New Play Toy!!! (Firearm)

07/30/2003 | TMMT

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

New Play Toy!!! (Firearm)

Today I strolled into a local gunshop and much to my amazement I found a Steyr M40 (NIB) for $399.00. I’d always been interested in the Steyr ever since it came out specifically the smaller “s” series and more so the S357.

Well I just could not pass up such a good deal, I’ve seen this gun in shops down south, (GA, TN, SC) for as much as $519.00, so when I saw the $399.00 I had to have it.

Bought a pistol blanket for her, four boxes of Speer plinking ammo and some .40 cal cleaning supplies (bore brush, pads etc…) as this is my first 40.

Shot it already and WOW!!!

Accurate, once you get use to the “trapezoid” sites, trigger is short, very short and crisp, nice break around 5 pounds.

It is a very tight gun, first time I tried to apply the manual safety I couldn’t, took three or four tries now it moves just as the manual says it should, with two fingers.

I will most likely buy a tac-lite for this and a .357 barrel, and (pray) once the AWB goes away I’ll get me a few “normal capacity” mags for it (12 rounds) and then she’ll make a rather nice beside the bed gun.

It’s so nice to be able to buy a gun in a gun friendly state!

TMMT

[stevio]

Thanks.

[in the Arena]

Dang !!! From the looks of it there's either an evidence tag on each one or you've gone and assigned names to them all...:O)

[Lazamataz]

I had pretty much the same situation after a deee-vorce also. Never again. Got my ducks and wimmin in a row these days ..........:o)

Funny how that happens. They say guns are phallic -- surrogate penises, if you will. And after divorces, you usually end up with no guns. COINCIDENCE??!?!?

You'll be back in good standing in the gun of the month club soon enough. I spoke to the club president and s/he said your dues are waived till yer back up to speed. Stick in there and remember that Liberty gun safes are cheaper by the dozen !!!!

LOL! I hope to have a dozen gun safes someday!

[Atlas Sneezed]

No, the photo is from www.hot51.com, not mine, and they do (did) such conversions. It is a SBR, not a select-fire.

[xp38]

I'm future school...waiting for standard issue Federation phasers. I hear they will be THE weapon of choice in the 23rd century. Multiple settings (stun and kill) and when you hit your target on a kill setting (doesn't matter where) it phases out of existence. Wonderful for avoiding messy cleanups after.

[grapeape]

I have never posted a joke before but this is too funny!

Private Jones was assigned to the induction center, where he advised new recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance. It wasn't long before Captain Smith noticed that Private Jones was having a staggeringly high success rate, selling insurance to nearly 100% of the recruits he advised. Rather than asking him about this, the Captain stood at the back of the room and listened to Jones' sales pitch. Jones explained the basics of GI insurance to the new recruits, and then said, "If you are killed in a battle and have GI insurance, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. But, if you don't have GI insurance and get killed in battle, the government only has to pay a maximum of $6,000." "Now," he concluded, "which group do you think they are going to send into battle first?"

[Shooter 2.5]

I never understood why they couldn't hold the button down and just wave it around?

[ConservativeLawyer]

SIG 239 in 357SIG caliber..............give it a look see. I think if you liked that you'll love the SIG 239 !!

Heck, I have a wife and kids. I don't have enough money for a SIG!

You stay safe, too!

[Chewbacca]

I prefer the blast pistols in Battlestar Galactica.

[SERE_DOC]

How about mine?

[ExSoldier]

"The serial number is 666."

OMG. My wife wouldv'e not only made me sell it, she'd have had me turn it into our church for a exorcism before the sale!

Do you still have the Devil's Weapon?

[Travis McGee]

I should start a thread on the guns I've broken.

"What? Who me?"

[Shooter 2.5]

I still have it. The serial numbers and marks for Lugars are so diverse I didn't mind posting it.

That's the point of the whole story. I never looked at the serial number before I bought it. In fact, since it was a factory refurbish, it has no collector's value and I didn't even think there were any markings other than than the importer's marks. The numbers and swastikas are so tiny, I didn't think they were there.

I don't think my wife remembers I ever bought it. The only gun she isn't aware of since I never told her is the last one, the Mateba .357.

The reason I never told her is, she remarked one day, "Well, are you going to start selling your guns?"

I know danger signs when I see them.

[Travis McGee]

I should start a thread on the guns I've broken.

"What? Who me?"

[Travis McGee]

It goes to show that even slaves can build good guns I guess.

The best use for an AK I can think of is to kill commies.

[AngryJawa]

"I'm future school...waiting for standard issue Federation phasers."

That bad boy could use a trigger guard in a big way. Talk about a negligent discharge potential!

[Cuttnhorse]

Good on ya Eak...all my friends who taught their kids to shoot and hunt turned out some very neat young adults.

[wjcsux]

I'm old school...
Me too. S&W recessed chamber, pinned barrel K or N frame.

[biblewonk]

Me too and that looks exactly like my 22.

[wjcsux]

Model 1919 Browning?