firearms

[captain spaulding]

That's for wimps…

Actually I don't know if this is for real or not, but if it is I don't want to be on the same range with it.

I very much doubt that is real, but you never know. I'm just thinking a .50 BMG out of a revolver would just break your wrist.


One thing that is real is the T-Rex.



The .950 is also real as well.

[zoidberg]

You lied to me, that kicks like a mule. 

[ColoSwiss]

Sir Samuel Baker's "Baby".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_bore

(I didn't like my Dad's 7mm Magnum, and that was before arthritis precluded anything heavier than a .22 from the shoulder. My shoulder hurts just thinking about these.)

[Mike 56]

I shoot surplus rifles 7.62x54r, 8mm, 8x56r, 7.62x39 and 30-30. I have been casting balls and bullets for my black powder guns for a long time when reloading got hard to come by I started casting  bullets for my center fire guns as well. I mostly shoot reduced loads using small amounts of fast burning powder. It costs all most nothing to load and it is a lot of fun working up loads. They have no recoil and are a lot of fun to shoot. Guns like SKSs and and AK 47s can be quite accurate with bullets that fit their barrels.
Mike

[captain spaulding]

8X56r is fun out of the Styer M95. Wood stock and metal butt pad. No recoil reduction at all. Their fun. 

[ColoSwiss]

I've owned a fair number of firearms over the past 40 years, but currently only have a couple of pistols. When I was shooting in competition back in the 1970s I had an Expert rating with the pistol. However that was long ago. A recent trip to the range was less than impressive. (It's amazing how much crosswind there is in an indoor range  )

[ducttapetech]

I've owned a fair number of firearms over the past 40 years, but currently only have a couple of pistols. When I was shooting in competition back in the 1970s I had an Expert rating with the pistol. However that was long ago. A recent trip to the range was less than impressive. (It's amazing how much crosswind there is in an indoor range  )

Sounds like a bad batch of ammo to me.

Nate

[ColoSwiss]

I've owned a fair number of firearms over the past 40 years, but currently only have a couple of pistols. When I was shooting in competition back in the 1970s I had an Expert rating with the pistol. However that was long ago. A recent trip to the range was less than impressive. (It's amazing how much crosswind there is in an indoor range  )

Sounds like a bad batch of ammo to me.

Nate

That works too. 

[jerseydevil]

8X56r is fun out of the Styer M95. Wood stock and metal butt pad. No recoil reduction at all. Their fun. 

The carbines are a handful, that's for sure.  The full-length M95 rifles are very comfortable to shoot.  I think straight pulls are neat.

[captain spaulding]

8X56r is fun out of the Styer M95. Wood stock and metal butt pad. No recoil reduction at all. Their fun. 

The carbines are a handful, that's for sure.  The full-length M95 rifles are very comfortable to shoot.  I think straight pulls are neat.

Straight pulls are cool. I was very hesitant the first time I shot one as it was a 100+ year old rifle and being a straight pull I just had thoughts of the bolt shooting back and tearing half my face off.

[jerseydevil]

8X56r is fun out of the Styer M95. Wood stock and metal butt pad. No recoil reduction at all. Their fun. 

The carbines are a handful, that's for sure.  The full-length M95 rifles are very comfortable to shoot.  I think straight pulls are neat.

Straight pulls are cool. I was very hesitant the first time I shot one as it was a 100+ year old rifle and being a straight pull I just had thoughts of the bolt shooting back and tearing half my face off.

Yep, see the video I posted about the Ross earlier in the thread.  That's the legend of that rifle.  I know that a number of years ago the owner of Sarco, which was a large surplus firearms dealer located here in NJ, was killed when the bolt separated from the M1895 Lee Navy straight pull he was shooting.

[captain spaulding]

8X56r is fun out of the Styer M95. Wood stock and metal butt pad. No recoil reduction at all. Their fun. 

The carbines are a handful, that's for sure.  The full-length M95 rifles are very comfortable to shoot.  I think straight pulls are neat.

Straight pulls are cool. I was very hesitant the first time I shot one as it was a 100+ year old rifle and being a straight pull I just had thoughts of the bolt shooting back and tearing half my face off.

Yep, see the video I posted about the Ross earlier in the thread.  That's the legend of that rifle.  I know that a number of years ago the owner of Sarco, which was a large surplus firearms dealer located here in NJ, was killed when the bolt separated from the M1895 Lee Navy straight pull he was shooting.

Damn! I guess my worries were not for nothing then. 

[zoidberg]

8X56r is fun out of the Styer M95. Wood stock and metal butt pad. No recoil reduction at all. Their fun. 

