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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Rich46yo on April 25, 2014, 02:56:37 PM
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Over the winter mostly my S&W3953 9mm, P220, and Springfield MilSpec 1911. Until the safety broke and Springfield's outstanding customer service got it back to me in a few weeks. I love shooting 1911's, but I think my MP son is going to grab it from me when he comes home on leave. :frown:
Weathers turning nice so its about time to break out the long guns. I have a 5.56mm course coming up and maybe I'll burn some of that 7.62mmx39 I have laying around. It would be fun to take the Boomers out a few times this summer. What self respecting rifleman could be without a .338 or .375? :D
Oh and maybe its Cowboy time with the Vaquero. Gotta spin some Colt loads up.
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G 19
Beretta cx4
RIA 1911 A1
S&W M&P .40
Savage 111 30-06
I make ammo so if you guys need any lemme know.
Yes I am an 06 FFL.
Everything is loaded on a Camdex or a 1050.
Toe
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Got a Clothes pin, and a Rubber Band.. :bolt:
Does that count? :rofl
Just jokin, :salute
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9mm S&W 6946, baby never failed me beautiful design..
9mm Beretta 92, very smooth comfortable shooter..
M16, put it where you want it.. very smooth
Shotgun 12 guage i believe dont remember manufacturer.. shoulder annilhater..
.22 cal rifle, good for hunting wabbits etc..
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Mossberg 12ga shooting 3 1/2 turkey loads
1911 Rock Island .45
Gamo Whisper .177 pellet gun.....shoots 1100 FPS :x
Recurve bow
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You mean they make other ammo than 7.62x39 and 7.62x54r? :D
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I've been distance shooting lately. Spent some time shooting at 400yrds with my TRG-42 (338 Lapua) shooting sub 2" 5 shot groups
Also been shooting my Lazzeroni chambered in 7.82 Warbird at between 250/350yrds. Doing really well. Guess my 20/15 vision is still dead on.
Also been playing with my Paul Jaeger custom in .308. I haven't messed with the scope on that rifle in 10yrs and she is still dead balls on at 200 I'll shoot sub 1" groups with her and clover leafs at 100. She is the living embodiment of a tack driver.
Really need to get some pistol time in but I'm having way to much fun ATM with my rifles
Sporting clays season is right around the corner. Really looking forward to getting out and walking the course.
Working a stressful job. I love the down time spent shooting. It's me the gun and the target. WAY cheaper than professional stress reduction therapy :lol
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My home defense gun:
12.7x73mm NERF
(http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o507/Snaildude/NERF_zpseca58e4b.jpg)
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oh we know... :aok
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I am about to get my Ruger M77 .25-06 out for some target practice after my somewhat embarrassing deer season. I'm gonna take it out to the range and get it sighted in ~500 yards. I know deer are never that far away, and if I cant back the truck up to it, I'm not gonna shoot it. But I like feeling like a sniper every now and again.
Now for pistols, I've been hitting the indoor gun range here in town with my Springfield 1911, S&W .40 and my Ruger Vaquero .357
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branch you need to train urself... look in the mirror and say "choot em" gets em every time lmao... :rofl
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let's just say on a public forum I have one gun lol
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I am about to get my Ruger M77 .25-06 out for some target practice after my somewhat embarrassing deer season. I'm gonna take it out to the range and get it sighted in ~500 yards. I know deer are never that far away, and if I cant back the truck up to it, I'm not gonna shoot it. But I like feeling like a sniper every now and again.
Now for pistols, I've been hitting the indoor gun range here in town with my Springfield 1911, S&W .40 and my Ruger Vaquero .357
No branch lol, but i see what you did there tho.. the deer, because they run fast and are wilder beasts will elude your shooting skills.. so you need to balance this with more proficiency..
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I've been distance shooting lately. Spent some time shooting at 400yrds with my TRG-42 (338 Lapua) shooting sub 2" 5 shot groups
man that lapua is a wicked gun, my dads buddy smoked a few antelope out around 1200 yards, my dad shoots a 30-378 which is another at&t cartridge. I will stick to my 300 mag though :cheers: doesnt cost as much in ammo, although I do reload. speaking of reloading are any of you having problems getting powder? I have looked high and low to get imr 4831 and cant get it anywhere, dont want to switch as I can shoot 3" groups at 600 yards
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I've never really deer hunted in the sense of go out at 4:00 am and sit there freezing my bellybutton off waiting for a deer to walk up to my feeder so I can take a well aimed shot from a distance, and then drag the thing all the way back to the camp. The way I was taught was to drive around with the heater on and the guns out the window. The idea is basically to drive up on the deer and quick draw the sucker while he is still standing there deciding to run or not, then load the dead deer in the back of the truck and be home in time for lunch. When you hunt like this, all you need is an open sight 30-30
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Someone tell the Brits that they can post their shooting habits (http://www.walmart.com/ip/22866794?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227016994362&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=35715800556&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=50580486036&veh=sem) too, please?
