April 15, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said: Agree but Weller 12 should only be $25 Weller Antique shouldn’t be $99 either!
April 15, 20223 yr What are they? Overpriced and overrated. If I was gonna spend $1000 on a gun, I’d go with something other than that. I’m just not a fan of them. Never cared for the few I’ve handled or shot.
April 16, 20223 yr What about this AK? Seems pricey. https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/411560496/trk_msg/4n0lqmg3d1249d8ebvrg97r9pc/trk_contact/0ove4vt4e6ln8eao7jadc11gnc/trk_sid/0dlfl8jh6d4qgrb7i56mf43ilo/trk_link/3hlmclum63nkbe8ld9uve9hcco/utm_source/listrak/utm_medium/email/utm_term/https%3a%2f%2fwww.budsgunshop.com%2fproduct_info.php%2fproducts_id%2f411560496/utm_campaign/bgsbsl041522/zastava+arms+zpap+m70+7.62x39mm+30rd+red+serbian+furniture
April 16, 20223 yr My WASR-10 is solid. Excellent trigger as well. Some of them have the barrel installed off kilter, though, so I would inspect before buying.
April 16, 20223 yr Give me the "why" on Century... I get the same feedback about Taurus handguns (I have five that run great and have never had a problem...)From my venture down that rabbit hole.The Century imports were gtg, the Century Arms American made were very shoddy and in the AK world users were having them shoot themselves apart after low round counts for AKs.They are cast instead of forged.So you can see earlier problems with the trunnion, bulging, sheared lugs etc.Again, I started going cross eyed and the prices were going up even for the “avoid” brand AK and I went the Galil 7.62x39 route.
April 16, 20223 yr 11 minutes ago, Speedtrucker said: From my venture down that rabbit hole. The Century imports were gtg, the Century Arms American made were very shoddy and in the AK world users were having them shoot themselves apart after low round counts for AKs. They are cast instead of forged. So you can see earlier problems with the trunnion, bulging, sheared lugs etc. Again, I started going cross eyed and the prices were going up even for the “avoid” brand AK and I went the Galil 7.62x39 route. Makes sense... I may have had mine imported with a booklet written in Russian. Man, for all the "Made in America" talk, we sure seem to not like the outputs (not just guns).
April 16, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Snacks said: Makes sense... I may have had mine imported with a booklet written in Russian. Man, for all the "Made in America" talk, we sure seem to not like the outputs (not just guns). Both my HK’s are American made. Leave the engineering to the smart folks.
April 16, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Fondren & Main said: Both my HK’s are American made. Leave the engineering to the smart folks. There are smart folks everywhere... And there are capitalists.
April 16, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, midtown said: I had no idea how they just covered the entire crate of rifles in grease to store them. Stock and all. Cosmoline. Read all kind of crazy ways to remove it. Some boiled the rifle! Cleaned mine out with a can of carburetor cleaner.
April 16, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Horn_Spanker said: Cosmoline. Read all kind of crazy ways to remove it. Some boiled the rifle! Cleaned mine out with a can of carburetor cleaner. Yup. Thats the stuff. It's all cleaned out now. Should shoot much much better
April 16, 20223 yr My son and I have bought him multiple WWII era rifles during the past 8+ years, most of his Mauser date to around the turn of the Century, some around 1903 and others later.They were all less than around 300 at purchase, but the ammo is what’s getting expensive. Most of his Mosin Nagant’s require 54R’s for ammo and that’s even getting hard to find. The Russian MN is like a “Glock” in that you can use/abuse it and it’ll still go bang.
April 17, 20223 yr 10 hours ago, Fondren & Main said: Both my HK’s are American made. Leave the engineering to the smart folks. Wait, American HKs better than German? Lulz
April 17, 20223 yr Lol to be fair, back in the day when HK contracted with Wilcox to assemble in the US it was still German made but bypassingbthose pesky import laws and they used to only be HK45s I believe.Now the HK USA is still an HK facility and it is supposed to always have German AND American engineers for that “No compromise” excellence in everything they make here. Including my P2000. HK is not Century Arms! Heh.
April 17, 20223 yr After four months of searching, I finally found a left-handed Browning X-Bolt 300 Win-Mag. Will post pics when I get the glass on it. Still trying to figure out which scope I go with. Leaning towards Swarovski Z5 3.5-18x44. This will be used for elk hunting and potentially a pronghorn hunt in the next few years. Any thoughts?
April 17, 20223 yr Hard to go wrong with Swaro Z5 and up. If you are going with the ballistic turrets, there’s others I like more, but Swaro stuff is still great.
