who likes guns?!

[ABBAFAN]

What firearms do you use and what are your favourites?

I have a brown bess .75 flintlock musket and a greener gp martini action 12 guage shotgun and also a laurona s/s 12 guage.
what do other people like?

[Torpedo Fodder]

I have a .22LR single shot rifle that used to be my father's. It has served me well as a plinker, but it's 50 years old and getting worn out. I think I'll by a new bolt action .22LR. Someday, when my finances improve I think I'll get a shotgun and try my hand at skeet shooting, a more powerful rifle (a .308 or .30-06), and at least one handgun. Maybe that AR15 I've always wanted could be had eventually.. But for now, .22LR serves me fine. It has reasonable range when fired from a long-gun, and both it an the firearms that fire it are usually dirt cheap: most .22LR rifles are less than $200 Canadian, and I can buy a thousand rounds of .22LR ammo for less than $40.

[Fish]

I used different firearms, but owned just one. A .22 Smith and Wesson revolver with a long barrel.

[blue3golf]

I own a Remington 870 Magnum in 12 gauge, I got a rifled and smoothbore barrel for it. Use it mostly for deer hunting becuase where I live rifles are not allowed until the northern half of the state. Also in the inventory is a Colt 1991 .45, New England single shot 20 ga., two Savage model 99's in .300 savage, Winchester model 62 in 22LR, a side by side 16ga and an old bolt action single shot 22LR that used to be my grandfathers. What I'm really looking for is a Mauser 98 and and M1 Garand though.

[Kapitan]

Theres a topic around here with some of my weapons, my main weapon being a AK47S.

[jumpy]

@blue3golf
I forget exactly where I saw it, (googled for M1 garand) but there's some american dudes who are remanufacturing a detailed version of the M1 with a match grade barrel and diopter sights (I think) for precision target shooting, going for about 1000 usd (maybe more?).
Looked good. Shame we can't get that sort of thing so easily here in the UK...

[micky1up]

anyone who replies to ths post in favour of guns is a *******ing nutjob who needs therapy as soon as u wake up and smell the salt the better

[blue3golf]

@jumpy
yeah, I've seen the match grade ones, the price sounds about right, I'm actually hoping to find one that has stock everything, because truthfully I don't need all that extra stuff just for shooting around or hunting. I'll probably have to give in though and get one with the match grade equipment.

[jumpy]

thanks for that, micky1up... no, really.

[Neal Stevens]

Originally Posted by micky1up

anyone who replies to ths post in favour of guns is a *******ing nutjob who needs therapy as soon as u wake up and smell the salt the better

Can't afford therapy, spent all my dough in ringtones


My Ruger P90-S .40 cal

[DeepSix]

Originally Posted by blue3golf

.... What I'm really looking for is a Mauser 98 and and M1 Garand though.

Nice collection you have there; got a Model 62 myself. I gave my Dad a Mauser for Christmas a couple years ago. Got it from Mitchell's - one of the Yugoslav WW2 ones. I think the old man forgave me for all the mischief I ever got into when he saw that.

http://www.mitchellsales.com/

[JSLTIGER]

My grandfather's got a Mauser...it's from WWI, it's got a stamp of the Kaiser's crown and the date 1917 on the top of the barrel, just forward of the opening of the bolt for the chamber. My great uncle brought it back after he served in the 100th Div. during WWII, and my grandfather has had it and several other war items in his possession since my uncle was killed on his motorcycle by a drunk driver in '47. The mechanism still works smoothly and looking down the barrel, the rifling is still evident, however, it really needs to be checked before anyone takes a crack at firing it, as it looks as if some rust may have developed on the metal. Everything about the rifle still works (including the bolt mechanism, trigger, firing pin, and safety), but it hasn't been fired since the 1940s.

One other item of interest that he has is a long-barrelled Luger pistol with the original leather holster and accompanying metal Nazi insignia. The only thing that the Luger is missing is the rifle butt attachment.


Any body have any idea how much this stuff would be worth, btw?

[Torpedo Fodder]

Originally Posted by micky1up

anyone who replies to ths post in favour of guns is a *******ing nutjob who needs therapy as soon as u wake up and smell the salt the better

Guns kill far fewer people than cars every year. I propose we ban personal automobile ownership for the good of society! Think of the children!!!111!1

Seriously, what do you find so offensive about responsible, law abiding citizens owning guns for recreation? I own a rifle and I use it for plinking, and I greatly enjoy that. I take every safety percaution, and I endanger nobody in the pursuit of my hobby. Why should I not be allowed to do something I enjoy when I do so safely and responsibly?

[Abraham]

I am a *******ing nutjob who needs therapy, with a Heckler & Koch P7 M8 9mm.
I have been shooting thousands of bullets since 1989 and I have never hit anybody...

[blue3golf]

@JSLTiger
no exact figures but if the serial numbers match on the Mauser and the Luger then it's alot. So much that I wouldn't sell.