With the scope, it's reliable out to two hundred yards. I can mount red dots and lasers on it, too, for closer social work. Hollow points are hard to find for it, but soft points are readily available.
Posted on 12/09/2011 9:39:29 AM PST by JoeProBono
With the scope, it's reliable out to two hundred yards. I can mount red dots and lasers on it, too, for closer social work. Hollow points are hard to find for it, but soft points are readily available.
I found a Nice lugar but it was in some oddball 30 cal cartridge that isn’t made anymore.
I should have bought it
Damned Hippie!
Had the “Slide Fire” on that, didn’t ya!
Just going by what I learned on the net in the last 24 hours, Universal carbines went through a long evolution from GI clones post WW2 to so differently evolved by the early 1970s that parts are not exchangeable with GI carbines. No way to know at this point which serial numbers go to what heat-tempering of what parts. It was “an evolving standard,” but the changes were at least nominally improvements. Many state police etc bought Universal M1 Carbines, even when they were no longer interchangable with GI parts....
IOW, if I buy this one for $200, it having been range-tested and approved by a buddy of mine, it will be as an “as-is” deal, with little or no hope of finding replacement parts.
It’s a local deal, minimal paperwork, so I’m inclined to grab the Universal....just $200....no shipping....cash and carry....
I’m quite pleased with the one I got in a trade for a .38 snubby. I had to repair the bolt and that’s when I put the Iver Johnson complete bolt on it. If you decide to put a pistol grip collapsible stock on it, I’ll be glad to help. Don’t know if the scope mounts are still available from numerich, but it is a good addition and doesn’t get in the way. Universals after the GI parts were used up came with dual springs. That’s the way I check if it is after GI or not. At $200 you cannot go wrong. Iver Johnson parts fit the after GI models.
Around 1986 Interarms imported a bunch of Lugers, most of them in pretty nice condition. Prices were really good too.
I bought one which was all matching which was made by Mauser in 1939. I would rate it as very good to excellent. It also included an Interarms box with instructions and even a mag loading/takedown tool.
Actually the mag and barrel didn’t match serial numbers. The barrel looked like it was original as finish matched the rest of the gun perfectly. It did not have a serial number on it and I had read that it should have. Anyway it was a great shooter.
The .30 cal. ones are in .30 Luger and are worth just as much as the 9mm ones, maybe even more.
The one my Father brought back was a 1917 DWM. It also had the holster and a spare mag. I only know that as it was listed on the paper work when he was separated from the Army at Camp Blanding, near Jacksonville in 1945. They listed all captured and souvenir items on one form. I noticed there was a gold watch also and I never remember him having it.
Minimal paperwork is worth something for sure.
It is not a long range weapon, nor was it ever intended as such. But it is an extremely compact and handy weapon and has been well proven by several militaries and seen a lot of combat in at least 3 major wars.
“The lesson stopped suddenly, however, when a piece of hot brass bounced off a wall and down her cleavage... “
Did she say “darn”?
The best production mini handgun imo was the Star PD in .45acp. It was light handy, shot well and held up well enogh for it’s purpose. It also had excellent sights.
The frame was aluminum but the slide was steel. No real tricks just plain 1911 type function without the grip safety.
If you want to go really tiny, the Baby Browning and Berretta Minx are both better than those tiny single action .22 revolvers.
Of late I've become very attached to the pistols on the C&R list. They're dirt freeping cheap when you think about it. CZ-82's for around 200, Polish P64's for 150, Tokarevs for 200 or so. Why would you not toss a couple of those and the appropriate ammo into the armory? At those prices I try to buy two or three copies of each. 2 are for "family" use and the third, when I can afford it, is for parts when something breaks.
If nothing else they'll be serious trade bait I figure. "Hey buddy, I've got a 9MM Makarov pistol and 100 rounds of ammo for trade. Waddya got for me?" Are they Kimber 1911's? Nope. Can I afford multiple Kimber 1911's? Hell no. I'll keep the good stuff for me and the fam and use the Mil-surp stuff until I got nothing left to feed 'em.
I wish I could get my wife interested in shooting. Tried one time but after the first shot she said she didn’t want any more!
I’m not crazy about diversifying into a whole new caliber, but for $200 I figure, why not? I’ll just stock up on ammo and hope it lasts.
I’ll put a few 100 rounds through the Universal, and if it works, I probably won’t change anything. We’ll have to see how it shoots. I probably will keep it with iron sights adn the regular full stock. Just keep it real cheap and simple as an extra home defense carbine.
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