wooly bugger

Just picked up my Finn M39 and Russian 91/30. Both shoot much better than my M44 (although I may also just be getting more practiced.) The Finn shoots as well as my CZ452, which is a tack driver. I was getting some vertical strings, but I think that's due to inconsistent cheek weld. I also tried Wolf steel case ammo, which shot just as well as the more expensive Herter's.

Just get this, and you can shoot all kinds of .30-06 to your heart's content. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/777146/schuster-dcm-adjustable-gas-plug-with-wrench-m1-garand-steel-parkerized

http://www.gunsnammo.com/ I just ordered one from here. Going to pick it up this afternoon.

That's great to hear and welcome to our ranks. Can you give us a little background on how you came to be a gun owners? Do you have friends who are also in the same boat? Our best hope is in swelling our numbers. I'd like to see if we can replicate the experience you went through with many other non-gun owners. In my experience, the best approach has been to take curious people to the range.

Jill, just go out on that porch and give it two blasts...

It's all my fault. I recently bought a Russian M44. I hate the way it shoots, but I love its ruggedness and appearance. So now, in quest of a decent shootin Mosin, I've bought a 91/30 and a Finn M39, as well as an accurizing kit (has anyone tried this?) I'm not sure why I'm so entranced by an inherently inaccurate rifle. It might be the combination of deep history and cheap ammo packed in cool spam cans. As we all go into hoarding mode, I figure a bunch of those cans will last forever, won't break the bank, and most importantly, will look really bad ass stacked in my basement in their Cyrillic printed crates. The other thing is, I'm out of good investment ideas (see my recent thread on gold.) I figure there's not much room for them to go down in value, so at worst they're a decent hedge against a dollar that's being printed like there's no tomorrow. At best, if recent history on surplus rifle value is any indication, they might provide a reasonable ROI. And a lot more fun to fondle than a brokerage statement.

No, my friend. Every 4 years.

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Next year, and "arsenal" will be defined as 40...then 30.... Just like hi cap mags keep getting defined down. Non-gun people definitely don't understand the vast variety of mechanisms, histories, and uses for different guns. I once heard a laughable report about how gun companies conspire to get gun owners to buy more guns by coming out with various commemorative editions. They don't realize that there's no need for a conspiracy. There's always another gun that we "need." Does anyone know anyone who's ever bought a commemorative edition? I'd much rather have a cool variation on a historical gun than a manufactured "collector's item." Same with knives.

Only Karen Golding knows for sure.

I was at that meeting too. It was great. Fair, balanced, and reasonable. I had an email exchange with her after the show. I think she's smart enough to not come out as overtly pro-2A and alienate people, but I have no doubt she'd do the right thing.

Fortunately, she's counterbalanced by a great pro-2A councilwoman, Alison Deeb. Let her know what her colleague is up to. http://www.townofmorristown.org/index.asp?Type=B_DIR&SEC={6271CCD1-1E4F-4A39-8761-63779701D8BE}&DE={E2E940C3-5687-4C1E-8AED-8A767675CEE4}

I don't get where he implied Cryan is gay

I love the small Spydercos. Top quality and neat design. Great steel. I recommend the Manbug. Just be careful, they've recently gone down the road of making some of their knives in China. Fortunately they're pretty transparent about it on their web site.

I'd add that it depends on the cultural context. In NJ, gun ownership defines you as a member of the enemy class. Even if you start off non-idealogically, being unjustly branded a pariah will tend to make you idealogical. Just like the ongoing legislative travesty has woken up and radicalized many apathetic gun owners. OTOH, if you own a gun in a place like TX, it's no more idealogical than owning a car.

Thanks. I just sent him an email.

This comes up periodically in various forums. Dumbest, most dangerous idea I've ever seen.

I usually respect Napolitano, but did he even read the executive orders before sounding the alarm? Here's the order. Not exactly "compelling." Why would it be prohibited, anyway? Doctors have first amendment rights, too. Reminds me of prohibitions on discussing abortion. 16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.

This. 99% of them aren't out to get your guns or pass some moral judgment on you. They're out to meet the tangle of documentation requirements imposed on them by the insurance companies and move onto the next patient. Just say no. Wink if you know it's a sympathetic doctor, and drop your pants.

This is right on the money. I have two ML's: A Lyman Great Plains Hunter for shooting on the range, and a TC Omega for hunting. I love both. But this deer season, I'm going to put away the TC and see what I can do with just lead and BP. If I weren't LH, I'd have a third ML, a flintlock. But I'm not quite ready to drop the $$$ on a traditional (not PA Pellet) lefty flintlock.

Good point on the P2Ps. I didn't think about that. According to the bill, the renewal will have all the same requirements as a new application. So, "renewal" is a misnomer. It wouldn't be so terrible if it were a matter of dropping by the PD with a check and a signature, like renewing your DL. But that's not what they have in mind.

If it takes 6 months to get an FID now with just new applicants, how long will it take with 25% of the FID population reapplying every year, on top of the new applicants?

Fine with me. As long as "something new" includes the whole new high tech FID and the newfangled ammo purchase reporting system. That's going to be expensive and even worse if we're reapplying for our FIDs every 4 years and also need to reapply for P2Ps every 4 years if we want to buy handgun ammo. Let's keep to status quo until we have an unexpected budget windfall. There's a compromise I can live with. Unfortunately, I don't think it's what they have in mind. A certain amount of the spending (the part that hurts us) will be a necessary measure to save the children.

I tried ordering a Finn M39 last year, and the one I wanted had just sold. Whole bunch of new ones up today. I got my order in! So now I'm getting a 91/30 and a Finn M39. I'll have to defer the K31 for now. http://www.gunsnammo.com/

Here's an example of a compromise that everyone should be happy with but no one will consider, because it might make our lives easier: 1) UBC 2) Internet portal which allows anyone to do a secure background check without going through an FFL 3) Photo FID, separate from DL, which doesn't expire. I actually presented this to both Cryan and Stender, and they thought it was reasonable. Of course, no response when followed up by email. NJ2AS has made similar suggestions with no response. I think the real point is, they don't want their fingers on anything that might be characterized as making our live easier.