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Post by Buckshot on Jan 4, 2005 4:04:01 GMT -5
A 1919A6 is not a huge gun, though an interesting one.
Me I would prefer the M1917 series to the M1919 series.
If you want a BIG gun, go to an M2HB, THATS BIG!
;^)
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Post by Buckshot on Jan 3, 2005 22:10:10 GMT -5
The title says "The Big Guns" but all I am seeing is Mouse Guns!
Life begins at 6.5 mm!
And real rifles have op rods, not a gas tube! If you are going to talk about mouse guns at least talk about good ones like the AR180!
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Post by Buckshot on Mar 5, 2005 1:19:16 GMT -5
SS,
I seriously doubt it.
It is probably just that close to new.
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Post by Buckshot on Jan 18, 2005 23:48:01 GMT -5
SS,
Check your carbine (M44 I would guess) for impact with the bayonet folded AND with it fixed.
There is a persistent thread running around that the M44s were sighted in with the bayonet fixed and it seems like 2/3 of them DO shoot much closer to point of aim with the bayonet fixed.
I know a guy who miscounted his ammo on some kind of 3 gun match. Ended up a round short. Ran up and buttstroked the target, leavind a big divot in the forehead of the target. There was some argument over it, but the ROs finally gave it to him, it would obviously have done damage to a real live perp.
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Post by Buckshot on Jan 17, 2005 23:14:19 GMT -5
spacemanspiff
What kinds of Mausers?
I have a few, but seldom shoot most of them due to the abominable sights. I don't think they could have found a worse set of sights than Inverted V (Barleycorn) and V sights on the German and a good many of the contract Mausers.
The ones I do shoot most are the Swedish Mausers (M96 and M38) as they have decent sights (straight post front and U notch rear) that are better to use. NOt as good as a peep, but decent anyway.
Have you checked out any of the Mosin-Nagants?
Quickly, check out the Swiss K31 carbines before they are all gone. Sweet shooting rifle, not too hard to feed and currently very cheap.
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Post by Buckshot on Jan 14, 2005 0:13:27 GMT -5
Anyone on the list interested in old military rifles?
Mausers, Lee Enfields, Springfields, Enfields, Mosin-Nagants, Mannlichers, Schmit-Reubins, MASs and Krags?
How about the older semi-autos?
Hakims, Rashids, Ljungmans, Tokarevs, SKSs, FALNs, MASs, M1 Garands, M1 carbines, FN-FALs or even H&K/CETMEs?
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Post by Buckshot on Feb 19, 2005 23:30:46 GMT -5
Looks interesting.
Didn't see any details on cost for camping or anything like that .
After checking it on the map, it is just plain out of range.
Not going to happen this year.
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Post by Buckshot on Mar 22, 2005 1:55:10 GMT -5
Sapphic,
It will work fine with a semi-auto.
You have to have a helper load it, though, and you will only get the dummy in the first round in a string, because I have NEVER seen a .22 LR semi-auto that would feed an empty case.
Make it easy on yourself, use a case you fired out of your pistol!
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Post by Buckshot on Mar 22, 2005 1:53:00 GMT -5
Compulsive,
"Know your target and what is beyond it."
Every heard that one before?
Hardly Rambo, he never got enough hits to satisfy me for all the ammo he fired.
Can't remember the name of the movie, POW rescue movie starring Gene Hackman and Jan Michael Vincent. Gene Hackman and his spotter taking out VC/Pathet Lao, Kemr Rouge, whatever with rifle fire from an M1 Garand. Spotter: "up from the vehicle, 2:00 O'clock behind the clump of vines". Hackman "Boom, Boom". Spotter: "Hit, next target, left 200, up 100"!
That is more my style.
Iron sights and all.
The shooters I grew up with in Ohio wanted the Kent State Guardsmen Court Martialed for total lack of marksmanship. They thought there should have been MANY more hits for the number of rounds fired!
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Post by Buckshot on Mar 20, 2005 23:40:45 GMT -5
Compulsive,
You are NOT THINKING here with your statements.
You CAN NOT fire in self defense unless you are justified in using deadly force.
IF you have to use deadly force you don't fire warning shots or fire to wound, you ONLY fire for effect at center of mass.
I SUGGESTED looking at the Box of Truth in a post above, I have read it.
The whole description of a self-defense encounter that you give in your first paragraph is TOTALLY BOGUS! If you are thinking this way, DON'T use a firearm for self defense, you are going to be an IDIOT POSTER BOY for the ANTI-SELF-DEFENSE SIDE!
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Post by Buckshot on Mar 20, 2005 0:57:30 GMT -5
Sapphic,
A .22 rifle is a good starting place for a long gun.
A .22 pistol (even a rental) is also a great way to work out a flinch.
Something that can really help is having a shooting partner that can go through "ball and dummy" drills with you. In a semi-auto they will sometimes load a live round and sometimes a fired case. In a revolver they will mix live rounds and fired cases in the cylinder.
This lets you see what is happening when you flinch. The .22 does not kick and you can quickly concvince your brain of the same. Then, with the help of your shooting partner you can work through and get rid of the problem.
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Post by Buckshot on Mar 20, 2005 0:47:29 GMT -5
Compuslive,
Shotguns are good for self-defense, but NOT AS GOOD as you seem to think.
Shotguns often hold only 5 or 6 rounds, so you can not hose off ammo with abandon.
They are much more over-penatrative than you seem to think, see the "Box of Truth" or whatever posted in another thread on this board. You have to work HARD to find shotgun ammo that will stay inside an apartment or even a house.
A .30-30 lever gun is NOT my defitinion of a low recoil firearm. The are short, light and tend to kick savagely! Especially when you get down to the straight stocked carbine models in .30-30.
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Post by Buckshot on Mar 20, 2005 0:41:19 GMT -5
Cougar,
Can't really dis-agree with you, but can't completely agree either.
Yes, security, safety and equipment are needed for the primary handguns.
At the same time, Sappic needs to expand her shooting skills via moving in to long guns.
Split the difference, spend some money on the immdeiate accessory needs but go for the inexpensive .22 LR (If she is looking at the model I think she is talking about it should be $100.00 or less?) to branch out and have fun.
Everyone needs to mix a little fun in with the serious every once in a while.
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Post by Buckshot on Mar 17, 2005 23:48:14 GMT -5
Sapphic,
Check out the possability of a Hi-Point carbine in 9mm or .40 S&W to go with your handguns.
Not a high grade firearm, but I have had very good reports on them as far as working well and being accurate.
It won't knock the checkbook or plastic into terminal shutdown, either!
You can move it and get a good amount of your money back if you shop carefully to start with, and if you really like the carbines you can always go up the scale into something on an AR chassis or something else.
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Post by Buckshot on Mar 16, 2005 20:37:53 GMT -5
Stetson,
Been trying, but I can only talk so much and generate so many subjects on my own.
Its nice to reply to messages once in a while to keep the thread going instead of having to start the thread and then try to keep it going every time.
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