Mega Rad Gun Thread

[Cats]

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[WelperHelper99]

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22 LR cleared that course better than any fancy gucchi glock could. Admittedly on full auto but still lol. The reigning champ since 1887 baby! Killer of squirrels and the occasional bear!

 

[Cats]

I really have a soft spot for .22lr

No seriously, I got hit with one point blank as a kid and I still have the soft spot it left behind

jokes aside I really do like seeing "weaponized" 22lr platforms, like this and that full auto "angry bee swarm" rifle Ian did a video on that was used in a police car chase to pepper a suspect with 30+ rounds and send him back where he come from

 

[WelperHelper99]

I really have a soft spot for .22lr

No seriously, I got hit with one point blank as a kid and I still have the soft spot it left behind

jokes aside I really do like seeing "weaponized" 22lr platforms, like this and that full auto "angry bee swarm" rifle Ian did a video on that was used in a police car chase to pepper a suspect with 30+ rounds and send him back where he come from

Ouch I hope that was a joke lol. But to the point, .22LR can still do damage, and the times it has been weaponized has been surprisingly effective. You can get away with a ridiculous ROF due to how small it is, basically has no recoil, and it's max range is surprisingly far, at 1 mile. It's a amazing little round.

 

[Cats]

It was I was just funnin about the power level. It really can be an effective round I know. One of my top 5 favorite calibers for more reasons than all the other 4 tbh

 

[Meat Target]

I feel that. Even with Guns and Ammo with my Franchi Momentum .300 Winchester Magnum, when it first came out, I had to order it in. Now I'm glad I did, but when reviewers get something that isn't fully mainstream, like a new glock, expect to search and possibly order. That includes all reviewers, magazines included.

On a side tangent, 300 Winchester Magnum, while a lot of power, is expensive and a lot of gun. Don't be like me, start out in the bolt action scene with something like 308 or if you want something spicier but still common, 30-06, so you can raid your local Wal-Mart for all its worth. If you do decide to start out with a Magnum, learn how to shoulder properly or you will feel like a slab of meat in the Rocky movies. As a question, do you or does anyone here own a bolt action?

The first .300 Win Mag I saw in the flesh was a Ruger Precision at the store.

I can't think of anything you'd use this big girl on, besides crackheads in power armor.

I really have a soft spot for .22lr

No seriously, I got hit with one point blank as a kid and I still have the soft spot it left behind

jokes aside I really do like seeing "weaponized" 22lr platforms, like this and that full auto "angry bee swarm" rifle Ian did a video on that was used in a police car chase to pepper a suspect with 30+ rounds and send him back where he come from

Luv me Ruger Wrangler. Fun little range toy to warm up with on range day.

Though I don't like .22LR in auto-loaders. I think it's too prone to jamming, since it's a rimmed cartridge. I used to have a Ruger Mark IV, but traded it in for a Wrangler for that very reason.

Your mileage may vary.

 

[WelperHelper99]

The first .300 Win Mag I saw in the flesh was a Ruger Precision at the store.
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I can't think of anything you'd use this big girl on, besides crackheads in power armor.

Luv me Ruger Wrangler. Fun little range toy to warm up with on range day.

Though I don't like .22LR in auto-loaders. I think it's too prone to jamming, since it's a rimmed cartridge. I used to have a Ruger Mark IV, but traded it in for a Wrangler for that very reason.

Your mileage may vary.

The Wrangler was a genius move. Make a cheap yet durable single action 22 revolver in a bunch of colors, profit. As for 300 win mag, yeah it could kill a super mutant, though really it's meant for range and killing heavy game like elk and bear.

 

[Meat Target]

The Wrangler was a genius move. Make a cheap yet durable single action 22 revolver in a bunch of colors, profit.

It's a Heritage Roughrider, but better.

If any of you get one, I would say keep it in a sock or a holster when storing it in your safe. Mine is black, and the finish got all scuffed up from my other pistols.

 

[WelperHelper99]

That's sounds like a youtube thing, as offline and online pre-Youtube, it have been a live and let live amongst most pistol and rifle caliber affinindoes(sp?). Although the 10mm does haves the distinction of being placed along side revolver calibers for handgun hunting and outdoor protection. As it have been rated by SAAMI for up to white tail deer albeit within the handgun range. 10mm for outdoor protection is/was manly for people who didn't want a revolver but something with more substantial than either the 9mm or .45 ACP for hogs onwards to bears.

I fully agree. It doesn't replace the sheer power of 44, or better yet, 500 S&W. It does work alongside it, as you said, giving a more rapid fire yet weaker option compared to its revolver counterparts.

 

[Cats]

The first .300 Win Mag I saw in the flesh was a Ruger Precision at the store.
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I can't think of anything you'd use this big girl on, besides crackheads in power armor.

