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Sprig of Acacia said:
Anyone with experience with a Ruger M77 mk 1 care to share their thoughts on it?
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My mom's deer gun for 20 something years was a M77. She never had any problems, but she was shooting maybe 2 boxes of ammo a year. Dad ordered her a rifle from the Remington custom shop and a Swarovski scope for an anniversary present. The M77 became my sister's rifle and hasn't seen much use since.
 
The M77 is a great rifle. You can't go wrong with a Mauser-style action. It's a classic and one of the most copied bolt action designs in the world for a reason. And one of the nice things about the M77 is that you can get them in stainless for hunting in all weather conditions without worrying about rust or ruining the finish.
 
Ian strongly criticizes the XM7 rifle in today's video and even replied to my snark comment from the YT shitpost account

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I may be misremembering but I don't remember any negativity at all. The 3d-printed suppressor was especially-hyped IIRC.

Today's vid cued to the XM7 beat-down:


Now it's "a low capacity, overpowered, fragile rifle that can't be effectively manufactured yet." Poor Sig.
 
The Dude said:
The M77 is a great rifle. You can't go wrong with a Mauser-style action. It's a classic and one of the most copied bolt action designs in the world for a reason. And one of the nice things about the M77 is that you can get them in stainless for hunting in all weather conditions without worrying about rust or ruining the finish.
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I agree with everything about your post except the part about worrying about the finish. With a blued fun you don't have to worry about it in the rain or the snow at all. All you need do is wipe it down with a oil cloth when you get back home. it would take days for even minor pits to start on the metal, before that rust will just wipe away.

My Ruger blackhawk .45 single action has been on my hip for hundreds and hundreds of miles of rough country travel, and rust has never been an issue.

Point is: Don't be afraid of using a pretty gun.
 
Can anyone recommend an inexpensive bore scope?
It won't get used often so spending a gob of money would not be ideal.
I'll say $100 or less.
 
DocAwe said:
Can anyone recommend an inexpensive bore scope?
It won't get used often so spending a gob of money would not be ideal.
I'll say $100 or less.
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Teslong USBC, pistol or rifle. Both are cheap, I use their pistol version and its worked fine. The USB to USBC adapter they send is kinda of trash but no other complaints from me
 
Been on a big revolver kick lately for some reason. Wishing there was more info widely available on what specific S&W model Gary Plauche used. I'd love to get a leather OWB holster for it and exterminate vermin on my property in a similar fashion to how he exterminated vermin in his community. I've seen some people say it was a model 10 and others saying it was a model 14.
 
74164978231 said:
What buffer weights are you boys using in your AR9s with super safeties?
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Springco blue spring with H3. I’m running a CMMG radial delayed bolt carrier group with a Broad River Tactical integrally suppressed barrel and Silencerco Omega 9K.

If you are running a direct blowback gun, you probably need a lot heavier buffer. You can run an A5 length buffer in a normal carbine receiver extension with a lot of direct blowback guns as long as you are not also running a spacer at the back of the buffer tube or run a purpose built 9mm blowback buffer like these:


I would recommend getting a few Sprinco buffer springs of different strengths, they are great for tuning as well, you don’t want to do it with just weight alone.
 
74164978231 said:
Double suppressors? How quiet is that?

And this is on a PSA hr 635 with a run R9. Stock it jams once or twice per mag.
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It’s not double suppressed. The Broad River barrel is externally threaded and then ported near the chamber and dimensioned to accept MP5 SD pattern suppressors. They also sell adapters to use other suppressors. It’s pretty quiet.

I’m guessing your PSA comes with too light of a buffer like most direct blowback AR9s. I would recommend replacing the spring with a Sprinco Blue and running at least 8oz buffer. I used to have a direct blowback gun, and I was running somewhere between 10 and 12 oz with the one from Heavy Buffers. I bought the heaviest one and swapped weights.
 
Is a double-barrel 10-gauge any superior to a 12-gauge pump as a rock-bottom-simple "the wolf is at the door" weapon for the minimally trained?

An old timer is swearing so but I'm trying to give advice to a bunch of 'normie' people prepping for the EBT shutdown because I know a little and they know nothing.
 
WASR96 said:
Not much to add as these guys put it perfectly, but I'll also double down on the fact you should try beforebyou buy if you can. Compact and subcompact handguns can be very snappy which makes a lot of new shooters never take their new purchase to the range. Glock 19, M&P 2.0, VP9, Walther PDP are all pretty popular first handgun purchases.
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i go to a public range on public land when i shoot and there's been at least 3 times where a guy has a new glock 19/sig 365 or some other subcompact tiny gun theyre excited about. theyre not hitting the paper at 25 yards. im hitting the paper. so they give it to me assuming the gun isn't zeroed or something and i proceed to hit the paper.

Cpt. Stud Beefpile said:
Is a double-barrel 10-gauge any superior to a 12-gauge pump as a rock-bottom-simple "the wolf is at the door" weapon for the minimally trained?

An old timer is swearing so but I'm trying to give advice to a bunch of 'normie' people prepping for the EBT shutdown because I know a little and they know nothing.
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there is something to be said about the simplicity of a gun's manual of arms and how effective it can be used in the hands of a novice, it's why revolvers are still good choices for firearms. but baby boomers have a fucked up idea of how dumb the average person is and have no awareness of what the average person is exposed to via media despite watching it all the time. they probably imagine their grandma going "i dont know how to use this!!! what am i supposed to doooooo???" when holding their grandpa's porch shotgun, but im pretty fucking sure any 14 year old girl who's ever seen The Walking Dead understands the basic principle of a pump action shotgun enough to make it a better choice than a gun that only hold 2 rounds
 
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big pauper said:
there is something to be said about the simplicity of a gun's manual of arms and how effective it can be used in the hands of a novice, it's why revolvers are still good choices for firearms. but baby boomers have a fucked up idea of how dumb the average person is and have no awareness of what the average person is exposed to via media despite watching it all the time. they probably imagine their grandma going "i dont know how to use this!!! what am i supposed to doooooo???" when holding their grandpa's porch shotgun, but im pretty fucking sure any 14 year old girl who's ever seen The Walking Dead understands the basic principle of a pump action shotgun enough to make it a better choice than a gun that only hold 2 rounds
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The oldtimers argument was that a "house howitzer" gives a nervous novice 2x the chance of hitting in a panic situation where the first shot may well determine if you live long enough to reload in the first place and that anyone under 30 is largely incapable of using anything more complicated than a can opener without at least watching a Youtube video.

He's not entirely wrong in either statement but it just seems a bit too cut-and-dried.
 
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