April 18, 20223 yr I use the swaro z5s BTs on all my hunting rifles. Great 1” tubes. Lightweight. Gather light well, clear as shit. Hold zero. Tough as nails.Never an issue.
April 18, 20223 yr 23 hours ago, Spaulding Smails said: After four months of searching, I finally found a left-handed Browning X-Bolt 300 Win-Mag. Will post pics when I get the glass on it. Still trying to figure out which scope I go with. Leaning towards Swarovski Z5 3.5-18x44. This will be used for elk hunting and potentially a pronghorn hunt in the next few years. Any thoughts? Check out "Maven" as well. I'm eyeing a few of their options for binos and a new scope. They do both stock and custom optics work. Price point is better as they don't have any marketing margins to bake in (direct to consumer). That they have a nice burnt orange accent is a plus Maven Built
April 20, 20223 yr Smokin’ hot deal - S&W M&P9 M2 4.2” 17+1 pistol: $359.95 (cash) - $370.75 (CC) https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/24036/smith+%26+wesson+m%26p9+m2.0+9mm+4.25+17+1/trk_msg/MMECTO1BJA34L7NOLI1S61J7GK/trk_contact/0OVE4VT4E6LN8EAO7JADC11GNC/trk_sid/050P1U73958APS8RE42OP5O6UO/trk_link/NB2KT3AHNE64H0TUDE7257SSLG/utm_source/listrak/utm_medium/email/utm_term/https%3a%2f%2fwww.budsgunshop.com%2fproduct_info.php%2fproducts_id%2f24036%2fsmith%2b%26%2bwesson%2bm%26p9%2bm2.0%2b9mm%2b4.25%2b17%2b1/utm_campaign/smith+%26+wesson+m%26p9+m2.0+9mm+4.25+17+1 Edited April 20, 20223 yr by Armybrat
April 21, 20223 yr Was out for a hike before work this morning and saw my first grizzly bear of the year. It took off before I could get a pic. When you see one it always makes you glad you have your shooting iron with you.
April 22, 20223 yr On 4/16/2022 at 8:19 PM, Speedtrucker said: Lol to be fair, back in the day when HK contracted with Wilcox to assemble in the US it was still German made but bypassingbthose pesky import laws and they used to only be HK45s I believe. Now the HK USA is still an HK facility and it is supposed to always have German AND American engineers for that “No compromise” excellence in everything they make here. Including my P2000. HK is not Century Arms! Heh. I did not know that. Good info. I take back my snarky comment.
April 22, 20223 yr Lol to be fair, back in the day when HK contracted with Wilcox to assemble in the US it was still German made but bypassingbthose pesky import laws and they used to only be HK45s I believe.Now the HK USA is still an HK facility and it is supposed to always have German AND American engineers for that “No compromise” excellence in everything they make here. Including my P2000. HK is not Century Arms! Heh.My H&K says Made in Germany on it.
April 22, 20223 yr My H&K says Made in Germany on it. Yeah the other easy mark is HK DE, also known as HK “Deutschland”. Their stamp to separate the 2 lines
April 23, 20223 yr Popular Post After 3 months finally showed up at Briley’s20ga, 28”Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
April 24, 20223 yr After four months of searching, I finally found a left-handed Browning X-Bolt 300 Win-Mag. Will post pics when I get the glass on it. Still trying to figure out which scope I go with. Leaning towards Swarovski Z5 3.5-18x44. This will be used for elk hunting and potentially a pronghorn hunt in the next few years. Any thoughts? Do you use a rangefinder and are you planning on dialing turrets / holding over with mil dots, etc.?
April 24, 20223 yr 9 hours ago, 686 said: Do you use a rangefinder and are you planning on dialing turrets / holding over with mil dots, etc.? We'll be using a rangefinder on this hunt. I'd like to spend some time this summer once I have the scope on working on shooting at varying distances.
April 25, 20223 yr On 4/24/2022 at 7:00 AM, Spaulding Smails said: We'll be using a rangefinder on this hunt. I'd like to spend some time this summer once I have the scope on working on shooting at varying distances. Varying distances and at varying elevations if you can manage it. Lots of really good ballistic aps for phones now a day that help a lot as well.
April 25, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, Armybrat said: This is as close as I have... I got one of this too.
