Show us your lead-emitting tools (guns, that is). Pic heavy

You got it! Some things you don't forget. The dangers of organomercury compounds are one of those. Dying at the hands of the stuff I'm working with comes high on the list of things I don't want to do.

Mercury is one of those things you really, really don't want to mess with. Yon stuff kills.

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.

Edit.

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.


Nice!

Last couple of days I have put over 500 .22LR rounds through my R-55 at the range. It seems to really like SK Standard Plus ammo. It was a windy day at the range last monday, but here are the best 5 shot groups shot during calm perioids.

Left one is 10mm, right one 9mm, shot from 50 meters with bipod support (that would be .3937", .3543" and 55 yards for those that are metrically challenged). No fancy shooting rests or such. I'd say that's adequate accuracy for out-of-the-box semi-auto rifle.

Nice shootin', HID!


Blooming amazing shooting, HID, if it was a windy day. Well done. If the rabbits hear about it they'll all leave Finland pronto...

my CX4 9mm with beretta 92 mags so i get 32 rounders in it. upgraded trigger group from sierra papa

Is that an XML? sure is!

my pride and joy

Stag Model 8 with:

Vtor medium charging handle

Magpul BAD lever

Magpul MIAD pistol grip

Samson quad rail

Magpul Ladder Rail gaurds

Magpul AFG (should have gotten AFG2)

L5 Advanced warfighter magazine (also have LOTS of Magpul Pmags w/ windows)

DX Walther Red Dot (has held up quite well to abuse. good parallax too)

Flip up iron sights

Magpul trigger guard (aluminum)

also own a Mosin-Nagant, Heavily modded Mossberg Maverick 88 and a Marlin XT-22 (super accurate!)

Remember kids, a side arm is just that. It should be your LAST resort in a fight. people who prefer it for home defense, well good luck to you!

Id rather have 30 rounds of 5.56 OR 32 rounds of 9mm in a longer barrel. IMO

(disclaimer: ALL PHOTOS WERE TAKING WITH EMPTY CHAMBERS. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHAMBER HAS BEEN EMPTIED PRIOR TO DISS-ASSEMBLY OR PHOTO SHOOTS.)

Nice hardware you got there xP.

I tried to ignore this comment but I just couldn't resist. Defending one's home with firearms is strictly illegal here, so one can not get a gun license for home defense. If could, I would go for short barrel short stock semi-auto shotgun. That would give some massive firepower and speed without too much penetration that damages your house.

But now that I have some guns around, I of course would defend my home with what I have. That would be my Beretta 92 then. And well... I'm among 100 top production division IPSC pistol shooters in Finland and if someone tried to break in while I'm around... it would not and well for them no matter what weapons they were carrying. In such a close quarters and limited space a long barrel would just be in the way. And when shooting distances would be like 5 meters or under in every scenario, long stock just is not needed for accuracy.

you may be better with a pistol, but most people wont be proficient enough.

and have you considered your situation yet? adrenalin? 4" barrel is gonna move alot more than a 12 or 16" secured to your shoulder by a stock

remember, when you are talking home defense, a pistol is still less than ideal.

it puts a round down range that wouldnt take down a 160 lb deer. you expect it to take out a 250 lb human high on drugs?

i agree with the shotgun, if saiga's were legal here, id own one. but my state has retarded laws.

i own a pump action instead, but prefer the CX4 and the AR15 to home defense. my 92 is simply a sidearm, and used when i dont have time to reload, or am out of ammo.

5.56x45 is a much more effective round IMO. if you use it to hunt, its sufficient for home defense.

spend some time going through that and researching human psychology and the reaction to stress such as a break in.

youll start thinking maybe a rifle round is better.

esp when you see how drywall will stop a 5.56x45, but not a 9x19.

Foy,

My respect grows the more I read your posts.

I'm a knife/gun/flashlight guy too.

Rather new to the forum. I haven't posted any picts yet.

Let's see...

Here's what drew me to BLF...

I used to compete in the "GLOCK Shoot" matches, in three divisions. Loads O' fun, (sorry, couldn't resist the pun).

I reload too, not so much now, 32,000 rounds of .40 S&W, reloaded and fired in 2005 though.

Keep 'em comin' Foy!

later,

Heck that's over 100 rounds a day, 6 days a week, every week for a year...........

I hope you wore good Ear Defenders..............I said, "I hope you wore good Ear Defenders"........

Hi VFMaddict!

