The Gun Owner’s thread

[Bozo_Casanova 26553]

19 hours ago, Anastasis said:

So is the brace registration rule just basically a free tax stamp for anyone that declares that they have a brace on the lower? So I just go and buy a cheap brace and get a free $200 tax stamp. Am I understanding this correctly. 

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[Armybrat 40911]

At SGAMMO - $254.95 + tax - free shipping. 
(includes Army steel ammo box)

 

[deft 6879]

That’s a lot of hand pain. I usually shoot 38 out of our king cobra.

[Armybrat 40911]

Same here with my four .357 revolvers. Rarely shoot the .357 magnum ammo. 
Which reminds me, am getting low on .38 Special.

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26553]

5 hours ago, deft said:

That’s a lot of hand pain. I usually shoot 38 out of our king cobra.

Love the King cobra, but it’s just such a hassle to find ammo

Edited March 3, 2023 by Bozo_Casanova

[Handcruser 2805]

Love the King cobra, but it’s just such a hassle to find ammo

Academy has been getting it. We’ve got the self defense rounds in stock.

[Bozo_Casanova 26553]

15 minutes ago, Handcruser said:

Academy has been getting it. We’ve got the self defense rounds in stock.

Like regular .38 for the targets?

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4977]

I could use some .357 right now, bit I don't know that I need that much. My Winchester 73 will jam up if you load the magazine up with .38 special and you end up having to pull the end cap off to empty it and unjam the rifle.

[Handcruser 2805]

Like regular .38 for the targets?

I have both for 38.

SD for 357

[msucolt45 4073]

I could use some .357 right now, bit I don't know that I need that much. My Winchester 73 will jam up if you load the magazine up with .38 special and you end up having to pull the end cap off to empty it and unjam the rifle.

I had this problem with my son’s .357/.38 lever action rifle. Since I reloaded his .38 ammo, based on pistol recoil using 125 gr bullets, I had to make sure the OAL of the round was seated to .357 dimensions. Shorter .38 rounds that were fine in pistols were very finicky in his rifle, causing failure to feed/cycle properly.

Hook’em!

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4977]

Yeah, the Winchester 73's brass carrier block doesn't like cartridges that are different lengths, but it is also one of the main things that makes the action so smooth and sweet feeling so you gotta take the bad with the good.

[Armybrat 40911]

In 1956 my Grandpa gave me his little .410 Winchester Model 42 made in 1947. The blue is still about 98%. It has the solid rib barrel with full choke.
I last fired it in 1965.

 

[BHMCruiser 1816]

4 hours ago, Armybrat said:

In 1956 my Grandpa gave me his little .410 Winchester Model 42 made in 1947. The blue is still about 98%. It has the solid rib barrel with full choke.
I last fired it in 1965.

 

Granddad?

[Armybrat 40911]

1961 ad:

 

[fattyflattie 4638]

Picked this up to build…something. Already several of each of my favorite, meat and potato chamberings, most set up for a variety of bullet weights. Thinking maybe 300prc? I dunno. Right now, needs a new pad and to have the studs inletted.

[Armybrat 40911]

Saw this Tisas with a broken casting on the 1911 Forum. Tisas is replacing it with a new pistol.

 

[BabaYaga 15320]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Saw this Tisas with a broken casting on the 1911 Forum. Tisas is replacing it with a new pistol.

 

I'd hope so - that gun is borked

[dcbc 14509]

On 3/6/2023 at 10:14 AM, Armybrat said:

In 1956 my Grandpa gave me his little .410 Winchester Model 42 made in 1947. The blue is still about 98%. It has the solid rib barrel with full choke.
I last fired it in 1965.

 

Nice!  Looks to be in even better shape than my 1956 Model 42.

Edited March 7, 2023 by dcbc

[BHMCruiser 1816]

22 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

I'd hope so - that gun is borked

I'd rather have a refund. That is bad.

[Speedtrucker 2079]

Yikes that looks like a firearm made for some crazy movie like Romeo+Juliet staring Leo and Claire Danes…

[General Specific 3268]

I’m missing something. How does the slide and frame split (clean) like that?

[Da Fino 2784]

23 minutes ago, General Specific said:

I’m missing something. How does the slide and frame split (clean) like that?

Stress point on the slide or bad recoil spring?

[BHMCruiser 1816]

It's just the slide, not the frame. And the slide broke clean in half. No recoil spring on earth could do that. Unbelievably dangerous. 