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I've never really deer hunted in the sense of go out at 4:00 am and sit there freezing my bellybutton off waiting for a deer to walk up to my feeder so I can take a well aimed shot from a distance, and then drag the thing all the way back to the camp. The way I was taught was to drive around with the heater on and the guns out the window. The idea is basically to drive up on the deer and quick draw the sucker while he is still standing there deciding to run or not, then load the dead deer in the back of the truck and be home in time for lunch. When you hunt like this, all you need is an open sight 30-30
I don't think you'll freeze in Texas... I mean, how cold can it get?
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I've never really deer hunted in the sense of go out at 4:00 am and sit there freezing my bellybutton off waiting for a deer to walk up to my feeder so I can take a well aimed shot from a distance, and then drag the thing all the way back to the camp. The way I was taught was to drive around with the heater on and the guns out the window. The idea is basically to drive up on the deer and quick draw the sucker while he is still standing there deciding to run or not, then load the dead deer in the back of the truck and be home in time for lunch. When you hunt like this, all you need is an open sight 30-30
why not just run him over, the way ammo costs now it's cheaper to fix the truck :).
semp
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yum breakfast on your hood... :rock
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I've been distance shooting lately. Spent some time shooting at 400yrds with my TRG-42 (338 Lapua) shooting sub 2" 5 shot groups
Also been shooting my Lazzeroni chambered in 7.82 Warbird at between 250/350yrds. Doing really well. Guess my 20/15 vision is still dead on.
Also been playing with my Paul Jaeger custom in .308. I haven't messed with the scope on that rifle in 10yrs and she is still dead balls on at 200 I'll shoot sub 1" groups with her and clover leafs at 100. She is the living embodiment of a tack driver.
Really need to get some pistol time in but I'm having way to much fun ATM with my rifles
Sporting clays season is right around the corner. Really looking forward to getting out and walking the course.
Working a stressful job. I love the down time spent shooting. It's me the gun and the target. WAY cheaper than professional stress reduction therapy :lol
It's always sporting clay season in Florida!
I've been shooting my Browning 725 32" sporting o/u, my browning white lightning 28" o/u at the sporting clay course, and my glock 27 and ruger security six at paper targets at the range. Although shooting paper targets is so incredibly boring to me now that I've been shooting moving targets for a while now.
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I don't think you'll freeze in Texas... I mean, how cold can it get?
not quite wisconsin cold, but cold enough to make me want to be inside. We had an abnormally cold winter this year. It stayed in the 20s for the better part of a month.
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Flux Rifle
Dread
Soma
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Remington WoodsMaster model 742 .243 10 rnd box.
Bada-BOOM! :rock
:EDIT:
Hmph, looking at the numbers on my rifle.... it was made between, 1951-1967. 1,000-541,000.
Im guessing 52-early 53.
Im a happy boy.
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S&W M&P Shield .40 once a week at the range since its my daily carry.
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This is the rifle used by the University of Adelaide Rifle Club
(http://www.rifleman.org.uk/Images/Anschutz21st%20CenturyAd.jpg)
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Over the winter mostly my S&W3953 9mm, P220, and Springfield MilSpec 1911. Until the safety broke and Springfield's outstanding customer service got it back to me in a few weeks. I love shooting 1911's, but I think my MP son is going to grab it from me when he comes home on leave. :frown:
Weathers turning nice so its about time to break out the long guns. I have a 5.56mm course coming up and maybe I'll burn some of that 7.62mmx39 I have laying around. It would be fun to take the Boomers out a few times this summer. What self respecting rifleman could be without a .338 or .375? :D
Oh and maybe its Cowboy time with the Vaquero. Gotta spin some Colt loads up.
had my garand, nagant, and ar out last sunday. also, my springfield, and remington 1911's. will be taking the ar, and 10-22 out tomorrow.
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This is the rifle used by the University of Adelaide Rifle Club
(http://www.rifleman.org.uk/Images/Anschutz21st%20CenturyAd.jpg)
LOL great sig BPac!!
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had my garand, nagant, and ar out last sunday. also, my springfield, and remington 1911's. will be taking the ar, and 10-22 out tomorrow.
Im shamed to say Ive never shot a nagant or a enfield.
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Im shamed to say Ive never shot a nagant or a enfield.
With an avatar like that? That is shameful. .. lol
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With an avatar like that? That is shameful. .. lol
Yeah Ive shot or owned many Mausers, all the American battle rifles and carbines, had a few IJA arisakas 6.5 and 7.7mm. But never two that I probably covet the most. And I could have bought them for nothing at one time. :cry
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Im shamed to say Ive never shot a nagant or a enfield.
that was the first time i'd shot her. i'm left handed, so there was a bit of adapting going on to work the action. not hard at all though.
what shocked me, was that it didn't feel as heavy on the recoil as i'd expected.
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what shocked me, was that it didn't feel as heavy on the recoil as i'd expected.
