POTD: Spotter ready? Shooter ready? Steyr Mannlicher SSG M1

@Suppressed I'll stick to the 200 STR... Mainly because im poor. What i wouldn't give for double stack 6,5x55 magazines.

@iksnilol Accurate makes 10-rd single stack mags with a huge COAL, what do you all normally use in STRs over there?

@Aono Length is less problem than the taper.

For target shooting and PRS. Some even hunt with the things. It's the cheapest long range option in Scandinavia due to being subsidized.

Most stick to factory 5 rounders. Some others use jury rigged Factory mags with a 2 plus baseplate from the Sauer 202. Making a frankenmag that holds 7 rounds unless it disassembles itself.

@iksnilol I picked up an SSG 3000 which is what happens when you take an STR 200 and then drop it from the top of an ugly tree, hitting all the branches on the way down. It's gonna land in a GRS stock as soon as my gunsmith has availability. I love having a kissing cousin of the STR 200 to larp as a Scandinavian, which is why I ask.

I have a couple of the Accurate-Mag 10 rounders for that purpose but have no sense of whether the added length would interfere with the kind of shooting sports y'all do with them. Ever considered trying one? They're not cheap unfortunately...

@Aono Not really. They don't work with 6,5x55 is what I've heard. Due to the taper. The 10 rounders work with 308 and 30.06. but then you're going for inferior ballistics.

Doubt the added length would get much in the way. Look up jaktfelt and DFS. The 200 is long by default due to the belly.

The SSG 3000 is literally a 200 STR with a pic rail, and a polymer stock or the factory stock painted black.

@iksnilol Ah, I understand now. My goal for this rifle is to set it up for two wildcats using Lapua's two most common and cheap brass types, 6.5 Swede and 308 Palma. 6.5 AA or "Swedemoor" is a 6.5x55 wildcat that factory forms 6.5x55 into a Creedmoor shape, so the taper issue isn't terribly concerning to me ultimately, but that is good info to know going in. 7mm SAW is a single resize of 308 Palma into essentially a short-shouldered long-necked 7mm-08 improved.

I think I understand jaktfelt "field hunting" discipline but what is DFS and the "long 200"?

And yes as I said the SSG 3000 is hideous with its polymer stock and factory flash hider. I'm very much looking forward to it being properly bedded in a GRS.

@Aono DFS (volunteer shooting association, Det Frivillige Skyttervesen) is 3 position shooting. Prone, kneeling/sitting and standing at 100, 200 and 300 meters. You wear uncomfortable canvas and leather clothes and use slings to stabilize yourself. You use diopter sights to aim.

Never heard about the Long 200.

Like i said, the metal is literally the same. You couldn't tell the difference between an STR and SSG receiver if it wasn't engraved on it.

There's also chassis available. One is heavy and expensive, the other is light and also expensive. Take note, a STR is never gonna be a lightweight gun. You might get it down to 5 kg scoped. And thats with a light walnut stock and a slim barrel (popular setup for field hunting discipline).

Sorta don't see the point with "swedemoor". If you wanna mess with brass just Ackley Improve it. That way you can still use factory ammo in it.