The carbines are a handful, that's for sure.  The full-length M95 rifles are very comfortable to shoot.  I think straight pulls are neat.

Straight pulls are cool. I was very hesitant the first time I shot one as it was a 100+ year old rifle and being a straight pull I just had thoughts of the bolt shooting back and tearing half my face off.

Yep, see the video I posted about the Ross earlier in the thread.  That's the legend of that rifle.  I know that a number of years ago the owner of Sarco, which was a large surplus firearms dealer located here in NJ, was killed when the bolt separated from the M1895 Lee Navy straight pull he was shooting.

Damn! I guess my worries were not for nothing then. 

Yikes. 

[ColoSwiss]

Old rifles aren't the only thing you have to worry about. A number of early automatic pistols were also chancy. The Italian Glisenti was a weak delayed-blowback that was chambered for a round dimensionally  identical to the 9mm Parabellum, but substantially weaker. A hot Parabellum load, as for the M38 Beretta SMG, was capable of taking the Glisenti apart.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glisenti_Model_1910

[Chako]

I am really enjoying this thread. I have been toying with taking the course for my PAL, which is required to buy firearms in Canada for a little over a year now. I re-visited the local gun/archery shop and bought something that just might make me get my PAL. In fact, I called the instructor and left a message on his phone in order to take the course. This little item might be the push I need lol.



I only have a CP99 Compact BB gun to try it out on...and the barrel is a tad too short to lock the bayonet onto the pistol. This probably means I may have to get my Pal, and then the restricted weapons licence to buy a pistol to fit this accessory.



I must say, a bit hilarious and functional last ditch accessory.

[ColoSwiss]

I am really enjoying this thread. I have been toying with taking the course for my PAL, which is required to buy firearms in Canada for a little over a year now. I re-visited the local gun/archery shop and bought something that just might make me get my PAL. In fact, I called the instructor and left a message on his phone in order to take the course. This little item might be the push I need lol.



I only have a CP99 Compact BB gun to try it out on...and the barrel is a tad too short to lock the bayonet onto the pistol. This probably means I may have to get my Pal, and then the restricted weapons licence to buy a pistol to fit this accessory.



I must say, a bit hilarious and functional last ditch accessory.

A bayonet on a rifle is of questionable utility. Think they had a hard time coming up with any documented uses in WWII.

A bayonet on a pistol?     

Though it does fit in with your collection of odd-ball stuff.

Good luck on your PAL. 

[Chako]

I didn't get a phone back as of yet. I do plan on taking the course though. May as well get it now rather than later. As for the pistol bayonet, that is just  .

EDIT: WhooHoo!!!



      

[pfrsantos]

As I saw the film, when both weapons were firing, I could only imagine them going "Woof! Woof!"

 

[ColoSwiss]

Two guns blazing!

Clint Eastwood with a pair of MP40s in "Where Eagles Dare".

[Chako]

Got the PAL course lined up for later this month. Can't wait to take it. Going to be 3 nights of 6 to 10 pm. Afterwards, I would like to take my prohibited course as well.

[captain spaulding]

Got the PAL course lined up for later this month. Can't wait to take it. Going to be 3 nights of 6 to 10 pm. Afterwards, I would like to take my prohibited course as well.

Good job. You should be proud. 

If you thought multitools were addicting wait until you get into firearms. 

[ColoSwiss]

Got the PAL course lined up for later this month. Can't wait to take it. Going to be 3 nights of 6 to 10 pm. Afterwards, I would like to take my prohibited course as well.

Sounds like Infantry Basic. Have fun!

[Chako]

Possibly. I got lucky and landed the last spot.

[ColoSwiss]

An Oldie-and-Goodie - The LeMat. Basically a nine-shot revolver with a 20 gauge shotgun in the middle. Fairly widely used by the Confederacy during the US Civil War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver

[kirk13]

An Oldie-and-Goodie - The LeMat. Basically a nine-shot revolver with a 20 gauge shotgun in the middle. Fairly widely used by the Confederacy during the US Civil War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver

I do fancy one of those

[Gareth]

That looks excellent.  Why would you not want 9 shots and a shotgun?

[ducttapetech]

No kidding!
I always want to get one of those and a Whitworth rifle.

[Gareth]

Mall Ninja Tactical Destroyer!

Wolverines!

[Chako]

Now if ever there was a weapon begging for a rotary magazine. 

It has a knife.   

[pfrsantos]

Mall Ninja Tactical Destroyer!

Wolverines!

Zombie Training Compound?! I see no zombies training...

As for the kick, that thing is nothing compared to a Derringer .22!