Try an M38 or M44 :D
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Try an M38 or M44 :D
someday.....
tomorrow's just gonna be a nice easy fun day, getting them zeroed. i scored an eotech for my ar pretty cheap, along with a 3x magnifier. i need to get that zeroed.......
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Interdasting. I just came home from the shooting range.
Today, I only fired my new Sig 229/9mm Elite. I put 150 rounds down range to double check zero and get familiar with the SRT (short reset trigger). After 10 years carrying the basic 226/9mm (and thousands of rounds) I decided just to try something different, sort of.
As the summer progresses I'll be firing many more that are in my collection. :aok
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Nothing like practice. Rifle practice is its own joy and will certainly help put meat on the table. Developing and honing loads for particular rifle/barrels is a fascinating science.
Many of us carry handguns for protection. Practice builds muscle memory and drawing, putting sight on target, and squeezing off becomes 2nd nature. Any of us who carry for protection should shoot at least once a month, thats always been my theory. Unfortunately I havnt always lived up to it.
Shooting big bore hand gun is a hoot. Like long guns big bore handguns are fun to develop loads for. They are great hunting tools as well. Many of us have taken so much game with long guns we like to challenge ourselves with stalking game with big bore handgun. .44 mag and up, tho I lean to the .45s and up like the .45 Colt and .454 Casull.
Dont even get me started on BP. Experienced shooters who start shooting BP may never go back to standard cartridge again. Front stuffers are just "to much" fun and again a nice way to challenge yourself on the hunt.
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I had a Freedom Arms 454 that I loved. 10" Octogon bbl. Leupold scope and had it magna ported. Fun gun to shoot and hunt with. It replaced a Blackhawk in 44mag. Wish I still had both.
I too really want to get into Bp. Would love to get my hands on an original New Hope Rifle, Pennsylvania Long rifle or an original Charleville Musket or Something circa Napoleonic era 1777 pattern French Infantry Musket. That and a set of original French dueling pistols. Hey, a man can dream right?
It's funny the more and more advanced firearms get the more and more I start looking at older vintage guns. Just no craftsmanship in the new guns anymore. Was at a gunshow a few weeks ago and while my buddie was drooling over an AR, I was 2 tables down drooling on a turn of the century 30/40 Krag-Jorgensen.
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My M38 made in 1943. It is shot beyond accuracy. It swallows 7.62x54 to the casing neck on the end of the barrel. This thing may have stormed the Reichstag for all I know. Can't hit a thing at 100 yards, but it shoots some mean fireballs enough to scare Jerry right back underground.
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/Capturecopy.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/ralphmunnich/media/Capturecopy.jpg.html)
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Well, the 54r fired out of a carbine barrel, will always give a fireball from the unused powder..
Ghosts of the Revolution Cavalry!
Like a Garand Tanker, nature of the beast!
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Nothing like practice. Rifle practice is its own joy and will certainly help put meat on the table. Developing and honing loads for particular rifle/barrels is a fascinating science.
Many of us carry handguns for protection. Practice builds muscle memory and drawing, putting sight on target, and squeezing off becomes 2nd nature. Any of us who carry for protection should shoot at least once a month, thats always been my theory. Unfortunately I havnt always lived up to it.
Shooting big bore hand gun is a hoot. Like long guns big bore handguns are fun to develop loads for. They are great hunting tools as well. Many of us have taken so much game with long guns we like to challenge ourselves with stalking game with big bore handgun. .44 mag and up, tho I lean to the .45s and up like the .45 Colt and .454 Casull.
Dont even get me started on BP. Experienced shooters who start shooting BP may never go back to standard cartridge again. Front stuffers are just "to much" fun and again a nice way to challenge yourself on the hunt.
there is still one state in the union that does not issue carry permits. that would be new jersey. on paper they do, but in practice they only issue to current and retired leo. i'd found a total somewhere......there's less than 1200 carry permits issued in this state.
even with all of that though, we can carry on our property, and on our fixed place of business. i do sometimes. i practice from the holster whenever i can. it's hard though, as many ranges in my area do not like that.
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Nothing like practice. Rifle practice is its own joy and will certainly help put meat on the table. Developing and honing loads for particular rifle/barrels is a fascinating science.
Many of us carry handguns for protection. Practice builds muscle memory and drawing, putting sight on target, and squeezing off becomes 2nd nature. Any of us who carry for protection should shoot at least once a month, thats always been my theory. Unfortunately I havnt always lived up to it.
Shooting big bore hand gun is a hoot. Like long guns big bore handguns are fun to develop loads for. They are great hunting tools as well. Many of us have taken so much game with long guns we like to challenge ourselves with stalking game with big bore handgun. .44 mag and up, tho I lean to the .45s and up like the .45 Colt and .454 Casull.
Dont even get me started on BP. Experienced shooters who start shooting BP may never go back to standard cartridge again. Front stuffers are just "to much" fun and again a nice way to challenge yourself on the hunt.
