Wat's Guns-N-Stuff Thread

[Wat_Tyler]

Is there any other kind?

 

[Bray123]

https://imgur.com/E0PlBSl

 

[Chobham]

Well, yeah, sorta. The Manurhin MR 73. I was never really comfortable with any of Smith's 'N' frame revolvers. No complaint on fit, finish, or function, just a case where the 'N' frame didn't fit my hand well. I like the 19 and its variants but the pistol would shoot loose if you continually shot .357. That was corrected with the 66/68 'L' frame models in SS. Better metallurgy yielded a stronger frame.

The Manurhin is probably the best wheel gun out there and it's price reflects that.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Yeah, 4 grand? I don't think so, but I do see that shipping is usually included.


That's mighty considerate of them . . . .


Any Smith I own won't get much use with full house rounds anyway.


Now, SIGs on the other hand. Well, who wouldn't shoot the crap out of a SIG???

 

[Rightguide]

Maybe kinda like a .350 Legend-In-Its-Own-Mind.


Actually, it's be fun in either .260 Remington or .358 Winchester.

When I was about twelve I pestered my granddad about shooting his hunting rifle. He told me I was a bit too light for the big rifle saying if you shoot it now you might not want to shoot it again. I kept it up so he took me outside of town and handed me his .348 Winchester model 71 and said go ahead and put one in that stump over there. I did and he was right. At that age that thing kicked like a mule and I had no real desire to shoot it again. One round was enough for the day. A year or two later he handed me my first deer rifle it too was a Winchester, a model 94 .25-35 which I had admired for years in his den. I shot the hell out of that rifle, but it became a pea shooter compared to what I have acquired over the years.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

When I was about twelve I pestered my granddad about shooting his hunting rifle. He told me I was a bit too light for the big rifle saying if you shoot it now you might not want to shoot it again. I kept it up so he took me outside of town and handed me his .348 Winchester model 71 and said go ahead and put one in that stump over there. I did and he was right. At that age that thing kicked like a mule and I had no real desire to shoot it again. One round was enough for the day. A year or two later he handed me my first deer rifle it too was a Winchester, a model 94 .25-35 which I had admired for years in his den. I shot the hell out of that rifle, but it became a pea shooter compared to what I have acquired over the years.

My grandfathers didn't hunt. No matter. I remember taking my son shooting and letting him work his way up with rifle calibers. When I got him a good AR and he was target shooting (at age 12), he was largely immune to that caliber. It's comforting settling down into a hold when you know it ain't gonna beat you to pieces.

 

[Rightguide]

My grandfathers didn't hunt. No matter. I remember taking my son shooting and letting him work his way up with rifle calibers. When I got him a good AR and he was target shooting (at age 12), he was largely immune to that caliber. It's comforting settling down into a hold when you know it ain't gonna beat you to pieces.

That's for damn sure. Overcoming the fear and or anticipation of recoil is key to good marksmanship.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

That's for damn sure. Overcoming the fear and or anticipation of recoil is key to good marksmanship.

Frankly, I kind of enjoy some recoil. It reminds you of what you're doing.

 

[Chobham]

Yeah, 4 grand? I don't think so, but I do see that shipping is usually included.


That's mighty considerate of them . . . .


Any Smith I own won't get much use with full house rounds anyway.


Now, SIGs on the other hand. Well, who wouldn't shoot the crap out of a SIG???

Oh, that's about the same price as an unfired 1957 Colt Python w/6" barrel.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Oh, that's about the same price as an unfired 1957 Colt Python w/6" barrel.

Is shipping included, too???

 

[Wonderer67]

Any SKS fans out there? I do not love the Russians, but I do like the sturdy reliability of some of their platforms.

AK, SKS, Mosin.

But sks is my favorite.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I have several models of Mosins, and I gave one to my nephew. I have a Yugo SKS and some late model AK clone. If you take your time with the Simonov, it'll shoot decently. Mine is not bad. I wonder from time to time how it might shoot with something better than steel case Russian goes-bang ammo.


Not enough to spend the money to buy some, but wondered just the same.


I know beyond a shadow that if I were to pick any of them up and jack a round into it, that it's go bang. What more can one ask of a basic platform???

 

[Chobham]

Is shipping included, too???

No, but if you can afford to buy one of those at those prices shipping is a rounding error.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Pretty much. Insured, too.


I'd buy the other first.


Never was a snake fan.

 

[Wonderer67]

I have several models of Mosins, and I gave one to my nephew. I have a Yugo SKS and some late model AK clone. If you take your time with the Simonov, it'll shoot decently. Mine is not bad. I wonder from time to time how it might shoot with something better than steel case Russian goes-bang ammo.


