The 91's are relatively heavy and the recoil is relatively light.Īnd yes, the telescoping stock sucks, but it sure looks cool. Also get an extra extractor spring (it's the only piece I've ever had break on me in a dozen rifles, 10's of thousands of rounds, both semi and fully automatic).Īs far as recoil? Really? I guess since I started hunting with a sporterized '03 springfield at the age of 12 I'm not thoroughly sympathetic nor understanding. If you shoot it a lot, I mean 10k-20k rounds, you're going to need to eventually get some larger rollers (as the gun wears). All the early guns like yours that I examined were beautifully made and functioned quite well.Īs for modifications. I don't know if HKpro archives are available, but I remember when they were posting pictures of the unboxing of the HK machinery they'd bought from Portugal. Yours is an early JLD 2002-2004 while the AWB was going on. It was hard to discern where the additional value of the HK91 was, above the name as each rifle performed exceptionally well. The 9 series HK's remain one of my favorite battle rifles, and I've owned 91s and 93s from the early 1980's until 2010 (divorce, recession).Ībout 12 years ago a friend of mine bought a PTR91 quite similar to yours and we took to the range for a side-by-side with an IB date coded HK91.
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