Yes black powder is freakin addictive. Many people I have talked to say they cant stand the smell and therefore dont shoot BP at all. I love it for some reason. I don't shoot BP enough to be really good with it, and there's NO WAY in hell I would use it to hunt. Don't trust myself enough to get a clean kill shot. Wounding an animal and letting it run off to die hours or days later is worse than a miss as far as I am concerned.
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BP rifles can be very accurate. If your that worried then get a scoped in line.
Like anything else animals get cripped when hunters shoot past their abilities. Thats why I limit my rifle shots to 350 yrds max, and dont much shooting past 300 yrds, tho Im able to shoot much farther. I killed an Elk that was already hit hard from a lasered 475 yrds once. Rolled it right down a mountain.
Ive stopped hunting with a few guys cause i couldnt stand their insistence on being "long shooters" when in reality they werent even very good short shooters. These types almost always use .300 Weatherbys, "why always .300 Weatherbys"? They have their yardage drops taped on their arms and all have range finders. And still they do far more crippling then killing.
Shooting under hunting conditions and shooting at wind protected ranges are two entirely different things. Whether bow, handgun, rifle, front stuffer, each weapon/shooter has their limitations and THAT is the deciding factor. Not the weapon itself. If you cant hit past 50yrds effectively with your BP rifle then dont shoot past 50 yrds. I have a short .58 cal BP rifle I wont shoot much past bow ranges.
Theres to much blood lust in hunting nowdays. To much big money hunting who never paid their dues with range time and practice. I myself couldnt even give a damn about killing anymore Ive taken so many animals. I just like sitting out in nature.
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I watched a few guys at the range using traditionals (repro) Long rifles at an egg shoot........Egg is placed 100yrds down range and the goal was to hit egg... Needsless to say they were working wonders scrambling those eggs.
I want to take my Warbird down to this shoot :D
http://www.roanokerifle.com/matches-and-events/egg-shoot/
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Colt Targetsman in .22
Model 12 Winchester in 16 Gauge
Smith and Wesson 1917 in 45 acp
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Over the winter mostly my S&W3953 9mm, P220, and Springfield MilSpec 1911. Until the safety broke and Springfield's outstanding customer service got it back to me in a few weeks. I love shooting 1911's, but I think my MP son is going to grab it from me when he comes home on leave. :frown:
Weathers turning nice so its about time to break out the long guns. I have a 5.56mm course coming up and maybe I'll burn some of that 7.62mmx39 I have laying around. It would be fun to take the Boomers out a few times this summer. What self respecting rifleman could be without a .338 or .375? :D
Oh and maybe its Cowboy time with the Vaquero. Gotta spin some Colt loads up.
Standard M4, and m9 :)
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Remington 870 Magnum. Bagged a couple door to door salesmen and a rude UPS driver. Couldn't find a taxidermist to stuff them though :(
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just got back a little while ago. i left the elizabeth home, and only took the ar with eotech, m&p .22 with an elcheapo scope, and an ati shotty.
got the ar zeroed in nicely. dayum was that off to begin with. as in i was hitting the berm behind the wood we mounted the targets on, lolol. now grouping pretty nicely at about 5'ish to the x. still needs more fine tuning. the .22 is fun to shoot. was easier to zero in. was a fun day.
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Im shamed to say Ive never shot a nagant or a enfield.
Years ago when the British military were scrapping all their remaining Lee Enfield's because the bores were cracking, I was part of the group that ended up on the range to try and burn through the remaining ammo.
A few hours and many hundreds of rounds later we returned to barracks, every one of us black and blue with bruises. Them things kicked like a mule, but I did some of the best rifle shooting over iron sights that I had ever done. :old:
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I Love going to shooting ranges. Its almost like going to a place where clones of myself are hanging out.
Its fun when you make friends and start sharing the iron. Thats how I ran into the Mountain man bunch shooting their Hawkins, Henrys, and Harper Ferries. Way to much fun. Since then I always wanted to go on a traditional hunt that used only materials available during the Mountain Man era.
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S&W M&P Shield .40 once a week at the range since its my daily carry.
Do you use the factory sights? How does it shoot?
I have the M&P 40 (not the Shield). I absolutely love the way it shoots, except that my groups are all around 4" low at 10 yards...
I'm considering an adjustable rear sight. Any recommendations?
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Its fun when you make friends and start sharing the iron. Thats how I ran into the Mountain man bunch shooting their Hawkins, Henrys, and Harper Ferries. Way to much fun. Since then I always wanted to go on a traditional hunt that used only materials available during the Mountain Man era.
Careful with that...
I started doing that around 20 years ago, and it can ruin you! You know it's bad when it's fun to shoot a variety of guns, but you only consider "real" shooting to be shooting flintlocks off hand; the other shooting you do is just practice for when you can get the ol' smoke pole out for some "real" shooting.
The same can be said for hunting... All of my "real" hunting is with a flintlock (or a bird of prey); the rest is just grocery shopping...
