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my first gun was an 870 express I got in about 2009. It's run great and never given me one issue, I love it. I dont know how much it was but it was really inexpensive.
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Don't forget about the semi auto Stoeger and Franchi. Both of them use the same inertia system as the Benellis, all owned by the same company. A lot of parts are interchangeable. I love my Stoeger M3020, 5lbs and change, great woods gun, reliable, and cheap. Can get the 12ga or 20ga for under $600 everyday of the week. Franchi's are slightly more.
They are reliable, had my first malfunction the other day on a light primer strike after 500 plus rounds and never cleaning it minus the bore, I installed a lighter trigger spring in it which would cause it. Had a M3K as well, didn't shoot it much and decided to trade it for the 20ga as it was very front heavy. Slugs and field loads cycle through it no issues and recoil is nothing, love the little thing. My only complaint is the reciever isn't drilled and tapped for a red dot or peep sights.
I never shot a Benelli M2, but I doubt if I would be able to tell the difference in a blind test. I did finger a Benelli Montefeltro Ultra Light that a family member had, and it felt the same as the Stoeger in the hands. Actually thinking about it, I should ask them to shoot it to compare.
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As I mentioned I was going to hit Sarco today for Valentine's day because Mrs bassomatic loves me.
Brought home a proper JFK 360 no scoper. Made by Beretta. Got the gun in pretty good shape strong rifling definitely needs a cleaning, 2 clips and 20 rounds plus tax and transfer for 310 i think i did well.
Brought home a proper JFK 360 no scoper. Made by Beretta. Got the gun in pretty good shape strong rifling definitely needs a cleaning, 2 clips and 20 rounds plus tax and transfer for 310 i think i did well.
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Collectible curiosity. It's neat that they work at all (I'd love to have one), but proper repeating shotguns at a low cost have been a thing since before all of us were born. It would make little sense to produce something like that as a product today when there's so many inexpensive pump shotguns around (some which are really good), because you would be unlikely to be able to compete in either price or quality.
Now, if you're the tinkering kind and wanted to build your very own Alofs for some old break barrel shotgun, just for fun, that would be a very cool project.
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It's not as fun as you think it is.
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Mine is blued. It's actually not that bad if you keep it dry most of the time, but it does damage easily. So I feel ya.
Possibly if budget allows, but personally I'm looking at the simple blued wood stocked model with irons. Reminds me of that peashooter you first get in New Vegas
I've seen that, it comes with the extended tube, infact requires it. Both would be fun. Short one for combat, long one for hunting
I've seen those, they look sick
Romulus augustulus
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its not that bad. My Blued Blackhawk rarely gets cleaned and still has 100% blueing after years of carry. the only blemishes are the cylinder turn line and some small specs of spray paint on the back strap. if anything stainless/nickle will more easily blemish than blueing will.
But one complaint about a blue gun i do have is that a lot of the new blueing jobs are shit in the last ~20 years. most companies are not taking the time to put a good polish on beforehand.
If blueing was as fragile as people think it is it would have never caught on in the first place. before blueing/browning rifles/shotguns and muskets were kept unfinished in the white. that's why in old manuals, songs and stories you'll here about soldiers "keeping their muskets brite".
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Mine just got a bit beat up because it was used and before I had a proper holster. Other than that though, it's fairly good.
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TRUE although bluing, once gone, exposes that Carbon steel to the elements and therefore rust.
That said if the revolver I want magically pops up on stock in blued, I'd get it instantly.
The Marlin .357 lever gun is blued only at the moment (and probably forever) so it'll be blued.
Rich Evans Simp
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Good to know! Maybe I’ll just go shoot some guns. For a family with a lot of regular blue collar dudes, we have surprisingly no hunters or people with an interest in firearms. It’s not something I grew up with. I’ve literally never seen a weapon that wasn’t attached to a cop on duty.
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they're made in tiny batches because the Ruger production supervisor for the Blackhawk/Redhawk/Charger lines has autism to the nth degree and refuses to increase production if they aren't passing his insane QA requirements to hit less that 1% rejection. tell me the last time any of those three have had pervasive issues since 2002 when Wyndell took it over...
iirc before rust bluing / browning of rifles, they were meant to be burnished with leather and ashes to provide a protective layer to keep rust off. it was never intended they be polished or unprotected in the white permanently - they also issued barrel plugs as well. browning and polish was used later on as technology improved along with brass wool and linseed oil for burnishing, then salt bluing much later.
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Fried-Rice12
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That is a curious wildcat. The only Mauser round I know of beyond the 8mm Mauser is the 7m Spanish Mauser.
