Thank you! It definitely doesn't seem to be very well liked judging by a couple forums, but you're right, the scope mount seems way more valuable than the gun itself.
If it's not worth anything more than a couple hundred bucks, I'll probably hold on to it just because it's old and does look like Han's gun. 
You can also clean those rubber grips just like a car tire with armor-all. Add some water and get a cloth and blotch it in.Thank you! It definitely doesn't seem to be very well liked judging by a couple forums, but you're right, the scope mount seems way more valuable than the gun itself.
Same weekend, some lady was killed by a mountain lion in Oregon. Supposedly attacks are extremely rare, but you should have seen the size of these things. It just crossed the trail in front of my car, but it looked like a miniature lion. 
He bought a S&W .44 Magnum earlier this year & let us shoot that, too. He likes his hand-cannons!
These two rifle's been on sale off & on for probably much of the year? I think the sale price of the M&P got as low as $449 at one point. I've had a major crush on AR-15 forever & I'm really thinking about it. How much longer would these crazy low price go on? I'd imagine the .223/5.56 ammo's pretty cheap, too..... great for plinking.
P.S. Last weekend, I went to shoot my Glock in the mountains. My buddy backed out, so I went by myself....... I see a frigging mountain lion(cougar). I had at least one handgun loaded & on me the entire time.
This weekend, we are going back in & taking my coworker who recently bought a .50 cal Desert Eagle. This should be fun.
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I was thinking the same. I don't want one enough to buy a nice AR costing up to couple grand, but $500 for these are great price point. I think I bought my Bushmaster 308 around 2012-ish, and AR's just cost more back then. I've also been looking at Ruger 10/22s, so I think I'll check them out at this gun store & see what I want to do.
Oh no.I got a chance to shoot a Desert Eagle in .50AE and I now want one
👍As a kid in Japan, I was heavily into toy guns, then air guns. Pretty much no chance, ever, to be able to shoot a firearm over there. When my family moved to the U.S., as a foreign national, never in my wildest dream I thought that I'd be able to own firearms(you can, if you are legal permanent resident). In a sense, it feels like Christmas everyday for me in this country.Being from the UK guns are dropped in to two categories mainly, Guns for crime (illegal guns) and guns for shooting clubs, I admit I don't know what guns are allowed to be owned here even with the correct licence and to be honest it is something which has never appealed to me hence my ignorance on ownership. I have spent a small amount of time firing an air gun at a target which to be honest once the sights were set up correct it was so easy to hit bullseyes I found it boring.
My uncle had a shotgun one of those double barreled ones which I fired in to an old couch, one hell of a kick when you're 13 years old and one hell of a hole in the couch.
That is all I have on my time with guns small and petty I know.
I did have the chance later in life to go shooting with "proper " guns (what they were I don't know) but I didn't bother as it was raining on the day, went the cinema instead.
This so much. That time was around when I was looking at getting my first Mauser, but then the school shootings seemed to happen every weekend almost and prices just went absurdly high. I remember watching them for a month or two at $250-$350 for a good one then shooting up to $5-600.
Yeah, I decided to go with the AR. M&P Sport II for $510(includes background check). For my non-citizen status, it's on 24-hour delay right now, but most of the time, they get a "okay" same day. It's been almost 3 hours now, so I am starting to wonder about it(usually no more than 20 minutes to couple of hours).
I also looked at 10/22's & saw one I really liked called Thompson Center or something like that. Lemme find a picture.....
One thing I don't like about 10/22 is its "look". I like this one. It also has everything I'm looking for, which was front/rear sights, sling mount points + picatinny rail for optics. I want to say it was just under $300. It's not a Ruger branded rifle, but the sticker on it said it accepts most 10/22 accessories. It felt really nice holding it, too. I think she's my next .22 rifle.
I still haven't ruled out the takedown 10/22 like the one @Brett bought. Little pricey, but I think it's cool to be able to backpack a rifle like that. I've also always liked that mini survivor rifle.
Bummer. AR-15 guys at work sounded like they preferred it, so I thought there was more to them. I think I'll order one can anyways at that price. I've never used stripper clips, but it's supposedly easier to load into the mags?
I also bought three Magpul mags, but I had forgotten about their mags with windows. Ones I picked up were $10 each, but no windows.
I'm going to be busy shopping EOTech & Magpul furnitures for this one. Do not like the feel of stock/handguard/grip it came with.
Bummer. AR-15 guys at work sounded like they preferred it, so I thought there was more to them. I think I'll order one can anyways at that price. I've never used stripper clips, but it's supposedly easier to load into the mags?
I ended up getting that $140 ammo can green tip thing(came to $6.70-ish per 20rds). Includes shipping & ammo can, so not a bad deal. Ever since I got my crossover SUV, I've done all my shooting in the woods, so all good there(thanks for the heads up about the range policy though).
👍Wow. Nice find! It certainly makes me feel better about the Federal ammo I bought at Walmart today + their ammo can I ordered.
@Brett Palmettostatearmory also has some very inexpensive AR15 pistol kits for $399.
@justin credible Where I grew up the only people who had guns were criminals and Law Enforcement. At home we never talked about guns and to my knowledge neither one of my parents owned a gun. My interest in guns began in my early 20s. My supervisor at that time took me to a gun range and taught me how to shoot with his Kimber 1911. From that point on I was hooked and wanted to eventually purchase my own handgun. 4 years later I purchased my very first handgun and started going to the gun range at least once a month. Gun ownership for me became more than a hobby in fall (autumn) of 2012. With the shootings that occured during that time period and proposed gun bans I began to view gun ownership from a different perspective. My gun wasn't just something I shot at the range for fun, it was also something I could use as a last resort to defend lives of my family and I. I can elaborate more about this but this isn't the thread for that. I don't know how interested you are in firearms but luckily for you, you already have a family relative who is willing to teach you more about them.
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The uncle who let me fire his shotgun has long passed away. I haven't touched a gun for at least a decade and luckily where I live is a quiet friendly place so the chances of me needing one to protect family is so minimal I don't even consider it. Unfortunately in this day and age and with the way the world is if I lived in a city or where I didn't know everybody I would consider buying a gun for protection only.
I have had offers of trying my hand at a gun range but to be honest I just don't have the interest in it as a sport so have declined.
Thanks a lot for your help. 👍 So many to choose from, even with my budget.
