Kaiser7

Damn, I looked at this thread hoping for ideas on a shoestring budget, considering my mom is not particularly gun-friendly, I think an M&P is out of the question haha. She does tolerate my guns in the house though, so there's that.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I love huskies, they're great dogs. My mom had one, Sugar, and she lived a very long time. She was 20 when she had to be put down, that was when I was in 4th grade (2001). I really miss that dog, and want to get another one. They're just great dogs. I also lost my bulldog Rudy two years ago. I'm still torn up over that one. I know how it feels.

I want to learn to shoot like this, how does one go about learning to shoot like this? Distance shooting is probably one of the more impressive things a shooter can do in my opinion. Also, random question, the .338 Lapua is a magnum rifle round, correct? Maybe I'm just not familiar with them, but why aren't there that many magnum rifle rounds out there? (Again, there very well may be, and I might just not realize it since I'm not a hunter or something).

That sounds pretty much ideal. Actually, I have a New Haven 600AT (Mossberg 500 with a non-rattling mag tube) that I've been considering listing for a trade for a Mosin. I just haven't gotten around to it. If I may ask, where did you find the 870? That's really what I want to do because I really want an 870, and I feel like it would be fun to work on my own, but I haven't been able to find any that need "TLC". I've also been trying to find some Mini-30 actions that need some work. But that too seems to be hard to find. Part of the reason I want to do this is that I'm trying to quit smoking, and I need an activity to keep me preoccupied so I won't focus on nicotine cravings.

YOU SIR ARE A GENIUS. Or at least have some awesome google-fu. I guess in retrospect this idea is pretty obvious, but i never thought of it. Glad I can do this stuff, it's awesome though, thanks for linking this!

1)Go there, offer $7/mag, buy a bunch of soon-to-be illegal mags 2) sell them to via gunbroker or something for $15 each to Colorado which is now limited to 15 rounds 3) ?????? 4) PROFIT!

I really thought it seemed neat, and as for carry guns, I was mulling it over as a cheap decent carry pistol for when I finally leave NJ. Kind of a shame to see that it's got such major flaws. I'm a bit of a Remington fanboy. Though all said and done, it's not like anyone can actually carry in NJ, so unless it's your nightstand gun, the issues with it likely won't cost any NJ residents their lives in a self-defense situation. I'm sure that Remington is just going with the Apple strategy--release a productt that's really good in some areas, but obviously needs improvement, and heavily market it. Once all the early-adopters spend their money, and sales start to decline as all the people who want it as is buy it, they'll come out with a revised version that fixes the major issues, might get early adopters to buy the new version, and captures the sales of those who were hesitant to begin with. And yes, their 1911s ARE very nice, especially if you get them for a great price!

I got Frog Lube recently, specifically because I read that it's actually surprisingly good at protecting guns that shoot corrosive ammo. The guy used it in a Mosin, shot hundreds of rounds of corrosive surplus, wiped the then-hot barrel with a little frog lube, and let it sit for a few weeks, apparently it was fine. I got the frog lube for my AR15 because a friend of mine whose opinion I value highly, recommended it. Once I found out that it's apparently really good for milsurp rifles, and won't damage wood furniture, I picked it up, and have replaced the lubricants on most of my guns with it. (Organic chemistry stuff here-- to get rid of oil-based solvents/lubes, take a little Isopropyl-alcohol, soak them in it, and scrub them with a nylon brush. Petroleum products are non-polar, and thus you need a non-polar solvent to get rid of them (Can't use water). Isopropyl alcohol will dissolve solvents, allowing you to strip it before using frog lube. IPA also evaporates quite quickly, so you don't have to worry about any of it lingering inside the weapon.) But I'm looking to testing Frog Lube for myself soon on the range (When school's done for the semester). I've already applied it, and if it's half as good as what people say, It'll be great. Oh, and here's a video testing it's heat resistance. It's quite interesting. http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/15rL24/www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGKvkN0nZfQ/#

So I'm going to be on summer vacation from school in about a month. I'd really like to have a project to work on. Other than an AR15, I'm not sure what other build kits, or other gun-builds there are out there. The list of guns I'd like to own is nearly endless, and if I could save money on something by building it myself, and find a project, I think it could be a win-win. Anyway, I'm really just soliciting for ideas, see if you guys have experience, recommendations, and stuff like that.

It seems like /r/firearms hasn't been updated in a while. Shame, I never mind having more gun-related things to read XD. (Edit: I derped. Apparently it is active-- i was just not under the right tab.Thanks for passing this on!)

Okay, awesome, I thought they were based off what I saw. I'm damn happy with the deal. Like I said, I got them off the same guy, but mine was $10 cheaper because it was used. But I really prefer it to the knock-off HK drum rear I had. still have the HK front, but I want to replace it with something. Not sure what, but with my tastes, the closest I can get to an M14-style barleycorn the better. Sadly the closest I've seen that seems to be any good is the $90 Troy sight.

It's pretty much what I usually shoot. I've found it to be pretty good for cheap ammo. Not necessarily the cleanest, but I've always found it to be pretty accurate. Maybe at some further ranges it doesn't hold up, but I think it's pretty good in my savage.

Wait, was it Genuine?