Not enough to spend the money to buy some, but wondered just the same.


I know beyond a shadow that if I were to pick any of them up and jack a round into it, that it's go bang. What more can one ask of a basic platform???

I have two Mosins. A 1942 izthvek m91/30. And a Polish 1953 m44 carbine. It was never fired before I bought it but I fired it a few years ago. Short barrel, massive recoil and flames shooting out of the barrel. Fun stuff.

Have a 1967 Chinese sks (pre norinco) that’s really solid. A heavy and fairly accurate rifle.

And a Zastava ak, in 7.62x39.

The ak and sks both eat up old school steel cased ammo no problems. My mini 30 is really picky about ammo.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I have two Mosins. A 1942 izthvek m91/30. And a Polish 1953 m44 carbine. It was never fired before I bought it but I fired it a few years ago. Short barrel, massive recoil and flames shooting out of the barrel. Fun stuff.

Have a 1967 Chinese sks (pre norinco) that’s really solid. A heavy and fairly accurate rifle.

And a Zastava ak, in 7.62x39.

The ak and sks both eat up old school steel cased ammo no problems. My mini 30 is really picky about ammo.

I have two WW1 era Mosins, and I think they were built outta spare parts. There's not a matching number anywhere. I use them as wallhangers on a dinky gun rack a guy gave me years ago. They hang with my shot-out Trapdoor. Fucking barrel is smooth as a sewer.


I had a Norinco SKS. It did okay for a while. One day at the range, I had it in the rifle stand and loaded it and dropped the bolt. It went off. My son yelled at me, "what the fuck was that?" I unloaded it and swapped it to a guy for a computer, of all things. I bought the Yugo a few years later. The sights look cockeyed on it but it shoots where it's looking.


Can't recall what brand of AK, but it does okay. 7.62. I should spend a little time with it and try to dial it in as well as it will. My first AK was stolen. I like this one better.

 

[Wonderer67]

I have two WW1 era Mosins, and I think they were built outta spare parts. There's not a matching number anywhere. I use them as wallhangers on a dinky gun rack a guy gave me years ago. They hang with my shot-out Trapdoor. Fucking barrel is smooth as a sewer.


I had a Norinco SKS. It did okay for a while. One day at the range, I had it in the rifle stand and loaded it and dropped the bolt. It went off. My son yelled at me, "what the fuck was that?" I unloaded it and swapped it to a guy for a computer, of all things. I bought the Yugo a few years later. The sights look cockeyed on it but it shoots where it's looking.

WW1 era mosins sounds interesting…

I’d love a Yugo sks. My neighbor was one and it had a beautiful red wood stock. They’r ridiculously expensive now.

Some sks are known to “slamfire”, more than one round at a time. Happened to me once. You have to really keep the bolt and floating firing pin clean.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

WW1 era mosins sounds interesting…

I’d love a Yugo sks. My neighbor was one and it had a beautiful red wood stock. They’r ridiculously expensive now.

Some sks are known to “slamfire”, more than one round at a time. Happened to me once. You have to really keep the bolt and floating firing pin clean.

Years ago, 60 Minutes did a story on the SKS and something else. The SKS bit was the Chinese gun and the rap was the slam-fire. The one they demonstrated went auto. Now, I knew less then and I saw the story once, so I have no idea what was real and what was drama. Anyway, I remembered it and got rid of the gun when it fucked up.


M1s also have floating pins, as I recall. Mine is stone reliable.

 

[Chobham]

You can't knock the reliability of the AK style designs and they're certainly effective in situations like CQB. But they're more on the order of 'spray and pray' sort of weapons. (So is the AR to an extent.) One of the reasons that the Army is going back to full blown battle rifles, the 6.8.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Hiding behind a tree is pointless if your enemy can put a round through both it and your liver.

 

[ll74]

Hiding behind a tree is pointless if your enemy can put a round through both it and your liver.

Why do you have enemies hunting you?

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Why do you have enemies hunting you?

Your question lacks relevance.

 

[ll74]

Your question lacks relevance.

You said enemies were chasing you in the woods. Why would you have enemies and why would they be chasing you with guns?

 

[Wat_Tyler]

You said enemies were chasing you in the woods. Why would you have enemies and why would they be chasing you with guns?

I did not. You cherrypicked my statement to stir a bit of fecal matter. Did you miss the word "Army" in the post I replied to? Methinks you did.

 

[ll74]

I did not. You cherrypicked my statement to stir a bit of fecal matter. Did you miss the word "Army" in the post I replied to? Methinks you did.

So you're saying that this hypothetical would never happen?

Hiding behind a tree is pointless if your enemy can put a round through both it and your liver.

Neat.