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/AdamsRendezvous-1.jpg) (http://s107.photobucket.com/user/Mtnman_03/media/AdamsRendezvous-1.jpg.html)
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Do you use the factory sights? How does it shoot?
I have the M&P 40 (not the Shield). I absolutely love the way it shoots, except that my groups are all around 4" low at 10 yards...
I'm considering an adjustable rear sight. Any recommendations?
I have a friend that changed out the sights on his with a set if Trijicon Adjustable night sights...tightened his groups right up.....Ill see if i can get ahold of him and let you know the model and cost....
Careful with that...
I started doing that around 20 years ago, and it can ruin you! You know it's bad when it's fun to shoot a variety of guns, but you only consider "real" shooting to be shooting flintlocks off hand; the other shooting you do is just practice for when you can get the ol' smoke pole out for some "real" shooting.
The same can be said for hunting... All of my "real" hunting is with a flintlock (or a bird of prey); the rest is just grocery shopping...
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/AdamsRendezvous-1.jpg) (http://s107.photobucket.com/user/Mtnman_03/media/AdamsRendezvous-1.jpg.html)
Exactly why im afraid to get into it, i have an addictive personallity and god forbid i get into such a thing I worked at a gunshop for years...was like a vampire working at a blood bank...just a bad idea.......although i do have a comfortable couch for when the wife makes me sleep on it....hmmm let me rethink this :D
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I watched a few guys at the range using traditionals (repro) Long rifles at an egg shoot........Egg is placed 100yrds down range and the goal was to hit egg... Needsless to say they were working wonders scrambling those eggs.
I want to take my Warbird down to this shoot :D
http://www.roanokerifle.com/matches-and-events/egg-shoot/
We used to do an "egg shoot" with our BP rifles and smoothbores too, but it was a little different. You paid a fee ($1) for a shot, and then shot a 1" round plate. If you hit the plate, it would catapult a raw egg at you; if you caught the egg without breaking it you got to keep it, along with a slab of bacon. Great fun, but messy for some folks...
Some of the other fun rendezvous-style shoots we do (all standing, off hand) are shooting a playing card stood on edge to cut it in half; cutting dental floss or bailing twine stretched between two nails; shooting the blade of an axe to split the ball in half and break a pigeon on either side of the blade; loading and shooting in pitch darkness to snuff the flame off of a candle (if your ball puts a mark on the wax you're DQ'ed). Sometimes its fun to shoot swinging or aerial targets with the rifles too. One fun option is a downhill track that a clay pigeon rolls down (on edge), and then flies off a "jump" at the end. At the end of the ramp are two vertical markers about a foot apart, and the pigeon must be shot between the markers. Another fun one is an old tire with a cardboard or plywood "liner" rolled down a hill; you shoot to hit the center.
Paper targets are fun too; we take a regular 10 ring target and tear it exactly in half (right through the 10X) and each shooter gets a target half, to be shot and scored "normally". The kicker is that the 10X is only half there, and right next to a miss... Another fun paper target is a sheet of paper with a big "V" drawn on it; each shooter shoots for the inside corner of the V, and the closest to the corner wins (any touch on the V though is a DQ).
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I have a friend that changed out the sights on his with a set if Trijicon Adjustable night sights...tightened his groups right up.....Ill see if i can get ahold of him and let you know the model and cost....
That would be awesome, thanks!
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Ya, not joining that Mountain Man group was one of my great regrets. But I was doing so much fishing, running/training dogs, bow hunting, raising a child, and had a job that actually expected me to show up. Theres only so much you can fit in.
I think my back ground as a bow hunter, started with the old man in the '60s, was the main reason for my love of traditional shooting/hunting. "Killing" just isnt enough for me. I have to be challenged and those men back during that era were definitely challenged. I also love their mind set of "screw society Im heading up to those mountains". Ive seen Jeremiah Johnson so many times I know all the dialogue.
I think its great that era is being kept alive by shooters.
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M&P 9 most weekends...thinking about getting a Pro in August
Tronsky
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Ruger Mark III with bull barrel, iron sights. It's awesome. I shoot it more than anything else I have. I recently hit a soda can 3 for 3 at 100 yrds. It was off a railing rest, but that's darn good for a .22 pistol.
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Careful with that...
I started doing that around 20 years ago, and it can ruin you! You know it's bad when it's fun to shoot a variety of guns, but you only consider "real" shooting to be shooting flintlocks off hand; the other shooting you do is just practice for when you can get the ol' smoke pole out for some "real" shooting.
The same can be said for hunting... All of my "real" hunting is with a flintlock (or a bird of prey) ; the rest is just grocery shopping...
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/AdamsRendezvous-1.jpg) (http://s107.photobucket.com/user/Mtnman_03/media/AdamsRendezvous-1.jpg.html)
Always wanted to do this falconing stuff :aok
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Captain Morgan.
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Always wanted to do this falconing stuff :aok
Haha! That's a BAD road to go down too...
So much more fun/ interesting/ exciting/ challenging than hunting with a firearm.
