Real Guns

[Brett]

Is it a red dot? Any magnification?

Congrats on the guns. I especially love the takedown 10/22. What a sweet .22 rifle. 👍

Yes, on the red dot. No, on the magnification. And as a follow up, the place I ordered it from ran out, even though when I made the order, that was not the case. Instead, they offered to sell me a different Aimpoint, still for a good price, but not as good as what they had the ML3 for. I went ahead and bought it anyways. I guess I just hate money.

I also ordered a Vickers sling in gray today. I went with gray because it was half price of the other colors.

Oh my. The my wallet is hovering around an SKS. I'm gonna head over to my buddies house to see if I can test out his sometime... They're Russian so they carry only Russian guns, ya know.

Since it's so cheap and reliable, it may be my first and only gun purchase, though I do want to look into some pistols for the future. We shall see.

Once you buy one firearm, you will want to buy more. Instead of throwing all the money that you will end up spending on firearms if you buy one, you could just give me the money you would have spent on a SKS and save yourself from spending any more money on firearms in the future.

 

[a6m5]

I guess I just hate money.

I never thought about it like that. Makes perfect sense.

Once you buy one firearm, you will want to buy more.

Some silly guy told me the same thing before. I told him that I had one rimfire(.22 rifle), one handgun(Glock 17) & one long gun(Remington 870 Shotgun), I didn't need buy anymore guns. Yeah, I told him!

 

[phillgt2002]

Once you buy one firearm, you will want to buy more. Instead of throwing all the money that you will end up spending on firearms if you buy one, you could just give me the money you would have spent on a SKS and save yourself from spending any more money on firearms in the future.

I'm not that into guns. It's a small interest. The main reason why I'm interested in purchasing one or two is to understand how they work a bit more than I currently do. It's for learning and fun.

 

[Blood Eagle]

I'm not that into guns. It's a small interest. The main reason why I'm interested in purchasing one or two is to understand how they work a bit more than I currently do. It's for learning and fun.

I give you 6 months before you buy more. It's highly addictive.




@Brett I have a Hogue rubber overmolded stock for that 590A1 that I bought earlier this year that I have never used if you want it. I accidently bought the wrong one so It's been sitting in my closet for months. Have no need for it.

 

[a6m5]

I didn't know they made such thing. Very cool. 👍

I give you 6 months before you buy more. It's highly addictive.

What drew me in I think was just mingling with other gun owners. All these people I knew, I had no idea they owned firearms. Pretty soon, everybody from just young guys who likes to shoot, hunters, collectors, etc., they find out about you getting into the hobby, and now it's have you shot this, how do you like that?, etc. At that point, you start getting interested in different systems, calibers, manufacturers, etc.

Don't get me wrong, @phillkillv2 , I do have friends who are content with what they have.... One has owned just SKS as his sole rifle for years, and other one, it was the same way, until he sold his & currently doesn't own any rifle. If they had money though, I have no doubt that they'd own a couple of rifles.

 

[Brett]

I'm not that into guns. It's a small interest. The main reason why I'm interested in purchasing one or two is to understand how they work a bit more than I currently do. It's for learning and fun.

Just wait.

@Brett I have a Hogue rubber overmolded stock for that 590A1 that I bought earlier this year that I have never used if you want it. I accidently bought the wrong one so It's been sitting in my closet for months. Have no need for it.

How much are you wanting for it?

 

[Blood Eagle]

How much are you wanting for it?

You can have it. I tried to sell it on a gun forum but I never got any response. Merry Christmas.

 

[acascianelli]

I'm hoping to finish up my Mosin build this month. Dropping if off later this week to have a scope mount installed, and will be buying the scope in another week or so. There are a couple other things I may end up doing, but they can wait. Thinking about a Timney trigger, but my trigger isn't too bad, and a muzzle break. I'll decide on those after I get some rounds through it.

I'm doing some research into building an AR15 now. Nothing crazy, just a standard MIL spec 556/223.

 

[Blood Eagle]

Let me know if you need help building the AR. Especially if you plan to do all the work yourself.

 

[Omnis]

How much do you guys think I could get for an almost never shot 9mm S&W 469? And a .380 PPK shot once or twice from the 70s?

Spent all day yesterday cleaning them and I hate them. The DA trigger pull on the PPK is absolutely awful. SA is pretty good, though.

