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I've been checking this forum for a bit but didn't see any threads on shooting/guns. What do you guys shoot/collect? I've been into military style arms for about 8 or 10 years. Even worked for a year for a gunsmith building Yugoslavian M70AB2 rifles for Century Arms International. Thought I would share a few pics.
- Palmetto State Armory lower with Palmetto State trigger. BCM 20" heavy barrel upper with Troy " Claymore" break. Primary Arms 3x compact scope. Magpul furniture and magazine.

-Spikes Tactical M4 style carbine. 16" barrel with YHM break. Primary Arms micro red dot. Magpul furniture and magazine.

- My AKM's. The top one is a Romanian Guard rifle. First AK I ever built. Ran it with a fixed butt stock for years, then had it converted by a gunsmith to an underfolder. I've put a ton of rounds through this thing and it runs like a champ. Bottom rifle also started out as Romanian Guard rifle that I built up when I was working as a gunsmith. AK47 front with AK74 stock, aka Kyber Pass special. I personally drilled and set every rivet in this rifle. Accurate as the x39 round could ever be. Sh!t goes down, I'd grab this rifle everytime.

- Springfield 1911. Old school blaster at its finest. I carry this when clothes allow.

-Romanian RPK with 75 round drum

- old pic of my EDC (every day carry). Glock 19 (15 in mag plus one in the chamber) in galco iwb holster, extra 15 round mag and a benchmade autoknife. Still use this setup, but its got some nice wear to it.


I have a bunch of other cool gun pics to share if you want me to. Post up!!!!

I don't have personal photo's of all of mine, so here's some stock photo's as well.

My AR-10 with it's first kill.



My duck gun. Remington 887 Nitro Mag



My small game gun. Mossberg 500 .20 Gauge



First gun I owned, a gift from my grandfather. New England Firearms .20 Gauge Single Shot.



Ithaca Firearms 20 gauge. Mine has a differant barrel on it. It was my grandfathers squirrel gun, he left it to me when he passed away.



That's my collection for right now. I'll be picking up a couple of handguns next spring though.

That's quite the pig.

 Ouze wrote:
That's quite the pig.

30lbs of bacon out of her, and it was oh so good. Since it seems I'm not moving to Turkey now, I might go try to find another.

 Ouze wrote:
That's quite the pig.

Yup....that's a nice hog.....I hope to try hog hunting this fall.

I should get some pictures of what I have laying around.

S&W M&P15T with an eotech 512.
RIA Xt-22/45 (1911 with a .45 and .22 barrel)
HK USPc 9mm

Missing a piece on the 1911 right now. Friend was field stripping it last night and launched the recoil spring plug across the living room.

M1 Carbine
M4/AR-15. Panther manufacturer except I go with the old metal 30 round mags
M9 Berreta but looking into a 1911 myself
My assorted "relic" shot guns from her Grandfather

I really do not hunt and mainly go rec shooting. M1 occasionally due to price of ammo but the M4 most time

I'd love to do more rec shooting, but it's damn hard to find a place to shoot rifles here in Illinois. Ammo ain't cheap either, especially with talk on the street that we'll be seeing a 300% increase in a state tax over it by the end of the year.

God I hate this state. Also just found out it's going to cost me $300 to get a CCW for my wife and I (5 year's on it), not counting whatever the cost of registering for the 16 hour courses is going to be.

 djones520 wrote:
I'd love to do more rec shooting, but it's damn hard to find a place to shoot rifles here in Illinois. Ammo ain't cheap either, especially with talk on the street that we'll be seeing a 300% increase in a state tax over it by the end of the year.

God I hate this state. Also just found out it's going to cost me $300 to get a CCW for my wife and I (5 year's on it), not counting whatever the cost of registering for the 16 hour courses is going to be.

I got qualified for my ccw when I took my armed guard test. Only guy that out shot me was a retired RI state policeman, shooting his old service weapon. Think I gave my state $120 or so and had my ccw less then 2 weeks later. I actually got into 40k due to the cost increase of shooting.

I believe this answers your question



That's Kali, my Siamese Mauser .45-70 conversion. It's a bloody big caliber rifle that sounds and kicks like a shotgun, and fires cartridges the size of my finger. Fun times.

Kalashnichris wrote:I've been checking this forum for a bit but didn't see any threads on shooting/guns.

Then what the heck have you found? Because every thread in the OT forum becomes about guns eventually.

 azazel the cat wrote:

Kalashnichris wrote:I've been checking this forum for a bit but didn't see any threads on shooting/guns.

Then what the heck have you found? Because every thread in the OT forum becomes about guns eventually.

Arguments about how guns are bad. Threads about how guns are AWESOME! are few and far between.

So I'm relatively new to the rec shooting, but I love it. Here's what we've got so far:

Mossberg Silver Reserve 28" 12g - use this for skeet
Beretta PX4 Storm 9mm - my carry
Beretta Neos - plinker/target shooter. Because, you know, it's cheap.
Sig2022 .40 - my bedside home D weapon

I'm looking to get into 3 gun hopefully, but know very little about rifles unfortunately. I'll be most likely getting a Glock34 for my pistol and a VersaMax for my shotgun.

My own arsenal is rather small. Just a Benelli Nova Pump that I use for trap shooting/pheasant hunting and a Savage .223 for deer.

 djones520 wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

Kalashnichris wrote:I've been checking this forum for a bit but didn't see any threads on shooting/guns.

Then what the heck have you found? Because every thread in the OT forum becomes about guns eventually.

Arguments about how guns are bad.

To be fair, the other half of posters are arguing how guns are awesome.

