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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Politics, Religion (Tall Table) >> Whats your favorite firearm? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1369961243 Message started by Midnightrider on 05/30/13 at 17:47:23 |
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Title: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 05/30/13 at 17:47:23 I have several but if you told me I could only have one it would be my Ruger 10/22. Its accurate, reliable and there are many aftermarket parts for them. People have a hard time believing a 22 is accurate out to 200yds.I have a few military style (assault rifles). The only reason I bought them is the government didn't want me to have them so I knew right then I had better get one or two. My favorite Pistol I own is a 6" barrel S+W 686 357 mag. I have a Bond derringer Snakeslayer with a 3" chamber I love to carry. It will shoot 3" 410 shells and 45LC. you only have 2 shots but those 410's will cover a lot of territory. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Pine on 05/30/13 at 20:52:20 For all my saber rattling about having guns... I dont have anything that the government would take any great notice over... 4 Dan Wesson .357 these have not been made since the 90's.. and never were a big seller. http://https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GIGVCyKZhMY/TQwEFEWttcI/AAAAAAAAAqo/oXm2xMEZa5w/w800-h516-no/EWK+EPC+2010-12--6.JPG This is my favorite shot of two of them. The barrels and grips are custom. The grip was made to my order and is one of a kind. http://https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QJYNtKBRRIY/TOsVOrrolsI/AAAAAAAAAoE/Ce7QZc8z138/w800-h599-no/Parker+12-2.JPG This was my grandfathers 12g side-by-side Parker. I dont shoot it as it originally used black powder shot shells and they ate the inside of the barrel away. It would be sad but poetic if a bad guy stole it and tried to shoot it with a 3" mag load.... the gun would probably blow up. http://https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-z-qTQqpx4os/TOsVZ2jNd2I/AAAAAAAAAog/fJfeSe4X9zI/w800-h599-no/Winchester+22-01.JPG My dads old model 53 bolt action ( single shot) .22. I refinsihed it myself in 1981 at the ripe old age of 17. Solid Walnut. http://https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5XE_Pe3rZY0/TOsU-idWgjI/AAAAAAAAAn0/cOudMGxm_DQ/w800-h599-no/FAI+22-01.JPG My first gun and rifle. A survival .22 single shot. this gun has not been shot since about 1970. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by 45acp on 05/30/13 at 21:53:08 is that last one a rabbit? there is a guy who comes out to my range sometimes that found one while cleaning a closet in a rent house he moved into. 22lr/410 right? |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by 45acp on 05/30/13 at 22:01:49 my favorite gun is my rock island armory 1911a1. i cast and load my own bullets. it cost me about 3 bucks to load a box of 50 rounds, so i can still afford to shoot it. number two is my rossi 3 inch 357 magnum revolver. my wife got it for me for our 9th anniversary. number three. is a ruger old army 45 cal black powder revolver my dad passed down to me. he bought it in 1982 the first year they did one in stainless steel. i just placed 2nd in ablack powder pistol shoot with it last sunday. i have over 30 guns in my house and it is real hard to pick favorites, but if i have to those are them. ;) |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 05/30/13 at 23:45:10 "have over 30 guns in my house and it is real hard to pick favorites, but if i have to those are them." I know what you mean. a lot of mine have never been shot. Its hard for me to put money in the bank. I tried investing in guitars and I've lost my a$$ doing that, got some nice guitars though. Guns are holding their value for the most part and are going up. The price on my 686 has almost doubled since I bought it. I have several nice 22's and they see the most action if I can find the ammo at a decent price. I ran into a guy who was a good friend of my brother who passed away. He's keeping me supplied with Winchesters at 10 cents apiece, not to bad. My Henry 22 is probably the most fun rifle to shoot. I love to shoot shorts in it but they're almost impossible to find around here. My health wont let me hunt anymore and I've lost that killer instinct but I still support hunting and I hope I live long enough to take my grandsons hunting as my grandfather did me. As for right now I'm happy to get out and punch a hole in a piece of paper every now and then. My wife is a semi retired cop who loves to go out and shoot her Glocks also. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Paraquat on 05/31/13 at 06:11:47 http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/5822/8681801_1.jpg?v=8CC1C8FFBE22440 Not my rifle. Just typed it into google for a generic picture. Pine - I like that top one. Very unique. My favorite is a Remington 513T It started it's life as a civilian training rifle. Bolt action, 10 round, it's a .22 with a LONG bull barrel. It's heavy as Hell but accurate as can be. I replaced the forward sling mount with a short section of rail for a bipod and I've removed the original peep sight in favor of a 3x9x40 scope. All the weight absorbs every ounce of recoil. I've been trying to find a middle of the road bolt action rifle. Something more than .22 and less than a .308/30-06. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 05/31/13 at 06:25:50 Steve my wife has a Savage 243. Great flat shooting gun, very light recoil. At 100yds fire 3 shots and you have one hole. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by 12Bravo on 05/31/13 at 06:27:11 7445564555514550240 wrote:
Are you looking for a bolt action or semi-auto rifle and what will you use it for? For a bolt action, consider the .243. If you want semi-auto, look at some of the intermediate cartridges such as the 300 Blackout, 6.5 Grendel or 6.8 SPC |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Paraquat on 05/31/13 at 09:12:22 I was looking at a Savage .17 HMR for the sheer novelty of it. I'd like to keep it bolt action but I'm receptive. All I ever do is punch holes in paper. My club has 100 yard iron sights and optics events every once in a while. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by WD on 05/31/13 at 11:57:20 First year brass and blue Ruger Old Army, fairly rare, they did not put brass Super Blackhawk grip frames on very many of them. Modified cylinder can hold over 50g of FFFg... Kind of partial to an equally rare Smith and Wesson 3rd Model .44 Hand Ejector, a.k.a., Model of 1926, a.k.a. Wolf and Klar. Factory full nickel plate including the grooved (target) hammer and trigger, with carved mother of pearl grip scales. Jam-o-matics? Don't much care for them, but I do have a 1936 CZ24 in 9mm Browning/short (better known as .380). War trophy, came back from the European Theater in WW2. Father in law swapped an Arisaka submachine gun for it straight across. Hmm, shotguns is a tough call, do I like the 1800s caplock 12g double, the 16g pump, or the 14" barreled .410 better... and yes, the A.O.W. is properly licensed... >:( Rifles is a serious tough choice, Stevens 44 Favorite in .22S/L, Marlin Glenfield M20 in .22S/L/LR, Canadian Centennial Winchester M6702 .30/30 (I actually hate this carbine), .50 T/C Hawken, .54 Lyman Great Plains... or the pre-64 M70 Winchester in .243 with a trigger pull measured in ounces. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/31/13 at 12:07:20 Much like beer,, which ever one I have handy when I need one.. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by arteacher on 05/31/13 at 12:50:36 My favorite gun is a museum piece- in a museum. ;) |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 05/31/13 at 15:52:32 6A5B485B4B4F5B4E3A0 wrote:
Wished you lived in NC. I have never been fired Savage HMR, BSA Sweet 17 Scope I'm selling tomorrow. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 05/31/13 at 16:31:59 http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo2/mwshelton/c669caa2-2c92-4da9-84c2-f73289ffa794_zps92c8b70e.jpg Here's a lousy picture of one of the most wicked firearms I've ever held in my hand. Its a Bond Derringer. Made in Texas. Shoots 3" 410 shells or 45LC. I brought it home and my wife told me it was hers. I'll sell something and buy myself one. Its machined out of stainless, not a plastic part on it. Rosewood handles or you can order another exotic wood. Those new 410 defender shells will tear up jack. They're a combination of wafers and buckshot. If you ever hold one and look at the metal and workmanship its love at first sight. You don't have but two shots but with those 410's you only need one. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Dane Allen on 05/31/13 at 17:02:22 6.5 Swedish Mauser - A real nail driver. Eventually want a Ruger Redhawk to use for the 300+ cast bullets. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 05/31/13 at 17:14:51 343F3F363A35342E2F5B0 wrote:
