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Guns and Blowin Shit Up!
alta:
We aren't on edge and scared. We are highly concerned, and oddly enough, it's the violent left in this country that everyone is concerned with.
Chaos43:
--- Quote from: alta on Sunday May 02, 2021, 08:18:07 PM Eastern ---We aren't on edge and scared. We are highly concerned, and oddly enough, it's the violent left in this country that everyone is concerned with.
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Yes concerned is probably a better word. And yes my friend says the same thing.
Glad we aren't dealing with that stuff here. But we have our own problems.
And your new president didn't get off to a very good start in relations with Canada.
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: Chaos43 on Sunday May 02, 2021, 08:29:49 PM Eastern --- Yes concerned is probably a better word. And yes my friend says the same thing.
Glad we aren't dealing with that stuff here. But we have our own problems.
And your new president didn't get off to a very good start in relations with Canada.
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As far as the board goes...I only carry one gun (at a time) :wackysmile:
I have a few, but mostly I am a hobbyist/shooter, and not really a nut (and there are plenty). Shooting is something I really enjoy. I don't hunt, but I am not against it. I somewhat recently got into reloading my own ammo, which has increased my interest in learning more about all of it. I guess I am a hands on tinkerer, and I enjoy the hobby so.... I have several different types of guns which all serve different purposes...most all are more hobby than anything.
and as far as the "new president" goes....I'd say most of the folks on this board were not really expecting a good start (middle, end) from him on any matters so....sorry Canada (and the entire rest of the world)
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Saturday May 01, 2021, 06:50:39 PM Eastern ---Nice! But does it go "bang" every time you pull the trigger? I've shot an AR-15 (.223) and it was butter sweet! But never really trusted all the tinkering you can do with them? I replaced the spring/trigger assembly in a SW 9mm once and it turned it from a confident CCW gun to something that'd fire -almost- all the time. :snicker: Trigger felt better tho! :) :rofl: Anyway, I've been skeptical on home builds ever since..
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Goes bang every time! I put 150 rounds through it yesterday (finally had a day before darkness). Took about 30 rounds to get the scope sighted in and man....can't believe how accurate these things are. So much fun to hit what you're aiming at. Sadly I realized yesterday my ammo can of .223 only had wasn't full and only had 270 rounds in it :'(
I was only shooting at +/- 50yds but with the scope at 4x you can easily put 10 shots in a 1" square and I am not a great shooter.
I can tell already I need to do something with the scope....It's functional, but can't use the flip up sights with the scope mounted. Not sure I want to get the scope up high enough to be able to co-witness, but think that might be the ticket. Either that or just make it a target scope gun, but what's the fun in that?
And....I didn't really build anything...I just assembled completed parts. Next time though...I'm really starting from ground up. Just not knowledgeable enough yet to know what I really want or what's good parts vs bad.
I'm thinking I want to build a competition quality rifle but not sure I can afford that. I would like to get good at 300-500 yards range. Not really serious (or wealthy) enough to go hang with the 1000yd crowd.
Funny how the new gun parts came in at the same time my wife was visiting her folks in FLA 8)
She already gives me a hard time every time she walks into the reloading room...."Every time I come in here there is a new box of something" Naw, honey, I just move them around a lot. ;)
alta:
the co witness thing is overrated for the civilian world, especially if you are using a regular scope that doesn't need batteries. The only time I've done it is with a powered red dot. The theory is to back up the electronics when you are storming a beach.
and, if you buy one of today's high quality red dots for light civilian use it will outlast you, quite possibly the battery as well
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