Firearms

[Waboom!!]

heres some longarmage

 

[SwAMi75]

Caliber?

I've got a XD-40 Tactical with an OD frame.

.45 ACP. Love it.

 

[bsruther]

Walther SS PPK
Ruger P-89 15 round clip
Savage 12 Guage single shot
SKS

I need to get a decent .22 so I can plink in the back yard.

 

[zombie]

Just a word of advice, edit that post.

Then get that gun fixed or get rid of it, seriously.

 

[Waboom!!]

Cool SKS! They are great rifles!

 

[HoppyDaze]

big game and bird hunter here...

I have two 12 gauges: Remmington 1187 and Baretta Silver Mallard, one rifle: Ruger 7mm mag and one revolver: Smith and Wesson .357

oh yeah and a Ruger 10/22 .22 for gophers (filthy varmin)

 

[alemonkey]

Hey Waboom, I don't see a Lee-Enfield in that collection...you have a lot of military surplus rifles, you should get a L-E to round it out. Mine is one of my favorite rifles.

Anyone here have a Finnish Mosin? The Finns captured a bunch of Mosin Nagant rifles from Russia when they declared independence, and rebuilt many of them with new barrels and better sights. I have a VKT M39 and it's crazy accurate for a 60+ year old military rifle.

I got mine from www.gunsnammo.com. Hands down the best place to buy Finn's. Here's a pic of mine - they're a lot prettier than Russian Mosins, too.

 

[Waboom!!]

No I don't have a Enfield but have always wanted one. Eventually I will pick one up if I get motivated about it again and have the $$. The French MAS is cool too.

 

[injendsm]

Here's the only gun in my arsenal right now:

Springfield Armory XD .40. It's an awesome gun and I can't wait to add more guns to my collection.

 

[Poindexter]

I never cared much for whitetail, but my first year in Alaska got me hooked on moose and caribou. My primary hunting caliber is .338 Federal.

Right now I have one on the AR10 platform by DPMS for heavy underbrush; on the north slope of the Alaska range moose habitat overlaps grizzly habitat. Ground cover varies from knee high to higher than head high.

DPMS: AR-15 Rifles, Parts and Accessories. . I am still in the laborius barrel break-in process. Leupold offers a 1.0-4x in the VXII line, and 1.5-5x in the VXIII. I would like whatever mounted by the end of June, summer season for mountain caribou opens August 10.

I would like to be in good enough condition to take a mountain sheep fall of 2010. Even working out hard for the next 18 months I'll take a lighter rifle. I have heard good things about the Kimber and am kinda hoping Remington will bring out a bolt action in the .338Fed.

I am trying to keep my reloading die collection to a minimum, the .338Fed ought to reach 400 yards humanely on mountain sheep sized game, but I'll _probably_ need to step up to a manual bolt from the gas operated.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

I never cared much for whitetail, but my first year in Alaska got me hooked on moose and caribou. My primary hunting caliber is .338 Federal.

Right now I have one on the AR10 platform by DPMS for heavy underbrush; on the north slope of the Alaska range moose habitat overlaps grizzly habitat. Ground cover varies from knee high to higher than head high.

DPMS: AR-15 Rifles, Parts and Accessories. . I am still in the laborius barrel break-in process. Leupold offers a 1.0-4x in the VXII line, and 1.5-5x in the VXIII. I would like whatever mounted by the end of June, summer season for mountain caribou opens August 10.

I would like to be in good enough condition to take a mountain sheep fall of 2010. Even working out hard for the next 18 months I'll take a lighter rifle. I have heard good things about the Kimber and am kinda hoping Remington will bring out a bolt action in the .338Fed.

I am trying to keep my reloading die collection to a minimum, the .338Fed ought to reach 400 yards humanely on mountain sheep sized game, but I'll _probably_ need to step up to a manual bolt from the gas operated.

Im curious as to why a 338 Fed and not an UltraMag?

 

[Poindexter]

I'm curious as to why a 338 Fed and not an UltraMag?

I have field dressed a few caribou that took 338WinMag out to 400 yards or so, and one moose that took a 300RSAUM at ~150. For all of the following I ass-u-me a good quality hunting bullet with proven expansion.

Personally I would like to put the off side shoulder in my freezer along with the rest of the animal. I am very happy with the Barnes X bullets, but they don't need to be moving at 2500+ fps. Plus I don't need all that recoil.

