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Ok guys, that helps a lot, thank you !

Anvildude wrote:
I'd imagine, though, if you have friends in America, they'd be willing to buy the weapon (if you provided the money) and then you could shoot it while you're visiting them. You'd probably want to also do stuff like buying a gun-safe or lock for it, though.

Then again, I'm not sure if there's rules against that.

I do not recommend this. I had two friends do this for one another. Let's say things went bad when one friend used the other friends weapon to attempt suicide and blew his cheating wife's hand off when she tried to take the gun off him.

Yeeeahhh... Figured there might be some legal ramifications. Never heard of a "Straw Purchase" though. Makes sense that there's rules about that, though.

A straw purchase is where you buy a gun allegedly for yourself, but it's actually for another person. Usually in the context of a criminal getting someone to buy a gun for him, but it would apply to anybody buying a gun for someone not legally allowed to purchase one.

Though not highly likely, Straw Purchases can carry massive fines and up to 10 years in jail. It's best not to go that route.

There are many ranges that rent fire arms so if you're just looking to do a little shooting in the US then look up rental ranges in the area. Varies state to state though.

Fireworks aren't so great in Alaska during the summer, so we shot a bunch of .44 mag and 10mm instead.

I've had a Leupold Delta Point sitting in the closet for about three years. I really should mount it on my Glock 40.

Sig Sauer keeps trying to steal my money... Sig P229 ASE TALO. I love the P229-226 Stainless Elites but prefer the feel of the alloy frame, this solves that problem.

Sig sure makes beautiful pistols.


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I sold the gas block/front sight off of my Ruger AR-556, and bought a Faxon 18” “gunner” profile barrel with a rifle-length gas port.

I don't know much of anything about building ARs. I'd like to put together something that's a decent target rifle and varmint rifle, but still easy to carry around and shoot off-hand. Not a heavy benchrest rifle.

I was looking at a Midwest 15” free-float M-LOK handguard. https://www.midwestindustriesinc.com/product-p/mi-lwm15g3-blk.htm

I was also looking at a MFT Minimalist stock. http://www.missionfirsttactical.com/Products/Rifle-Stocks/BMSMIL-Milspec-Stock

A guy on another forum recommended the MFT stock as an adjustable stock that still locks up pretty solid. I've heard good things about the Midwest handguard a bunch of places.

My Ruger was set up for a carbine length barrel and gas system. Should I go ahead and buy a new buffer spring for a rifle-length system? (Or is it a buffer weight? Or both?) Or should I wait and see how it performs before buying one?

Both the stock and the handguard are good to go. I know several people who use them and like them a lot. You should not need to do anything with the buffer. You only need to change it out if you are making it an SBR and if you are suppressing it.

Thanks, that will save me a little money and hassle.

cuda1179 wrote:What are your thoughts on de-milled wall-hangers? I have the option to purchase a very good condition (and totally complete) bazooka. Obviously it is nonfunctional. Silly man-toy, or cool nostalgia?

Buy them, they're too cool to leave languishing around. Dust collector be damned!

BaronIveagh wrote:

Am I the only one who cries a little when they demill a weapon? I mean, have you seen what they do to a tank in EU when it gets demilled? It's a sacrilege...

As someone who has helped disassemble and pass along receivers destined to be ATF'd out of existence, the pain is real.

The last batch of weapons I helped on their way were two M1917 Marlin "Potato Diggers" (both with tripods, both of which were the training/Aircraft models) , and two Lewis Guns (a Mark VI and an M1917, both of which were US Navy marked and would've absolutely been USMC issue ). All four of these weapons were found under the stage of a local American Legion hall and were missing their firing pins (all were chambered in 30.06), all four were in 80%+ condition and all four would've been excellent candidates for ATF amnesty (if they'd ever actually use it more than having papers from prior to 1968). That was about $80,000 in machine guns that dropped to about $20,000-$15,000 in parts.

IMO, the 1968 NFA solves absolutely nothing with regards to Class III weapons, nobody with any kind of means is going to commit crimes with weapons like I just mentioned, they're impractical as hell to use in a crime to begin with and also exceedingly difficult to find on the open market. The Lewis gun is a complex and finicky weapon and the Potato Digger weighs roughly 30 lbs without the tripod and ammo box. You'd have to be a moron to want to use one of these in a crime.

Rant over

 Stormrider wrote:

As someone who has helped disassemble and pass along receivers destined to be ATF'd out of existence, the pain is real.

