Real Guns

[a6m5]

Damn that must have been cool as hell. I do love seeing random military hardware even when I was in the Army is was fun seeing cool off just drive by.

My coworker who was in National Guards later told me how JGSDF visits Yakima for high desert training, but talk about a sheer shock driving along middle of nowhere in the United States & seeing tanks & helicopters & everything from your motherland on the freeway.

but I much prefer the convenience factor of walking into Walmart, grabbing a few boxes and leaving and that's the end of it.

I am so Americanized, because I agree with this. 100%. Don't get me wrong, all the reloaders out there, I do fully understand why you take the time to reload your ammo!

 

[MidnightRider]

@MidnightRider You were just curious about the process, right? I wonder how rare it'd be to find someone who actually reloads in UK!

Yes mate, at the moment and for the foreseeable future I have no plans to own a gun. That's not to say I don't enjoy looking at them or see other fire them

 

[a6m5]

Yes mate, at the moment and for the foreseeable future I have no plans to own a gun. That's not to say I don't enjoy looking at them or see other fire them

I totally understand. For the longest time, I didn't know that I could freely purchase firearms as a foreign national living in the U.S., but it never stopped me from being interested in guns. I blame all the cop shows I used watch as a toddler.

 

[MidnightRider]

My grandad got me onto them, whenever I went round as a 4-5 year old, I'd always read Jane's gun identification (or something like that lol). When I grew older I found out he worked at Royal Enfield Small Arms factory, and could test fire so many guns.

 

[ExigeEvan]

@MidnightRider You were just curious about the process, right? I wonder how rare it'd be to find someone who actually reloads in UK!

It's quite common amongst the shooting community for several reasons. One, the rarity of ammunition, secondly the cost of it, and finally the fact many leisure shooters fire historic guns that will either have even rarer calibres or will be more comfortable with a certain grain.

My other friend already reloads. I imagine my newly shooting friend will too.

 

[Michael88]

 

[Slash]

WANT.

 

[a6m5]

I shouldn't have watched that 30 times............... but I did.

It's quite common amongst the shooting community for several reasons. One, the rarity of ammunition, secondly the cost of it, and finally the fact many leisure shooters fire historic guns that will either have even rarer calibres or will be more comfortable with a certain grain.

My other friend already reloads. I imagine my newly shooting friend will too.

I guess that makes total sense. 👍

 

[David]

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[a6m5]

Blow-up doll's under the bed to prevent any injury.

 

[ExigeEvan]

I guess that makes total sense. 👍

Just found out my original shooting friend has been slowly expanding his collection. Including a Zastava M48 (Yugo' version of karabiner 98k) and a Lee Enfield.

It really, really sucks that I can't just go to a range and shoot these guns.

 

[Azure Flare]

Seems like a great way to drop a Mossberg on your forehead by accident in the middle of the night

Or someone else's.

 

[acascianelli]

I picked up a Glock 42 this weekend. The other guns I was considering were the 36 and 26. The 36 was just too big, and I like the size of the 42 over the 26. I felt it would be easier for me to carry.

 

[Badasp5.0]

Just found this - the most unergonomic weapon system I've ever seen. And yes, its really real. Looks like some horribly drunk dudes tried to build a space gun with some Lego bricks.

Found out what it is

A Springfield Armory SPIW prototype, circa 1964 part of Project SALVO.

 

[a6m5]

It may have been a prototype, but it inspired so many of our tacticool AR rifles today. j/k

 

[Badasp5.0]

It may have been a prototype, but it inspired so many of our tacticool AR rifles today. j/k

Hipster tacticool? It was tacticool before it was cool?

 

[Zenith]

Weight distribution? What's that?

 

[Badasp5.0]

Weight distribution? What's that?

Never heard of it!

 

[Michael88]

Woe to the operator who wants to use the grenade launcher immediately after poking somebody with the bayonet.