Also, when you turn around and find grizz tracks wider that you can reach with your pinkie and thumb that weren't there a minute ago when you were walking forward over that path; the gas bolt is a good feeling to go with the bad feeling of warm liquid running down your (my) leg.

20 round magazines are legal for hunters in Alaska. Certainly plenty of folks with tons more experience than me are doing fine with any number of cartridges based on .308. I honestly have (I'll go look) 8 boxes of bullets at .308 from Barnes TSX BT @168Gr up to Sierra 220 GR round nose, and I don't even own anything with a .308 bore.

That's a fine testament to "30 whatever" right there. I don't own any guns for it, I don't have any reloading dies for it, and I got $400 worth of bullets anyway.

For coastal Alaska trophy bear, salmon fed, squares over 8 feet, black or brown, sure .375H&H or better is a fine guideline. Good for white bear too if you are that lucky in the tag lottery.

For anything else in North America 300 whatever magnum is serious overkill. If you hit bone in the off side shoulder out to 200 yards or so you are wasting, easy, 20 pounds of perfectly good, and likely very expensive, meat. I am thinking of a caribou that would go probably 400 pounds on the hoof.

Even at 400 yards (the shooter claimed 600 yards) the exit wound from Nosler partition at 200Gr in 338WinMag is, well, messy. Boone and Crockett (mountain caribou) the animal went 397" on the antlers, too short for the rifle book, the bow book opens at 350", rifle at 400".

I encourage all y'all to wait for a double lung shot that leaves the off shoulder intact. At 200 yards 45-70 is (was) overkill on bison a century ago. The latest, greatest, fastest bullet is going to just wreck the off side if it hits any big bones. I just can't imagine using a 300WinMag on Whitetail even in Iowa on the corn fed examples. The way I hunt and trigger a 270 with a good quality expanding bullet is going to be plenty for any whitetail.

I also happen to be a fan of standing rib roasts with the little paper chef's hats on the end of each bone. I want a big fat bullet that destroys as little meat as possible, but expands enough to put the animal down humanely.

I know there is folks hunting heavy woods that want a big exit wound so they'll have a big blood trail. I am not going to argue with those folks. All I have to say is a .338 moving at 1900+ fps, properly placed, no blood trail is required. From what I have seen of caribou at 200-300# hoof out to 200 yards a lung shot with .300WinMag is the same as a sledge hammer between the eyes.

I also recall a survey by one of the magazines a few years ago. They asked how often hunters went to the range, what group size they claimed and at what range they had put down their last three whitetails. Running the stats on the responses they concluded most whitetail hunters would do fine packing a .357 magnum with a 4" barrel.

So all of that, plus .308NATO brass is plentiful and I can neck it up to .338Fed in one step. I have a gas bolt for heavy cover and a couple (Sako and Kimber so far) options for manual bolt. Even speed goat down in Wyoming I'll be able to deliver 180gr BT to 400 yards at 1900fps+, that's dinner right there. On the gas bolt I can load up heavy round nose for point blank Jesus Christos moments.

I'll probably end up with a couple rifles in .308Win/ 7.62Nato, but it will be because the wood in the stock is so pretty.


M2c.

 

[Waboom!!]

270 Win. with a good bullet (Hornady SST) is totally perfect for whitetail.

 

[alemonkey]

Poindexter, don't you know that deer are much tougher than they were a century ago? Nowadays a .300 Win Mag is underkill. Or at least that's what internet commandos would have you believe.

Shot placement is much more important than caliber, IMO.

 

[DeathBrewer]

Do it like they did in the old days. Track it, run it down, out pace it until it collapses from exhaustion, then give it swift death with a slit to the throat.

 

[BrewBrain]

I haven't hunted since moving from America to California. I still have a .243, my Grandfather's old peep site 3030 he gave me (he used to hunt elk with that thing) and an old 20-gauge shotgun my dad gave me on my 14th birthday.

My favorite, though, is still my recurve bow. Loved hunting with that thing.

 

[Waboom!!]

I haven't hunted since moving from America to California.

LMAO, my goal in life is to never go to the land of fruit and nuts. Before you know it Kalifornia will ban homebrewing.

 

[BaldAssCat]

I only have a small collection, mostly .22s and shotguns but I've got a Browning A5 I enjoy. I carry a S&W Sigma 9 because I don't need to worry about holster marks or scratch and dents.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

I have field dressed a few caribou that took 338WinMag out to 400 yards or so, and one moose that took a 300RSAUM at ~150. For all of the following I ass-u-me a good quality hunting bullet with proven expansion.

