Posted on 08/24/2004 11:06:21 AM PDT by rune3345
Drat!
I thought I ordered the CHAINSAW attachment as well..
*sigh*
I'll have to try again, won't I?
So, what type of fast food do you eat at the shooting range? (looking for that 1000 post thread...)
Right on!
A military grade weapon that can easily still hold it's own. And with the 7.62x39 you can easily take down medium sized game at 100-150 yards.
Yes, the sparrow must be flying or it isn't a challenge, then after mastering small birds work your way up to sister biting mooses, or is it meeses?
The keychain is just overkill.
Cheese can be a satisfying reactive target, but it isn't especially hard to hit. Hmm. I wonder if that's how Swiss cheese got that way... :-)
I started with a 30-30 and still find it one of my favorite rounds. It's no 30-06 or anything. I've got a stainless bull-barrelled 10/22 with a trigger job and while it's a nice rifle if I want to go out plinking and throw 500+ rounds down-range, I still find that for a pleasant shooting trip that I prefer a lever-action 30-30, one of my 7.62x39 rifles or (if shooting pistol) a 9mm, 357, or 40 cal.
Most people I've taken out shooting I start out on the 10/22, but 9 out of 10 times by the end of the day the person is having mroe fun with the 30-30 (this also applies to my sister when I took her out to teach her, and she was only 15 at the time).
Shells are a bit pricy tho....
Strange, it doesn't have nuclear capabilities either.
deer/man sized objects;)
Be very wary of those ultracheap rifles from China and third world nations. Some are fine, but others are very dangerous . . .and there is no obvious way to tell the difference.
We have a case here in the SF Bay Area of a guy who was at an official range in the Santa Cruz Mountains, using all the proper safety procedures. But he had a cheap Chinese rifle with even cheaper metal components.
He squeezed off one round, and as he did, the shear pin (the tiny clip which holds back the additional rounds in the clip) snapped off -- instantly turning the rifle into an automatic weapon.
A fraction of a second later, just as he release his grip on the stock, the second round unexpectedly went off, recoiling the rifle backwards off the table and butt-end into a stack of sandbags five feet behind him.
The third round went off just as the rifle hit the sandbags . . .and out of bizarrely bad luck, the bullet hit the shooter right between the shoulder blades and killed him.
The odds were probably a million to one. But any time you've got a gun that can go crazy on you, you are putting your life at risk.
As an aside, a buddy of mine in Montana told me he had bought one of those Chinese guns at the local Wal-Mart or some such place. I told him that I prefer my friends to live as long as possible, and sent him $500 to buy a Remington.
Will have to fix that too.
*hmm..*
personaly I was thinking of a 7mm rem. mag. I found a neat little program and it had the best bulistics in 300 to 500 yards.
18 years old.
I'm not familiar with a shear pin.
I think what you're describing is the only flaw in the SKS known to man. That being the free-floating firing pin. If the weapon is received from storage and the bolt not thoroughly cleaned then the firing pin can get stuck in the forward position by cosmoline turning it into an open bolt weapon. It's especially common if you pass on the cheap milspec ammo and get soft primer ammo like Remington.
There is a relatively inexpensive fix. For a couple bucks I know a guy online who can lathe down the firing pin and install a sping making it spring loaded.
That's why the SKS reinforces the need for safe gun handling. Never chamber a round unless you'rew prepared and in position to fire it.
You signed up yesterday and have two posts? Oregon gun laws & advice on buying a gun?
Have you asked your Dad? What was his advice, kid?
where would I find them?
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