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I've read that using reloads in a semi auto isn't recommended. I don't know what the online companies use. Is it reloads or factory ammo.


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I've read that using reloads in a semi auto isn't recommended. I don't know what the online companies use. Is it reloads or factory ammo.

yellowfever wrote:
I've read that using reloads in a semi auto isn't recommended. I don't know what the online companies use. Is it reloads or factory ammo.

Oh I see. I personally don't use reloads, but I wouldn't really have any qualms about using factory reloaded or remanufactured ammunition. I'm wary of reloads done in someones basement though - they're probably fine too but I'm pretty conservative with things that could might explode 3 inches from your face.

I've ordered several times from http://www.bulkammo.com, Natchez and a couple other sites as well. Larry, my UPS driver hates when 2,000 rounds of 7.62 NATO need to be delivered.

This site: http://www.gunbot.net/ammo/rifle/556/ is great for checking availability and prices.


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 Ouze wrote:

yellowfever wrote:
I've read that using reloads in a semi auto isn't recommended. I don't know what the online companies use. Is it reloads or factory ammo.

Oh I see. I personally don't use reloads, but I wouldn't really have any qualms about using factory reloaded or remanufactured ammunition. I'm wary of reloads done in someones basement though - they're probably fine too but I'm pretty conservative with things that could might explode 3 inches from your face.

Check out your warranty. I have a couple of guns where firing reloads would void the warranty.

yellowfever wrote:
I know it's a little off topic but has anyone ordered bulk ammo. I want to try it but I don't know which sites can be trusted.

Define bulk ammo. I routinely buy 1,000 round cases for 9mm and 5,000 round lots for .22lr.
There is nothing wrong with reloads if the reloader is a decent. I have used Freedom in the past. However, I went through a case where there were multiple (as in 1-4 per box of 50) that were seated too deeply.

The following is my experience with 9mm rounds:
*Freedom-get on their email list. Every couple of days they seem to offer free shipping for over $100 (or in general) purchases. Their reloads are decent-accuracy is about 75% to 80% of their new rounds. Their new rounds are about 85% as accurate as Remington UMC. This does seem to ebb and flow though. During the Great Bullet Freakout heir accuracy was...poor. It improved, but recently has fallen somewhat. but they are cheap so if you aren't competing they are a good buy and made in America Hurr.
https://www.freedommunitions.com/

*Armscor is also cheap and about 95% of Remington UMC. I have no problem buying Philipino. This site is also good for other bulk name brand manufacturers.
http://www.ammosupplywarehouse.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?search=action&category=H9M0

*S&B, Monarch, Bear, Wolf are all decent by different manufacturers. I quit buying them when I found Freedom ( ) and I won't buy the Russian stuff any more for any reason.

*Inversely, Atlanta Arms is the stuff you buy when you want competition level ammo. This is about as good as it gets outside of you tailoring loads for each of your firearms specially. Its the go to for competition shooters, and police departments use them as well. Its not cheap, but you can't blame the ammo when you miss.
http://atlantaarms.com/target-defense-ammo/

Sounds good. Thanks for all the info guys.

Any vets/active duty or LEOs interested in optics, Vortex has a VERY nice discount program.

REALLY. I've been looking at getting a vortex.

yellowfever wrote:
REALLY. I've been looking at getting a vortex.

I sent you a PM explaining a bit about it and can do so for others.

I have used factory reman ammo plenty. And I have shot some mom&pop loaded ammo at gun shows and its been fine. 45 Colt can be hard to come by. I think buying 'garage' loaded ammo is fine if it's just target grade ammo. It gets dicey when you are looking at max FPS loads and stuff like that. Because then they may have used a different gun than yours and yours may blow up.

How much does a decent to good quality mauser K98k go for? The reason I ask is I want to get back into WW2 reenacting and I want to know how much to be prepared to spend.

A brief google search showed about $6-700.

Thats probably about right, maybe a bit more. Yugo mausers can be had for a good deal less.

Turkish Mausers can be had for less as well, although that might not be what you want for reenacting.

 Hordini wrote:
Turkish Mausers can be had for less as well, although that might not be what you want for reenacting.

Depends on how much the group you're in looks down on farbing it. Civil War one I'm in it's an extra days drill with the awkward squad for first offense (unless it's glasses).

Anyone gotten hold of a Ruger Precision Rifle yet? Still debating this. If you could get one(AFAIK only the .243 is readily available) what caliber would you grab and why? 6.5 creedmore has a lot of promise and is doing well in competition. .308 is common and isn't too shabby itself but has less range and accuracy than the 6.5. I know next to nothing about the .243 except that's all I ever see at gun shows and the dealers have 6.5s and .308s on personal order for themselves.

Don't know how many of you guys and girls cast your own lead bullets but I was just given about 300 lbs of lead bricks from my neighbor. These bricks weigh around 50lbs a piece and I have been melting them down into ingots. Wheel weights where my old source of free lead but since they went to zinc resources dried up over the years. I also have in the past recovered lead from the range but that was a ton of work.

