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I have an all matching '39 Tula Mosin, it's a joy to shoot. I'm pretty sure this thing had sat in a box its entire life until I bought it because it was pretty much in perfect condition when I got it seven years ago.
My '28 Tula has a very rattlely bolt but again it's refurbished and it shoots better than the P/U's I have. I believe that the pre-war rifles are some of the best ones because there was no rush in their production. Really good Mosins will have a K in a circle at the barrel shank, that is the "Point of Aim" proof mark.
 
My '28 Tula has a very rattlely bolt but again it's refurbished and it shoots better than the P/U's I have. I believe that the pre-war rifles are some of the best ones because there was no rush in their production. Really good Mosins will have a K in a circle at the barrel shank, that is the "Point of Aim" proof mark.
I have an all-matching post-war Romanian M44 Mosin that shattered a lot of my preconceived notions about what a Mosin is like. Everyone told me to avoid one but I got it anyway and never regret it - functions perfectly and actually feels fine shooting it. It's also always a fun conversation piece at the range, and it's fun to take it to an indoor range on the weekend to scare the urbanites who drive up to try to be badass renting automatics or Desert Eagles.
 
the wood set i ordered for the lynx finally came in during KF's downtime. it took a while to fit the handguard with the SKS gas tube cover but i'm really happy with the way it turned out. they even threw in a little soul patch for a rail, which i'll probably slap a light on eventually.

While I am not usually a big fan of wood on "modern" rifles, even I have to admit that your piece there looks good.
 
I have an all-matching post-war Romanian M44 Mosin that shattered a lot of my preconceived notions about what a Mosin is like. Everyone told me to avoid one but I got it anyway and never regret it - functions perfectly and actually feels fine shooting it. It's also always a fun conversation piece at the range, and it's fun to take it to an indoor range on the weekend to scare the urbanites who drive up to try to be badass renting automatics or Desert Eagles.
Yeah a lot of boomers give them shit but at the time they were some of the finest rifles a soldier could use and even today they’re in use by Russia and Ukraine in limited numbers to my knowledge. P/U’s are known to be accurate and the bolts lock up extremely well, better than standard rifles.

I myself have a Polish Wz.44 which has never been fired and I don’t plan on firing it, it still has the black finish everywhere on it.
 
I have an all-matching post-war Romanian M44 Mosin that shattered a lot of my preconceived notions about what a Mosin is like. Everyone told me to avoid one but I got it anyway and never regret it - functions perfectly and actually feels fine shooting it. It's also always a fun conversation piece at the range, and it's fun to take it to an indoor range on the weekend to scare the urbanites who drive up to try to be badass renting automatics or Desert Eagles.
I picked up a Finnish m27 and M39. Those blew my postwar m44 out of the water. A mosin never felt better.
 
I used to have an M44.
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a lot of the surplus .303 is gone. i have maybe a case of the lot 79 south african stuff and some 1981 Olin Defense stuff out of Canada. best for brass and reloading is the Prvi Partizan new manufacture - you get a reliable 5-7 reloads from one case, and 150gr .311-.312 bullets are easily gotten from a lot of places.
It’s really hard to find but Winchester does occasionally run new production .303 british. According to their catalog they only load 180gr soft points. I’ve got a box sitting on my desk with a production date of 2019. I assume most of it goes to Canada as the ballistics table on the back is in yds and ft-lbs but the box has everything printed in English and French.

I always recommend Winchester for reloading as I have never gotten less the 10 reloads out their stuff.

If not them then S&B and PPU are pretty solid choices.
 
It’s really hard to find but Winchester does occasionally run new production .303 british. According to their catalog they only load 180gr soft points. I’ve got a box sitting on my desk with a production date of 2019. I assume most of it goes to Canada as the ballistics table on the back is in yds and ft-lbs but the box has everything printed in English and French.

I always recommend Winchester for reloading as I have never gotten less the 10 reloads out their stuff.

If not them then S&B and PPU are pretty solid choices.
PPU is my choice for 8mm mauser and new production 30 carbine.

I am tempted to get a 32 Auto wheel for my nagant revolver though. Even though 32 is about as much as 7.62 nagant is I'm still tempted.
 
vaguely reminds me of the reddit pic of a guy that added a pic rail carry handle... to the top of his wish.com tactical scope rings. really the only similar thing was both were BRN-180 builds, but it stuck in my memory.
 
that's a big oof. typically numrich has good stuff. at least with a model 250 you should be able to use a dowel and hammer to bend the magazine feed lips correctly if needed. the magazine might also be setting too high or low which you can tell if it's very difficult to insert the magazine on a closed bolt (it should just insert with minimal force against the magazine spring). much like a 1911, the feed lips should not be parallel, but when the bolt is closing, the round should "pop up" about 2/3 from the forward end of the feed lips in order to present to the chamber mouth properly. if it's being retained all the way to the end, you will likely have a failure to feed.


