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**4V50 Gary** · January 23, 1999, 12:50 AM

Walt,

The fixed stock HK91 was the gun of my college days (when they were new off the shelf at $350-$385). While the balance was never as good as a sporting rifle (top heavy thanks to the bolt carrier), one could easily keep everything within a 4" target at 100 yards at rapid fire. Mind you, none of us were trained or schooled in formal rifle shooting. We loaded the mags and blasted away as soon as we recovered from the recoil. Being relatively poor (we all worked our ways through school), we didn't even bother to change target from shooter to shooter. Great camaraderie and everybody loved the fact that we kept it in the bullseye with the miminal of training (generally me tellling them how to use that drum sight and to keep the front post on the target). Ammo was generally the cheap (affordable to us) PMC ($4 for a box of 20).

On slow fire, it would shoot much tighter groups and was capable of 1" or less, depending on the ammo.

Check out an earlier thread on the FN-FAL v. HK91 in this forum. Yes there are other guns out there; some of which are arguably more accurate or ergonomic (like the SR25) If you buy an HK, you won't regret it. One advantage of the HK over the SR is the price of high capacity mags ($20 v. $100).

January 23, 1999, 12:50 AM	#2
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,840	Walt, The fixed stock HK91 was the gun of my college days (when they were new off the shelf at $350-$385). While the balance was never as good as a sporting rifle (top heavy thanks to the bolt carrier), one could easily keep everything within a 4" target at 100 yards at rapid fire. Mind you, none of us were trained or schooled in formal rifle shooting. We loaded the mags and blasted away as soon as we recovered from the recoil. Being relatively poor (we all worked our ways through school), we didn't even bother to change target from shooter to shooter. Great camaraderie and everybody loved the fact that we kept it in the bullseye with the miminal of training (generally me tellling them how to use that drum sight and to keep the front post on the target). Ammo was generally the cheap (affordable to us) PMC ($4 for a box of 20). On slow fire, it would shoot much tighter groups and was capable of 1" or less, depending on the ammo. Check out an earlier thread on the FN-FAL v. HK91 in this forum. Yes there are other guns out there; some of which are arguably more accurate or ergonomic (like the SR25) If you buy an HK, you won't regret it. One advantage of the HK over the SR is the price of high capacity mags ($20 v. $100).