Col. Dash wrote:
Anyone gotten hold of a Ruger Precision Rifle yet? Still debating this. If you could get one(AFAIK only the .243 is readily available) what caliber would you grab and why? 6.5 creedmore has a lot of promise and is doing well in competition. .308 is common and isn't too shabby itself but has less range and accuracy than the 6.5. I know next to nothing about the .243 except that's all I ever see at gun shows and the dealers have 6.5s and .308s on personal order for themselves.

I have heard good reviews on it, although that style is not my cup of tea.

Col. Dash wrote:
Anyone gotten hold of a Ruger Precision Rifle yet? Still debating this. If you could get one(AFAIK only the .243 is readily available) what caliber would you grab and why?

I'm not a great person to ask since I don't hunt and I'm not a sniper, but in terms of range shooting, I'd go with .308 since it's my favorite rifle round. I feel like it has the exact right amount of recoil for me - enough to feel authoritative and fun, but not so much it hurts at the end of a casual session. 30.06 is right around where I start to find recoil unpleasant, but .308 is right at the upper end of the sweet spot.

I actually bought a Smith & Wesson MP-10 (it's the S&W take on the AR-10) just recently, it was a steal at Cabellas for 600$ in their gun library. I might also have to get into reloading as .308 ammo is a bit expensive. That being said, this is actually my first rifle. I don't hunt, I just thought it'd be really cool to own one (and to pad the statistics to further the proof that most gun-owners are not psychopaths who shoot up schools). I was sad to find that it did not have iron sights on it. I think I should be acquainted with iron sights before I run around buying really expensive scopes. Any tips for somebody with their first AR platform?

I also have a little .38 taurus snubnose that I love for it's simplicity. Cleaning a firearm has never been so easy

 Ouze wrote:

Col. Dash wrote:
Anyone gotten hold of a Ruger Precision Rifle yet? Still debating this. If you could get one(AFAIK only the .243 is readily available) what caliber would you grab and why?

I'm not a great person to ask since I don't hunt and I'm not a sniper, but in terms of range shooting, I'd go with .308 since it's my favorite rifle round. I feel like it has the exact right amount of recoil for me - enough to feel authoritative and fun, but not so much it hurts at the end of a casual session. 30.06 is right around where I start to find recoil unpleasant, but .308 is right at the upper end of the sweet spot.

I would not consider the Ruger a hunting rifle. A hunting rifle is light and capable of a good snap shot. Thats not the Ruger's cup of tea. A Ruger American, now thats a hunting rifle.

Randomrolls wrote:
I actually bought a Smith & Wesson MP-10 (it's the S&W take on the AR-10) just recently, it was a steal at Cabellas for 600$ in their gun library.

I'm very jealous, I think you saved at least $500 on that deal.

I impulse bought a Aero Precision M5 (AR10) upper when it was on sale, $143 shipped, cerakoted in FDE, when it popped up on Slickguns. I had hoped to build an a complete AR10.


That got completely sidetracked - partially by me getting punched in the dick financially over and over again over the last 2 months - the water heater just failed today, and it's the last in a string of expensive problems - but mostly, because I absolutely cannot find most of the stuff I need in stock. I didn't realize it at the time but there is no standard whatsoever for AR10s the way there is for AR15s, and parts commonality is very hit and miss. Aero, which would be the best bet compatibility wise, has not had a lower in stock since then for more than a few minutes.

Maybe someday though. On the other hand, if I were smart, I'd not throw good money after a bad idea and just get a $200 Mosin and be happy.

 Ouze wrote:

I impulse bought a Aero Precision M5 (AR10) upper when it was on sale, $143 shipped, cerakoted in FDE, when it popped up on Slickguns. I had hoped to build an a complete AR10. That got completely sidetracked - partially by me getting punched in the dick financially over and over again over the last 2 months - the water heater just failed today, and it's the last in a string of expensive problems - but mostly, because I absolutely cannot find most of the stuff I need in stock. I didn't realize it at the time but there is no standard whatsoever for AR10s the way there is for AR15s, and parts commonality is very hit and miss. Aero, which would be the best bet compatibility wise, has not had a lower in stock since then for more than a few minutes.

Maybe someday though. On the other hand, if I were smart, I'd not throw good money after a bad idea and just get a $200 Mosin and be happy.

My deepest condolences, friend. My landlord spent all of last week fixing my stupid shower. See, back in the day when our house was built, they didn't really have a Menards you could run to, so you used whatever you had on hand or you went without. Thus, when my landlord tried to install a new faucet for the shower, he discovered that it wasn't actual pipe he was dealing with, but rather it was copper refrigerator tubing. So after filing down said tubing (Which was a fraction of a millimeter too thick to accommodate the new faucet), he discovers that the particular faucet he bought was defective, and he had uninstall that, run back to the store, buy another faucet, and install that one instead.

In short, I completely understand how life gets in the way.