Yes, it seemed like a lot of shooting, and reloading for that matter, but I was shooting 300 - 500 rounds per session, 2 sometimes 3 times a week.
All shot strings were 10 shots.

Speed drills were 150 to 300 rnds. as fast as I could keep them on target, from 3 to 15 yards. Those usually took something under 4 seconds per magazine.

Aimed fire was over 200 rnds., and the goal was to keep that under 10 seconds per string.

I was being mentored by a friend that is a IPSC Grand Master. I can honestly say that I learned a lot about pistol shooting, but I am still NOWHERE near this guy. He worked part-time as a Range Officer near his home, and fires over 300,000 rnds. a year. He says he'd shoot more but lacks the time!

Anyway, sometimes I'd go to the range where I was a member at mid-day, if there weren't other shooters there, they'd let me turn the lights out. The only light was from the Range Officer's booth behind me.

All of my GLOCKS have tritium night sights. THAT was fun. You could just make out the target silhouette. With the night sights I could actually see my sight picture clearer than in daylight. You can shoot some pretty nice groups in low light.

2005 was my 1st full year after my divorce, and included a bit more "me time" than I previously had. Different time, different economy. That year I think I spent something like $3500 in reloading components. I calculate over 700 pounds of lead fired downrange.

So keep shooting, stay illuminated, have fun, and be safe!

later,

I've had 2 Beretta 92's. An FS and an F. I've shot over 15,000 rnds on the F and over 7,000 on the FS and not ONE jam. I've even shot corrosive Russian rounds with steel casings that warp and what not.

Now as far as it not shooting straight....well, it's not always the gun's fault! haha..just kidding. :D

Anyone here like H&K USP's?

GO BIG or GO HOME! Words borrowed from my friend 1BIGGUN at Gunco forum. Huntin flashlights brought me here. If I can't buy them I make them. Here are some of my toys.

My PT54 red (max 750lm) in my own Copper/Aluminum heatsink and PT120 green (max 4300lm) work in progress.

My S&W 500 Pistol and matching Saiga Semi-auto 500 S&W conversion (100% done my me) with 501b Cree green @ 1400ma aspherical with Phlatlights.

This Saiga Conversion conversion was done in 2008 and is on many gun forums and was first posted on THEAKFORUM.

Hope you enjoyed the show!

Regards,

Willie

Got the pistol for my 50th Bday from my GF. Took a doe @ 56yds in 2009. The Saiga conversion has one kill, a javelina @ 130yds. Like the Cowboy concept of one cartridge does all. Own a coupe of other pairs. The Saiga idea was born when I was looking at a 5.56 Norinco magazine and for fun placed a 500S&W round in it. Bought the Saiga 410 with the conversion in mind, never had a shotgun shell fired in it. The rest is history. Have built many firearms and componets over the years including receivers from barstock on manual and CNC equipment. Am a machinist since 1974. Don’t try this at home kids.

Here is a few pics I have on my computer of my small pre-war Remington collection.

Remington autoloading shotgun made in 1910, before they renamed it the model 11.

Remington Model 510 made in august of 1939.

and as it sits now because it was already D&T for lyman mounts, I modified a weaver mount so it would match with the holes that where already drilled.

Our bodyguard.... Mossberg 590A1 18.5" +2, GRS

My Trusty Sidekick.... Springfield Armory XD .45 Tactical

...and our Critter Plinker... Marlin 795 22lr

Looking to add to the family in the next 12 months... either a .22lr or .38/.380 special for the Missus and a AR-15 16.5" Rifle to complete the set. That is if I don't spend all our money on lights!

That's what's next on my list...an AR. Might just get a receiver before things change here. Who know's what Brown will do for you.. ;)

I helped the neighbor convince his girlfriend that these days an AR can be considered a safe investment rather than merely a toy. Considering the way governments are heading with gun laws, a semi-auto assault rifle can potentially be a hot commodity in the near future. Well.. I'm speaking for the USA where the people are still fighting hard for the right to bear arms and if that gets stripped away then, well.. the first civil war might look like a scrimmage in comparison ;)

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Considering the way governments are heading with gun laws, a semi-auto assault rifle can potentially be a hot commodity in the near future. Well.. I'm speaking for the USA where the people are still fighting hard for the right to bear arms and if that gets stripped away then, well.. the first civil war might look like a scrimmage in comparison ;)

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What do you know about gun laws, you live in the FREE state of Montana. Try owning a gun in San Fransicko, in the Republik of Kalifornia. LOL!