 

[Brett]

Is the PPK blued or stainless? I may be interested if it is blued.

 

[a6m5]

@Omnis - I usually check local classifieds(online), or "sold" search results on gunbroker.com. On the gunbroker search though, I think you have to register before you can search for completed results. Decent indicator of the going prices though.

 

[Brett]

Armslist is another option to look at prices.

 

[a6m5]

Armslist is another option to look at prices.

One of the classifieds I was trying to remember the names of. 👍

 

[Swagger897]

Almost bought a K98 off of there until the guy's phone number, address, and taxes didn't match at all... It was his gun because I asked for pictures of him with the gun in front of a TV (I'm not gonna send $500+ to a guy before I get the gun (was in a different state and too far to drive))...

But as far as price comp, yeah, it's alright.

 

[a6m5]

I love classifieds, but I would avoid interstate transaction. Besides, you have to go thru FFL if you are trading across the state line, right?

 

[Swagger897]

Yeah... He wouldn't agree to let me meet him. I was a day shy though of picking one up just an hour away from me though..

 

[a6m5]

Yeah... He wouldn't agree to let me meet him. I was a day shy though of picking one up just an hour away from me though..

I've had just two private transactions, but both times it was face to face, they were able to meet me nearby, and guns were as advertised. Very happy.

 

[Omnis]

It's blued. Actually, it looks like some kind of super dark bronze. The brown grips make everything look brown Lol.

 

[Crash]

I'm doing some research into building an AR15 now. Nothing crazy, just a standard MIL spec 556/223.

See here, may be useful. @Zenith is extremely knowledgeable about ARs.

 

[Zenith]

I'm doing some research into building an AR15 now. Nothing crazy, just a standard MIL spec 556/223.

Good news! Building an AR really isn't difficult, spec'ing it is more important.

If you're looking for a general purpose AR, I'd suggest the short list of parts to make your gun better:
-A nice trigger.
-A bolt that's been magnetic particle inspected and high pressure tested.
-A 16" barrel from a good manufacturer with a properly sized gas port, preferably with a "mid length" gas system.
-Direct impingement for your first gun.
-H2 buffer or VLTOR A5 stock system - The buffer can be the difference between a reliable gun and an unreliable gun.

 

[Brett]

I found this to be pretty cool:

 

[a6m5]

Very. 👍

 

[acascianelli]

Just got the scope mount from Rock Solid Industries in for my Mosin last night. Now I need to decide whether I want to try to drill and tap the receiver myself or take it to a smith.

 

[Blood Eagle]

I found this to be pretty cool:

Cool vid. I like slowmo vids like that. It's cool to see the shell deflector in action lol

 

[a6m5]

Just got the scope mount from Rock Solid Industries in for my Mosin last night. Now I need to decide whether I want to try to drill and tap the receiver myself or take it to a smith.

Time to seek for some youtube videos?

Cool vid. I like slowmo vids like that. It's cool to see the shell deflector in action lol

EVERYTHING in there were cool.

 

[Omnis]

It's about damn time:

Man I've been waiting like 2 years for a compact FNS. I hope it's not a let down.

 

[a6m5]

God, I hate that pinky grip on the magazine thing, but it seems like everybody's doing it that way these days.

 

[Zenith]

I found this to be pretty cool:

That spring that you see in the BCG is interesting. In a DI AR15 the expanding gas in the bolt carrier will push the bolt forward like the piston in the engine. Imagine the piston is the bolt and the back of the gun is "up" on an engine and you'll get the idea. To further the metaphor, the gas key would be the intake valve and the two holes that you see on the side of bolt carriers on AR's would be the exhaust valve.

Since the bolt has a cam pin through it, it rotates as the cam pin is forced forward through the cutout in the carrier. This unlocks the bolt.

Since this piston gun doesn't have that gas pressure to push the bolt back, it uses a spring to assist the bolt forward as the carrier comes back. I'm not sure if it's necessary but it's thorough and reduces friction on the system. The downside that I can think of is that the action spring needs to have a slightly higher seat pressure to make up for the smaller spring acting against it. Nice touch, PWS.

 

[Solid Lifters]

New DARPA Bullets http://www.iflscience.com/technology/darpa-has-created-self-guided-mid-flight-changing-bullets