April 26, 20223 yr After four months of searching, I finally found a left-handed Browning X-Bolt 300 Win-Mag. Will post pics when I get the glass on it. Still trying to figure out which scope I go with. Leaning towards Swarovski Z5 3.5-18x44. This will be used for elk hunting and potentially a pronghorn hunt in the next few years. Any thoughts? Where are the pics? Anything left handed is a bitch. I am left handed due to being blind in my right eye so I shoot left even though I'm right. Hard because my son is right so we have to share. Always interested in left stuff
April 26, 20223 yr Crappy pic. Only one I took before putting it in my safe. Will take more once it has glass on it. I'm in the same boat on not sharing rifles with my son. He's a lefty but right-eye dominant so shoots right-handed.
April 26, 20223 yr Just picked this up. Anybody else have one???I have a Zenith Z5P which is that same gun. I SBR'd mine and run it with an Omega 9k. Also replaced the lower for one without the thumb groove or whatever its called.
April 26, 20223 yr 11 hours ago, cabowabo said: I have a Zenith Z5P which is that same gun. I SBR'd mine and run it with an Omega 9k. Also replaced the lower for one without the thumb groove or whatever its called. Yea I'm already looking at pistol grip replacements and trying to decide on which one. Already ordered a new selector switch and will probably order an m-lok handguard. Is that the stock claw mount rail? How does that sight cowitness with the stock sights? Is it much higher?
April 26, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, midtown said: Where are the pics? Anything left handed is a bitch. I am left handed due to being blind in my right eye so I shoot left even though I'm right. Hard because my son is right so we have to share. Always interested in left stuff Not much compromise left vs right with leverguns. I'm cross-dominant (right hand, left eye). LH bolts and leverguns for me, but my leverguns have always outnumbered my bolts. Growing up I shot right handed until I finally shot a rifle that kicked hard enough with too little drop at heel and comb 😀. Edited April 26, 20223 yr by sith_horn
April 27, 20223 yr 15 hours ago, speed817 said: Is that the stock claw mount rail? How does that sight cowitness with the stock sights? Is it much higher? Stock claw mount and does not co-witness.
May 1, 20223 yr Cross-posting this, and @Armybrat they had stuff going back to the 1700s/1600s: Camp Mabry is doing their living history weekend this weekend, and it's still going on tomorrow - free, and events throughout the day (check the link below) https://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/?tribe_events=camp-mabry-living-history-weekend And if you go, make sure and go by the 18th and 19th century camps/tents, because the guys doing the 1700s/1800s stuff had some awesome equipment, and the guy doing the Texas Rangers tent had several nice Colt Walkers (replicas), etc. The Civil War guy (there was just one when we were there) was extremely patient with my kids, answering all of their questions, etc. And if you have little kids, they will love all of the tanks, etc., but the actual re-enactments are loud as hell, so bring ear protection. They maybe shooting blanks, but they were fucking loud.
May 1, 20223 yr Man, I’d love to take my son to check that out. Won’t be able to make it this weekend though.
May 1, 20223 yr 19 hours ago, atomheartbevo said: Cross-posting this, and @Armybrat they had stuff going back to the 1700s/1600s: Camp Mabry is doing their living history weekend this weekend, and it's still going on tomorrow - free, and events throughout the day (check the link below) https://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/?tribe_events=camp-mabry-living-history-weekend And if you go, make sure and go by the 18th and 19th century camps/tents, because the guys doing the 1700s/1800s stuff had some awesome equipment, and the guy doing the Texas Rangers tent had several nice Colt Walkers (replicas), etc. The Civil War guy (there was just one when we were there) was extremely patient with my kids, answering all of their questions, etc. And if you have little kids, they will love all of the tanks, etc., but the actual re-enactments are loud as hell, so bring ear protection. They maybe shooting blanks, but they were fucking loud. "First, I'm gonna kick your ass. Then, I'm going to re-enact kicking your ass". Hank Hill
May 2, 20223 yr On 4/30/2022 at 7:48 PM, atomheartbevo said: And if you have little kids, they will love all of the tanks, etc., but the actual re-enactments are loud as hell, so bring ear protection. They maybe shooting blanks, but they were fucking loud. Did the Pacific Campaign reenactments at the museum in Fredericksburg. Loud as sin, but worth every penny.
May 6, 20223 yr Got the text from my dealer this morning. Picked it up this afternoon. 13 months to the day since I purchased the can. Nearly a year for the stamp.
May 6, 20223 yr Got the text from my dealer this morning. Picked it up this afternoon. 13 months to the day since I purchased the can. Nearly a year for the stamp.
May 13, 20223 yr Popular Post Absolutely stunned by my wife today. Surprised me with a MK18 for my birthday. She even did the FFL paperwork and all (she doesn’t care for firearms). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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