[BabaYaga 15320]

Cheap ass steel - pulled up the price point online.  Kel-Tec of 1911's.  Agreed about the refund.  Don't replace crap with more crap

• $479.99 $429.99

[Reagan1k 3024]

On 3/6/2023 at 10:14 AM, Armybrat said:

In 1956 my Grandpa gave me his little .410 Winchester Model 42 made in 1947. The blue is still about 98%. It has the solid rib barrel with full choke.
I last fired it in 1965.

 

Color me jealous!  I’d love to have a 42!

That’s a beautiful shotgun. 

[Reagan1k 3024]

On 3/6/2023 at 10:20 PM, fattyflattie said:

Picked this up to build…something. Already several of each of my favorite, meat and potato chamberings, most set up for a variety of bullet weights. Thinking maybe 300prc? I dunno. Right now, needs a new pad and to have the studs inletted.

Beautiful stock!

[fattyflattie 4638]

15 minutes ago, Reagan1k said:

Beautiful stock!

Thanks.  I’ve got three (more) of them in various stages of build. 2 long, 2 short.  All supergrade actions, all have med-Varmint to sendero contour barrels. One is out for some checkering work and stock channeling at the moment.  I’ve got a pretty nice set of 70’s, aside from those. 

 

This is going to end up in the stratosphere, but got my eye on this guy at the moment.  It’s going to go high though. High enough to where you can buy a Cooper or something much nicer in that $$$ range.  Still a nice one, in a fantastic chambering. 

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/974359713

 

 

 

[Reagan1k 3024]

Yeah!  That's pretty fine!

[Handcruser 2805]

Thanks.  I’ve got three (more) of them in various stages of build. 2 long, 2 short.  All supergrade actions, all have med-Varmint to sendero contour barrels. One is out for some checkering work and stock channeling at the moment.  I’ve got a pretty nice set of 70’s, aside from those. 
 
This is going to end up in the stratosphere, but got my eye on this guy at the moment.  It’s going to go high though. High enough to where you can buy a Cooper or something much nicer in that $$$ range.  Still a nice one, in a fantastic chambering. 

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/974359713
 
 
 

Ive got a customer looking for one of these. Thanks for posting.

[fattyflattie 4638]

2 hours ago, Handcruser said:

Ive got a customer looking for one of these. Thanks for posting.

For a .222 or the 700, or both?  There’s a really great early 60’s Sako .222 on there I keep having to pass on.  I’ll be in on this one for way too long, but at some point I’ll bow out I’m sure. Maybe it surprises, but 700’s have been going way too high imo.  There’s a few BDL .222’s not nearly this nice for 25-2600 right now. 

[Handcruser 2805]

For a .222 or the 700, or both?  There’s a really great early 60’s Sako .222 on there I keep having to pass on.  I’ll be in on this one for way too long, but at some point I’ll bow out I’m sure. Maybe it surprises, but 700’s have been going way too high imo.  There’s a few BDL .222’s not nearly this nice for 25-2600 right now. 

222 - preferable Remington. He loves that cartridge.

[fattyflattie 4638]

2 hours ago, Handcruser said:

222 - preferable Remington. He loves that cartridge.

Me too.  There’s several more including some new old stock Varmint model BDLs of same vintage, etc.  None of them have that type of wood though,  more everyday Remington stuff.  ~2500

[solamente73 1132]

FINALLY got my Ruger Integrally Suppressed Barrel (ISB) out of NFA jail.  Mated it to my 10/22 Takedown 21133.  Trying out a Monstrum Marksman 3x30 prism on it - so far, great little fixed optic.  Can’t wait to deploy the rifle for varmint control at the farm.  Pics to follow in the hunting thread.

 

[davidg 4038]

FINALLY got my Ruger Integrally Suppressed Barrel (ISB) out of NFA jail.  Mated it to my 10/22 Takedown 21133.  Trying out a Monstrum Marksman 3x30 prism on it - so far, great little fixed optic.  Can’t wait to deploy the rifle for varmint control at the farm.  Pics to follow in the hunting thread.

 

Double barreled 10-22. Awesome.

[Reagan1k 3024]

7 hours ago, Handcruser said:

222 - preferable Remington. He loves that cartridge.

I missed on a 788 in .222 recently and I'm kicking myself.  The 788 was a cheap-ass short action rifle with a shitty trigger and safety, but for some weird twist of fate the gun-gods made them shoot one-hole groups out of the box.  People have caught-on and their prices have gotten a bit steep at auction but I'd love to have a .222 in that rig for knocking around. 

I have the .243 and .223 but forgot to put in an absentee bid on this .222 and let it slip by.  Cool little cartridge.