By the way, just found two very beautiful custom Mausers I wanted to show you:

I like the rough, brutal look of this one:

 

[Michael88]

Thinking about completely overhauling an old sporterized milsurp rifle. Synthetic Scout stock: € 120, Redfield 2-7x33 Accu reticle € 250, new bolt handle, barrel shortening, re-crowning, installing new iron sights and drilling and tapping the receiver for scope bases: I guess somewhere in the € 250 area, and thats an optimistic guess.
Scope rings € 80, scope bases € 30. Match trigger: € 0, - I already have one.

Thats like....hey, only 730 bucks lol. This sucks. Now I don't know why people call such costly ventures ''fun projects''.

I need to get rich quick.

 

[Brett]

I am really getting the itch to buy a rifle. I would like an AR-15, but I would prefer for the lower to be ambidextrous. I am cross dominant, would like to try shooting left handed, and having the controls available to the left hand would be nice.

 

[Zenith]

I am really getting the itch to buy a rifle. I would like an AR-15, but I would prefer for the lower to be ambidextrous. I am cross dominant, would like to try shooting left handed, and having the controls available to the left hand would be nice.

This is the most affordable AR15 lower with fully ambidextrous controls. Rainier offers a lower assembly service if you don't want to buy the rest of the kit separately. Slap that to a nice upper like this (includes the ambidextrous Raptor Charging Handle) and you've got an extremely nice gun.

I would recommend a lightweight profile barrel.

 

[a6m5]

Would've been nice to be a lefty playing basketball, but sure am glad to be right-handed for shooting guns. j/k

Now I don't know why people call such costly ventures ''fun projects''.

It's probably an American phrase with cheaper & more widely available parts in the U.S. It does sound like total fun though('total' minus $$$ part).

 

[Brett]

This is the most affordable AR15 lower with fully ambidextrous controls. Rainier offers a lower assembly service if you don't want to buy the rest of the kit separately. Slap that to a nice upper like this (includes the ambidextrous Raptor Charging Handle) and you've got an extremely nice gun.

I would recommend a lightweight profile barrel.

How much trouble would I be getting myself into if I were to buy the lower and the rest of the kit separately?

 

[Michael88]

It's probably an American phrase with cheaper & more widely available parts in the U.S. It does sound like total fun though('total' minus $$$ part).

The components are actually just a little bit more expensive than overseas!

 

[Zenith]

How much trouble would I be getting myself into if I were to buy the lower and the rest of the kit separately?

If you have some hand tools and can follow directions, not much at all. That particular lower comes with the most difficult/risky pieces pre-installed.

 

[Badasp5.0]

I have been tempted to slowly piece together a AR15 too.

 

[Brett]

If you have some hand tools and can follow directions, not much at all. That particular lower comes with the most difficult/risky pieces pre-installed.

Rainer's lower assembly service looks to be $25. That is probably worth the cost versus the time it would take me to put the thing together. Which trigger should I go with? And any preference to lower parts kits or is everyone's pretty much the same?

 

[Zenith]

Rainer's lower assembly service looks to be $25. That is probably worth the cost versus the time it would take me to put the thing together. Which trigger should I go with? And any preference to lower parts kits or is everyone's pretty much the same?

I've edited this post a couple times.

I would say $25 is worth it. You'd make that back spending the time you would've spent on building the lower on a lemonade stand...

The Ambi lower I linked to you has several of the lower parts kit parts installed since it has a special design. If you email or call Rainier they can probably factor out the parts that are already on the lower out of the rest of the lower parts kit price.

To complete that lower you need:
-A safety
-A trigger
-Takedown pins
-A grip
-A buffer kit
-A stock

Lower parts such as takedown pins are all basically the same. There are ambidextrous safeties on the market which are all pretty good. BAD-ASS is the most well known, but they're worth a pretty penny.

A low cost trigger would be something from ALG Defense (they're a subsidiary of Geissele). As for the more expensive stuff, I haven't been following much recently but Geissele is well known to make great triggers and I've heard good things about Hiperfire triggers.

I would recommend the VLTOR A5 Buffer Kit. I could go further into detail but I would put it on every new build.

The stock and grip are pretty much up to your personal taste. The B5 Systems Bravo stock is a great deal.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Posted this in the awesome/amazing picture thread. But, I have to post it here, too!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/inside-the-armys-spectacular-hidden-treasure-room