Off Season Lets Talk Guns

[HonestChieffan]

Been a while since we had a guns n' ammo discussion.


Some of you are AR shooters Im sure. Im looking at a Colt 6920. Will be my first AR. Picked up a Glock this fall and really enjoy shooting it. Any feedback on that weapon?



Anyone else been in a buy/sell/trade mood with hardware?

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

And here’s my TCOB rifle, that’s taking care of business for those not familiar with The King.



It’s for everything that my .22 won’t handle.

Ok, I thought I was being cute but that’s just stupid.
This is my brush rifle. I’m not dragging my -06 through the briars, locust, hedge rows and barbed wire so when I go hunting for anything coyote size and up this is what I take and it’s a plain Jane for a reason.
I’ve had a folding stock on it that got wobbly which made for inconsistent accuracy so I switched it out for this Draganov style stock and love it. The collapsible stocks out now look to be better quality than the folding stocks that used to be on the market but I’m happy enough I’m not switching now.
I have 30 round detachable magazines for it but those things don’t work worth a damn. I’m actually faster reloading with the stripper clips it was built to use and I got real tired of dragging it through the brush and having that long mag grab every branch that went by.
The high scope mount is cast into the receiver cover so I can still use the iron sites. Even with the scope turned down to 3X when drawing down on a deer at <50 yards if you can even get the scope on target all you’ll see is fur so the iron sites are actually very handy.
The scope isn’t great, its an NC Star Mil Dot 3-9X 42mm which is good enough for me to put 10 rounds into a pattern the size of a 1lb coffee can lid at 200 yards and if I put a longer scope on it with better optics I’d also have to put a shell deflector on it since SKS’s are notorious for dinging scope tubes with ejected shell casings.
So it’s not fancy but its reliable and I’m deadly with it.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Thing is, people will believe that shit.
Several years ago in a gun topic when I mentioned that I hunt deer with my SKS some know nothing piped off, "What are you trying to do, blow the deer up?" and he actually thought that was a salient point.

Yeah, its idiotic on several levels. One of the things I'm hearing that enrages me the most is, "we're not going to ban your hunting rifles", or, "you don't need more than ten bullets to kill a deer." The last time I looked, the 2nd amendment isn't about hunting.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by kepp

Yeah, its idiotic on several levels. One of the things I'm hearing that enrages me the most is, "we're not going to ban your hunting rifles", or, "you don't need more than ten bullets to kill a deer." The last time I looked, the 2nd amendment isn't about hunting.

Exactly and that is what infuriates me the most is when people imply hunting has something to do with the right bear arms.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by kepp

Yeah, its idiotic on several levels. One of the things I'm hearing that enrages me the most is, "we're not going to ban your hunting rifles", or, "you don't need more than ten bullets to kill a deer." The last time I looked, the 2nd amendment isn't about hunting.

But its in there, right next to where it says the 2nd Amendment was meant for muskets.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by unlurking

That's propaganda if you ask me, not a cartoon.

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Thing is, people will believe that shit.
Several years ago in a gun topic when I mentioned that I hunt deer with my SKS some know nothing piped off, "What are you trying to do, blow the deer up?" and he actually thought that was a salient point.

Uninformed sheep who make up the "why do you need that" crowd are the one's who are willing to trade freedom for the illusion of safety.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Exactly and that is what infuriates me the most is when people imply hunting has something to do with the right bear arms.

I wouldn't have held me cool. I'd have berated him Hamas Jenkins style.

[Dayze]

anyone recommend a good IWB clip holster for the XD9?
I got my BIL an Aker IWB for his G19, but they dont' make one for the XD9...naturally.

I'm looking in the $40- 80 price range; non nylon; non thumb break

[demonhero]

http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.c...m_id=100001081

yogos are only up $20, so if you want a cheap sks before the butt-holes politicians change some laws have at her. Think you have to use certain type of ammo with these and don't think you will be hitting 500 yards consistently either.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by demonhero

http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.c...m_id=100001081

yogos are only up $20, so if you want a cheap sks before the butt-holes politicians change some laws have at her. Think you have to use certain type of ammo with these and don't think you will be hitting 500 yards consistently either.

Cheese and crackers, $400? I got mine pre-Clinton ban for $60 still packed in the cosmoline. Wish I’d have bought 20.
500 yards is stretching it for an SKS. I can cut paper out there but the round is losing so much velocity at that point I wouldn’t trust it to knock game of any size down.

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Some perspective on the ammo shortage

[LiveSteam]

http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/l...ilitia-groups/

[petegz28]

found some .223 for $9 today for 20 cartridges. I bought all they had which wasn't much

[Buehler445]

Yeeeeeeaaaahhhhhhh. The stuff at the auction went pretty damn high.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yeeeeeeaaaahhhhhhh. The stuff at the auction went pretty damn high.

What were some prices?


Auctions bring out the stupid people with stupid money.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by petegz28

found some .223 for $9 today for 20 cartridges. I bought all they had which wasn't much

that's a good deal. I just bought some .223 brass cartridges for $15 a box of 20. I went ahead a got another 30 round magazine for $15.00 too.