Hey, gun nuts!

[Byron In Exile]

New page.

 

[Peregrinator]

^^^^^new page type guy.

 

[Ishmael]

Because 28 is such a pussy bore, you mean?

No, because you'll play hell trying to buy paper shells for it.

Ishmael

 

[SBroadB9]

I don't think that ding would hurt anything, but most likely the gun itself won't stand up to the pressure of smokeless powder. I had an old double, similar to that, had a big patch on the barrel, up near the muzzle. I just reloaded with black powder, using a cheap Lee handloader, and it was fun to shoot.

Be careful, though. In the pic with the breech open, you can see the firing pins protruding. Don't want to close the breech on live shells with the firing pins like that. With mine, I had to half cock the hammers so that wouldn't be the case. Not too safe!

 

[Peregrinator]

No, because you'll play hell trying to buy paper shells for it.

Ishmael

Ah, gotcha. Surely someone somewhere is getting rich selling such stuff.

I don't think that ding would hurt anything, but most likely the gun itself won't stand up to the pressure of smokeless powder. I had an old double, similar to that, had a big patch on the barrel, up near the muzzle. I just reloaded with black powder, using a cheap Lee handloader, and it was fun to shoot.

Be careful, though. In the pic with the breech open, you can see the firing pins protruding. Don't want to close the breech on live shells with the firing pins like that. With mine, I had to half cock the hammers so that wouldn't be the case. Not too safe!

Yeah, thanks, I wondered about those pins. What a silly way to shoot yourself in the foot that would be. And there's no safety at all. Nutty.

 

[thør]

Ah, gotcha. Surely someone somewhere is getting rich selling such stuff.


Yeah, thanks, I wondered about those pins. What a silly way to shoot yourself in the foot that would be. And there's no safety at all. Nutty.

The safety is with the action broken.

 

[Peregrinator]

The safety is with the action broken.

Right, which has always seemed to me to be the equivalent of removing the magazine every time you want to do something other than shoot.

 

[SBroadB9]

The safety is with the action broken.

I've still got a few older shotguns, and none have a safety. The newest is an H&R single barrel 12 gauge, that was my grandfathers. He bought it around 1950, so it's not that old. With the hammer down (it does have a rebounding hammer, you really don't need a safety.
If the one you have has a half cock position, it would be pretty safe, since you have to pull the hammers back before firing.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

I talked to one of my gun collector friends. He suggested I take a copy of my uncles death certificate with me just in case, but said if its locked and in the trunk away from the ammo that there shouldn't be an issue

 

[thør]

I've still got a few older shotguns, and none have a safety. The newest is an H&R single barrel 12 gauge, that was my grandfathers. He bought it around 1950, so it's not that old. With the hammer down (it does have a rebounding hammer, you really don't need a safety.
If the one you have has a half cock position, it would be pretty safe, since you have to pull the hammers back before firing.

Pretty-safe is not lawyer-safe. Otherwise, running about half-cocked would be a term of endearment.

Right, which has always seemed to me to be the equivalent of removing the magazine every time you want to do something other than shoot.

I was taught to never trust the safety on any weapon. Consequently, I don't have much use for one. Either we're ready to kill something, or we're not.

 

[SBroadB9]

Pretty-safe is not lawyer-safe. Otherwise, running about half-cocked would be a term of endearment.



I was taught to never trust the safety on any weapon. Consequently, I don't have much use for one. Either we're ready to kill something, or we're not.

Back when those guns were made, we weren't overcome with lawyers, and could make things that used common sense as safeties.

Those old guns don't necessarily have good sears, so I wouldn't depend on them too much. But, my Marlin 336, bought about 1969, only has a half cock safety. No problem at all trusting that. Of course, the newer ones have a cross bolt safety, too, to satisfy the lawyers, I guess. No need at all for it.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

Back when those guns were made, we weren't overcome with lawyers, and could make things that used common sense as safeties.

Those old guns don't necessarily have good sears, so I wouldn't depend on them too much. But, my Marlin 336, bought about 1969, only has a half cock safety. No problem at all trusting that. Of course, the newer ones have a cross bolt safety, too, to satisfy the lawyers, I guess. No need at all for it.

We call the barrels on the reproduction muskets lawyer barrels. They're probably 3 times as thick as the original barrels. Funny how an original in good shape still shoots fine.

 

[Peregrinator]

Pretty-safe is not lawyer-safe. Otherwise, running about half-cocked would be a term of endearment.



I was taught to never trust the safety on any weapon. Consequently, I don't have much use for one. Either we're ready to kill something, or we're not.

You're good at distilling this stuff to common sense level.

 

[thør]

You're good at distilling this stuff to common sense level.

There's very little of that in the courtroom except in the jury box.

 

[Peregrinator]

There's very little of that in the courtroom except in the jury box.

So true, and that's only if you're lucky with the jury.

 

[thør]

So true, and that's only if you're lucky with the jury.

It's a crapshoot.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

Took the k31 out today. Fuckers a tack driver. Recoil isn't even bad

 

[remy_lebeau8]

Artillery shoot

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/gambit814/20130727_144643_2_zps7adc9134.jpg

 

[Peregrinator]

Artillery shoot

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/gambit814/20130727_144643_2_zps7adc9134.jpg

Awesome.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

Notice how the muzzle points down. The gun bows to her target. We call her ol politeness. Im thedude who looks like he's pointing down. I was pulling the lanyard. We somehow missplaced our sights, so we used my pocket knife and duct tape to make a front post. Worked pretty well once we fifigured out the knife was about an inch shorter then our old post.

 

[Peregrinator]

http://www.thrillon.com/tag/ak-47-underwater-at-27-450-frames-per-second


Ak-47 underwater with a physics lesson.

 

[Peregrinator]

Notice how the muzzle points down. The gun bows to her target. We call her ol politeness. Im thedude who looks like he's pointing down. I was pulling the lanyard. We somehow missplaced our sights, so we used my pocket knife and duct tape to make a front post. Worked pretty well once we fifigured out the knife was about an inch shorter then our old post.

When you carry that big a stick, you can afford to be absolutely polite at all times.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

When you carry that big a stick, you can afford to be absolutely polite at all times.

This is true. Perg you may have been on that field before. Its one of the tank ranges at camp grayling. I know army units from all over the country train there.

 

[Peregrinator]

This is true. Perg you may have been on that field before. Its one of the tank ranges at camp grayling. I know army units from all over the country train there.

Nope, never did any training in Michigan. I was always on one end of the country or t'other, except for a two-week in Idaho one year.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

I think that k31 may be my favorite shooter now. Much better then my mosin. Now I need to builda vietnam era ar 15