Some of WD's guns belong in a museum. I'm not being a smartass, I'm saying it with envy. Nice pieces. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by WD on 05/31/13 at 20:17:27 I kind of live at a museum already... the manor house is over 170 years old. The caplock 12g belonged to a Civil War veteran (who's hand written account of the Battle of Shiloh are also in the house) who was in the 4th TN and later a personal courier for President Davis. I know there is some junk from the 1700s in the attic... and junk is the correct term, courtesy of the humidity. Just a couple of the "toys", the English caplock 12g and the Ruger first year Old Army... yeah, it's a retired competition piece... http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y490/mphsgal/LISA-HP/Photos/Jeff/CapLocks_zps28770a91.jpg... the Ruger had been in the field deer hunting for a month, the shotgun hadn't been intentionally fired since about 1905, was left to molder away in a closet for over a century. Both look a whole lot better now, and I'm making a new stock for the 12g, the original one is split under the breech. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Paraquat on 06/01/13 at 10:26:34 07232E24232D223E38232E2F384A0 wrote:
I'm an FFL if the price is right. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/01/13 at 10:46:07 Wish I had known a day earlier. She just left the house. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Paraquat on 06/01/13 at 13:18:54 Oh swells. How much? Because I like to torture myself. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/01/13 at 19:00:04 Paraquat, are you a dealer? It was a never been fired Savage 93R, BSA Sweet 17 Scope, Soft case and 100rds of ammo. It was probably 5 years old, I bought it right before I got sick. It was made the last year before they started making acutriggers. I had a hard time selling it for that reason. $300. I cant hunt anymore but I love to take my 22 rifles and pistols out and punch holes in paper. My wife stole my Bond I bought the other day. I'm looking for another one. Have you ever seen a Bond? They are built like a tank and a beautiful piece of workmanship. Load it up with 410 Defenders and its one hell of a killing machine. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Paraquat on 06/02/13 at 08:09:44 For the most part, yes. My father is the actual FFL but I'm an "employee" of his "business". We also share the same name and he is "getting too old" for it so he wants to try to transfer it to me rather than me having to jump through all the hoops. I can still buy and receive, however. Never seen a Bond. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Face on 06/02/13 at 18:28:37 Decisions, decisions........ Well, if I had to pick ONE...... http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o692/s2rdark803/DSCF0282_zps59332e7b.jpg Lightly modified Remmington 870 12ga. pump It's a blast to shoot....though not very versitile. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by JohnnyCash20 on 06/02/13 at 20:23:19 Marlin 30/30 lever action with no attachments. A ton of fun to shoot! |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/03/13 at 21:51:49 I have 2 AR's I've never shot. When the govement told me I didnt need one or couldn't have one I bought two. With this Dept of Homeland Security sh!t, 1.6 Billion hollow points something is gonna hit the fan. I'd be the first one gunned down but I feel a lot better knowing I have my guns. Our government is becoming or already is tyrannical. There should be no opposition to the 2nd amendment. Stronger background checks were OK with most people but it was the bills tacked on it the NRA fought and the gun citizens didn't like. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/03/13 at 21:53:38 0A2F282E2E39032133287270400 wrote:
Nothing beats a lever action for fun. I love my Henry 22 lever action! |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/03/13 at 21:57:55 1223302333372336420 wrote:
If you can get a Bond Snakeslayer with a 4 and 1/4" barrel if you don't like it I'll buy it off of you. If you ever get your hands on one you'll never let it go. It makes the Cobra Derriger the Harley Crowd carry look like a cheap toy. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Paraquat on 06/04/13 at 09:10:25 http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=345360147 4.25 http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=345754505 3.5 Not my cup of tea. I love my Glock 19 but with all this "high capacity debate" and "magazines must be registered by Jan 1st 2014" I don't want to risk carrying it. I've been carrying an AMT backup .45. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/04/13 at 14:18:49 I like pocket guns. Load that Bond up with a 3" 410 defender rounds and you don't need but 2 sots. I sent my wife to pick up mine and she told me when I got home that gun was hers, I'll have to buy another one. She has a 9mm Glock, a 45 Glock, A ruger LCP. And just think she's in love with the lowly little Bond. Everything on the gun is machined out of stainless, no plastic parts, exotic wood grips. I gotta start shopping around and find another one. There's plenty of videos of people shooting them on you tube. