The Firearm thread: Engineering artistry of wood, polymer and steel.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by em2nought

Might go for an Mosin Nagant instead now.

Do it!

I love mine...haven't taken any deer with it, but hoping to this year. Soft points are a little expensive but an amazing rifle for the price.

[Onkel Neal]

Well, I've got the itch for a new firearm, and I also have this sense that these may become more difficult to come by soon (Nov 2016), So, this evening I am stopping by Academy Outdoors and Sport and picking up one of these babies.

http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/sig-...ldCatid=733518


This will round out my small firearm collection nicely, should be great fun in target practice and hog hunting. I know Sig makes great quality pieces. This should be a blast.

[August]

Just got my Garand stock back from the Finisher.

[August]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Well, I've got the itch for a new firearm, and I also have this sense that these may become more difficult to come by soon (Nov 2016), So, this evening I am stopping by Academy Outdoors and Sport and picking up one of these babies.

http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/sig-...ldCatid=733518


This will round out my small firearm collection nicely, should be great fun in target practice and hog hunting. I know Sig makes great quality pieces. This should be a blast.

Don't forget to get plenty of magazines too. Some folks like to use the Mag-pulls and other fancy aftermarket but i've found the army issue ones to be just as reliable as long as you buy them in person so you know what you're getting rather than mail order.

[Onkel Neal]

Good idea, I'll get 3 additional, that should be enough to get me on the watch list

Nice Garand,

[August]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Good idea, I'll get 3 additional, that should be enough to get me on the watch list

Nice Garand,

If three will do it the 40-50 I have probably gets me my own spy satellite.

I got most of mine at gun shows. I just rummage through the surplus pile until I find one that looks in decent shape. Mainly I check and make sure there are no dents or burrs around the top of the mag that might impede the bullet or bolt and that the follower depresses smoothly.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

You could have told me that's an M4 carbine and I had believed it. Looks very similar to some Colts.

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Good idea, I'll get 3 additional, that should be enough to get me on the watch list

Nice Garand,

Are you afraid the hogs will pin you down in a prolonged firefight?

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/sig-...ldCatid=733518

I have one just like that, but it has a red tip on it and fires plastic bb's

[em2nought]

Classic Firearms has some nice looking Yugo SKS's in stock that I've been jonesing for. They look sooooo pretty. I really should have bought one for $235 back in the day. $429 now. I'm kind of poor at the moment though.

[Onkel Neal]

Got to fire a hundred rounds through it this morning, still developing a feel for it, but I like it.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Got to fire a hundred rounds through it this morning, still developing a feel for it, but I like it.

Very nice AR Neal!

I've been dying to get my hands on one chambered in .308....it'd be the perfect deer and coyote slaying machine.

Ideally, in a world where I actually have money, I'd buy one of these. Domestic company produces it all in the USA and my uncle is friends with the owner. They started up in Southwest Missouri.

Only problem is that AR's cost so damn much.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

I have one just like that, but it has a red tip on it and fires plastic bb's

I like your style. Air guns are so fun in this modern world.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Got to fire a hundred rounds through it this morning, still developing a feel for it, but I like it.

OK. I am feeling a bit envious now....

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Well, I've got the itch for a new firearm, and I also have this sense that these may become more difficult to come by soon (Nov 2016),

Why would you think they would be harder to get in the future>

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Very nice AR Neal!

I've been dying to get my hands on one chambered in .308....it'd be the perfect deer and coyote slaying machine.

Ideally, in a world where I actually have money, I'd buy one of these. Domestic company produces it all in the USA and my uncle is friends with the owner. They started up in Southwest Missouri.

Only problem is that AR's cost so damn much.

Yeah, they do. It's definitely a luxury purchase. There are versions that cost hundreds less, like the S&W and Bushmaster. The DPMS looks pretty good too, and it's not that much at all. about the same as my Ruger SR9. The key is to put $20 a week into a jar... you won't miss it and by Christmas you will have you rifle.

Originally Posted by Platapus

Why would you think they would be harder to get in the future>

Without getting political, I will say there is always a lot of pressure to outlaw semi-auto "assault" rifles, or neuter them so that cannot hold 30 rounds, etc.