Personally I would like to put the off side shoulder in my freezer along with the rest of the animal. I am very happy with the Barnes X bullets, but they don't need to be moving at 2500+ fps. Plus I don't need all that recoil.

Also, when you turn around and find grizz tracks wider that you can reach with your pinkie and thumb that weren't there a minute ago when you were walking forward over that path; the gas bolt is a good feeling to go with the bad feeling of warm liquid running down your (my) leg.

20 round magazines are legal for hunters in Alaska. Certainly plenty of folks with tons more experience than me are doing fine with any number of cartridges based on .308. I honestly have (I'll go look) 8 boxes of bullets at .308 from Barnes TSX BT @168Gr up to Sierra 220 GR round nose, and I don't even own anything with a .308 bore.

That's a fine testament to "30 whatever" right there. I don't own any guns for it, I don't have any reloading dies for it, and I got $400 worth of bullets anyway.

For coastal Alaska trophy bear, salmon fed, squares over 8 feet, black or brown, sure .375H&H or better is a fine guideline. Good for white bear too if you are that lucky in the tag lottery.

For anything else in North America 300 whatever magnum is serious overkill. If you hit bone in the off side shoulder out to 200 yards or so you are wasting, easy, 20 pounds of perfectly good, and likely very expensive, meat. I am thinking of a caribou that would go probably 400 pounds on the hoof.

Even at 400 yards (the shooter claimed 600 yards) the exit wound from Nosler partition at 200Gr in 338WinMag is, well, messy. Boone and Crockett (mountain caribou) the animal went 397" on the antlers, too short for the rifle book, the bow book opens at 350", rifle at 400".

I encourage all y'all to wait for a double lung shot that leaves the off shoulder intact. At 200 yards 45-70 is (was) overkill on bison a century ago. The latest, greatest, fastest bullet is going to just wreck the off side if it hits any big bones. I just can't imagine using a 300WinMag on Whitetail even in Iowa on the corn fed examples. The way I hunt and trigger a 270 with a good quality expanding bullet is going to be plenty for any whitetail.

I also happen to be a fan of standing rib roasts with the little paper chef's hats on the end of each bone. I want a big fat bullet that destroys as little meat as possible, but expands enough to put the animal down humanely.

I know there is folks hunting heavy woods that want a big exit wound so they'll have a big blood trail. I am not going to argue with those folks. All I have to say is a .338 moving at 1900+ fps, properly placed, no blood trail is required. From what I have seen of caribou at 200-300# hoof out to 200 yards a lung shot with .300WinMag is the same as a sledge hammer between the eyes.

I also recall a survey by one of the magazines a few years ago. They asked how often hunters went to the range, what group size they claimed and at what range they had put down their last three whitetails. Running the stats on the responses they concluded most whitetail hunters would do fine packing a .357 magnum with a 4" barrel.

So all of that, plus .308NATO brass is plentiful and I can neck it up to .338Fed in one step. I have a gas bolt for heavy cover and a couple (Sako and Kimber so far) options for manual bolt. Even speed goat down in Wyoming I'll be able to deliver 180gr BT to 400 yards at 1900fps+, that's dinner right there. On the gas bolt I can load up heavy round nose for point blank Jesus Christos moments.

I'll probably end up with a couple rifles in .308Win/ 7.62Nato, but it will be because the wood in the stock is so pretty.


M2c.

Ahh so 338 Fed are necked up 308s?

 

[Poindexter]

Yes, .338 Federal = .308 Winchester necked up .030. Remaining hull volume for powder starts to be problematic ~200-210 grains.

Not magnum velocity, but a big fat smurfing bullet moving fast enough. Think of the Sharp's 50/90, 125 years later. Splat.

But 210 Gr at 1900+fps 400 yards out, in .338, is still packing a wallop.

I have some Nosler Accubonds at 180Gr in .338, those things will be trucking at 400 yards someday.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

Yes, .338 Federal = .308 Winchester necked up .030. Remaining hull volume for powder starts to be problematic ~200-210 grains.

Not magnum velocity, but a big fat smurfing bullet moving fast enough. Think of the Sharp's 50/90, 125 years later. Splat.

But 210 Gr at 1900+fps 400 yards out, in .338, is still packing a wallop.

I have some Nosler Accubonds at 180Gr in .338, those things will be trucking at 400 yards someday.

Ive actually been sold on the 338 mag. I was going to get a Lapua but brass is insane.

I almost went with a 300 Umag though.