I used an M16A1 and M16A2 in the Marine Corps. Since then I've been reluctant to get an AR15 because the thought of cleaning one makes me want to weep.

I do have a pistol which I purchased earlier this year. It's a Chiappa Rhino 2" snub nose .357 revolver that shoots from the bottom chamber instead of the top. It helps direct recoil into your arms to lessen the "snapping" effect of shooting a pistol. The 6" version was used in the newer Total Recall movie with Colin Farrell.

Even with a 2" barrel, this thing is a big gun. Here's a shot of it on top of a 40k plastic Rhino for comparison.

I have lots of guns, and want lots more.



My latest acquisition is the AR-15 I built using a stripped lower from Aero Precision and a Palmetto State Armory upper.

Here's the rest of the lot:



the only difference in this photo is the black bolt action's been sold, and the rest of the pictured guns were lost in a tragic boating accident.

I want to acquire: STG-44(22), FAL, SIG-516, Mosin Nagant, PPSH

 Breotan wrote:
I used an M16A1 and M16A2 in the Marine Corps. Since then I've been reluctant to get an AR15 because the thought of cleaning one makes me want to weep.

I do have a pistol which I purchased earlier this year. It's a Chiappa Rhino 2" snub nose .357 revolver that shoots from the bottom chamber instead of the top. It helps direct recoil into your arms to lessen the "snapping" effect of shooting a pistol. The 6" version was used in the newer Total Recall movie with Colin Farrell.

Even with a 2" barrel, this thing is a big gun. Here's a shot of it on top of a 40k plastic Rhino for comparison.

That pic is epic!!

I like going to the range on occasion, not a citizen and we can't afford a firearm for a while yet either.

To date I've fired;
- Springfield XD9 pistol
- Sig P938 pistol
- FN P90
- AR-15
- M4

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I have lots of guns, and want lots more.



My latest acquisition is the AR-15 I built using a stripped lower from Aero Precision and a Palmetto State Armory upper.

Here's the rest of the lot:



the only difference in this photo is the black bolt action's been sold, and the rest of the pictured guns were lost in a tragic boating accident.

I want to acquire: STG-44(22), FAL, SIG-516, Mosin Nagant, PPSH

Good stuff!!! I checkedout those stg44 .22 rifles at my local shop. Very well built and heavy for a.22 but can't beat the cool factor. My buddy has one and it runs like a champ. I love shooting Mosins. Classic rifle with lots of kick. If you want one, I'd get one ASAP. I used to get them all day for around $100. I see the prices are climbing .This is my all matching 1940 91/30-

1945 Model44-



Romanian AK74-

No pics unfortunately, but I currently have a Remington R1 1911, and a Walther PK380.


I'd love to get a rifle or two of some type, but money and time being factors, I havent yet.

 djones520 wrote:
I'd love to do more rec shooting, but it's damn hard to find a place to shoot rifles here in Illinois. Ammo ain't cheap either, especially with talk on the street that we'll be seeing a 300% increase in a state tax over it by the end of the year.

God I hate this state. Also just found out it's going to cost me $300 to get a CCW for my wife and I (5 year's on it), not counting whatever the cost of registering for the 16 hour courses is going to be.

Just move over to Missouri! We'd love to have you!

I feel as though every other picture in this thread aught to just have the caption "'Murica" beneath it and leave the comments be...

 whembly wrote:

 djones520 wrote:
I'd love to do more rec shooting, but it's damn hard to find a place to shoot rifles here in Illinois. Ammo ain't cheap either, especially with talk on the street that we'll be seeing a 300% increase in a state tax over it by the end of the year.

God I hate this state. Also just found out it's going to cost me $300 to get a CCW for my wife and I (5 year's on it), not counting whatever the cost of registering for the 16 hour courses is going to be.

Just move over to Missouri! We'd love to have you!

My 19 mpg truck would not appreciate the 60 mile per day drive to work.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
I feel as though every other picture in this thread aught to just have the caption "'Murica" beneath it and leave the comments be...

Why? You can enjoy gun sports and rec shooting without being a redneck.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I want to acquire: STG-44(22), FAL, SIG-516, Mosin Nagant, PPSH

Mosins are like 60 to 100 bucks atm. Their ammo is a little steep (compared to what I'm used to shooting), but I do enjoy my Mosin

We have in my house, an ATI 1911 (love this thing!), my 1943 all original parts Mosin, and this bad boy (the actual gun we have is not this pretty, the gun we have needs a lot of work)




And because of Wyrmalla... 'MURICA!

What type of ammo does the mosin take?

 cincydooley wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:
I feel as though every other picture in this thread aught to just have the caption "'Murica" beneath it and leave the comments be...

Why? You can enjoy gun sports and rec shooting without being a redneck.

Huh? I wasn't inferring anyone was a redneck, just that this thread's oozing pure Americaness with all the gun love. =)

Though on another note I'm not too into all that engraving and skulls Kalashnichris. To me it makes them look a little like Airsoft toys, but I guess personal tastes. ^^

 cincydooley wrote:
What type of ammo does the mosin take?

The standard version is 7.62x54mmR. Polish version fires 7.92x57 Mauser.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62%C3%9754mmR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser

Ex Army, current recreational shooter here. I own a CETME (aka G-3 built in Spain) and a Beretta 96D. I've shot many different guns, and have done a lot of tactical training through the Army and my Police Dept. Here are some pics!

that's a pic of me, my rifle and my current set up. My (personally owned) IBA and CETME.


View of just my kit.


My Beretta 96D


Me during my first tour in Iraq. I just watched Equilibrium.




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