Im 22 and i just found the subreddit for guns. I have to admit before that i didnt care about reddit at all, but now I love it!

Wait, I'm 22, and I use facebook! Am I behind the curve? But cool, glad you posted this. I was reading on r/guns about facebook groups for gun sales and stuff today, but had never heard of any. I'm looking forward to browsing it for things I can't afford lol.

This is possibly one of the best explanations I've heard yet. It makes sense, I mean, if those two people were recalled in CO, as well as some of the other hits Dems took due to supporting gun control, then it's possible the party really doesn't want to be associated with the issue. Anyone else have any other ideas? I have no clue what happened, I just hope it stays shelved...

I have no clue if Lock-tite is permanent or not. Like I mentioned, I'm probably going to use this gun to teach my gf to shoot, and it would likely be best to teach her on irons, so i'm sure i'll remove the scope. Plus I figure with a .22 rifle, there won't be any recoil that might throw the scope off to warrant locktite.

I'm a bit young, why is it that NJ's politicians are so vehemently anti-gun? Like why are they almost excited to ban 15 rounds, or break legislative policy to ensure bills get through, or ignore the people that show up in objection to these bills.

Yeah, I've had a similar issue with my other guns, wanting to sight them in, but boresights seem fairly expensive, or like total garbage.Plus I know nothing about how to boresight and stuff. It's hard coming from a non-gun owning family to being a gun owner. There's so much that I have to learn, and i never know what's necessary and what's not haha. But yeah, I figured throwing a used scope on here would help me get used to it should i want to try it later on.

Did some research, Mine is legit, is marked 3DB52 on the bottom, found this on the AR15 forums. "3DB52 which is Design West in Tustin. I'm almost certain they are the Rev B BUIS (as opposed to the Rev A). I think the only difference was a revised clamping design & some other minor things. They are definitely not fake. Generally the BUIS can be contracted out to a few different shops (hence the slight variation in numbers sometimes) so minor differences are normal. As far as the stiffness goes, all of them that I've had (except the used ones) were hard to rotate through the numbers. There's an access port for oiling on the dial, rotate the sight to 600M and you should see a small hole in the back." I feel a lot better having found that out. But yeah, I bought a used one off the guy for $30 shipped or so, came to me a little dirty, but in fine functional shape. But I've always felt that used, but NOT abused is a perfectly good way to get what you want. I'd much rather get a good deal on something used.

So over my years of airsoft, and shopping around at yard sales, I've picked up a few scopes. Obviously, I'm not dropping hundreds of dollars on some glass, but I've gotten some good deals over the years on some OK scopes. I don't hunt, and I'm not looking to get into competition (yet anyway, someday I'd like to when I have time and money), but I want to learn more about scopes and things. I feel like it would be rather fun to shoot my savage with a scope on it. Well today I happened to drive down Bob's Little Sport shop in lieu of studying, and got some mounts for my savage. Also picked up some rings (Though they sold me ones that don't fit on the mounts). I happened to have a set of rings that fit perfectly, and hold my Lepers 3-9. However, while looking up installation instructions, I think I'm woefully underequipped. I don't have a gun vice, and I didn't bother to lock the threads, since I'm liable to take the scope off when I go to take my gf shooting. If anything, today I just wanted to see if I had stuff. But when searching for instructions, I saw a youtube video where they had these bars for alignment, and all sorts of fancy equipment. I'm just wondering if it's necessary to do all that stuff, or if I could just mount it as I did, and then just zero it at the range. Since it's only a .22, I figure there's really no recoil or anything that would cause major issues, but I know crap about scopes. Just wondering how necessary all that stuff is, and perhaps if anyone has any other advice on scopes/optics in general. (If this thread needs to be moved I apologize, I merely put it in rimfire because specifically that's what I was putting the scope on).

I'm thinking I'm going to teach her on the Savage MKII. Truth be told, I'm a novice shooter myself, I think my cumulative amount of range trips in the past 3 years (Since I got my first gun, the savage) totals 8 trips or so. I literally own guns I've had for over a year and haven't shot yet haha. I'm actually talking to Smoking .50, who is an awesome guy I've met for a pro-gun photoshoot I did a while ago. Truth be told, I want to have my own skills critiqued and stuff. I'm sure that I need a lot of pointers, and IIRC he's an NRA instructor. But we're both super-excited to go. I had a hard time finding .22 ammo, but managed to get a brick (On back order from Cabela's), and I also found about 220 rds and 3 magazines for my savage I had misplaced before I got my safe. If she takes to it, maybe someday I will get an AR7 for her, though I might just keep it in my safe until we get our own place XD.

I picked up a .30 cal today at Raul's Army navy, $15, the seal looks brand new, Outside has a few scuff marks and stuff, but that doesn't bother me. At the Berlin Mart, there was some other surplus place (Not the guy I used to buy from), and they wanted $15 for a .30 cal that was pretty beat up, some rust, and with dry rotted rubber. Pays to shop around haha.

What are you referring to? "A few things"?

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the whole, "THEY'RE ON SOME SORT OF MEDICATION, BAN THEIR RIGHTS FOREVER!" mentality. When I was young, my school forced me onto adderal. Should I have my rights stripped just because my school threatened to expel me if i wasn't medicated?