 

[Coastarine]

Remington 30-06
Mossberg maverick 88 security 12ga
K98 Mauser that my grandfather brought home from WWII

 

[SourHopHead]

I ordered a Sig SP2022 9mm on Friday and should get it this week. GF will be getting a S&W 637.

7/16/09 Sig arrived.
7/17/09 Bought a SW 438.
7/18/09 Shot both and I really like my Sig. SW was fun too. Also shot a Springfield XD 9mm and a .45 I do not remember the name. Indoor range isn't a good idea on weekends.

 

[EvilTOJ]

Remington 30-06
Mossberg maverick 88 security 12ga
K98 Mauser that my grandfather brought home from WWII

Is that a bottle opener in the stock?

 

[thataintchicken]

Stainless Ruger 10/22 for plinking.
Glock 22 40.S&W for condo protecting.
FA91 --------- Legal HK91 Clone .308 NATO for long range zombie eradication.
Other things in storage in Oregon that are illegal in California :SHH

 

[aekdbbop]

I figured I'd show my ruger 10/22 I picked up the other day..

First firearm ever, and I am having a lot of fun with it...

Got a 25 rnd Butler Creek Mag, Red dot scope, installed the barrel band with the sling mount, and the mount on the butt of the gun..

+ enough ammo to take out a city of squirrels.. (about 2500 rounds.. for about 60 bucks.. lol)

great for shooting all those beer bottles i have laying around since kegging..

got a new stock.. check it out.

 

[StirStarters]

Winchester models 75 (.22 LR) and 1200 (12 GA)

 

[Brew-boy]

My new toy a custom built 6.8mm SPC

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[Jonnio]

got a new stock.. check it out.

I dig it -- what kind of stock is that?

 

[beerthirty]

Rifles, AR-15, Rem 7mm, Win 243 and 30-06, Ruger 10-22 . Shotgun, Moss 500A with barrel and stock kits. Pistols Ruger KP90, Mark III, my pride and joy FN 5.7, nothing like AP capability with 70% recoil of a 9mm.

 

[marley]

My new toy a custom built 6.8mm SPC

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I see you have a STAG receiver. Is the upper piston operated?

6.8 is a expensive round, do you reload it?

I just bought LWRCs new REPR.

 

[chucke]

Is that a bottle opener in the stock?

It's a gizmo for aiding in disassembling and reassembling the bolt.

 

[phrogpilot73]

I love guns. Maybe that's the real reason I ended up in the Marine Corps!

I own (2) M-1 Garands, an SKS, a Saiga in 7.62x39 that has been converted to a classic looking (including the slant brake) AK-47, a Uzi Eagle in .40SW, and the SWMBO has a Springfield XD-40.

The next gun is going to be an AR-15 in 5.56 NATO (.223), and I'm also shopping for a .45ACP and looking for a good conceal pistol for SWMBO. We both have our concealed permits.

I eventually want to own a Springfield 1903, and SWMBO wants a Lee-Enfield and a Mauser.

If the zombies ever come, we'll be ready!

 

[bad coffee]

Dunno if I posted this but:
50 shots of 9mm with a Sig 226 @~10yards. The stray shots on the left were from a swinging target. I didn't feel like waiting for it to settle before unloading the first mag.

If santa really loved me she'd buy me a Sig for xmas. But she's from california and has never touched a gun.

 

[Neunelfer]

Hey my kind of thread! :rockin:

I have a Kimber 1911, Marlin 1895 in 45-70 Govt., Remington 870, Savage .308 (scope is in the mail finally), and a Ruger 10/22:

 

[doggage]

Too many to list, but the Model 21 is the hands down favorite. Been in the family for three generations.

 

[alcibiades]

I have about 12 guns, but my baby is my Remington Model 700 .30-06.

 

[bob1852]

My HKUSP .40 S&W got stolen a couple of months ago

I'm thinking Springfield XD .40 as a replacement?

 

[Mista_Sparkle]

Ive got a 1941 Mosin-Nagant, 91/30, its pretty nice looking, they bayonet is awesome but it shoots like **** and really hurts... Ill get some pics posted in a day or two. I also ahve a couple .22's, a couple shotguns etc...

 

[azscoob]

I have a Taurus .357 magnum revolver, 1911, .32 cal H&R revolver, a Mosin-Nagant, 2 russian SKS rifles, a Savage 22-250 rifle, a henry .44 cal repeater, a model 700 chambered in .300 win mag, and a .50 cal Hatfield muzzleloader, Odd collection I know, I am hoping that Santa brings me a T1SB tommy gun this year!