Kaiser7

What do you mean by the correct size? Sorry, most of my guns just have built-in sights, so I never had to consider anything pertaining to sight differences.

I saw a good deal on a Matech rear peep sight, so I ordered it. I have an HK style front sight, and was thinking of replacing the HK drum-type rear sight with the Matech, as I like the HK front sight. However, I have a feeling mixing and matching sights is not conducive to good aiming. And if this is just a horrible Idea, what type of front sight should I go with? My favorite is the flared barleycorn found on M14s, and the closest I've seen for an AR15 is a sight put out by Daniel Defense.

Haha, go for it, a lot of people would probably take you up on it. Honestly, I was trying to think if a kydex scabbard for a bolt-action rifle would be a good idea. Totally impractical, but I think it would be awesome.

I have the Lyman manual, and was just trying to figure out if there would be any difference. But thinking about it, higher mass bullets typically are elongated towards the rear, meaning they'll decrease the volume of the casing (even if ever so slightly). But the load data I follow is 25gr varget with 55gr round. I've read a lot of conflicting things on the 1:9 twist rate, it seems that there's relatively little information on what rounds are best with them when compared to 1:7, and even slower 1:12. But I'm glad for the responses, I wasn't thinking about trying it really, unless it was a commonly done OK thing (which I doubted). But I certainly wanted to get the advice of reloaders more experienced than myself.

I haven't done it, but I load for a 1:9'' 20" barrel. I've read that 55gr isn't the ideal bullet mass, and that i should use heavier bullets. I was wondering if a recipe calls for 25gr of powder, is it bad to use a heavier bullet mass in .223. Specifically I use Varget, but I was just wondering if it's a bad idea to use a heavier bullet.

I actually had a friend of mine make me one, he does it for $30 or so, which was fine for me. His name is Khan, so I call the holster a "Khandex". But I must say, they're pretty nice. Other than looks, I'm not sure why people would pay a ton of money for a factory-made one. They come out quite well when made at home.

I absolutely love this rifle. However, I can't stand the sight picture. I have pretty bad eyes, and I can barely see the front sight through the rear notch. Now, I'm not sure what would be involved, but I'd like to maybe replace the sights with those of the German K98k, so long as this doesn't mean making any permanent modifications to the rifle. I'm not sure why, but I'm generally opposed to making modifications to any older rifle that cannot be undone. I've contemplated putting a scope on it, since there is a scope mount that is sold (and which I own) that simply replaces the rear sight. Here is a picture I took recently to explain to someone just how bad the sight picture is. (To me at least)

I live in Camden County. I wouldn't say we're particularly gun friendly, but I know with my town, the police dept is super-friendly about paperwork, will answer any questions you have, and generally seem supportive of firearm ownership. My FID came in in about 35 days (Not bad, all things considered), and I believe my PPP was just about on time. ( I thought it was several weeks late, turned out I just missed their call to pick it up.) Keep in mind, I live in a small suburban area. I believe my friend said the police in Haddon Heights were pretty gun-friendly. And I know Deptford, where my sister lives the police were pretty cool. Our problem, in my experience, is more a lack of friendly gun shops in the area. There's Bob's Little Sport shop, but some of the other ones I've been to in the area can be kinda rude. I pretty much did all my business between Bob's and Arms-N-Ammo when that was here.

I will speak hearsay, as I don't know if this is true or not. I asked a friend who likes magpul, and is far more experienced than myself about the plastic magpul BUIS because I saw them on sale. He said that in his experience, they don't hold a zero, and that it's best to go with Magpul's metal BUIS. I trust his opinion, but your mileage may vary. Oh, and if it makes any difference, when I got some HK style sights, he was critical of that decision. So I have no clue haha.

So the differences really lie in how long they last, and if they swivel? Thanks for your answer Scrap, that did clarify a lot of things. I was wondering because I'd like one, but I had no clue why some are so expensive, and others less so. The only reason I could think of would be quality of construction. Odds are, I'd want something for picatinny, but I never thought about swivel. I might go with a budget option at some point, simply because I'm not sure how much I'd really use it, but as far as firearm accessories go, I think bipods (and maybe foregrips) are really the most practical accesories excluding sights/scopes.

Personally, I probably don't need one, and I'm not looking to get one any time soon (Unless I saw one really cheap at like, a yardsale or something, I've gotten nice scopes that way). But I'm assuming a bipod serves essentially the same function as a sandbag, but is attached to the rifle. Now here's my question. What are good bipods? Also, what really makes one bipod better than another (apart from say, durability, I figure cheap ones may be more prone to breaking.) Also, does it matter whether they clamp to the barrel, or mount to a rail? Overall, I feel like they'd be useful since they don't add much weight, and when I was an airsofter I usually had a cheap one, and liked being able to pop it out for prone shooting. I like the idea, but I just wasn't sure what constitutes a good bipod, and what prices are fair.

Okay! Yeah, i've been telling her I'm planning this, because she's been asking me when I'm taking her, so I have to see when exactly she gets done school, or at least would have a free weekend or something. Really? I saw a kimber 1911 .22 conversion for like, $30, but i'm assuming it's not compatible with a remington 1911. Might be wrong, I've never really looked into conversion kits. The only thing is I don't feel like doing all the PPP paperwork for it haha. If she ends up sticking with it, she'll probably buy her own.

Oh yeah! I've meant to ask David about this! He's going to teach me blackpowder too! We're planning to go in April or May, depending on school stuff.

