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yellowfever wrote: On a gun that's going to be run hard I prefer synthetic furniture, That way when it gets scratched I don't care. To me an AK is a gun that's meant to be run hard.i save the Nice looking wood for my hunting rifles.
Ehh, if it's an AK, if it has the "original" wood stock I don't think i'd care too much about it getting scratched.
I mean, i have seen gold plated, pearl/ivory (looking type stuff) handled AKs in Iraq being carried around by regular check point guards and whatnot.... Always a bit of a laugh, but I'd be crazy if I said I wouldn't take one of them as well.
CptJake wrote: I don't think my land lord nor the wife would approve of me shooting indoors.
If I get another 'tactical rimfire' gun it will probably be one of the HK MP5 looking ones, just to get something different.
The MP5 is a fun gun to shoot, but it is heavy dues to its Zamac construction (die cast metal). Its a good gun, just heavy to wield (something to consider for younger shooters or slight of build).
@ensis ferrae. I've seen that also. But that still goes with what I'm saying. I wouldn't have a gun I plan to run hard gold colored. And an AK just begs to be run hard. Just my opinion of course. Different strokes for different folks.
Ruberu wrote: SHOT show looked interesting. New carbine length CZ EVO and Bren, new shorter M1A socom, Magpul's intergraded suppressed pistol that uses Glock magazines and sights and a pile of other updated goods from a slew of manufactures.
Out of everything, the ones that stood out to me as future purchases will be the MKE MP5SD, the Korth Sky Marshall, and possibly a reproduction of the Colt Python by Pietta.
A lot of new stuff coming out this year. I have a feeling my wallet might get a lot lighter.
So much cool stuff...so little money. Of course right after I file the form 1 on my scorpion, they come out with the Carbine...
But then the new BREN rifle (as opposed to the pistol they were importing) looks so cool...just twice as much as the Scorpion. CZ's really hit the spot of late.
H&MGW's STG44 looks awesome, if they actually start shipping and they turn out to be functional, I'm totally buying one.
In theory, other than being 'modern', an AK 47 *can* have all the traits our looking for, and can be easily acquired, cheaply, in most countries, regardless of legality.
And if you get away from the "cheap", an AK-47 can even fulfill the "modern" look:
Indeed, AK's can be made to do anything most other rifles can, and I'd certainly take the Pepsi Challenge with a service-issue AK-74 next to a service issue M4/M16, L85A2, AUG, and most other weapons out there...
Speaking of which, I got another new toy this week to share with everyone.
5.45x39mm Bulgarian SLR-104-32 (AK-74M clone in Plum color).
AH, another AK74 lover.
I own a RedJacket ak74. My brother asked why i bought an ak. I told him, "because ak's always work."
When i was in afghanistan, i had my m4 stop working after putting as few as 8 mags through it. Thats fine at the range, but not when you are being attacked by a bunch of guys yelling "allah akbar"...
Well, despite my inner OPSEC alarm beeping, I'll share some pics of some of mine. Here is a small selection of what I have, mostly pics of some of my handguns:
Thanks, folks. That was just a sampling. I spent a long time acquiring them. It's more expensive than 40k, but sometimes I wonder with the Forge World stuff added in. lol.
And yeah, that 1911 (An Auto-Ordnance WWII G.I. Replica) is parkerized. I always loved that look on 1911s too.
Ruberu wrote: SHOT show looked interesting. New carbine length CZ EVO and Bren, new shorter M1A socom, Magpul's intergraded suppressed pistol that uses Glock magazines and sights and a pile of other updated goods from a slew of manufactures.
Out of everything, the ones that stood out to me as future purchases will be the MKE MP5SD, the Korth Sky Marshall, and possibly a reproduction of the Colt Python by Pietta.
A lot of new stuff coming out this year. I have a feeling my wallet might get a lot lighter.
So much cool stuff...so little money. Of course right after I file the form 1 on my scorpion, they come out with the Carbine...
But then the new BREN rifle (as opposed to the pistol they were importing) looks so cool...just twice as much as the Scorpion. CZ's really hit the spot of late.
H&MGW's STG44 looks awesome, if they actually start shipping and they turn out to be functional, I'm totally buying one.
5.45x39mm Bulgarian SLR-104-32 (AK-74M clone in Plum color).
A SBRed Evo will be a lot more cool than a carbine one . The Bren would be cool but I have way too many 556 guns as it is now. If they would have released it before I bought a second Steyr I might have considered the Bren instead. Also I completely forgot about the HMG STG44 clones . I agree, if they actually function I will get one. They will make them in the original 7.92x33 Kurz so the caliber debate has already been made for me.
I am currently on a form 1 for my Bulgarian Sam7k. For some reason I like the 47 more than the 74. I have three and am really looking forward to getting the stock on my Sam and making it a real Bulgarian Krinkov.
