Hello. as stated in a previous post, im a european looking for advice. I´ll be moving to austria soon, which has a lot more lax firearm laws than germany, and i´m putting together a "loadout" of sorts, just to see what it the cost would amount to. Austrias license system works like this: 2 semi-automatic firearms, be they rifles, shotguns or handguns. (rifles/shotguns get 10 round mags maximum, handguns 20). This can be expanded, but it´s difficult. Repeating Rifles, as well as break-action shotguns, are "category c", and thus do not apply to the license. they still need to be registered, but you can technically own an infinite amount of them. (apologies, this massive textwall will be important for the sidenote.)
Now, the main point of this post. I have been looking at a few rifles in particular.
1: Unique Alpine UPG-1 Overview - Unique Alpine These are made in germany. The version most stores have costs 2.6k euro, and has a folding stock, ar-compatible pistol grip, and AICS magwell. (this is important because anything but magpul mags is stupidly expensive here. think 100 dollars for a Howa 1500 mag expensive).
2: Unique Alpine JPR-1 Highland Overview - Unique Alpine This one´s only simmilarities to the UPG are that it´s also .308, and also takes AICS magazines. this one is 600 euro cheaper than that aswell, but it cannot mount bipods, as far as i can tell.
There are also some other options, such as tikka and howa, but these would all require mdification to take aics mags, and would thus propably be more expensive than those two.
Can anyone who who is experienced in the long-range field tell me if these are good options?
Now, the sidenote. Once the "loadout" is bought, i wanted to set aside some bolt-actions for the friends and family that come running, should something happen. You know, the "yes, i was wrong, now please tell me you have spares" situation. i was considering surplus mosin-nagant 91-31 for this, plus 10 full stripper clips per rifle, a cheap aftermarket buttpad and a sling. This together is either ~700 or ~800 euro per rifle (hexagonal system ones cost 100 euro more than round system). This is still a lot cheaper than fresh rifles. Is this a good idea, or should i look for something else?
I apologize for this massive textwall. If youve come this far, thank you for your time. Any advice would be greatly apreciated.
Leon
Now, the main point of this post. I have been looking at a few rifles in particular.
1: Unique Alpine UPG-1 Overview - Unique Alpine These are made in germany. The version most stores have costs 2.6k euro, and has a folding stock, ar-compatible pistol grip, and AICS magwell. (this is important because anything but magpul mags is stupidly expensive here. think 100 dollars for a Howa 1500 mag expensive).
2: Unique Alpine JPR-1 Highland Overview - Unique Alpine This one´s only simmilarities to the UPG are that it´s also .308, and also takes AICS magazines. this one is 600 euro cheaper than that aswell, but it cannot mount bipods, as far as i can tell.
There are also some other options, such as tikka and howa, but these would all require mdification to take aics mags, and would thus propably be more expensive than those two.
Can anyone who who is experienced in the long-range field tell me if these are good options?
Now, the sidenote. Once the "loadout" is bought, i wanted to set aside some bolt-actions for the friends and family that come running, should something happen. You know, the "yes, i was wrong, now please tell me you have spares" situation. i was considering surplus mosin-nagant 91-31 for this, plus 10 full stripper clips per rifle, a cheap aftermarket buttpad and a sling. This together is either ~700 or ~800 euro per rifle (hexagonal system ones cost 100 euro more than round system). This is still a lot cheaper than fresh rifles. Is this a good idea, or should i look for something else?
I apologize for this massive textwall. If youve come this far, thank you for your time. Any advice would be greatly apreciated.
Leon
