DirtyDigz

GSG-5 guys - periodically make sure your bolt jacket bolts are tightened down and consider using blue loctite on them (They are part #100 in the Breech Body section of the exploded parts diagram above. 3 of them.) Those coming loose are the #1 cause of GSG5 mechanical failures.

Took a minute to compare it to the stock mags, but haven't broken out the dremel yet.

I had an impromptu tour of the armory of a police department a while back and noticed that they had a gun "dunk tank", literally a gun washer where the guns were submerged in fluid to clean them. I thought of that again this weekend when I fully stripped my GSG 5 completely to clean out all the powder residue and copper/lead shavings it had accumulated from 1000+ rounds....wouldn't it be nice to be able to just dunk the hole gun in a tank for a couple of hours/a day and come back with it cleaned out? Is such a thing even possible on a hobbyist scale? What cleaning solution would be appropriate? I'm thinking along the lines of a electric parts washer like this: http://www.amazon.com/Northern-Industrial-Electric-Parts-Washer/dp/B0000AXCKJ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1250554692&sr=1-2

Have one, plain black, purchased from coldsolderjoint. Haven't fired it yet.

Another shoot today, another 550 round box gobbled down. That's 1100 rounds of the Federal ammo with no cleaning in between and ~3-4 misfeeds which were likely related to newbies loading the magazine. When we ran out of the federal, we tried some other brand of ammo, soft lead bullets (not copper jacketed like the federal). No go, almost every round was a misfeed. So, feed it the ammo it likes and it will run all day, but it is picky. I did break it down for cleaning today and found 2 screws/nuts loose, so some blue loctite will get used on those. Lot of caked on powder residue all over inside that didn't appear to slow it down at all. I'm impressed.

Wow, these guys are pissers, read some more: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08152009/news/regionalnews/id_shoot_again_if_i_had_to_184655.htm Bravo.

And those "kids" threatened him with weapons and pistol-whipped one of his cashiers.

Too cool not to share:

That's going to leave some powder residue on your hand... Video of you firing it when it arrives, please!

Awesome tip, thanks for that.

Still haven't fired it, believe it or not. Will try it out on Saturday though.

CHEEE-IT, how did I miss this!? Can't make it, but let us know how it goes, I'll make the next one.

What language are they breaking in and out of on that forum? Tagalog? Edit: "Philippine Defense Forum". Got it.

Just watched all 3, thank you for taking the time to put these together. I know 100% more about reloading than before I watched them. So my next question is, are there more elaborate presses that combine some of the steps without shuttling the catridges in and out? Like re-sizing/primer stripping/primer pressing and then charging/bullet setting/bullet pressing?

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Yup, here's a review of the night vision "goggles" (actually a monocular in a "goggle" frame) you'd likely be getting: http://www.cockeyed.com/science/nightvision/nightvision01.shtml

Nice setup Tony. I have no sense of what reloading components cost. Is that a high price for gunpowder?

Forgot one more Pro: You can fire a semi-auto one handed. Something to keep in mind if you're using it as a defense weapon and get shot in a firefight.

Late to the thread, but I have a Benelli M2 semi auto Pros: - Very fast rate of fire. See my "GSG5 range report" post. zGSN8fOHEX0 - Flawless cycling, assuming you have loads powerful enough to cycle the action - Ability to quickly eject chambered round/drop a new round in the chamber while leaving the rounds in the magazine untouched. Nice if you have buckshot loaded and want to quickly switch a slug, or vice versa - Available in left hand versions Cons: - Expensive. I could have bought a nicely set up AR for what I paid for my M2 - You run afoul of all the NJ restrictions on semi-auto shotguns (no pistol grip, magazine capacity limitation, etc.) - Limited aftermarket/customization compared to Remington 870/Mossberg 500 (no aftermarket stocks that I'm aware of). - Low power rounds will not reliably cycle the action. I wanted to use some less-than-lethal bean bag rounds as the first round in an HD magazine load, but just discovered that they won't cycle the action, forcing me to manually work the bolt/bolt release to eject the fired round and load the next one. - A "dud" round will force you to take your hand off the trigger to cycle the bolt, whereas with a pump you just pump out the dud and chamber the next one.

Doors are closed, plane is away from the jet way, you just committed a federal crime, and although you'll be off the plane quickly, it will be in handcuffs. (Wasn't there an LA Law episode about this a million years ago?) What is the law, actually? Is it that you can't use a cell phone at certain points while on an airplane, or is the law that you have to follow flight crew instructions, those instructions typically being turning off cell phones at certain points in the flight? The news article doesn't mention whether the passengers were instructed not to use cell phones.

Here we go: Edit: And that's it. That's the only mention of wearing body armor by "civilians" in the NJ statutes.

So you would evacuate in order to force an evacuation? I'd get the local PD on the cell phone and complain of kidnapping/imprisonment.

Exactly Caine. You can wear it as long as you're not doing anything illegal. I'm trying to find the exact statute that governs it but haven't found it yet.

The GSG is going to end up giving me Trigger Finger for sure.

This kind of stuff is why I wear body armor at ranges.