Alright, gonna mix it up a bit with some rifles. Three tonight.
One of the most underrated rifles in the world, IMHO. Yes, it's heavy, and old, and heavy, (They're all converted .308/7.62X51 machine guns and are just as heavy as they look.) but with a little love and care these babies pack a hell of a punch and a hell of a long range. Mine is set up in an unusual way. It's basically a well disguised hunting* rifle, post upgrades. I have a floated, deep freezed (Cryogenic accuratization) match barrel on the thing, and a 40x scope on it. For something as big and lunky as this thing, (Notice the big assed carrying handle on the side.) people are usually surprised at the range when I peg a sub minute-of-hair grouping on a 45 year old machine gun at 100 yards.
It has a cheezy thumbhole stock because I like them, and it's what was on the thing when my wife bought me the gun.
I always wanted an M-14, and here it is. They're as rugged as hell, nearly impossible to make dirty enough to stop working, and accurate as hell. Mine was built to specification
by LRB in Long Island. They do anything from mall ninja machine gun looking M-14's to ones that look like someone went back in time and bought a brand new one from Springfield Armory. Mine is the latter, but with all new stuff, full forged parts, all the goodies. Looks old, shoots new. Some days I like to shoot .308 out of a gun that weighs 2/3 less than the FN-FAL. This is that gun.
The SKS is another underdog. Melissa bought this Yugoslavian one for me just because she loves me, and knew I wanted to have one around. I ninja'd it up a bit. They're great, durable, all around guns that cost next to nothing (Under $200) and eat 7.62x39 like popcorn. Mine has the silly grenade launcher and bayonet for stabby stabby time. This is one of those rifles that everyone should have. It's not too heavy, shoots a decent round, accurate enough for hunting or SHTF issues, and you can almost guarantee it will never break if you take care of it. Caveat: Get used to the stripper clips, or get an actual high cap SKS magazine if 10 shots isn't good enough for you. Don't get one of those AK magazine conversion jobs. They never work properly.
*I use the term "Hunting" very loosely. It's very accurate for whatever, is what I mean.