You have to watch those ATF guys, they'll lie to get your artillery. We've had a few cases where 'antique' artillery pieces had to be saved from these gaks who came onto the Rez with New York warrants. (New York warrants are, generally speaking, not worth the paper around here) but, like the DEA before them they came, threw their weight around, and ended up in jail themselves, having to return the artillery.

 Ouze wrote:
They're cheap as balls right now, like $450 or so.

Alas, if it's affordable or fun to shoot my state has banned it, else I'd already own three.

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 Stormrider wrote:

As someone who has helped disassemble and pass along receivers destined to be ATF'd out of existence, the pain is real.

You have to watch those ATF guys, they'll lie to get your artillery. We've had a few cases where 'antique' artillery pieces had to be saved from these gaks who came onto the Rez with New York warrants. (New York warrants are, generally speaking, not worth the paper around here) but, like the DEA before them they came, threw their weight around, and ended up in jail themselves, having to return the artillery.

Oh yeah, Ruby Ridge didn't happen by accident.

Thankfully our local guy is quite professional, fill out the papers and surrender the receivers, everyone is happy.

PS - Your sig is nice!

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/85R/billtext/html/HB01935I.htm

http://www.dailywire.com/news/18431/texas-will-soon-allow-people-carry-swords-public-aaron-bandler?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro#

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 1935, which allows any weapon with a blade longer than 5.5 inches to be carried in public. That would allow swords, daggers, machetes, stilettos, long knives – including the Bowie knife – and spears to be carried in public.

However, the blades won't be allowed in schools, churches, hospitals and establishments that rake in over 51% of their revenue through the sale of alcoholic beverages. Private businesses also have the freedom to prohibit such blades from their premises.

Those under the age of 18 will also be prohibited from carrying blades longer than 5.5 inches if they're not under parental supervision.

Mike Clark of Collectors Firearms told KHOU that he didn't think there would be many people carrying those lengthy blades in public.

"They’re cumbersome," Clark said. "You don't want to walk around with one of those every day. But if you want to, it's your right."

Clark mentioned that most knives are carried for "hunting and fishing" but some are carried for the purpose of self defense.

The author of the bill, Republican Rep. John Frullo, said in May, "It's not making criminals out of people who have no intention of creating some type of criminal act."

..so you could now legally bring a knife to a gun fight !

...... err... duelling is still illegal in Texas/states right ?

 reds8n wrote:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/85R/billtext/html/HB01935I.htm

http://www.dailywire.com/news/18431/texas-will-soon-allow-people-carry-swords-public-aaron-bandler?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro#

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 1935, which allows any weapon with a blade longer than 5.5 inches to be carried in public. That would allow swords, daggers, machetes, stilettos, long knives – including the Bowie knife – and spears to be carried in public.

However, the blades won't be allowed in schools, churches, hospitals and establishments that rake in over 51% of their revenue through the sale of alcoholic beverages. Private businesses also have the freedom to prohibit such blades from their premises.

Those under the age of 18 will also be prohibited from carrying blades longer than 5.5 inches if they're not under parental supervision.

Mike Clark of Collectors Firearms told KHOU that he didn't think there would be many people carrying those lengthy blades in public.

"They’re cumbersome," Clark said. "You don't want to walk around with one of those every day. But if you want to, it's your right."

Clark mentioned that most knives are carried for "hunting and fishing" but some are carried for the purpose of self defense.

The author of the bill, Republican Rep. John Frullo, said in May, "It's not making criminals out of people who have no intention of creating some type of criminal act."

..so you could now legally bring a knife to a gun fight !

...... err... duelling is still illegal in Texas/states right ?

1. Ixnay on the politicsey...
2. Wait duelling is illegal?
3. Also, remember, in Texas if you accidentally run into the knife your wife was holding 13 or 14 times, well thats your fault.
4. Saw someone have a live fire demonstration of Glock leg at a competition Sunday, or a demonstration on how not to holster...

Anybody gotten to play with the new 'M' Glocks, out of curiosity?

A fox started hanging around so I slept out where I could hear my birds. The ducks woke me up, and I managed to blast him with my shotgun.

I had the shotgun and rifle both there, but it's tricky to choose because there are certain angles that are not safe to shoot a rifle, but at the same time it's possible to get beyond the effective range of the shotgun. I've almost talked myself into tracking down a Savage 24 combination gun.

One of the funniest things I've ever seen was someone shoot a Coyote with a 12 tracer slug. I really don't take pleasure in seeing animals die, but just being able to see the round as it hit was pretty cool.

I forgot to mention that last night I thought to myself "I should put a long gun in my car in case I see the fox when coming up the driveway after I get home from work." So I grab a shotgun and a handful of shells and head out the door to put it in my car. As soon as I take a step out the fox runs by me about fifteen feet away and I'm standing there with an unloaded shotgun in one hand and my shells in the other.

