The gun thread

[drmike]

Oh guns, you take them away and people resort to fists and knives and bombs.  Uncivilized criminals bent on violence get both medieval and creative.  Random dope head fiends looking for a fix can end up in your face or place at any time and they are fairly ahh immune to pain, believe me, been there with these idiots in the past.

Problem is your mother, grandmother, daughter, etc. probably don't stand a chance in an attack situation.  May I present the greatest equalizer the world has ever seen:

THE GUN

I am a gun advocate and a survivor of gun violence (a botched armed robbery where a coward shot me in the back with a 9mm handgun). Had I been carrying then, there very well might be one more dead perp. 

Come stupid in my direction and I give you a kind warning and the next step is the coroner and a bag for you.

 

[MannDude]

Oh hey, this lovely thread again.

Haven't been to the range in a while. Last time I went it was too packed. Need to join the nearby gun club but have to get voted in and then have to participate in club stuff once a month I believe. I think it'd be well worth it for access to the private range.

@Aldryic C'boas, ever get your mosin?

I was thinking I wanted to build a new AR, but what I absolutely love about the AR platform is... there is no real need to. I wanted a long range rifle with a 24" barrel, but I can just build a new upper instead of building a new entire rifle. Swapping the 16" short range upper out with a bigger one would take all but 30 seconds and will save me from having to order a new lower and build on it.

Can't shoot two ARs at the same time anyway (safely, or accurately atleast...) so might as well just have one lower and multiple uppers for it for the time being.

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

Aye, I sure did, just hadn't had a chance to get to the range yet.  Been a stupidly busy couple of months -_-

Hoping to have my schedule cleared up by this weekend so I can get out to the field and burn some brass.  I'll take some pics tonight when I get home if I remember >_>

 

[Nick]

Spent two days at the range. Got over 500 rounds down range and a lot of waiting around.

 

[MannDude]

Woah, what sort of rifles are those? Are those Tavors or a variant?



I think they're ugly but I keep seeing them on gun forums and people are crazy about them. I'd like to fire one though. Is that a service rifle of the NZ Army?

 

[Nick]

Woah, what sort of rifles are those? Are those Tavors or a variant?



I think they're ugly but I keep seeing them on gun forums and people are crazy about them. I'd like to fire one though. Is that a service rifle of the NZ Army?

It's the Steyr. Service rifle here in New Zealand and Australia. Originated from Austria.

 

[ChrisM]

It's the Steyr. Service rifle here in New Zealand and Australia. Originated from Austria.

Must resist the urge to buy....Must resist the urge to buy...Must resist the urge to buy....

 

[bellicus]

For the Mosin fans. I've got an all matching serial russian xsniper yr 1925 i got from gander mt few years ago for $99. Will have pics of that when i'm back from vacation.

Here's a pic of the FE6.  It's a great little pistol for what i paid for it. (200)

 

[ChrisM]

Must resist the urge to buy....Must resist the urge to buy...Must resist the urge to buy....

The urge of resistance didn't work....Bid on one on Gun Brooker but was under the reserve and seller relisted without telling me his reserve. 

 

[MannDude]

Waiting on some tritium night sights from Dawson Precision to arrive for my Kahr that I carry. Once they arrive I'm shipping the slide up state to get cerakoted and sights installed. 

The stock Kahr sights are sort of bad, I think. I never got used to the "i" sight. Rear sight is a straight line and front sight is normal. It's like putting the dot on an 'i' to line up. Will be much better after the new sights arrive I think:



So they'll appear similar to the above. Much better than what is shown below:



Sort of want to get into reloading as well, but I've got enough hobbies that I don't have time or money for to start another. But a little reloading bench would be nice...

 

[LimestoneNetworks]

We're based in Dallas and this is definitely the heart of gun country 

 

[William]

Must resist the urge to buy....Must resist the urge to buy...Must resist the urge to buy....

It's a great rifle, i owned an A3 before (it's also fairly popular in Austria) though they are heavily overpriced (an A3 goes for 2500EUR here IIRC)

Very accurate and easy to handle, great mounts (though putting stuff on them is illegal in .at)

 

[ChrisM]

My Christmas present to myself came today

 

[MannDude]

I bought myself one of these for my AR... They were on sale for $99 and I couldn't resist...

Girl not included, unfortunately.

The bumpfire stock looks fun, lot of awesome videos on YouTube. Not a very practical accessory and I'm sure it's something I won't keep on my AR all the time (local range doesn't allow rapid fire) but I'm sure I'll have fun with it and can always sell it later when the novelty wears off.

 

[MannDude]

I really want to get a VZ2008, which is just a US-legal VZ58 clone:

PSA sells them for like $350.

I can't justify any more purchases until I can get a place to live in the countryside where I can shoot in my backyard.

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

FINALLY had a weekend with decent enough weather to get out and shoot the Мосина.  For an 80 year old rifle that's spend the last 60-70 years in storage, I was pretty damn impressed.  My groupings are a bit erratic (this is after 40-50 rounds already fired with the stock metal shoulder plate, plus another ~200 or so at the pistol range), but aside from getting greedy and going for headshots towards the end, at 100yds with the iron sights I'm satisfied with the results.
 

 

[William]

It's the Steyr. Service rifle here in New Zealand and Australia. Originated from Austria.

I like the STG77 as we call in in Austria (STG77 = Steyr AUG A1) - NZ/AU use the A2 i think, the one pictured is a (heavily) modded A2 or old A3

 

[MannDude]

Nice Aldy! I need to get out and go to the range soon too. I've still not fired my mosin and have a Remington 870 I acquired that also hasn't been shot. Also put that bumpfire system on my AR, but the local range doesn't allow rapid fire so need to go somewhere private for taht.

I was excited to get my Kahr slide back today. I finally sent it off to to be cerakoted and to have night sights installed... but then I realized today is a national holiday so I won't be receiving it until tomorrow

 

[MannDude]

Got my slide for my Kahr back today. Had sent it off to be cerakoted black (painted, more or less) and for the installation of some new night sights. I'm pleased with the results.









Pardon any visible smudges or dust, that would be my fault.

I've already got a new job for the guy, but first I need to get my old Ruger MK1 operating flawlessly (doesn't want to cycle rounds properly) before I send it off to get dolled up.

 

[MannDude]

This isn't mine, but man oh man I wish it was. This is some straight up rifle porn here:







Yanked from my local firearms forum.

PSA has some great deals on .308 lowers... I really want to build a long range rifle... But I don't got much of a long range near me.