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Gun stuff...Want to know everything about a M1 Garand!
12.2.09 | Me

Posted on 12/02/2009 4:23:41 PM PST by Chasaway

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To: Viking2002

heh. I’m happy if I hit paper. (word or legend is that mosins are sighted in with the bayonet on or it throws high right)


121 posted on 12/03/2009 5:54:56 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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To: dynachrome
Yeah, try fixing a bayonet outdoors in most jurisdictions nowadays, and the local constabulary comes swinging down on you from the trees.


122 posted on 12/03/2009 6:12:15 PM PST by Viking2002
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To: Chasaway

I am looking to purchase a new sidearm. Would appreciate your input.

Requirements:

9 mm/45 cal — light — reliable — not subject to FTF or FTE — reasonably priced

Thanks for your help.

Qualified expert on the M1 in December, 1961. Wonderful weapon. My favorite was the BAR.


123 posted on 12/04/2009 1:28:26 PM PST by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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To: Beckwith

I like my Springfield XD SubCompact, in .40 S&W.

It’s pretty concealable and shoots much better than I do. It’s also safe. It’s got a grip safety as well as the trigger safety. It has a “cocked” indicator as well as a “charged” indicator and you can tell whether it’s cocked and/or charged by look or feel. Pretty good stuff.

The XD SubCompact comes in 9MM and .45, too.

I’ve got a little bitty Kel-Tec PF-9 9MM for pocket carry. It works for what it does, but it’s sure not as much fun to shoot.

I don’t know what you’re wanting to use yours for, but when you said “...light - reliable...” it sounded like a carry weapon; maybe concealable.

Chasaway


124 posted on 12/04/2009 10:17:16 PM PST by Chasaway (Tonto: "What do you mean "We", White Man?")
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To: dynachrome

A couple of my Mosins. The non-laminated one on the bottom was an $89 Big 5 special. Both are in awesome shape (no conterbore, original finish).

125 posted on 12/07/2009 10:03:32 AM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: SIDENET

Yeah. Lminated stocks are cool.

Big 5 is always tempting me.

The pick of the litter I have is a 1924 hex Izzy, non counter bored.


126 posted on 12/07/2009 2:47:02 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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To: Viking2002
Just to keep this thread limping along, here is the mighty Mosin M44 carbine (not mine though) being fired with the bayonet extended:
(if you miss, you incinerate your target, anyway.)

mosin44 fireball

127 posted on 12/07/2009 7:13:20 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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'Missed him by a mile, but by God, there ain't a hair left on his head.'

A few years back, I had an 'accident' with a kettle smoker, a couple pounds of hickory wood, and a whole ham that produced similar collateral damage, but I won't go into that. I can make a big enough ass of myself without any extra audiovisual aids.


128 posted on 12/08/2009 4:25:36 PM PST by Viking2002
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