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/04/13 at 14:31:09 Just did some horse trading got I got a Winchester 1894 in 30-30. The gun was made in 1984, not a scratch on it. The owner kept it in chaps. Was made in New Haven Conn. I think I'm right on this, Winchester moved out of Conn. in the mid or late 80's. The Japaneese started making a lot of guns for them when they moved. I don't have any idea where they are made now, they'e $1100 now. Lever actions are my favorites, its always nice to add one the rack. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/04/13 at 14:33:18 7A4B584B5B5F4B5E2A0 wrote:
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Paraquat on 06/04/13 at 19:06:12 Decline and fall [edit] By the 1960s the rising cost of skilled labor was making it increasingly unprofitable to produce Winchester's classic designs, as they required considerable hand-work to finish. In particular, Winchester's flagship Model 12 pump shotgun and Model 70 bolt-action rifle with their machined forgings could no longer compete in price with Remington's cast-and-stamped 870 and 700. Accordingly S. K. Janson formed a new Winchester design group to advance the use of "modern" engineering design methods and manufacturing principles in gun design. The result was a new line of guns which replaced most of the older products in 1963–1964. The immediate reaction of the shooting press and public was overwhelmingly negative: the popular verdict was that Winchester had sacrificed quality to the "cheapness experts,"[3] and Winchester was no longer considered to be a prestige brand, causing a marked loss of market share. To this day, gun collectors consider "post-64" Winchesters to be both less desirable and less valuable than their predecessors. In the early 70's the Olin Winchester-Western Division tried to diversify with at least two unsuccessful attempts. The first was an experimental indoor shooting range called Wingo in San Diego, California. This short lived attempt had a strong tie to firearms and ammunition with exclusive guns, ammo and target launching machines being produced. The flaw was to see it quickly profitable in a western city with too many competing outdoor activities. The second venture was trying to compete with Coleman Company in the camping and sporting goods market. "Trailblazer by Winchester" products included propane powered stoves and lanterns. They also produced tents and sleeping bags. These products struggled to compete with similar offerings from an established company founded in 1900. Labor costs continued to rise through the 1960s and '70s, and a prolonged and bitter strike in 1979–1980 ultimately convinced Olin that firearms could no longer be produced profitably in New Haven. In December 1980 the New Haven plant was sold to its employees, incorporated as the U.S. Repeating Arms Company, and granted a license to make Winchester arms. Olin retained the Winchester ammunition business. U.S. Repeating Arms itself went bankrupt in 1989. After bankruptcy it was acquired by a French holding company, then sold to Belgian armsmakers Herstal Group, which also owns gun makers Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal (FN) and Browning Arms Company. On January 16, 2006 U.S. Repeating Arms announced it was closing its New Haven plant where Winchester rifles and shotguns had been produced for 140 years.[4] Along with the closing of the plant, production of the Model 94 rifle (the descendant of the original Winchester rifle), Model 70 rifle and Model 1300 shotgun were discontinued. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Repeating_Arms_Company Connecticut has (had. Will have had...) a lot of firearms manufacturers. I think the Marlin building is still vacant. I don't know how to describe my tastes... lever actions are cool. I've shot a few but except my Red Ryder I don't own any. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by ZAR on 06/06/13 at 07:39:31 4D74737869726F1D0 wrote:
