Ok, enough blabber about those boring "light" thingys... Let's see some real hardware for a change.
Took some more pics of my T/C R-55. I have very mixed feelings about this gun. It is good gun. Great even. But for very small effort it would have been epic. It's reliable, sturdy, solid, tough, and accuracy is just phenomenal for a out-of-the-box semi auto rifle. It has done 9mm group of 5 shots from 50 meters with CCI Standard. That's way less than MOA, shot at indoor range. At outdoor range it gives reliable MOA groups from bipod rest. But... It's heavy. I mean wow... 7,5 lbs. Plus scope base, scope rings, scope, bipod base, bipod, sling... It's heavy I tell you. Well I guess you can't have everything. T/C used only steel parts in action. Only plastic part is the stock. Not sure if there's aluminium at all. Maybe the bolt lever. So at least it should last forever.
Also the stock is useless. First of all it interferes with the barrel. Well not anymore, but as a standard it did. And it does not fit me very well in standing position. And the buttplate is too narrow and has sharp edges. And the pull length to the trigger is just ridiculous long. And the trigger... It's bad. Not as bad as standard 10/22 trigger, but it's bad. And you need two different size screwdrivers to take it apart. And the cleaning a real PITA. Lot of small and sharp holes and canyons for the crap to build up and fossilize. But after all in the end it performs and that's what matters. So it's a keeper. T/C had to discontinue is as it didn't sell well enough. With some minor tweaks it might have. But as is it didn't have a chance against 10/22 or 597.
And yeah, I'm terrible at taking pics of long guns. They just keep on going... Pistols are easy. So here it is in it's current form. Tomorrow it will boast new 6-24x42 scope for some serious group hunting. Now it has Sightron 3-9x40 which is going on top of my Remington.
Our border terrier came to check the situation
Look! It's All Weather (who came up with that font... that guy needs to go). I don't have to take it inside when it's raining or snowing. How nice.
What's it with Americans and warning labels...? It's a gun. Bullets go in from one end and exit (rapidly) from another. Not rocket science. Did not read the manual. Maybe I should order a free one from T/C.
The business end.
Ok, enough about that gun. Let's see something else. Here are my Remington 700 ADL in .243Win and Miroku 800 from '70s. I bought the Remington used. Have shot it about 10 times. It's waiting the next hunting season, which starts in couple of months. I did order the laminate camo stock from Boyd's. It's pretty cool, but has some colouring flaws. Didn't care to return it though. It's not a show gun after all and after first trip to the woods it will be dented in ways it can't really suspect right now. Also needed to remove some material from barrel chute to get the barrel to float freely.
Miroku is my skeet gun, but it will see some hunting action also. Quite limited, as it's 12/70 and has fixed skeet choke in both barrels. So only close target for this gun. Luckily the woods here tend to be thick so the visibility is not over 20 meters very often. That Miroku was made in time (turn of '70s and '80s) and place (Japan) where companies and workers took pride of their work. That very good quality gun. Stands with Berettas and such. I've had it couple of years now. No idea how much it has been shot. It's plenty however. Blueing has worn from where hand often makes contact with the frame so it has not been a shelf queen. Still closes like a vault (from Fallouts) and fires every time. I love this gun.
Look at the length of that shotgun. It was made in a time when 26" barrels were standard in skeet. The direction of those light barrels could be changed quickly. Since that they have learned to make long and light barrels and the standard length for skeet is 30" nowadays I suppose. Some use 32" even. It's easy to find my own from the gun rack at the range. I just grab the shortest one.
With that, we can conclude the gun-blabbering session by HID45 for tonight. Now I've shown you all my guns and I don't have plans to get more in a while so we'll see when we'll continue. Stay tuned.
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Oh, one more picture I have to share with you. It does not have relevance to anything, but still. Those pics I posted are taken on my back yard. This pic was taken from the same place in the end of March this year.