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I am sure this has been beat to death, so let the flamers begin. I searched the web for hours and was left with several opinions, none of which I trust because none of those with the opinions left me amazed with their experience.
First off, I owned an HK91, the real oracle, in the 80's which I bought brand new from Turners for $399. About 1983 I think. Yeah, I am that old. It was a flawless rifle and never gave me any trouble. Never a jam, never a failure to eject, nothing. It ran like a Rolex and performed like a BMW. Goobled up every kind of ammo and asked for more. Anyway, when Bush Sr. signed into federal law the ban on such items of excellence, and made it mandatory to register with the feds ownership of such a thing, I bit the bullet and sold my HK91 for almost 15 times the price I paid for it. But, I digress.
Now I see the PTR91 at Turners for less than 1200 before tax and gov fees. The HK memories are strong and I am almost ready buy the thing. But the youngster behind the counter at Turners began telling me how unreliable the HK 91's were. Heh. What a moron, he picked the wrong customer to BS with. So I stopped listening and walked away. But, I am curious. Despite the bad sales pitch, and I won't hold that against PTR, I like the looks and familiarity of the PTR 91, BUT I don't want bad clone. I can swing the extra bills for a M1A, but its just a clone too if you go back far enough. And frankly, since Springfield builds the XD (or whatever those Glock patented pistols are called), in Croatia, they kind of destroyed my confidence in them as an All American company. (I don't mind buying foreign, such as HK, Sig, or Glock. But why does an american company have pistols built in eastern Europe)? Nevermind.
What's the better rifle? PTR 91 or M1A? I don't care about weight or MOA accuracy, I just want a reliable 308 semi auto rifle.
First off, I owned an HK91, the real oracle, in the 80's which I bought brand new from Turners for $399. About 1983 I think. Yeah, I am that old. It was a flawless rifle and never gave me any trouble. Never a jam, never a failure to eject, nothing. It ran like a Rolex and performed like a BMW. Goobled up every kind of ammo and asked for more. Anyway, when Bush Sr. signed into federal law the ban on such items of excellence, and made it mandatory to register with the feds ownership of such a thing, I bit the bullet and sold my HK91 for almost 15 times the price I paid for it. But, I digress.
Now I see the PTR91 at Turners for less than 1200 before tax and gov fees. The HK memories are strong and I am almost ready buy the thing. But the youngster behind the counter at Turners began telling me how unreliable the HK 91's were. Heh. What a moron, he picked the wrong customer to BS with. So I stopped listening and walked away. But, I am curious. Despite the bad sales pitch, and I won't hold that against PTR, I like the looks and familiarity of the PTR 91, BUT I don't want bad clone. I can swing the extra bills for a M1A, but its just a clone too if you go back far enough. And frankly, since Springfield builds the XD (or whatever those Glock patented pistols are called), in Croatia, they kind of destroyed my confidence in them as an All American company. (I don't mind buying foreign, such as HK, Sig, or Glock. But why does an american company have pistols built in eastern Europe)? Nevermind.
What's the better rifle? PTR 91 or M1A? I don't care about weight or MOA accuracy, I just want a reliable 308 semi auto rifle.
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