I definitely don't enjoy killing animals. It can sometimes be the only practical and expedient thing to do, unfortunately. The only animal I was happy to kill was a fox that killed my favorite chicken (and half a dozen other birds) last fall. I know the fox was only doing what was natural and trying to survive, so I shouldn't be angry with it, but at the the same time the murdered Half-A-Hen!

While I never saw the appeal of hunting varmints, events have unfolded such that I am sorely, sorely tempted to spend an afternoon sitting in my yard with my .22 pistol so I can blast whatever it is that is constantly digging in my garden.

Do you have a pellet gun? That might work too.

But I feel you. I once spent an entire day set out watching a wood pile.

 Ouze wrote:
While I never saw the appeal of hunting varmints, events have unfolded such that I am sorely, sorely tempted to spend an afternoon sitting in my yard with my .22 pistol so I can blast whatever it is that is constantly digging in my garden.

As you have found out. Its largely due to massive annoyance.

If you can find some cathartic enjoyment while dealing with a nuisance that's what we call a "win-win" situation.

Did a little work to the Vepr

Slapped the factory made railed handguard on there with a VFG, got some US made 10 shell mags and a 12 capacity mag...but the 12 looks really goofy. The US made ones don't feel anywhere near as reliable as the original Molot magazines, but I haven't been able to really test them much to have any confidence in that statement and they were $25 each. Apparently there are US made steel mags but they are apparently not going to have new stock available for months, and they're $65. Molot magazines have, of course, run straight into the ludicrous realm of pricing with GB trying to get $125-$200 for 8 and 10 capacity Molot factory-made mags. Bending out the safety ever so slightly made it work buttery smooth, allowing you to very naturally slide the safety off with a knuckle movement while shouldering it, but it was near impossible to move before. The bolt release is still ridiculously tight and barely functional, though I know that it'll stay no matter how hard it gets dropped

Next plan is to slap a red dot and some sort of muzzle device on there. Some of the common muzzle devices for these things start to look absurd, apparently the popular competition one for this guy is, no joke, a triple baffle muzzle brake from Russia. I don't think I can quite bring myself to go that route.

I like the cheek rest. My AK originally came with a wire stock, and I abandoned it because it had no cheek rest at all.

Vaktathi,
I bit the bullet and purchased that DDI-12 shotgun I mentioned earlier, and it looks like I will be making some of the decisions you are facing. For super quick follow-up shots a muzzle brake is great, but which to choose?
I know from experience that Witt Machine muzzle brakes are wonderful. About a 65% decrease in recoil. I put one on a pistol grip 12 gauge and I can comfortably one-hand fire it. They can look goofy though. Not quite as bad as that 3-baffle you linked to, but still a tad goofy.

Ouze wrote:I like the cheek rest. My AK originally came with a wire stock, and I abandoned it because it had no cheek rest at all.

Yeah those wire stocks suck, never understood why places like Germany and Poland were particularly enamored with them (cost I guess?)

cuda1179 wrote:Vaktathi,
I bit the bullet and purchased that DDI-12 shotgun I mentioned earlier,

Very cool

and it looks like I will be making some of the decisions you are facing. For super quick follow-up shots a muzzle brake is great, but which to choose?
I know from experience that Witt Machine muzzle brakes are wonderful. About a 65% decrease in recoil. I put one on a pistol grip 12 gauge and I can comfortably one-hand fire it. They can look goofy though. Not quite as bad as that 3-baffle you linked to, but still a tad goofy.

interesting, I'll check them out!

 Vaktathi wrote:
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and it looks like I will be making some of the decisions you are facing. For super quick follow-up shots a muzzle brake is great, but which to choose?
I know from experience that Witt Machine muzzle brakes are wonderful. About a 65% decrease in recoil. I put one on a pistol grip 12 gauge and I can comfortably one-hand fire it. They can look goofy though. Not quite as bad as that 3-baffle you linked to, but still a tad goofy.

interesting, I'll check them out!

http://wittmachine.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=182

There is a direct link to their threaded muzzle brakes. Their website is a little confusing getting to that particular option. Although the brakes start out at $89, they have several sales throughout the year for 25% off. I'd honestly suggest waiting till they have one. They tend to have them on Veterans day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine's Day.

Cool good to know!

https://www.hightowerarmory.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1829

Looks like someone is making a Bullpup kit that is affordable, and will make a Hi-point not look fugly. The knuckle guard is removable and they are likely going to be making a double stack high capacity magazine for it.