Is this batch for hunting or target shooting?
If Canada is still whole this time next year, I might do a steampunk cosplay with my friend's Alofs single shot.
You can get the same effect with firecrackers, just without the shrapnel.
Roman candles are much more fun.
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I present, for the Kiwi Kinetics Klub, the finalized revolver. Put the grips G had ordered back on. The barrel who's sight I was going to replace was shaved too far into the shoulder to line up, so I found another. funny enough, only about 10,000 off from the serial of the frame. Also came with the new cylinder and side plate. All factory chromed like the frame he had sent off for. (A little shinier because I think it was nickel specifically, not renickled like the frame was but it'll wear down to match.) Parts lot also came with a shitton of unused condition internals. So this thing, after some filing and hand fitting, is running like it never has before. Locking up perfect. Used to be, if you pulled the hammer back quick, it would lock up. Slow, and you'd have to move it just a bit to get the click. Locks up regardless of anything now. Perfect cylinder gap. Unused rifling. Took my boy out over the weekend for his first time shooting, he got to shoot the Heritage and the Mossberg .22, Dad got to shoot my wheelgun. Holy fucking shit. Now that it has been rotated out as a carry since I got the Cherokee, I tried to restore it as best as I could with no compromises for carry consideration. It's done. I can stop fucking with it and just enjoy shooting now. By the way, if anyone has a hook on good lead-only for cheap, hit a brother up. No +P, too pretty now to blow up.
Let me know if any of you are restoring or working on a pre model 10, can send some of the parts I pulled out along.
Let me know if any of you are restoring or working on a pre model 10, can send some of the parts I pulled out along.
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Ugh that would explain it. Well, just gotta wait then. Thankfully it is nice knowing EXACTLY what you want, and the Flattop model is more true to the original Colt SAA.
Speaking of factory QC, allegedly the new S&W revolver line on Tennessee won't be releasing any of the first production batch to consumers to make sure they won't be pumping out trash.... Let's hope and pray the new workers get up to speed fast.
Also, allegedly, the line in Massachusetts was run for a longer than usual amount of time before closure so they have a small stockpile of the last Made in Massachusetts revolvers until Tennessee is ready for prime time.
Romulus augustulus
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its not a wildcat. the 9.3x57 was introduced by Mauser around 1899 or 1900 (sources conflicting on this) and was meant for large game and wild boar hunting. was fairly popular and there are lots of rifles still out there chambered for it. it was quickly put aside in favor of the 9.3x62mm which was more powerful and suitable for north American and European large game and African plains game. the .375 H&H magnum was developed in response to the 9.3x62 because the English did not want the African hunting gun market stolen by mauser (and the english didn't like metric naming conventions. ex: 7mm Mauser was called .275 Rigby in the UK).
9.3x57 still has a small following in Sweden for moose hunting and Norma offers ammunition (as far as i can tell Norma is the only one left to make new ammo for this cartridge). the ammunition has not been commercially available in the USA since 1970 on a regular basis.
but, since you can't get the ammo easily the guns tend to be cheap (for what they are). brass is easily formed and .366 bullets are readily available due to the popularity of the 9.3x62 so as far as old out of production cartridges this one is pretty easy to deal with. IF you just want a bigger bore hunting gun though go for the 9.3x62, 35 whelan, .375 H&H mag etc.
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"There will be a price you will pay for the ability to 3D print weapons", they told me.
"Good fucking luck", I replied.
Years later, I hear a soft "Hold my beer and watch this", coming from the general direction of New Hampshire:
"Good fucking luck", I replied.
Years later, I hear a soft "Hold my beer and watch this", coming from the general direction of New Hampshire:
MrJokerRager
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They really are going to go as low as possible.
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Coincidentally, I had a tragic boat accident using AI.
A rowboat full of guns sinking. The boat is half underwater. A man is swimming away from the boat.
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it is a very fun project to convert a korean M1 Garand mix master into a .35 Whelan rifle (criterion barrel and a get GI replacement parts) for under $1.5k for a semi-auto. "hunting" en bloc clips are readily available, no conversion needed for ejector or extractor or clip itself. this was popular years ago when .270, 6.5 Swiss and .338-06 conversions for it was a lot more common and .308 was considered boringly wasted on the long action. "tanker" short barrels are also available at 16-1/8" too. if you find a tanker barrel you like in .270 you can rechamber with a reamer to .35 Whelan easily enough.
if you're adventurous you can also do .458 Win Mag and if you're brave you can try .338 Lapua Mag