Anyone here into firearms?

Rusty

Good news for now. Heard that David Chipman's nom for ATF head has been pulled.

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VABAM

It was good to hear that he was out but I am apprehensive about who they’ll nominate next. It was obvious that Chimpan was seriously anti-2A. The next guy might not be so obvious.

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Rusty

Chipman was a was a wolf in wolf's clothing. The next guy will be a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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VABAM

Came across an interesting shooting method on shooting birdshead grip shotguns today. Gave it a quick go on my 300BLK SCR Pistol and was surprised how well it worked and how (relatively) comfortable it was. Did smack my cheek on the first couple shots but once I got locked in on a good hold I was getting rifle like stability and recoil control with no cheek slapage. I need to make or get a better recoil strap, threw together one just to try the technique. Also might look into a brake of some sort to replace the A2 I currently have on it which should help.

If you one of you guys try this, you really have to hold it firm against your check. Any wiggle room and you'll get you check smacked like holding as full sized shotgun loosely while shooting it.

Of course a standard AR pistol with a brace or full size rifle would be better but this has breathed new life into my SCR. I was going to convert mine into a full sized rifle and use the upper on a standard AR pistol lower because it was difficult to shoot but now I'm not. I'm still hoping, praying, braces don't get banned but this is a great work around to give the middle finger to the Dems if it does happen.


(Not my SCR but just a reminder at what one is.)

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Rusty

Looking for Hornady .338, 285 gr. ELD match bullets. None to be found. Did find 2 boxes of 500 each of .338, 300gr Sierra match bullets for $364. Also found 1 box of 100 pieces of .338 LM Lapua brass for $277. So I got got one box of bullets and 1 box of brass from Powder Valley. Prices sure have gone up.

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Ghostvette

Ain't nothing 'inexpensive' any more. We can thank the morons in Foggy Bottom for that...

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Ghostvette

Hey Rusty... With your skills you should pick up a Polymer 80 kit (handgun). HINTHINT...

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Rusty

I've been tossing around the idea of a Springfield Armory Saint pistol lately. Or a Ruger 22LR Precision rifle that I can shoot in the NRL 22LR matches.

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Ghostvette

I suggested the P80 because I need some help with the milling part of mine. I have a difficult time drilling straight holes and getting a mill lined up right to do the milling part. Having monocular vision is tough when I have to do precision work.

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Ghostvette

KM tactical in Lee's Summit has P80 lowers for Glock for $89.99

https://kmtactical.net/product/polym...pf940sc-black/

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Rusty

I'm not a Glock fan. There is something about them I just don't like.

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Rusty

Got some new play tools. The first one is a Teslong 5" screen bore scope. Always thought I was doing a good job on cleaning the bores. Found that the last 6~7 inches still had copper on the lands in the .338.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Next play tool is a air pump that I will use as a barrel cooler. Only cost me $11.99 vs $60 for some others. It pushes more air than the MagnetoSpeed unit that my friend has.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Last, I got some Wilson Case gages and the Case gage Depth Micrometer. Will use these to set-up my FL resizing dies to get a more accurate reading.

https://www.sinclairintl.com/reloadi...prod33287.aspx

https://www.sinclairintl.com/reloadi...prod88120.aspx

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Maldat

When I was in the NZ army , ,we used SLR's and hd ONES with the heavry barrel and tripod and used them on full auto .. 7.62mm . .pure wicked
used 20mm on m113

also used M16 armalite .,. (spelling) didnt like them a bit light a lot junkie
Bren on tripod are fun
have used hand gun on the range .. hated it .. (what ever army issuse was at the time , (mid 80's) colt 45?.

VABAM

Maldat, Welcome! Nice to see a non-US person in the firearm thread!

Ah yes, "The Right Hand of the Free World" Can't go wrong with the FAL aka: SLR. (Name is dependent on who made it.) Been wanting to add a FAL to the collection for awhile.

If my research is correct, the M16 you probably got to use were Colt Armalite M16 / M16A1. Most likely first gen left overs from the US which weren't that good. According to my research there was a short transitional period with the M16 before NZ Army decided on a new rifle. NZ "officially" went from the SLR to a variant of the Steyr AUG which has been phased out not too long ago for a piston driven M16/M4 variant made by LMT called the MARS-L.

Pistol wise your were probably using a Browning Hi-Power. According to my research the NZ Army used the Colt M1911 (.45) in WWII but after WWII went to the FN Browning Hi-Power and used it until the late 80s. In the late 80's my research say the NZ Army transitioned to the SIG P226 and some time after that transitioned to what they are currently using, the Glock 17.


My small arms training I got in the US Navy was a joke. That's if you count 5 rounds out of a M9 (9mm pistol) at boot camp, that was optional, small arms training.
The US Navy attitude to small arms training in the late 90s eraly 2000s was meh, only gunfighters and security got training. That changed while I was in as the "War On Terror" ramped up it caused the US Navy to rethink their attitude to small arms training. Also it didn't help that I was in a rate that wasn't allowed to do anything outside of my job. Got hit with N3A a lot. (Nukes Need Not Apply) Especially as a Nuke ET (Nuclear Power Electronics Technician) we were to "valuable" to waste our time on small arms training and other duties that normal sailors had to do especially on an aircraft carrier. As we said in the Navy: "Choose your rate, choose your fate!" so I can't complain too much about my small arms training while I was in.

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Rusty

Oh...crap.......a Navy Nuker. If you was on a sub. I would be calling you a "bubble head". I've worked with a few of you's in the power generation industry. Different breed of a people.

When I was in the DoD. I shot just about everything you could think of because of the program I was in.

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