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So at last i got a chance to get out the range since the snow started flying and despite the bitter cold (4 below was the high here on sunday) the 90 ran great.
One thing that i did not notice until now was how small the trigger guard really is when trying to wear heavy gloves. I would think this would be a concern considering the climate of belgium but maybe central europe isn't as cold in the winter months as it is here. My friend's FS2000 and AR share the same problem.
I've never really owned any non soviet designed military type rifles until the PS90 and now i can see that the soviets were serious about building a rifle that could be used in extreme cold. From the short buttstocks to compensate for heavy coats to the oversized trigger guards that allow the use of gloves and large safety levers for the same.
It seems like the western countries really don't take the idea of a winter war seriously enough to design weapons that could be used in anything but a climate no further north than virginia.
Anyone else got an opinion on this ?
One thing that i did not notice until now was how small the trigger guard really is when trying to wear heavy gloves. I would think this would be a concern considering the climate of belgium but maybe central europe isn't as cold in the winter months as it is here. My friend's FS2000 and AR share the same problem.
I've never really owned any non soviet designed military type rifles until the PS90 and now i can see that the soviets were serious about building a rifle that could be used in extreme cold. From the short buttstocks to compensate for heavy coats to the oversized trigger guards that allow the use of gloves and large safety levers for the same.
It seems like the western countries really don't take the idea of a winter war seriously enough to design weapons that could be used in anything but a climate no further north than virginia.
Anyone else got an opinion on this ?