@oldravenman. Its nice to see another Steyr and a HK usp. I carry a USP in 9mm at work. They can take a beating and don't give up, ours have around 40-50K+ rounds through them and still hit center after 20+ years of service.
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts."
The AUG is actually a clone produced by MSAR. I couldn't find a Sabre Defense example, and the Steyr A3 wasn't available in the States when I bought it. But I have been pretty satisfied with it. It has a Gen4 stock that is supposed to take Steyr factory mags. But I had to do a slight touch-up with a dremel to get 'em to work 100%.
Need some advice on 22LR, if you would be so kind.
I recently got a 22/45 Lite, which is my first 22 pistol, and it seems like a great little gun. It seems fairly accurate - I was able to keep all 10 initially within about an inch and a half at 25 feet, which is pretty good for me.
That being said, after shooting about 150 rounds through it, my groups started to open up pretty badly - by the 200 round mark, I was seeing flyers everywhere, 3-4 inch groupings. I wasn't rapid firing, so I don't think the barrel was overheating. I have the model with a ventilated barrel, if it matters.
I asked the guy at the range, and he said it was likely that the barrel had just gotten really fouled - I was shooting Remington Thunderbolt. I don't really know much about .22LR - my previous pistol was a .22WMR which didn't seem especially dirty. I guess .22LR is really dirty by default, but he was saying that Thunderbolt is way worse than that, that it's the dirtiest ammo you can buy. I'm inclined to believe him - i was only at the range for an hour and my fingers were absolutely filthy by that time, it seems like there is some kind of waxy coating on those rounds (as I side note, I also had at least 4 or 5 duds and lots of FTF's).
Can you guys make suggestions as to what brands run a bit cleaner?
Also, how often does this need to be cleaned? Normally I field strip and clean my guns after every range trip, although I sometimes slack a bit with the AK. However, I remember Frazzled saying you don't generally have to clean .22LRs. I might be misremembering that, so if it's not true, I'm sure it's my mistake. Should I be bringing a boresnake with me to the range?
Also, I burned the gak out of my neck today when a hot shell landed in my collar and got stuck. That's not really related to the above issue, I just thought you all would enjoy hearing it.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Well, I guess I should have cleaned it before posting this, because that's one mystery solved, I guess.
Spoiler:
So, going back to - what brands do you guys recommend?
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lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
My .22 Colt/Walther M4 Ops seems to be pretty picky when it comes to the .22LR it takes. I use CCI or Federal in it and it seems to do well. It hates the couple types of Remington I've tried to put through it. It definitely runs better with high velocity ammo. I tend to stick with the Federal instead of CCI because I can still find bulk packs and get it for between 7 and 8 cents a shot, and seeing as when I take it out I tend to go through 2-300 rounds a session it makes a difference.
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Can't wait to go give it a try.
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Question; is the scope on that revolver more practical or rule of cool? I only ask because in video games you can almost always put an oversized scope on the big bad pistol, but I've never been clear on if that's actually useful irl XD
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LordofHats wrote: Question; is the scope on that revolver more practical or rule of cool? I only ask because in video games you can almost always put an oversized scope on the big bad pistol, but I've never been clear on if that's actually useful irl XD
It's quite practical. There's even special pistol scopes with a long eye relief. Lots of people who hunt with handguns use them.
yellowfever wrote: I'm lost. Can someone explain why my gun pic can't be posted but others can. I've posted gun pics on here before with no problems.
The other picture in this thread probably just managed to slide by.
The problem is with uploading them, or attaching them, to DakkaDakka.
Pictures take up a lot of the bandwidth, hosting space, and processing of the Dakka servers. Because of that Dakka doesn't want any non-wargaming related pictures hosted on the servers, to try to keep some of the costs down.
Just upload your pictures to any of the other sites and just link them to your posts here instead of attaching them to the post or uploading them to the Dakka gallery, then you won't run into any problems.
Here is a recent discussion about what image hosting sites people like to use here:
Ouze wrote: Just to be 100% clear, none of the photos in this thread are hosted on Dakka.
If you filter the thread, he has one picture that looks like it was attached to the post he made. That may be why he was wondering about getting it removed this time but not before. Attached pictures don't show up in the gallery (I don't think), but still take up space.
Also, this doesn't just apply to firearms, this was a big issue - bigger, really - when there was a thread for people were posting pictures of themselves.
lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
. The Bren would be cool but I have way too many 556 guns as it is now. If they would have released it before I bought a second Steyr I might have considered the Bren instead. Also I completely forgot about the 
. I agree, if they actually function I will get one. They will make them in the original 7.92x33 Kurz so the caliber debate has already been made for me.
