He he :biggun: Just got it and cleaned the cosmoline off, but pics are before cleaning. 1930 Tula manufactured, all matching, 91/30 Mosin Nagant rifle
That is beautiful. How much? There's one going for $68 at the range up the street. Though it looks a little rougher than yours.
I got it from classicarms.us for $140, they always have the best stock. You need a C&R (FFL03) license though. ST19AG: I would get the $68 one cause that's a hell of a deal. Just make sure that the headspace is alright on it. Besides, you can always re-blue the metal and refinish the stock to make any mosin nagant look like new. Tranceholic: Just put an ATI stock on it and you have a "hunting" gun. You can get one here: http://www.gunaccessories.com/ati/SyntheticStocks/index.asp
Beautiful gun that is. Anyway, here is my last M4A1 modification before I leave the army. Note that all my personal modifications (grips, etc) are missing. Optic mounted is a Meprolight Mepro 21, it is parallax free which means wherever the dot is located is the impact location:
Nice! I think I am quickly becoming addicted to shooting paper...I went the the range the other weekend (2nd time with the rifle) and went through another 100 rounds on a Sunday with nothing to do and I brought my own neon splatter targets. Now I think I will find myself picking up ammo whenever I see them on sale again. Its a pretty rewarding feeling and a hobby that costs about as much as a night out at the bar...bullets or beer, bullets or beer...I've been using the same Remington .223 55g UMC. Flawless 100 rounds this time, no jams. The Magpul angled foregrip was as expected. It was very comfortable and natural while holding it. I just need to get some sort of recoil pad for the stock and I say its done for this rifle, comfort wise. At the range, one of the workers there was pretty happy to see a Saiga, I guess because they arent seen that often. I let him shoot a few rounds. There were alot of people looking at me this time because they had no idea what I was holding >_> Word spreads fast when you have a gun...I told a few people at work and have brought one of them with me to the range. Then someone on the floor finds out and they say they never thought I was a gun person and then tells others as if they are warning people about me. ;/ Fair enough, I could use a stress free work environment away from annoying people on the sales floor.
I'm soon going to get geared up for reserve duty. Reserve duty is where you really can use your personal gear and not be worried since if you are called in for real and not for training it is war and you want the best equipment on you. Fulmtl - Do you have a standard vertical foregrip, if so tell me how it compares to the AFG. I'm real curious since I've been hearing great things about the AFG and I am thinking of picking one up.
Awesome thread guys. Just put in a order for a OD SR9 sadly limited to 10 rounds cause of the crappy laws we have here. Will post some pics of it once i get it in about 3 weeks cant wait lol. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
I dont have one at the moment, but I can pick up one tomorrow or at the next gun show next month. The gun stores here doent really have anything good. I took off the little indent in the middle a few weeks ago. I took it off because the indent would hit the web of my fingers and annoy me. My thumbs are forward or above the arc of the rubber rail guards. If the guards werent there, this grip would really hurt on my setup. I let my buddy borrow my DSLR for the weekend, so here are are a few cell phone pics. Here is how I typically hold it. Here is how one of my buddy holds it, like a second trigger. Do note, there is a rubber guard on the bottom rail there to protect the index finger. Doesnt exactly feel right to me unless the front tip was more ergonomic. I let two other people hold it and they were surprised it was comfortable for something they have never seen before. According to Magpul, you want to place it further up if you have an AR-15, but I cant do it with the AK because its almost 2lbs heavier than an AR-15 and would wear me out. Here is the official trainer holding it. Randoms picture of it found on this thread http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?169909-Magpul-AFG Because of the way it is shaped, it works for AK's because the backend of it does not interfere with a longer magazine. If you want to use a vertical grip on an AK, you have to move it forward to where the magazine wont hit it when reloading.
Brute Force, I just go the heads up from a product reviewer on youtube that there will be an AFG-2. From what he describes, it will have a slimmer front end so it doesnt get in the way of other mounts directly around it on the rail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnfyCh1Or2o
Here's my 18 year old son at the gun range getting some practice time with the AR-15 last week. Also got to shoot some various hand guns and a Chinese made SKS assault rifle. It was super hot (94 degrees) that day so everyone is sweating it, lol.
Started him out with air rifles when he was six years old. Once I felt comfortable with his firearm safety and marksmanship I moved him to 22 caliber rifles when he was about 9. Started him skeet shooting with a 20 gauge shotgun when he was 12 and by the time he was 16 he was proficient with high power rifles, assault rifles and pistols (revolvers & semi-auto). I'm getting ready to teach him how to properly load, shoot and clean black power rifles, I've been holding off on the black powder weapons because they are by far the most dangerous and difficult to shoot.
^ Knight makes an inline muzzle loader that has an exceptional safety. I bought one when I was 13, haven't fired it in about half a decade now. The first safety stops you from pulling the trigger and the second safety is like a hood on the firing pin. You see the little red band on the cocked hammer? well you screw the little hood over the red band and it won't be able to hit the percussion cap. It's silent so you can keep it on without being afraid of the click when you're ready to fire at a deer. The other safety is the lever with the little red dot beside it.
I have an in-line similar to the one you have, it's a cheap Traditions model - not nearly as nice as the Knight. It's a 54 cal. - not the 50 cal. most people shoot. I don't use the pre-loaded powder charges so I'm very careful about measuring out the proper charge. My son's a smart guy but I'm always concerned that he would load to much powder and cause serious damage to the rifle and possibly the his face and hands, I've seen it happen.
Just a quick shooters tip, tell your son to rest the magazine on the arm; the more points of contact the more accurate his shots will be. Also on his supporting hand, tell him to put his index finger straight out in the direction of firing; trust me it will help a lot on reflex shots.
Real nice rifle you put together there Fulmtl. Now that I am out of the army I am in the market for a good pistol, thinking of a Glock 17.