Thank you all for the suggestions! I'll give a little more info on what I have, to get some more suggestions on like, .22lr conversions. I know the first gun I shot was my savage MKII, Bob's little gave me an hour of range time when I bought it, and while in retrospect, I feel like I should have gotten a levergun for .22 (feel like the bolt pull is a pain on such a short round) I think it's a fantastic gun to learn on. Perhaps Ironically, I have several hundred rounds of 8mm mauer ammo, several hundred .223 I've handloaded, some .45ACP, some 12 gauge, but I don't have a single .22LR round. Now, I have a Remington R1 Enhanced M1911, and an AR15 I built, but I'm not sure what .22 conversion kits run, or what are compatible. I think I'd like to have her shoot the 1911 in .22, and use the Savage for rifle. Later on I'll let her try some of the other stuff, but she lacks upper body strength, so I know I think my AR build would be too heavy. But I really appreciate all these suggestions. I've been shopping around the past few days for .22 online, didn't realize how expensive it had become, and how rare. I remember paying about $0.04 a round, some places are charging almost $0.34! School has kept me busy, and a bit out of the loop I suppose.

My girlfriend has been asking me to take her shooting, and after I get my tax return, I'm planning on getting a SJSC membership, and taking her. However, I've run into a bit of a problem. She's 5'2, maybe 110 lbs. I initially thought using my Savage MKII in .22LR would be good. It's short, light, and wouldn't have the recoil to scare her off. However, I hadn't shopped around for .22LR in a while, and didn't realize it was still really hard to find/expensive. I'm now not entirely sure what to do. I load .223 for my AR, and have a decent bit of ammo for that, but it's a relatively long, heavy gun (as far as ARs go). I don't think she'd be able to handle my M1911 in .45ACP, and I'm pretty sure my 8mm Mauser VZ24 would send her flying. She's actually lives in PA, and has expressed interest in applying for a ccw at some point in the future. (Riding SEPTA, and talking to me has really changed her mind on defensive weapons). Anyway, I think it would be good to teach her on something easy and fun to shoot, just to get some of the basic safety stuff down, and basic techniques, but I'm not sure what to train her on. Related note, if anyone knows any deals on .22LR, let me know, even if its online. We already decided that we could order it and have it shipped to her since she lives in America.

Let's see... I still have a Gameboy, the Fisher Price Castle, a Furby, I think I have some Street Sharks, we have a Teddy Ruxpin (Though that was either my sister or my brother's), Probably have pound puppies somewhere, and I know I have Smash Bros, and my store still sells Beanie Babies lol.

I haven't watched it, because I'm sure it'll put my blood in a boil seeing that. I do find it funny though, playing off the stereotypes of gun owners as being racist. Because, if there's one group of people, that in my experience, can put differences aside and really get along, it's the firearm community. It's similar to something I've noticed amongst other catholics. At first, neither person knows that the other likes guns, but when it comes up, CLICK, all of a sudden both people are talking about their favorite guns, talking about what ranges they go to, stuff like that. I can't tell you how many times I've had customers find out I'm a fellow firearms enthusiest, and they'd stand at the register for 20 minutes or so talking to me. I actually referred one to the forums the other day, not sure if he joined or not.

The answer is simple, and we can all do it, and have fun doing it. Take people who have never shot before to the range. One of the major differences, that I've observed, is that in many pro-gun states, even those who do not own guns have at least handled and shot a firearm. In NJ, most of the people I know have never shot, they all want to, but don't have anyone to take them.

Geeze, I just needed to borrow some money to put gas in my tank. Gas is expensive, but it's not THAT bad. And I wanted to borrow your phone because I didn't have service! But yeah, the worst thing you could do, in my opinion, is to let him know you're armed. If your guns get stolen, that will likely only cause a major headache for you down the road. However, considering you live in a condo, I'd suggest investing in some ammo that won't penetrate walls that you can use for defense. Rather be prepared in case, God forbid, this guy does try to pull some crap. Hope everything works out, but you should keep us updated. Honestly, your descriptions of the situation, and "Knowing methheads with more teeth" really had me laughing.

I tried to watch it from my house, but didn't see anything. My girlfriend, who lives in Upper Darby PA climbed on her roof to watch it, but slid and fell off her roof. Fortunately she only cut her hand up a bit and wasn't seriously hurt.

I was always a little dissapointed that my poppop never brought back any Arisakas, or Nambu pistols. Granted, I would have really liked a Luger, or K98k (Or STGG44) but no one in my family fought in the European theater of WWII. He did have a 1911 he bought off a guy for like, $25, but the army confiscated it off of him, otherwise that would likely have been mine.

There are plenty of bolt guns that will be replaced also, like M40A1s, and things of that nature too, right? I mean, there are a lot of bolt-action sniper rifles that are being phased out now, or in the near future.

I was wondering, what ARE the limitations for what the CMP can sell? There are a lot of Semi-auto only M14s the US military has (converted from select fire M14s). And they are being supplanted with .308 variants of the AR platform for semiautomatic Designated Marksman Rifles.

See my signature. Taken from the blog http://armedbutnotdangerous.blogspot.com/ He used it on his post about the VZ52.

Maybe it has, but I was completely unfamiliar with the concept. It's pretty cool if you ask me, at least, if you lived in a free state. I'm surprised I never heard of anyone ask about it before.