to line up everything on a target. I suspect it's more of a personal choice than anything though. If the iron sights are lousy, i'd say it's definitely worth looking into.
Gotta say, I don't think there's an ugly Vepr or PSL that i've seen. Handsome rifles.
*As an aside I think it's pretty funny that Daisy made the first modern production rifle that used caseless ammunition, the Daisy V/L. They made them from 1968-69, when the ATF labeled it legally a firearm, which Daisy doesn't have a license to make. My uncle showed me some rounds once, and they're pretty goofy (not my picture, mind you);
I think at least some Olympic shooters use peep sights, as I believe optics are disallowed. I've never had any serious problems with iron sights, the first rifle I used was a single-shot bolt action .22 at an intro to shooting class, and though the sights were crude it wasn't hard to learn on. Everyone serious about shooting well should start with something similar in my opinion, it makes the user not want to waste his shot. People complain about AK sights though due their crude simplicity so I dunno how the PSL would do without a nice piece of glass.
You can still find the VL cartridges on GunBroker occasionally, I'll have to see if they've got any YouTube videos of it in action. There have been at least a few experimental firearms that use caseless ammunition, the Heckler and Koch G-11 is probably the best known example. It was declared a success, but the program was no longer needed due to the Cold War coming to a close. It still makes occasional movie and game appearances due to its sci-fi look though.
And the 4.73mm caseless round up close
I would have gotten a Vepr rifle in 7.62x54R and gotten Dragunov wood for it if I didn't already have the kit for the PSL, if you want a PSL get an original Romanian one if you can, they're generally better made than the ones assembled on parts kits in the US. If you roll your own, parts are going up in price and magazines are not easy to find, either, although I grabbed quite a few when they weren't so bad in price or quantity. I have to finish the receiver blank and send my Shilen barrel blank to be worked on, but I'm just doing what I can when I can, and when time/funds allow.
The Vepr shotguns are great, better than the Saigas in my opinion, and easier to add furniture to. There's a lot you can do with them, really. And the best part is that 12 gauge can be found anywhere, though I'm considering a shotshell reloading press for creating my own loads. I'm curious about how a .72 caliber musket ball would do. (12 gauge bore diameter is .729")
Great job, it's really coming along! What color are you going to get? Also, what do you have in mind for optics, if anything? By the way, drum magazines exist for the M-14 variants if that interests you.