positive extraction and ejection on a wider variety of ammunition where they have different lengths of case (.22 long rifle, .22 rifle, .22 short). the cost-reduced Glenfield Model 60 (and the older Model 99 it was based on) had only one extractor and could be unreliable with short cases.


purse carry is generally a bad idea unless you have zero other options and it's a clutch purse that you always have your hands on all the time. in limited circumstances a shrouded (or "hammerless") revolver like a model 642 might be a solid option instead of an automatic with reciprocating parts can get caught on stuff - just like an exposed hammer spur on a revolver that isn't shrouded. off duty carry options i offer to policewomen tend to be a 5.11 holster shirt for small automatics, or if that's not an option, an IWB holster for appendix carry (less obvious from a front or side profile, allows common clothing without resorting to jackets in summer or other tells). Tactica makes an excellent one, and the Betty holster can work if you wear jeans and have a specific pistol in mind like a Ruger LCP, but often the Betty holster suffers from being insecure to grappling attacks, while a Tactica offers a more secure fit (and level 2 rating). avoid the gimmick "flashbang" bra holster, not only is it generally quite obvious and uncomfortable for many firearms, if you are generously endowed you risk corrosion from sweat accumulation on hasps, clasps or even the firearm itself.

it's worth mentioning that a "disposable" purse you're willing to shoot through is ideal if you are going to purse carry. it's one less step between you and bullets downrange. the absolute forefront on your mind is a purse is an obvious target for theft or leaving somewhere. others in this thread have stated similar things. i should also mention that it might be tempting to purse carry with a loaded chamber, however this can be an issue if your purse is crowded and there is always the risk of unintended discharge if something gets caught in the trigger guard in a way that can depress the trigger. for at least one woman i know that purse carries a revolver, she has a small pocket in her purse that is exclusive to the revolver - it's completely empty otherwise and has sewn-in kydex sheets to prevent a lipstick case from wedge into the pocket.
Yeah I stated in another post that purse carrying is dangerous and I'm not a fan. Personally would rather not carry at all than purse carry.
 
I just managed to snag a Arsenal SAM7R at a nice discount. For those of you unfamiliar- because Donald Trump was responsible for all ammo and firearm imports from Russia being banned, the Bulgarian-manufactured semi-auto AKM variants known as "SAM7R" are the only legal foreign-made AKMs you can get that are milled. Attempts have been made to produce American-manufactured AKs, but these are notorious for being poor quality on par with the drunken monkeys at Century and are almost always stamped.

My local "mom and pop" gun shop got a shipment of the SAM7s and were selling them at a discount, so while I had to pay half of it in cash and half of it with credit I am very happy to own one now- as there are pretty hard to get where I live and usually fly off the shelves when they are in stock. I eventually plan to replace the polymer furniture with Russian Birch wood lacquered to be a vibrant red color, and will install a Binary Trigger (while they are still legal).

The only caveat I have with this purchase is that apparently I have been told by neighbors and friends that 7.62x39mm (even 30 rounds of it) may not be big enough to take down some of the wildlife present where I live, namely Kodiak Grizzlies and Moose. Does anybody here have any experience hunting with an AK and can attest how efficient the round is against big and dangerous game?
 
7.62x39mm (even 30 rounds of it) may not be big enough to take down some of the wildlife present where I live, namely Kodiak Grizzlies and Moose
ballistically, 7.62x39 is similar to .30 WCF / .30-30 and will certainly kill a moose with decent shot placement under 100 yards and a Kodiak bear in under 50-60 yards, again with good shot placement. do you want to be that close to dangerous game that is known to charge and regularly kill people / break into vehicles / small buildings rather than flee? humane hunting (with 1-2 shots max) for moose and Kodiak is typically done with a .30-06 at a minimum to penetrate the hide, fat, muscle, bone, pass through several organs, and expend it's energy ideally in the far side of the animal without exiting. i could see it with several shots at relatively close range with spitzer soft pointed 7.62x39, assuming all those shots are good shots. i think it wouldn't be humane though, and may not be legal with a semi-auto in that cartridge with a standard magazine.

if it's helpful, i found a .270 and 7mm-08 required a heavy bullet (around 175gr) at 150 meters or less for a clean kill. strange angles would often have little effect (big shoulders, thick muscles from quarter shots, et c) and result in a either a blood trail or a failed kill. a 7.62x39 154gr out of a typical AKM type rifle will be around 200-300 ft-lbs less energy and may have greater difficulty in taking moose or grizzly. in my humble experience, i would consider elk to be at the upper end of a humane 7.62x39 hunting rifle.
 
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