It's a lifestyle change though, to say the least. You need to be able to allot roughly two hours per bird, per day average (lots of days with only a few minutes required, and lots of days with 4-6 hours required). And it's an everyday thing; you don't get to put it away when you're done for the season. Every single time you handle or feed the bird it's a learning experience; the question is whether good habits are learned, or bad habits... It's tough to schedule vacations, etc, because I can't just hand the care/feeding over to a friend or neighbor. The bird needs to hunt 3-5 times per week, for roughly six months in a row; even if it's cold or wet, or you're tired, or sick, or your wife wants you to stay home.
And you need access to quality hunting areas with LOTS of QUARRY; 1000 acres is none-too-much. I hunt a massive mixture of private and public lands within a roughly 2 hour radius from my house. Public lands are great, easy to find and access, free to access, but unfortunately often scarce as far as game is concerned. You also have to worry about some jack-azz shooting your bird... Private lands are usually better, but can often be more difficult to get permission on...
One bird is never enough; two birds are way too many. Three? Eegads!
You'd have to be nuts to do it... Then again, there's nothing like it in the world!
I've been hunting for many years, but no amount of hunting, camping, or other outdoor-related sports has gotten me anywhere near as "in tune" with nature or the environment.
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What kind of falcon did you hunt with Mt? Can you do it with hawks?
About once per month I see a Cooper's or sharp shinned blast through the flock of juncos at the feeder. That tells me they're probably at it daily. Just recently saw a pair of kestrals too.
Raptors are awesome, especially acipiters with the beak notch.
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Last range trip I took my American Tactical StG-MP44 22cal copy of the WWII German StG-MP-44 Sturmgewehr my wife got me for Christmas last year. This 22cal copy is the very same weight as the original Stg-44 in 7.92 kurz and it is very well made plus it is about $25.000 cheaper than an original MP-44. I also took out one of my K-98 Mauser in 8mm.
I mostly do Cowboy Action events so I don't get out with my military rifles like I did years ago. I don't see like I did 25 years ago so Cowboy Action is perfect for me now. You are shooting target the size of a car door from 10 feet away and it is truly a shooting sport for the blind lol. Next range trip will be with the M-1A and the AR-15. :cheers:
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Last range trip I took my American Tactical StG-MP44 22cal copy of the WWII German StG-MP-44 Sturmgewehr my wife got me for Christmas last year. This 22cal copy is the very same weight as the original Stg-44 in 7.92 kurz and it is very well made plus it is about $25.000 cheaper than an original MP-44. I also took out one of my K-98 Mauser in 8mm.
I mostly do Cowboy Action events so I don't get out with my military rifles like I did years ago. I don't see like I did 25 years ago so Cowboy Action is perfect for me now. You are shooting target the size of a car door from 10 feet away and it is truly a shooting sport for the blind lol. Next range trip will be with the M-1A and the AR-15. :cheers:
I went to the indoor range for a while on Saturday, shooting my 1875 Remington Army (Uberti made replica) chambered in .45 Long Colt. I brought along my Henry H001 carbine too. The Remington is very accurate. I like shooting playing cards at 25 yards. It's a challenge. Was kind of funny, because the guy with me was shooting his Kimber 1911 Tactical at silhouettes at 7 yards. Accuracy was okay at that distance, but wasn't grouping as tight as the 139 year-old (design) revolver at 25 yards. I tried the Kimber, and despite being a custom 1911, it just could not match the accuracy of the 7.5" barreled Remington. I suspect his +P loads were a big part of that issue. Too hot for best accuracy. Good enough for what he bought the ammo for, I suppose. He has to work on his habits. I think he anticipates the recoil and has a death grip on the pistol. He couldn't get one round on the playing card at 25 rounds shooting the big Remington. Did beat up the target hanger though. I was loading semi-wad cutters and LRN (lead round nose) in the hog leg...
Maybe, if the weather allows, I'll go outside with my cap and ball revolvers this weekend.
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Up and early tomorrow. We have to qualify every 6 mos with our patrol rifles. I prefer a full size, like what I carried when i was young, so I took an Armalite put a 20" A1 barrel and forearm on it, instead of all the fancy doo dads the younger guys spend their paychecks on. Give me the old iron sights and i got no problem hitting to 300 yrds on a rest. Its a very accurate system, with a fast follow up.
Then (http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr149/Rich46yo/Misc/img001-b-1.jpg)
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Not much longer tho. A few more qualifys and its out to pasture. But thats city survival crap. For pure love of the sport nothing compares to burning black powder.
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I think he anticipates the recoil and has a death grip on the pistol. He couldn't get one round on the playing card at 25 rounds shooting the big Remington. Did beat up the target hanger though.
I have the same problem with my Springfield 1911 from time to time as well. The problem is not so much the recoil, but the fact that if you let it jump too much, the round will not eject all the way and get stuck when the slide tries to close. Whereas if I hold it too tight, I can't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside. I just have to grip it with just the right ammount of force to keep it from recoiling too much, and not too much to kill my accuracy.
