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Offline Charon

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« Reply #15 on: August 28, 2007, 06:40:00 PM »
My favorite is the M1 Garand.  As George Patton said: "The greatest battle implement ever devised."

The M1 carbine has a reputation as a fun rifle to shoot, and it is, but the Garand is just so neat and smooth. Excellent, reliable and effective piece of engineering, wonderful dial-in sights, the gas operation tames the recoil, still a big boy round, the Garand ping from the ejected clip. A Cadillac of rifles (though like the caddy a bit heavy). Most of my surplus ammo is Lake City or Greek surplus which I have stocked up on while supplies last (and will likely get some more).

The Carbine is 2nd, and an awful lot of fun to shoot and probably more in a plinking environment. The CMP '43 Inland I have has all of the late rebuild features with the potbelly stock and much improved sights, but I haven't got to the range with it yet. The '44 is all early features and shoots fine.

Among the bolts, my favorite is the Enfield No. 5 Mk.1. It is my most accurate Enfield (the 1917 is really a bit rough but it did see action in WW1, and the No. 4 is OK). I have a replacement butt pad for the original leather one that had expired and it seems to mitigate the recoil. I find it pleasant to shoot. The rest of the bolts go out here and there as the mood dictates.

Among the pistols, the 1911 Milspec is the tops. You just have to feel the grip and John Moses Browning's spirit to know why :)

Most of my small "accumulation" is based on shooters with history. About 1/4 are gifts or inheritance. Some are rough, some are in excellent condition like the Garand. Since none are truly collectible in the antique roadshow sense, it's actually a cheap hobby. My latest, the 91/30 was $65 and being built in 1941 -- the stories it could tell. From the darkest days to maybe the streets of Berlin. It was also rearsenaled -- killing collector value -- but looks fantastic.

Charon
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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #16 on: August 28, 2007, 09:45:15 PM »
I make up for more than a few of those who are not capable of owning a firearm. I'm doing my best to keep the USA #1 in this category!

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« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2007, 12:33:32 AM »
Charon,

No M1A1? I bedded my NM grade M1A1 in a MacMillon heavy stock along with a tasco tacticle scope. It drives tacks at 100yd and stays in an inch at 200yd. I have a 1942 M1 receiver that I sent to Springfeild to be refurbised to NM grade. It's too much fun shooting for respectable adults. With surplus 150 gr ammo and just about any brand cheap 150 gr ammo it holds about 1.5 inch at 100yd if I take care from a rest. I've had a Marine freind place 5 of 5  and 9 of 10 in the X ring with it off hand. Im lucky to hit paper off hand.....:cry
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« Reply #18 on: August 29, 2007, 12:40:03 AM »
But you see even with all those guns the crime figures are still way higher than a country with a good national social/healthcare plan. Not even mentioning the especially high rate of gun related crime and accidents.
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« Reply #19 on: August 29, 2007, 12:47:12 AM »
Our welfare state is the reason for our high crime rate, not our guns.  People are taught they don't have to work for a living and that it's alright to steal from those who are willing to earn a living.

The ACLU has made sure that Americans have no sense of personal responsibility.
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« Reply #20 on: August 29, 2007, 05:00:22 AM »
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Originally posted by BiGBMAW
USA HAs a few Guns


I thougth Swiss woudl have this...strange

 



It seems they only count guns in private ownership. The Swiss army rifles are the property of the Swiss state, even if they are kept at home by the soldiers. It's a skewed statistic.

My country, Norway, has 1.3 million weapons in private ownership in addition to the weapons kept at home by our "home guard" soldiers. Norway has a population of about 4.5 million people.
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« Reply #21 on: August 29, 2007, 05:30:47 AM »
I think my country has some 5 people for each gun.
We have only 4 for each horse :D
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« Reply #22 on: August 29, 2007, 06:12:54 AM »
hard to know how many guns there are in nz as the bulk of them arent required to be registered and a lot of those that are supposed to be registered arent. It's a guess, but its thought the number is around 1 million or so.. which equates to to about to about 1 gun per 4 people.. or 1 gun per 40 sheep
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« Reply #23 on: August 29, 2007, 07:27:00 AM »
For myself, I have 3 Remington model 870 pump shotguns. In 20, 16, and 12 ga.

Add to that a Ruger 10/22 with 3/9 variable scope for plinking, and a cheap knockoff .22 revolver.

Three people currently living in the house and 5 guns, ohh that didn't count the sheridan blue streak air rifle either.  :)
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« Reply #24 on: August 29, 2007, 07:40:41 AM »
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Originally posted by moneyguy
me:
SA XD45
Sig 229 .357sig
Sig 239 9mm
Walther PPK .380
Kel-Tec .380
Winchester 30-30

my pops:
Glock 23 40cal
Sears bolt action .22

my room mate:
SA XD40
Glock 22 40cal
Taurus 9mm (not sure on the model)

my grand-pops:
Colt 1911 (he lost it in WWII  ;)  )
Arisaka type 98 carbine (still with all the markings)

my sis:
Louiville slugger  (thats all she needs)


I've heard that the p3at is caca, what has been your experience with it?
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What's it like having a gun?
« Reply #25 on: August 29, 2007, 07:44:00 AM »
See Rule #7
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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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« Reply #26 on: August 29, 2007, 07:57:32 AM »
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On a per-capita basis, Yemen had the second most heavily armed citizenry behind the United States, with 61 guns per 100 people, followed by Finland with 56, Switzerland with 46, Iraq with 39 and Serbia with 38.


Heh so Finland is actually the third most armed country in the world. :lol

I'm surprised by the result, that cant be true.. All of our gun owners are registered. Where is lazs now?
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Re: What's it like having a gun?
« Reply #27 on: August 29, 2007, 08:00:39 AM »
See Rule #7
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Re: Re: What's it like having a gun?
« Reply #28 on: August 29, 2007, 08:05:40 AM »
See Rule #7
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« Reply #29 on: August 29, 2007, 08:06:28 AM »
I don't know if the figures are right or not but the guy putting em out there is a left wing one world government UN whacko.

I think the numbers may be low since so many girlymen and wussies are afraid to admit they own em or that they might have "two dicks" who's only purpose is to "kill someone".   LOL... what a wuss.

I have trimmed down my firearms to about a dozen or so interesting ones.   Gave away a lot of em to family members who would use em and enjoy em.

I really only shoot 4 or 5 of em with any regularity.   I reload so I always have a few thousand rounds of ammo for most of my guns.

The fun ones are the M1 garand...  my cut down 4" ruger redhawk in 44 mag... my kimber 1911 in 45...  my 1930's k22 smith in 22

I shoot the k22 a lot now.. set up an indoor range and shoot super colibris out of it  (20 grain slug at 500 fps powered by primer only)

If you sweat blood the k22 will shoot em into a thumbnail sized group at 25'

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