Many, many moons ago I was able to buy one of the later versions of the SPAS-12 with the updated safety, fixed polymer stock, and shorter magazine extension used, but still sealed in the box. One of my local bang shops had two of them on consignment from the same owner/seller. He had bought two of them with one to shoot, and one to keep in the box. I think I paid $850 for it in 2005, which was a steal for a LNIB SPAS-12 even back in the early aughts. I ended up hating the thing. It was perfectly reliable for me, even with low brass bird and skeet loads. But it was heavy, had uncomfortable recoil, and reloading it was a pain in the ass since you had to flip it onto its back and hold down a mushroom shaped release button for the loading gate/lifter in order to shuck shells into the magazine tube. And firing high brass slugs or buckshot in pump mode was one of the most uncomfortable shooting experiences I've ever had, and I'm used to stout recoil. I can shoot .300 WinMag and hot .45-70 Govt all day and be fine, but that SPAS-12 beat the hell out of me. I ended up taking it to a gun show with a for sale tag sticking out of the muzzle and got like $1250 for it. My FosTech Origin 12 totally stomps all over that SPAS-12.
NO LOOKING COOL IS ALL THAT MATTERS AND THE SPAS-12 LOOKS FUCKING COOL
I know the SPAS-12 is an uncomfortable bitch to shoot but it's COOL
Small Estate Sales happen, though the other boomers a week away from death swarm the remains and add to their own hoard.
The Day of the Estate Sale will be great -- but will we even want what's left, after surviving so long without them?
Fuck yes and fuck you I want my fucking Valmet you goddamn boomer sonsofbitches and I'm not paying ten grand
Yep, they all collect a SS check, pension check and maybe even make a small 401k wothdr and swarm the estate sales
Boomers will act in hubris until the last one croaks. The last boomer in America will have the world's largest "fuck you, I got mine" hoard in human history. That being said, the current market probably has better stuff than everything the boomers hoarded anyways. Who needs an SKS when you can still get a mid tier AR for $600?
Collectors will have a field day though.
So true.
Sebastian Villaseñor from Ontario Christian High School in California just avoided prison time after potentially planning to committed mass school shooting, google how to kill people, and being interested in the Columbine School shooting. He just got off with no prison time by the DA plead agreement.
Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...umbine-shooting/ar-BB1neQ7u?ocid=BingNewsSerp
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Lol, this is what "no bitches " looks like
IIRC the lever style safety was the original and the push button was the newer version. And yeah, the SPAS has a rubber buffer internally that ends up drying out and crumbling. They're a bitch to replace since Franchi doesn't make them anymore and I'm sure they have long run out of NOS parts.
Yeah the buffer is either rubber or delrin.
This is like choosing a flavor of ice cream from the world's largest ice cream shop. A local store has an online exclusive offer for a Rossi R92 in stainless for $679 and in store pickup. Stainless is perfect for my local climate too.
I just might...
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Do it. For the price, not too bad plus stainless. My Marlin is blued as thee was no stainless .357 option.
A local pawn shop has a Ruger Ar 556 for under $600. Doesn't get more basic bitch AR than that and Ruger's stuff is pretty solid for the price.
I'm actually selling mine right now with a PA red dot and Magpul handguards. My FFL put it up a few days ago.
You make a good case. Would you consider Henrys decent enough?
Yep, Ruger is making them very well.
I will always shill building your own lower and getting a BCM upper
That works, or a DD upper, Geisselle upper (if you LOVE that handguard and their colors), and many many more.
Or make your own upper with a few tools.
You can get a decent AR for about $400:
I'd Strongly suggest the PSA "Premium " upper. It's better components for something like $50-$100 more.
Lower is A ok.
You can actually get replacement buffers, Spas12 Project makes them, aside from other spare parts.
https://www.spas-12.com/
You should NOT shoot a SPAS-12 in automatic mode if the buffer is dried out or missing, that'll make the recoil more nasty and it'll beat up the receiver.
Ahh they're still around. Their site went dead for a few months in 2020.
May be possible to use thin kevlar sheeting to protect sensitive components. Or just integrate 3d printed armor into the 3d printed frame/chassis of the drone, can just add a semi-hollow "tubulane" armored box to hold components.
See:
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/20/university-makes-bulletproof-3d-prints/
Having the interior structure be more mesh-like with gaps inside will make it lighter than solid armor and will dissipate energy from impacts more effectively. Considering it needs protection mostly from bird shot and shrapnel, this may work. Maybe have an outer skin of thin kevlar to absorb initial impact or something.
Ehh nah. You're adding closer an weight to what's supposed to be cheap and light.
Every ounce of armor is an ounce less payload, less range and more cost.