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I went to the indoor range for a while on Saturday, shooting my 1875 Remington Army (Uberti made replica) chambered in .45 Long Colt. I brought along my Henry H001 carbine too. The Remington is very accurate. I like shooting playing cards at 25 yards. It's a challenge. Was kind of funny, because the guy with me was shooting his Kimber 1911 Tactical at silhouettes at 7 yards. Accuracy was okay at that distance, but wasn't grouping as tight as the 139 year-old (design) revolver at 25 yards. I tried the Kimber, and despite being a custom 1911, it just could not match the accuracy of the 7.5" barreled Remington. I suspect his +P loads were a big part of that issue. Too hot for best accuracy. Good enough for what he bought the ammo for, I suppose. He has to work on his habits. I think he anticipates the recoil and has a death grip on the pistol. He couldn't get one round on the playing card at 25 rounds shooting the big Remington. Did beat up the target hanger though. I was loading semi-wad cutters and LRN (lead round nose) in the hog leg...
Maybe, if the weather allows, I'll go outside with my cap and ball revolvers this weekend.
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Try it this way WW, I bet you can do it with the 45.
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We generally shoot them this way standing, off hand with our flintlock rifles, and can cut the card in half 4 of 5 shots. I can do it with my flintlock pistol too, but it's admittedly much more difficult.
I just use a chunk of 2x4 for a holder, and use a hack saw to cut a slit to hold the card. You can also rotate the card 1/4 turn to raise the challenge a bit more.
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What kind of falcon did you hunt with Mt? Can you do it with hawks?
About once per month I see a Cooper's or sharp shinned blast through the flock of juncos at the feeder. That tells me they're probably at it daily. Just recently saw a pair of kestrals too.
Raptors are awesome, especially acipiters with the beak notch.
Most of my hunting is with hawks, to tell the truth. This season I hunted with a male goshawk, which I just recently transferred to a friend in Seattle who will fly him next year. I'm planning to fly a female goshawk this coming season.
I have flown female redtails more seasons than any other bird. They're fantastic birds; large enough to handle large quarry like jack rabbits, readily available, easy to train, robust and easy to keep healthy and fit.
If you skip ahead to the 19:15 mark in this video, you can see one of my redtails hunting squirrels. Some of the close-up shots are not my bird, they used a "stunt double" for some of those. The filming was done over 4-5 days, and my bird caught several squirrels while being filmed, but they had a script to follow, so edited those chases out... The squirrel that she shagged out of the nest was actually caught a few seconds after it left the nest...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwCiAaP0MGM
I've also flown kestrels, prairie and peregrine falcons, and a prairie falcon / gyrfalcon hybrid. I've got gobs of coopers around, but have never flown one (although I've been mighty tempted). When I can drive a few hours north to find goshawks it's kind of tough to convince myself to fly a coopers instead... We also have a few sharpies and merlins around, so I can see myself trying them someday too. I generally prefer the larger birds though; I prefer to hunt rabbits, squirrels, crows, ducks, and pheasants instead of the sparrows and starlings that are suitable for the smaller birds.
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That's fantastic. What a chase! That's a wiley red! Thanks for sharing.
We don't have Merlins in Maine, I'd love to see one in the wild. Mini falcons.
~S~ Buck
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Try it this way WW, I bet you can do it with the 45.
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We generally shoot them this way standing, off hand with our flintlock rifles, and can cut the card in half 4 of 5 shots. I can do it with my flintlock pistol too, but it's admittedly much more difficult.
I just use a chunk of 2x4 for a holder, and use a hack saw to cut a slit to hold the card. You can also rotate the card 1/4 turn to raise the challenge a bit more.
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Yes, the .45 Remington can do it. It get's more difficult with my .36 cal 1851 Navy Colts. It get's downright challenging with my .22 cal old Ruger Single Six (bought in 1972). The larger the diameter of the round, the easier to get enough lead on the edge to cut it.
I like your simple solution for the card holder. Excellent idea.
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Do you use the factory sights? How does it shoot?
I have the M&P 40 (not the Shield). I absolutely love the way it shoots, except that my groups are all around 4" low at 10 yards...
I'm considering an adjustable rear sight. Any recommendations?
SOrry for the delay in getting back to you, my friend that has the M&P corrected me, they are not Trijicon, they are Novak sights (i like Novak alot, very good sight mfg)
His was always shooting low and to the left, he dumped the factory sights and put these on it....tightened things up right away
Here is the part
http://www.brownells.com/handgun-parts/sights/rear-sights/s-w-m-p-extreme-duty-rear-sights-prod26782.aspx
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Someone tell the Brits that they can post their shooting habits (http://www.walmart.com/ip/22866794?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227016994362&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=35715800556&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=50580486036&veh=sem) too, please?
Heroin or Vodka?