Well, it could be a lot, lot worse, I could have a lot of expensive problems and not be able to afford fixing them.

As an IT person, I'm often irritated with how people are mystified by basic IT stuff. However, after trying my hand at basic plumbing problems, I know how it feels.

Very true. I myself am not so much of a hands-on guy, more of an introverted bookworm myself. But the more hands-on I get, the more I find that google is truly a blessing. You can do a whole lot of things yourself if you can find the motivation. Me, I like typing on my computer a bit more. Currently writing a dark political satire set in a fantasy world, with a POV coming from a nearly-illiterate mercenary troll.

Ouze wrote:I impulse bought a Aero Precision M5 (AR10) upper when it was on sale, $143 shipped, cerakoted in FDE, when it popped up on Slickguns. I had hoped to build an a complete AR10.


That got completely sidetracked - partially by me getting punched in the dick financially over and over again over the last 2 months - the water heater just failed today, and it's the last in a string of expensive problems - but mostly, because I absolutely cannot find most of the stuff I need in stock. I didn't realize it at the time but there is no standard whatsoever for AR10s the way there is for AR15s, and parts commonality is very hit and miss. Aero, which would be the best bet compatibility wise, has not had a lower in stock since then for more than a few minutes.

I originally thought about building an AR-10 but I just decided to go with .300 AAC. I should get my upper and lower receivers back from the shop this week after having them Cerakoted and then I can build out the lower because I have all the parts for it. I've already picked out the barrel and handguard I want, I just need to put aside some money to buy them (I'm spreading the cost of this build out over a couple months to go easy on my wallet).

Ouze wrote:As an IT person, I'm often irritated with how people are mystified by basic IT stuff. However, after trying my hand at basic plumbing problems, I know how it feels.

If you ever have any questions about plumbing or AC, shoot me a PM!

Randomrolls wrote:
I actually bought a Smith & Wesson MP-10 (it's the S&W take on the AR-10) just recently, it was a steal at Cabellas for 600$ in their gun library. I might also have to get into reloading as .308 ammo is a bit expensive. That being said, this is actually my first rifle. I don't hunt, I just thought it'd be really cool to own one (and to pad the statistics to further the proof that most gun-owners are not psychopaths who shoot up schools). I was sad to find that it did not have iron sights on it. I think I should be acquainted with iron sights before I run around buying really expensive scopes. Any tips for somebody with their first AR platform?

I also have a little .38 taurus snubnose that I love for it's simplicity. Cleaning a firearm has never been so easy

I put Magpul MBUS Pro sights in my HK. http://www.amazon.com/Magpul-Steel-Sight-MAG275-MAG276/dp/B00CLGLRD0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

Their polymer sights are a bit cheaper: http://www.amazon.com/Magpul-Industries-Generation-Sight-Front/dp/B00817B2JW?ie=UTF8&keywords=mbus&qid=1465472537&ref_=sr_1_1&s=sporting-goods&sr=1-1

I like them. I found them easy to zero, work exactly as I want them to.

I'm using the polymer ones above and I love them.

so....totally HYPOTHETICAL question here....

If I had purchased a rifle directly from the manufacturer, and they told me the rifle was semi-auto, but I found out later that it was in fact full-auto, how much trouble am I in?

Basically, My C93 (HK93 clone) is made using a lot of surplus Indonesian parts. I decided I didn't like the grip, so I ordered a more ergonomic trigger housing, however that style was only available in the 3-position selector option. I figured that the full-auto spot would simply be cosmetic.

As I am taking apart the rifle I discover that my HK has a full-auto trigger group (unmodified, obviously from the Indonesian parts kits) . The only thing that had previously been keeping me from flipping to the full-auto option was a physical block on the old trigger housing. Now with my new trigger housing there isn't anything stopping it. I function tested it after reassembly, and it seems like it should fire.

While I have yet to try to fire it, I'm wondering if this thing might go full-auto. If it does, should I contact the ATF, or just put the old part back on and pretend like I knew nothing?

If it does allow you to fire more than one projectile with a single trigger pull, you would be guilty of manufacturing a machine gun and do prison time.

Do not manufacture a machine gun.

 Nostromodamus wrote:
If it does allow you to fire more than one projectile with a single trigger pull, you would be guilty of manufacturing a machine gun and do prison time.

Do not manufacture a machine gun.

This. The ATF doesn't feth around in this regard. I'm mean, you'll probably be fine as long as you don't brag about it... but, if the feds were to ever inspect it...

I'd restore it back or get a different kit.

Yeah, Cuda, that's 100% illegal. The good thing is, as long as you don't brag about it, overwhelming chances would be that you're fine (Unless you plan on flagrantly breaking a few laws which would give the authorities reason to inspect the weapon). Think about it the same way as smoking pot: if you're not stupid, there's no reason you should be caught. But if you do run around telling everyone in the neighborhood you have an automatic weapon, then you will find yourself facing a hefty fine.