Midnight I'm with you on the Ruger 10/22. Very accurate,plenty of ways to dress them up,ammo is (was) cheap and easy to get and carry,and makes a good gun for food and protection. The next choice is a good 20ga pump shotgun. All the same reasons as the 10/22 except for the weight of the ammo of course. For handguns, any version of the Ruger 22 semi-auto MarkI/II/III with the bull barrel does a fine job. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/06/13 at 13:51:46 Ruger is hard to beat for price and quality, also made in USA! |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Ed L. on 06/11/13 at 17:00:50 For a .22 I like my 1984 Marlin model 60 with the 18 shot tube magazine. Picked it up as a attic find for $75.00 with a empty case stovepiped in the breach. Looked like the rifle was fired till it jambed up and then was put away. After a good cleaning and a Tasco 3X9 scope the .22 shoots like a charm at 50 yds. For center fires it is a toss up between my Remington BDL 700 in 30-06 and an Arisaka 7.7 Jap. The 7.7 Jap is just a lot of fun to shoot and I'm reloading for both calibers. I'm working on a 100 grain plinker for the Arisaka using cast bullets and a reduced load with resized 30-06 brass. If the plinker load works out I'll be able to shoot the 7.7 for less than a .22 at the current ammo prices. Self defense is a little Ruger .380 ACP which I have just started to reload for also. Using cast bullets for target loads in the .380 at the range just to stay in shape. Hand gun ammo prices have gotten rediculous over the last six months with a box of 50 going for over $27.00. I'll keep the factory loads for when I carry. Also have a Hawkens flintlock in .50 caliber which is great for smoking out the range. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Savage_Rob on 06/17/13 at 07:55:07 M1911A1 .45 ACP Mossberg 500 12 Ga. Marlin lever action .44 MAG |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Paraquat on 06/17/13 at 09:10:04 Who makes your 1911? I'm looking at a Kimber either Custom Carry II or the Target II. I know the name, I've handled them before. Pretty sure on it. But one of my friends who works for S&W is trying to push their 1911 on me. Not sure... Not that I have anything against S&W just not familiar with them. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/17/13 at 12:33:37 71506B781A340 wrote:
Ed I bought a model 60 but I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. A lot of people say it is as good or better than the 10/22. Cant half see, I'm gonna put a good scope on it and find out. My favorite scope for 22's is a Nikon Prostaff 22 LR rifle scope. Its pricey but for someone like me who cant see it's worth the price. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/17/13 at 12:37:18 I've got 4 Black Guns now. Never had any use for one until the government told me I didnt need or couldn't have one. I knew then it was time to stock up. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/17/13 at 16:23:40 I traded a gun for a Winchester 94 the other day. The guy had chaps on the stock the whole time he owned it. I showed it to my son in law yesterday and he thought it was a brand new gun. It was made in 1985. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/17/13 at 21:39:12 Anybody seen any 22's on the shelf where you live? |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by WD on 06/18/13 at 16:23:04 Shorts are starting to trickle back in around here. Longs and long rifle are still pretty much missing in action. And all we're getting so far is those crappy Remington Thunderbolt (green and yellow box) that run close to 40% duds per box. I'd even settle for CCI right now, and I rank it barely half a notch better than the cheap Remington garbage. As far as quality .22 rounds are concerned, I need more European made match grade .22 LONG. My Stevens rolling block won't properly chamber long rifles. It's okay with shorts, but they've gotten expensive (10 cents a shot for 1280fps CCI)... |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Midnightrider on 06/19/13 at 11:13:21 I shoot shorts in my Henry. I have several 22's so I decided to zero the Henry in with shorts. Cant even find them around here. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Ed L. on 06/19/13 at 13:48:47 Midnight, you can go to the Marlin website and download a manual for your Model 60 for free if needed. I'm using a $35.00 Tasco 3x9 40mm scope on my .22 and it is a tack driver at 50yds. Out at 100yds I get verticle stringing from the crappy bulk ammo I'm using. Jusst started casting a .311 100 grain bullet to use over some Bullseye in my 30-06 as a plinker. Best I can tell about 5.5 grains of bullseye will give me around 1100 fps which will be a great target/plinker load at 50 yds. I'm using a small pinch of cotton ball to hold the load down in the bottom of the case. Need to get to the range to see how well it works. |
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Title: Re: Whats your favorite firearm? Post by Pine on 06/19/13 at 14:15:35 01201B086A440 wrote:
What ya doing for lead? with lead wheel weights all but gone.. the cheap and easy seems to be over. |
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