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Anyone out there have any experience with a PTR rifle. They have moved to South Carolina from the Northeast to get away from the anti-gunners, lower taxes, lower wage rates etc.

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Nope, but I want one.

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had one for a while.
fine weapon, just to heavy for me. reasonably accurate and reliable. throws brass into the next county and with the fluted chamber reduces the life. if I where to be in a serious fire fight I would take a PTR or a cetme over the 223 ar just for the authority of the 308. but then I like big bullets so I got an ar in 458 socom. bang flop


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Interesting, folks thinking big bullets give bang flops.

I got a 50 beowulf... have taken probably 10-15 animals with it. have yet to see a bang flop.

Never mind bang flop is related to bullet placement, not caliber. IMHO.


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I have the PTR91 GI. Never had a jam, and plenty accurate. Great value for the money. When I bought mine a few years ago, factory new H&K mags were selling for four bucks a pop via military surplus sources. At that time I stocked up on them. Think I have thirty or so. Don't know if they're still that cheap, but likely close.

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Originally Posted by wilkeshunter
Anyone out there have any experience with a PTR rifle. They have moved to South Carolina from the Northeast to get away from the anti-gunners, lower taxes, lower wage rates etc.


They were in the news recently for having some financial issues due to downturn in gun sales, cost of the move and all. Apparently they are pulling out of that. Hope so. They're your neighbors and I'd surely look at one of their rifles if I were looking for an HK type.


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Originally Posted by rost495
Interesting, folks thinking big bullets give bang flops.

I got a 50 beowulf... have taken probably 10-15 animals with it. have yet to see a bang flop.

Never mind bang flop is related to bullet placement, not caliber. IMHO.


over the last 50 years I have seen more big bullet bang flops than with 30cal or less. and I have taken at least 3 big game animals per year. lots of bang flops. ymmv


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Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
I have the PTR91 GI. Never had a jam, and plenty accurate. Great value for the money. When I bought mine a few years ago, factory new H&K mags were selling for four bucks a pop via military surplus sources. At that time I stocked up on them. Think I have thirty or so. Don't know if they're still that cheap, but likely close.


I have the same rifle, and same experience, no real issues to speak of. The magazines aren't quite as cheap now, but the sources are out there with deals well below what the AR-15 crowd is paying for mags.

You may get used stocks on yours, they will be probably be genuine HK, but used.

For a clone battle rifle, it's decent option.

Downside, if you ever need parts or want to upgrade, you are buying in the HK market and paying accordingly.

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I had one. Great rifle but too heavy for my tastes. I does mark up the brass with the fluted chamber which drove me nuts. You can use steel cased for plinking which is the opposite of what a buddy told me. I called PTR and they said they would rather you shoot steel cased ammo than old military surplus. Said steel is absolutely fine in their rifles.


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Originally Posted by wilkeshunter
Anyone out there have any experience with a PTR rifle. They have moved to South Carolina from the Northeast to get away from the anti-gunners, lower taxes, lower wage rates etc.


They were in the news recently for having some financial issues due to downturn in gun sales, cost of the move and all. Apparently they are pulling out of that. Hope so. They're your neighbors and I'd surely look at one of their rifles if I were looking for an HK type.


Hmmmm....interesting. I know that they located in the lower part of SC and got quite a few sate grants to do it. As I work in a similar area, those grants have strings attached that don't always allow someone to just pull out ('Course, depends on the deal reached). That is what happened to the MSAR in NC, when they were not getting the sales, they tried to pull out and found it better to just shut than fight the state Gub-mint over it


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If I was in the market for that style rifle, I wouldn't have any qualms about buying a PTR. I've shot PTR91's and seen them shot a lot. Never saw or experienced a failure of any kind. But, as already mentioned, they're heavy.

I've also had the pleasure of shooting a friend's HK91. Nice rifle, for sure. But, they're plenty proud of them.

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