Mega Rad Gun Thread

Janki's Mom said:
That's damn disappointing. I was a huge Colt fan for many years, but I'm glad a got a Dan Wesson for my 1911 instead of one of the newer Colt offerings. And believe me, it hurt not to get a Colt.
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I don't have a problem with current colt FYI. My new Python is perfect. but Colt really suffered in the 1990s and during the height of the GWOT. making rifles for the military and foreign military sales diverted attention away from their civilian offerings and the quality really suffered. They have since stepped up their game since CZ bought them.
 
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WhoBusTank69 said:
The irony is that Colt has had comparatively less returns for service than Smith and Ruger still do ever since. Not that they're bad, but Colt is doing damn well.
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In my experience S&W is more likely to have serious issues that effect the operation of the gun while Ruger's issues are mostly cosmetic and sending guns out with out sights (LMAO)

Rugers Cust. Service is top tier though. they fix things really fast and will even send you parts no questions asked. The cylinder on my Wrangler was fucked up and they just sent me a new one in the mail overnight. they've also send me various screw's I've lost to the dust bunnies and even fixed a gun i broke due to my retardation no questions asked.

Henry's got good service too. My .45-70's mag tube was loose and would walk out under recoil and they outright replaced everything on my rifle except the receiver and buttstock. rifle went in with a round barrel with a barrel band retaining the mage tube and came back with a full octagon barrel with a dove-tailed mag tube.
 
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Romulus augustulus said:
My dream is to own a custom falling block rifle from Ralph Martini, Rigby or Westley-Richards. that my excuse to post some gun porn.
John Rigby & company Farquharson action falling block:
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Prices start from 60,000 British Pounds

Westley-Richards. Also a Farquharson action
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Prices from ~80,000 British pounds. I have to hand it to W-R's photographer. they take the best glamor shots in the trade i think.

Ralph Martini of Canada. Hagn Action falling block
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Prices from 23,000 USD. the best value of the three IMO.

I'd spec it out thusly:
.338 Winchester Magnum, for all north American game.
Best grade wood of course.
Full coverage engraving on the action, accenting engraving around the barrel shank.
Iron sights W/ Express sight for 50 yards and folding leaf sights for 100, 200 and 300 yards.
quick detachable scope mounts W/ Color case Hardened rings that are fully engraved.
Barrel band front sling swivel, inlet rear swivel.

It's a lot of money, but no more than a Hot-rod addict or Instrument enjoyed might spend on their hobby. My Grand-dad spend 6,000 on a single banjo, not to mention the money invested in his in-home recording studio. this is all way in the future of-course.
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Those are gorgeous rifles. Always loved falling block rifles. I'd be perfectly happy with a Ruger No.1. I'm a fan of Kentucky Ballistics and its always fun to see him get out his Christian Firearms 4 Bore falling block rifle.
 
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The Dude said:
4 Bore
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Funny you should mention that. I have some pictures of a Watson Brothers 4 bore SxS goose gun. it's still legal to take birds with the 4 and 8 bores in the UK unlike here in the US. don't let the pictures fool you: This is a little bit over a 1 inch bore.
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Romulus augustulus said:
Funny you should mention that. I have some pictures of a Watson Brothers 4 bore SxS goose gun. it's still legal to take birds with the 4 and 8 bores in the UK unlike here in the US. don't let the pictures fool you: This is a little bit over a 1 inch bore.
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UK is strange, even though on average it's a shithole for gun rights, some more traditional long guns like break / bolt actions are relatively easy to purchase.

Battlefield42 said:
Why is this pic so fucking big?
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PSA for @Among Us Gaming: https://kiwifarms.st/threads/we-hav...t-being-able-to-figure-out-thumbnails.113862/

Yours Truly 2095 said:
Maybe find a diagram of the parts.
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Speaking of, I'm still wondering what the issue is with @Romulus augustulus's EC9s.. it's a good thing that Ruger manuals are easily available online and have exploded view diagrams. I had completely forgotten that the striker model isn't the typical Glock style design with a trigger bar interacting with a connector; instead, it has a trigger bar very similar to the hammer model, and a sear assembly to engage the striker. My money is still on the jamming issue being caused by the slide release, but I can't discount the possibility that the uncommon striker assembly might also play a role.

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AncientPhosphur said:
Why is polymer 80 selling switches?
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My guess is it's either like some stores that sell full auto AR trigger packs where they're expecting you to be using it legally as either a manufacturer or as someone fixing an already stamped receiver. I've heard most of those places generally hold your package until you can confirm one or the other so they not selling that stuff to Dayshawn in Chiraq.

But knowing that they got raided by ATF two years ago makes me think this is either them being really stupid or it's a Honeypot as part of whatever deal they had to make.
 
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AncientPhosphur said:
Why is polymer 80 selling switches?

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Considering that the company has been defunct for nearly a year, you're looking at a scam website. Once they have your money, they'll come up with excuses to make you pay more (permits, tariffs, etc.), and never deliver.

This one Ruger scam site offered a discount for purchases made in crypto, as there's no chance you'll ever claw that money back, compared to the snowball's chance in hell you might have with credit card companies.

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sodomy lifestyle said:
Considering that the company has been defunct for nearly a year, you're looking at a scam website. Once they have your money, they'll come up with excuses to make you pay more (permits, tariffs, etc.), and never deliver.

This one Ruger scam site offered a discount for purchases made in crypto, as there's no chance you'll ever claw that money back, compared to the snowball's chance in hell you might have with credit card companies.

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I used to be in a firearms group chat and the amount of people that would join in to post about being scammed by these websites was highet than you would think. what would be crazy is when someone would join in and ask if it was real and everyone would tell them no and to get super indignant about it because it was such a good price and it go and buy anyway

Hey guys, if it takes crypto or any of the shit like zelle it's a fucking scam and also if it takes PayPal to buy a gun or ammo it's a fucking scam
 
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sodomy lifestyle said:
UK is strange, even though on average it's a shithole for gun rights, some more traditional long guns like break / bolt actions are relatively easy to purchase.
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The market there on traditional used guns is very soft aswell. guns that would go for 1,000 here are 300-500 there. I've considered eating the import costs on some guns. only adds about 500USD, even less if its pre-1898.
 
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