Niksan Amazing how fast a sub $500 rifle becomes a slightly sub $1,000 rifle

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SpindleB

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Like buying a new car, options really drive up the price...

Take a $450 Niksan Ozark TS (on sale at ThePelletShop.com) add:
UTG Accushot 4-16x44 Scope
Odb 160s Moderator
700cc Carbon Fiber Cylinder
Micro Regulator and Adapter
CVLife Bipod
ARCA to Picatinny adapter
Barrel Band (current one modified by rat tail file, Jake at jb3dpd.com currently making custom BB).

Granted everything, other than the rifle, was in my spares or retasked. Still going to have to replace the spares...

-- Matt

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Stubbers said:
Yea the temptation for add-on's and extras is too real.....and even when we think we're done, we find ourselves seeking further improvements in the slightest of ways, from ammo, to scope, to gun bling, we're cursed!

-Matt
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I'm actually pretty good sticking with my initial plan.
Big cost is usually regulate, CF bottle to get up to 4500PSI, and a scope.

I have been known to very much cheap out on scopes.
My usual max distance is about 40 yards so spending hundreds of dollars on a scope seems more than a tad ridiculous.
That said I did catch a deal on Aliexpress for a 5.5-22x56 FFP for a bit over $100.
I have a couple others of decent quality but they came with the rifle.

BTW: I'll just call you "one dash"

-- Matt
 
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SpindleB said:
I'm actually pretty good sticking with my initial plan.
Big cost is usually regulate, CF bottle to get up to 4500PSI, and a scope.

I have been known to very much cheap out on scopes.
My usual max distance is about 40 yards so spending hundreds of dollars on a scope seems more than a tad ridiculous.
That said I did catch a deal on Aliexpress for a 5.5-22x56 FFP for a bit over $100.
I have a couple others of decent quality but they came with the rifle.

BTW: I'll just call you "one dash"

-- Matt
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Which scope model/brand? Spill the beans!

Roger that, "two dash".

-Matt
 
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Stubbers said:
Great find two dash, for that price you cannot go wrong. Lots of scope for that price.

-Matt
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The reticle is a bit difficult with any sort of dark background. It is etched so there is no lighting.
As this is my first FFP I think I'll stick with SFP or my sub $50 Aliexpress scopes.

I bought a 6-24x60 scope for $43 some time back.
Big fan of wide field of view and 60mm objective for that price was too good to pass up.
It arrived and turned out to be a knockoff of the obsolete Leupold Mark IV.
The pictures show no logo or identifying data, but the scope is clearly marked Leupold.
But rather than etched, the bottom logo is just a sticker.
Checked with Leupold and they know about them. Been getting support calls for the same serial # scope...
I still stuck it on a rifle, seems to work well.


 
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SpindleB said:
I bought a 6-24x60 scope for $43 some time back.
Big fan of wide field of view and 60mm objective for that price was too good to pass up.
It arrived and turned out to be a knockoff of the obsolete Leupold Mark IV.
The pictures show no logo or identifying data, but the scope is clearly marked Leupold.
But rather than etched, the bottom logo is just a sticker.
Checked with Leupold and they know about them. Been getting support calls for the same serial # scope...
I still stuck it on a rifle, seems to work well.


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No, really, they are not knock-off Leupolds.

I doubt I would have bought them knowing they were Leupold knock-off. I was just jonsing over a 60mm objective. If the price were not clue enough the Serial Number could be taken as a clue.

-- Matt
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Or a 2200 impact becomes a 7000 impact
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If i did anything beyond 40 or so yards I might consider a $2200 rifle.
Shrinking a quarter size POI to dime size, I just can't justify that cost.
For what I do, plinking and pests, close is good enough and my collection of sub $500 rifles ($500 except the Terminator) are more than adequate.
Granted, investment in most of them after purchase, as in this case, can double the price.
The Terminator is the one I invested the least after purchase, is a BinTac modified and all I added were barrel bands and that huge Huma 50 moderator
Most get Moderator, Huben Power adjustable regulator, Scope of variable quality, CF cylinder, barrel bands (custom if necessary), ARCA to picatinny adapter and bipod.
 
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