[RMac5 1551]

Not sure if his one is still there but it’s a great looking rifle. It’s at Cabelas in Minnesota. Sako Vixen in 222.

[BabaYaga 15320]

.22 caliber rifles are a blast to shoot.  My 22-250 is still my favorite rifle and I have killed more deer with it than any other caliber/rifle.  

[RMac5 1551]

^^^^ completely agree, and a pleasure to shoot. 

[fattyflattie 4638]

On 3/9/2023 at 4:48 PM, Reagan1k said:

I missed on a 788 in .222 recently and I'm kicking myself.  The 788 was a cheap-ass short action rifle with a shitty trigger and safety, but for some weird twist of fate the gun-gods made them shoot one-hole groups out of the box.  People have caught-on and their prices have gotten a bit steep at auction but I'd love to have a .222 in that rig for knocking around. 

I have the .243 and .223 but forgot to put in an absentee bid on this .222 and let it slip by.  Cool little cartridge.

That’s funny about the 788. I never knew they were shooters and can’t tell you how many I’ve passed on.   People have also figured out the model 7 and blew them up too.  I was lucky enough to snag a gorgeous 243 model 7 years ago. It’s a shooter, too. 

[Armybrat 40911]

Interesting conversion of a reproduction Colt Paterson percussion to .32 H&R.

 

[BabaYaga 15320]

22 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Interesting conversion of a reproduction Colt Paterson percussion to .32 H&R.

 

[msucolt45 4073]

If Army Brat was my Uncle or Grandpa, and I lived within close proximity, I’d cut his grass and wash his cars weekly. That man is always giving guns and ammo to “family!”

Hook’em!!!

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4977]

Just picked up this guy today. 

[Horn Draoi 256]

That Paterson is a beauty!  I’ve never seen a Paterson repro in stainless-is that in the white?  My father had a Cimarron Navy conversion in .38 Special-great “feel” and pointed like a forefinger. “Sights” were useless to me.  Definitely a point and boom interface.

[Armybrat 40911]

43 minutes ago, Horn Draoi said:

That Paterson is a beauty!  I’ve never seen a Paterson repro in stainless-is that in the white?  My father had a Cimarron Navy conversion in .38 Special-great “feel” and pointed like a forefinger. “Sights” were useless to me.  Definitely a point and boom interface.

Don’t know - just saw it on a gun board the other day. 
I kinda like those reproduction open tops.

Here is an original that my dad bought in Mexico 60 years ago. It appears some vaquero did a back room cantina job on it - cut the barrel, removed the ejector housing, reconverted it from .38 rimfire to centerfire, then nickeled it (just a small amount of that finish remains on the trigger grip frame).

 

[Armybrat 40911]

[Armybrat 40911]

This past week I was shopping at Academy for a bore light after my 40 year old one quit functioning due to the switch failing. Couldn’t find one anywhere on the racks, so I asked the old guy behind the counter.
 It surprised me that he didn’t know what I was asking for - he thought I meant a bore-sighting light. He acted like he had never seen or heard of a bore light used to inspect the bore, as I clearly described it to him. 
One would think that a 50 or 60-something dude who had been behind a gun counter for years would know what I was talking about.

WTF?

[Al Czervik 1230]

5 hours ago, Armybrat said:

This past week I was shopping at Academy for a bore light after my 40 year old one quit functioning due to the switch failing. Couldn’t find one anywhere on the racks, so I asked the old guy behind the counter.
 It surprised me that he didn’t know what I was asking for - he thought I meant a bore-sighting light. He acted like he had never seen or heard of a bore light used to inspect the bore, as I clearly described it to him. 
One would think that a 50 or 60-something dude who had been behind a gun counter for years would know what I was talking about.

WTF?

That guy at Academy has been there 2 weeks, but looks 50-60. 

[BabaYaga 15320]

22 hours ago, Armybrat said:

There's little innovation in the bolt-game for rifles.  Manufacturers have played around with synthetic stock/barrel options, but the only real innovation options are the calibers.  Before the CM craze it was the 7-08, which under 500yds, outperforms the 6.5 in almost every way.

Weatherby figured this out early

What's funny is the venerable .260 Rem is still the king that nobody talks about.

 

[fattyflattie 4638]

On 3/8/2023 at 7:40 PM, Handcruser said:

Ive got a customer looking for one of these. Thanks for posting.

I hope your guy bought this.  Went for way less than I figured it would.  Work got in the way and I never even followed up on the notification emails.  Ugh.