Gun Purchasing Advice

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  1. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    Shot the little Sig this weekend. Shoots well and is very accurate.

    My buddy brought his new Smith & Wesson 629 compensated .44 Magnum. We were shooting the super hot Remington 180 grain rounds (I call this an "authentic" .44 Magnum load) and I had some flinching issues shooting them after a few mags of almost recoil-less .380. :shock:
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    Do you think this ammo is corrosive?

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    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    Gunboards seems to think it is.

    As long as you clean it well after you shoot it, it should be fine. :shrug:
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  4. Captain X

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    Looking through Gunbroker just to get a feel for prices... Sporters make me cry. :'(
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    My dad's got an IBM M1 carbine...that some tool sporterized somewhere along the way. :garamet:

    He bought it on a hunting trip in the late 70s/early 80s and didn't care that the stock wasn't original or that it had some sort of aftermarket adjustable rear sight added. When I showed him the maker's stamp on the receiver and told him that he had something that could've been valuable, but no longer was, then he did care. :facepalm:

    I've since replaced the stock with a GI one, but fixing the rear site might not be possible. It's been a while since I looked at it, but ISTR they did some milling to the part of the receiver where it's mounted. :mad:
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    Went to the gun show today hoping to find ammo and a gun case for my Mosin-Nagant. Didn't get ammo I wanted or the gun case, and ended up picking up a Turkish Mauser. :doh:

    To be fair it only set me back $250...
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    The Mosin I have was given to me by a coworker in the early 90s. :storm:
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    Man Afraid of his Shoes كافر

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    The occasional sporter can be a masterpiece though...even with the Lyman peep sight.

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    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    Jesus. That is light years away from the hacked down Chilean Mauser I inherited from my FiL.
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  10. Captain X

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    Honestly the only reason that sportered Krag doesn't make me cry is because I have no interest in owning one. :shrug: I guess something positive is that is reminiscent of what was done with custom hunting rifles back in the black powder days. Which also isn't something that really appeals to me, so :shrug:
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  11. Man Afraid of his Shoes

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    No black powder. That there Krag uses new fangled smokeless powder.
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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    I only recently learned that the .30-30 was always a smokeless powder round, despite the black powder "caliber-grains of powder" nomenclature.
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    Right, I'm just comparing what was done to this Krag is like what I've seen on old custom hunting rifles from the black powder days.
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    Time for a new shower picture.

    With a cupcake this time.
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