Luv me Ruger Wrangler. Fun little range toy to warm up with on range day.

Though I don't like .22LR in auto-loaders. I think it's too prone to jamming, since it's a rimmed cartridge. I used to have a Ruger Mark IV, but traded it in for a Wrangler for that very reason.

Your mileage may vary.

I actually learned to shoot on a wood stock .22LR Remington Model 12C with the octagonal barrel and a peep sight installed that my grandpa owned, then graduated to 12ga and been an absolute shotgun fanatic ever since. I love those big bore rifles, too. My fav calibers include some silly rounds but I just like them. any 12ga loads are number 1 of course (I will shoot stuff with a shotgun all day dont care whats leading the wad), followed by any of the big bore safari calibers which I have only ever fired on one occasion in my life but absolutely adore the things i think they are so freaking cool, more practical stuff like .410 and 45 Long Colt rounded out by the .22 family. Never shot .22 win mag tho been meaning to.

.22 is nice because there are just so many applications. Little silenced .22 pistols are fun to plink with and you get to feel like some sort of assassin lol. That's another thing I only ever got to use once. don't have much access to exotic stuff or cool shit like transferrable machine guns or suppressors whenever I want.

If I could only own one gun for the rest of my life I really would just take a shotgun, probably my first ever pump action (Winchester 1200 Defender) just because I have run it so much and it was my first, or just a nice simple traditional double barrel coach gun. At the end of the day fun factor trumps practicality for me and it always will. Not too worried about home defense because of where I live but having a shotgun always just made me feel safe.

 

[HumptiDouji]

That being said, it has absolutely replaced .44 Mag as the back county gun of choice.

.44 Magnum is irreplaceable, punk!

I fully agree. It doesn't replace the sheer power of 44, or better yet, 500 S&W. It does work alongside it, as you said, giving a more rapid fire yet weaker option compared to its revolver counterparts.

There's people who go around claiming 10mm Auto is Just As Good as .44 Magnum, which really molests my monkeys. Hotrodded loads of 10mm Auto get up to .41 Magnum levels, which is quite respectable for automatics which aren't saddled with a grip like a 2x4, but .44 Magnum is another level still, not to talk about the yet bigger ones.

 

[56 others]

Boomer lore is pretty funny.

Guys would come in tell me how .50cal will kill you just by going past your head, or how the last bullet they would ever want to be sahot with is 22lr, since it will bounce around your body to turn it to mush. Also. 5.45x39 and soviet altillery shells were designed so the russians could use NATO ammo during WWIII, but we couldnt use theirs. Also the AR-15 is a scary black gun that nobody needs to own (the M14 mini is beloved tho), and glocks are plastic tupperware guns (as he's buying a plastic frame Taurus).

I would try to explain to boomers why they were wrong because I was a know-it-all shithead, and some would get unbelievably angry. Boomers love to tell you all they know, and they want you to stand there and listen unthinkingly to it. God help you if 2 boomers met at the counter and began discussing boomer lore, you would hear some of the stupidest gun "facts" of your life.

 

[White Devil]

Boomer lore is pretty funny.

Guys would come in tell me how .50cal will kill you just by going past your head, or how the last bullet they would ever want to be sahot with is 22lr, since it will bounce around your body to turn it to mush. Also. 5.45x39 and soviet altillery shells were designed so the russians could use NATO ammo during WWIII, but we couldnt use theirs. Also the AR-15 is a scary black gun that nobody needs to own (the M14 mini is beloved tho), and glocks are plastic tupperware guns (as he's buying a plastic frame Taurus).

I would try to explain to boomers why they were wrong because I was a know-it-all shithead, and some would get unbelievably angry. Boomers love to tell you all they know, and they want you to stand there and listen unthinkingly to it. God help you if 2 boomers met at the counter and began discussing boomer lore, you would hear some of the stupidest gun "facts" of your life.

Posts like this is why I wish we had a laugh react. Fuddlore is always the best. You brought up 5.45x39, I love how those retards call it "the poison bullet" as if it has some mystic qualities to it, like some Soviet fucking wizard blessing the ammo factory with +5 to poison damage, as opposed to the Afghans having no first aid or medical knowledge to speak of. You bring up how infection works in that part of the world, especially in THAT conflict, and the fudds heads explode and just try to tell you how wrong you are and bring up stupid shit like wound channels that have no bearing whatsoever on some sand nigger with sub medieval knowledge of medicine getting an infection from an open wound.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

.44 Magnum is irreplaceable, punk!
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.44 AMP could've been a contender with Callahan's endorsement by itself; if only more stuff had been chambered for it, even if was limited to carbines/rifles

.454 Casull could've been more of a thing too; but I never saw it used by anyone other than Taurus, Ruger & a few bespoke wheel-gunsmiths.

