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Nashville:
General Jackson river boat and dinner show
Grand Ol' Opry at Opry Mills, Tuesday and Saturday nights. Get tickets early.
Many clubs and restaurants on Broadway, most with live music.
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The new ones are VERY nice and work properly and reliably. I have an older one. Original magazines don't work well. New magazines 'might' work in an original pistol. I have to do some light filing to get a new mag to work in my pistol. Now, it works perfectly!
Get a mag loader. Your thumbs will thank you!
Factory ammo is available, but expensive. (What ammo isn't these days?!) If you reload, you can cut down GI .308 cases and load up your own ammo.
If you buy the Pasadena gun, get a set of new springs.
They are a lot of fun and always attract attention at the range.
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I almost bought a Mauser in 9.3x62mm. At the last minute, a guy offered me a .416 Rigby on a custom Enfield action. I bought the .416 instead. That was back in the days when I actually thought I might be able to go hunting in Africa.
IIRC, 9.3mm uses .375 bullets, so reloading shouldn't be too difficult. The cartridge is very popular in Europe and Africa, so brass and dies should be available. Over there, they think that it is suitable for lions and other thin-skinned dangerous game. I wouldn't try it out on heffalumps or cape buffalo, though!
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IT is most likely going to fail in the Senate. But, never underestimate the ability of the Republicans to do something stupid. And never underestimate the ability of the Democrats to threaten wheedle, cajole, and blackmail to get their way. If that weren't the case, there would not have been ANY bills passed since Biden took office.
If this bill passes, I predict massive non-compliance. But then that's the goal. If they can threaten us with jail, they think it will make us more pliable.
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I still like .30-06, .308, and 6.5Grendel for any rifle shooting out to 800 yards. I haven't had much occasion to shoot further than that.
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18 hours ago, Garufa said:
Arisakas are the strongest bolt action military rifles ever made...metallurgically.
Except for the ones with cast iron receivers.
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On 6/11/2022 at 8:36 AM, Choatecav said:
I have never owned a Star, either, but have heard cool things about them.
However, if memory serves me, I believe they contain a plastic "buffer" to soften recoil. Just wondering how that buffer holds up in older models?
Buffers are good for about 300 rounds. I bought a small box of IIRC 20 way back in the day. I think I remember seeing them advertised recently. If you have a PD, get spare buffers.
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Colt Commander .45 > Colt LW Commander .45 > Star PD .45 > Remington 51 .380 (the original one) > Ruger Redhawk .44M (one winter to win a bet) > Star PD .45 #2 > Springfield XDs .45. With a KelTec P3AT .380 when I have to.
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XDs .45 normally.
P3AT .380 when wearing shorts and t-shirt.
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The .22mag model is much more scarce. I do not know if it is in high demand or not. I know that I am very fond of the little M62 in .22LR.
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On 5/7/2022 at 6:23 PM, Handsome Rob said:
Here's an odd one for ya. 10 points if you can name the firearm & movie (no googling!)
It's an Australian Owen SMG. I don't know the movie.
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14 hours ago, Garufa said:
Not an actress or movie still. It’s just a fancy picture.
Fake Thompson too. At least she has her finger off the trigger.
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I've handled it a few times. It's a heavily modified and lightened semi-auto Browning Automatic Rifle. It balances well considering it's weight (12 lbs). Those who have fired them like them a lot.
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I met him several times at Knob Creek. He was truly a legend in the NFA community. There aren't many of those guys left. I was hoping that he would finish Cold Resolve. I hope it will get published; finished or not!
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Around 1200 meters with an M2 from a M113A1.
Just 800 meters using the M-21 and M1D.
Plinking clay pigeons at 200 meters with the Sterling 9mm.
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I have an XDS .45. It has been very reliable with most ammo I 've tried (solid copper, not so much). My rule of thumb is to pick the caliber that lets the blood out fastest. While there are excellent 9mm loads that expand very reliably. There are .45 loads that expand much larger than that. And a .45 that doesn't expand is till a .45. While a 9mm that doesn't expand is only a .36.
Neither is my choice for Grizzly. But, I'd rather have the .45 than be looking for a rock or stick!
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3 hours ago, RED333 said:
What is up with the shoe?
Never heard of "shoe 'shine"?
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Possibly one of these two guys or a son?
LOCKE, H. — Pennsylvania; Kentucky rifles.
LOCKE, James — Born 1790 in New Hampshire or Vermont; moved to Wellsborough (now Wellsboro), Pa., before 1820, and soon made rifles; died ca. 1870. Made unique Miguelet-type percussion locks. A walnut halfstock with part-octagon barrel marked "J. Locke" in script; lock, marked "J. L." in script, has external mainstring and parts mounted in a boxlike brass casting. Also a fancy inlaid Kentucky rifle with identical but unmarked lock, marked "James Locke Wellsborough" in script on barrel.Found info here:
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I've got an older RIA Commander clone that has been very reliable with ball ammo. I polished the feed ramp and it handles pretty much anything reliably now. Excellent buy for the money!!
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Ammoseek reports that .45acp is the 9th most searched caliber. Ahead of .380acp, .38spl, 6.5 Creedmore, and .357Mag among others.
They show lots of new brass-cased FMJ ammo at $.47 to $.50 per round in case lots.
I still shoot it and use it in my carry gun. Bigger holes are always a good idea.
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16 hours ago, Jeb48 said:
Wonder what the story is behind this one. Maybe a shooting range in the back of the beauty salon, they ball look like they have towels wrapped around their hair.
Workers at John Inglis Co in Canada who made Bren guns during WW2. Hair was rwapped to A) keep it our of machinery, and B) Keep it clean.
Interesting that they posed with the 8mm Bren guns made for China.
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They've been making them in batches of 100. Word from SHOT Show is that they took orders for several hundred at the show.
My original needed tweaking to run reliably. The original mags sucked until I opened the feed lips a titch to get the rounds to sit a hair higher. The new guns were totally debugged and the new mags are supposed to fix the feeding issue.
The Automag is about as sexy as a pistol can be. And it always gets a lot of attention at the range. I got my last couple of boxes from Midway. So, the ammo is out there again. But, it ain't cheap to shoot! If you want to, you can cut down .308 cases and resize for reloads.
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Meatloaf, of course!!! Thank you for the great songs!
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Vintage Gun Photos
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Portuguese paratroopers with original AR10s.