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4x5
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4x5
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that's really unsafe there, those dry weeds can catch on fire.
semp
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Smith and Wesson 1917 in 45 acp
Very cool pistol and on my short list of "must haves" :aok
Did you buy it or did it come down through your family?
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SOrry for the delay in getting back to you, my friend that has the M&P corrected me, they are not Trijicon, they are Novak sights (i like Novak alot, very good sight mfg)
His was always shooting low and to the left, he dumped the factory sights and put these on it....tightened things up right away
Here is the part
http://www.brownells.com/handgun-parts/sights/rear-sights/s-w-m-p-extreme-duty-rear-sights-prod26782.aspx
Thanks!
That's actually the same one I've been considering. I just ordered one...
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Not quite necro-thread, but I'm late to the party...
Doing a range trip this week to celebrate, taking the whole family out:
Armalite AR-10
PSA AR-15
Springfield Garand
Yugo 59/66
'52 Tula SKS
'54 Izhevsk SKS
Polish M44
Russian PRISTINE M44
Finnish M39
Colt 1911 (My daily carry)
TT-33
Nagant revolver
That's my small collection, which is gonna seem much larger hauling it all out to the range at once lol.
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I shoot a Sig Sauer 1911, DPMS AR15, and a KSG. Or I was shooting them until they were lost in a very tragic boating accident.
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Not quite necro-thread, but I'm late to the party...
Doing a range trip this week to celebrate, taking the whole family out:
Armalite AR-10
PSA AR-15
Springfield Garand
Yugo 59/66
'52 Tula SKS
'54 Izhevsk SKS
Polish M44
Russian PRISTINE M44
Finnish M39
Colt 1911 (My daily carry)
TT-33
Nagant revolver
That's my small collection, which is gonna seem much larger hauling it all out to the range at once lol.
Looks like you've expanded. Glad to see you around <S>.
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Looks like you've expanded. Glad to see you around <S>.
I've tried, at the expense of a computer to let me play lol. It's nice to be back, hopefully this time I'll be able to fly again soon!
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I shoot a Sig Sauer 1911, DPMS AR15, and a KSG. Or I was shooting them until they were lost in a very tragic boating accident.
I just bought a Sig Spartan 1911. It shoots just as well as my Springfield 1911. Smooth trigger, accurate, and just feels wonderful. I highly recommend one.
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I just bought a Sig Spartan 1911. It shoots just as well as my Springfield 1911. Smooth trigger, accurate, and just feels wonderful. I highly recommend one.
i just bought a springfield 1911. base, nuthin fancy. i friggin love it. almost as much as my remington.
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I've never really deer hunted in the sense of go out at 4:00 am and sit there freezing my bellybutton off waiting for a deer to walk up to my feeder so I can take a well aimed shot from a distance, and then drag the thing all the way back to the camp. The way I was taught was to drive around with the heater on and the guns out the window. The idea is basically to drive up on the deer and quick draw the sucker while he is still standing there deciding to run or not, then load the dead deer in the back of the truck and be home in time for lunch. When you hunt like this, all you need is an open sight 30-30
As I started reading this I thought, "here comes the whole vegan PETA speech." As the story progressed I was over come with joy and a sense of excitement. Yep...
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i just bought a springfield 1911. base, nuthin fancy. i friggin love it. almost as much as my remington.
Yeah the Mil Spec is a fin gun. Only thing I did to mine was put a competition sight on mine. It outshot many an expensive race gun back when I was competing.
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Did someone say 1911?
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'43 Colt
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My favorite. Was my dads when he was on the US Army Pistol team. My absolute favorite gun that I own
1943 Colt 1911. You have good taste in guns Motherland :aok
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i wish i had one from way back when......i might be able to snag a couple from the 50's, as my aunt's selling off some of her fathers collection......
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this last one is my carry gun(where i'm allowed in pfrnj that is)
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I have the same problem with my Springfield 1911 from time to time as well. The problem is not so much the recoil, but the fact that if you let it jump too much, the round will not eject all the way and get stuck when the slide tries to close. Whereas if I hold it too tight, I can't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside. I just have to grip it with just the right ammount of force to keep it from recoiling too much, and not too much to kill my accuracy.
The problem you may be experiencing with rounds not ejecting can be caused from not keeping your wrist and elbows locked and thus, not taking the recoil into your shoulders. By allowing your wrist and elbows to "break" during the recoil, you may not be providing enough resistance to the recoil to allow the slide to fully cycle, which can cause the malfunction you describe.
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The problem you may be experiencing with rounds not ejecting can be caused from not keeping your wrist and elbows locked and thus, not taking the recoil into your shoulders. By allowing your wrist and elbows to "break" during the recoil, you may not be providing enough resistance to the recoil to allow the slide to fully cycle, which can cause the malfunction you describe.
This is true. I bought my wife a S&W 9mm and it would jam on her almost every other shot. I could shoot an entire box of ammo through it and it never jammed. As soon as I hand it back to her it would jam after the first shot. Her wrist was not strong enough to lock with that gun and I ended up selling it.
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