There's people who go around claiming 10mm Auto is Just As Good as .44 Magnum, which really molests my monkeys. Hotrodded loads of 10mm Auto get up to .41 Magnum levels, which is quite respectable for automatics which aren't saddled with a grip like a 2x4, but .44 Magnum is another level still, not to talk about the yet bigger ones.

I remember when 10mm auto became a big deal in my social circles; nobody had heard about it, until a few articles about it being IRL for self-defense showed up in two of the big hunting/handgun magazines; one of them being the free NRA rag everyone got.

IIRC it was the guy in Texas charged with murder, after he had to shoot someone with a serious case of trail-rage; the prosecutors tried nailing him based on his choice of cartridge, the 10mm. (I can't remember his name now for the life of me, but it was a pretty big deal back then).

But in any case.... far from being scared by the prosecutorial overreach and 2A doomer autism, suddenly all of my friends wanted a 10mm auto. Neither they nor their favorite publications would shut up about it; I heard all of the same shit about it back then as I hear now.

It's almost like a few guntubers & writers stumbled across those articles praising the 10mm's name & lethality, thought they'd struck gold with something great yet forgotten, and then regurgitation commenced about how the the 10 autos's time had finally come.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

.44 AMP could've been a contender with Callahan's endorsement by itself; if only more stuff had been chambered for it, even if was limited to carbines/rifles

.454 Casull could've been more of a thing too; but I never saw it used by anyone other than Taurus, Ruger & a few bespoke wheel-gunsmiths.

I remember when 10mm auto became a big deal in my social circles; nobody had heard about it, until a few articles about it being IRL for self-defense showed up in two of the big hunting/handgun magazines; one of them being the free NRA rag everyone got.

IIRC it was the guy in Texas charged with murder, after he had to shoot someone with a serious case of trail-rage; the prosecutors tried nailing him based on his choice of cartridge, the 10mm. (I can't remember his name now for the life of me, but it was a pretty big deal back then).

But in any case.... far from being scared by the prosecutorial overreach and 2A doomer autism, suddenly all of my friends wanted a 10mm auto. Neither they nor their favorite publications would shut up about it; I heard all of the same shit about it back then as I hear now.

It's almost like a few guntubers & writers stumbled across those articles praising the 10mm, thought they'd struck gold with something great yet forgotten, and regurgitation commenced about how the the 10 autos's time had finally come.

I remember when 10 mememeter was the hot shit on /k/, it's popular around here since we have bear wolves and moose and a lot of guys like that a G20 is lighter than most big bore revolvers.

 

[BONE_Buddy]

One of the big reasons why I like 10mm is that is is the most powerful "popular" handgun cartridge that is available in a handgun that is even vaguely concealable. If I could CC a .44 Mag Revolver, or a S&W 500 I would. However, due to the fact that most anything more powerful than 10mm is relegated to massive big bore revolvers, even shoulder holsters under a suit jacket can't conceal them (and I have tried).

I like having my CC gun also be my wildlife protection handgun. If I am going to be in an area where grizzly bear encounters are likely I am bringing my AR-10. The worst I really have to deal with is the occasional sounder when I am hiking around home, and road-rage/pavement ape incidents when traveling. Good 10mm loads handle those tasks just fine.

 

[TerminalTryHard]

Love boomer lore around 22lr, while the bounce of death is great I'll never forget when some boomer told me a story about a guy who got shot with a 22lr and ran away only to die a few days later cause the bullet got into an artery and slowly made it up to his heart and killed him.

 

[Troon_Patrol]

I own a 10mm, only becuase fitting a 10mm barrel to a .40 2011 was easy as pie. I shoot .40 at the range and I swap the barrel and spring (only $175) if I want 10mm.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

One of the big reasons why I like 10mm is that is is the most powerful "popular" handgun cartridge that is available in a handgun that is even vaguely concealable. If I could CC a .44 Mag Revolver, or a S&W 500 I would. However, due to the fact that most anything more powerful than 10mm is relegated to massive big bore revolvers, even shoulder holsters under a suit jacket can't conceal them (and I have tried).

I like having my CC gun also be my wildlife protection handgun. If I am going to be in an area where grizzly bear encounters are likely I am bringing my AR-10. The worst I really have to deal with is the occasional sounder when I am hiking around home, and road-rage/pavement ape incidents when traveling. Good 10mm loads handle those tasks just fine.

Try an Alaska holster with a jacket or vest, that may work better. MAY.

 

[MrJokerRager]

IIRC Eugene Stoner's kids came out saying that Eugene believed the AR-15 should never be in civilian hands and is a weapon of war.

Did John Browning's kids ever do something like that or any other gun inventor?