Just thought it would be nice to have a place to talk about anything firearms related. I have been very interested in surplus military firearms for a number of years, especially after they became so plentiful and inexpensive due to veritable flood of them into market. Russia for example had stockpiled many military arms long ago that are now considered obsolete. They needed the money which meant that it was now possible to buy some very nice specimens for rediculously low prices. I took advantage of this. I have old military rifles from many countries and different eras. I especially have an affinity for the venerable old British Enfield in all of it's variations.

well does having a .22 bullet count

My dad once let me shoot his .32

I think that's what he called it.

ive shoot i .22 oedius
dxp beware im coming for the cookies

[e]Sputnik wrote: ive shoot i .22 oedius
dxp beware im coming for the cookies

Oh no! dx, quick! slap on that vest!

My great grandpa brought home sevrale french m16 rifles from the westrone front. I will have to get a pic of them and post it one hear. They say le m16 on them. To bad the french did not let him keep the bayonets.

Wow! Yes, Skydavis, would love to see them. I have several French rifles but, not one of those.

Luna6 wrote: My dad once let me shoot his .32

I think that's what he called it.

Yes, the 32 caliber has a very long history and is still with us. I have a 32auto pistol that is good for deep concealment.

Ok hear some pictures. I took them with the ipad so they look bad but there good enuth to see the gun a bit lol.









Ok there they are. I have 3 out of 6 of them. My Great ants have the other 3.

mind letting me barrow one
i need one to help me get some of dxps cookies

Hm i should have taken the picture of all 3 of them away from the closet. I think the junk in the back ground over powers the guns.

[e]Sputnik wrote: mind letting me barrow one
i need one to help me get some of dxps cookies

Lol sput.

But, don't forget bayonet in case you run out of ammo! You know how dxp gets when someone tries to steal his cookies!

Skydavis, there is quite a bit of history there! Those date back to WW1

Lol sadly the french guys did not let my grand pa take the bayonets. They did not even want him having the guns lol.

I can't handle the recoil on guns

oedius wrote: Skydavis, there is quite a bit of history there! Those date back to WW1

Yep they do.

Octavia6 wrote: I can't handle the recoil on guns

Make the gun heaver and it wont do that.

I see you are a bowman too sky - nice! Ok firearms, we cant own them easy here in england but i was a gamekeeper for two years - ive shot a miroku 12 guage , my dads beretta 12 guage, a .22 rimfire and my favourite - a .243 with an 8x56 schmidt & bender scope that we went lamping with. ( do i qualify - i dont actually own any guns???)

I havnt even shot a gun other than bb and paintball but me and my dad are about to start deer hunting and possibly trap bobcat so I guess I'm about to start ... And skining and gutting should be ... Fun

Lol I have probably every calliber rifle and hand gun made or well I will soon haha I have a 243,270,.308,300 win mag,30-06, short mag, .22 magnum, .22 longrifle, .22short, and the hand guns I have are .45, .357, .380, 38 special,9mm lol should I keep going haha

I also have a Russian carbean born in 1943 and also have a Lee Enfield mrk4 born in 1942!

I forgot to add I have all calliber shotguns and I have 2 bows a pse bruin and my new 2012 Bear encounter

Those looks great oedius!

I myself (vintage rifles wise) own a Mosin Nagant 91/30. It was one of the Russian models made before the cheaper materials were being used in WWII. There were a few dings in the stock, but after some careful sanding and finish -- it looks brand new.

Only thing I didn't like about it was having to clean ALL the freakin' cosmoline off of it. Holy crap. For those who don't know, the USSR coated rifles that they were putting away in storage/selling in a substance called "cosmoline". It smells awful. But it protects the wood and gun metal from deterioration.

Anyways -- getting that stuff off is a real pain, hahahah. But at least I learned how to completely field strip the rifle that way.

I think the Ruger 10/22 is an excellent starter rifle. Extremely reliable and pretty damn universal in use. But once you want to move up in the calibers, I recommend everyone should purchase a good ol' Mosin Nagant. They run about $100 for an excellent conditioned one and the 7.62x54r rounds are CHEAP. They're also about the same size as a 30-06 and give a bit more kick.

Only downside is that most of the rounds are corrosive. So after shooting, you'll have to put some ammonia/barrel cleaner down the chute so you don't screw up your barrel.

Slenderman wrote: Those looks great oedius!

I myself (vintage rifles wise) own a Mosin Nagant 91/30. It was one of the Russian models made before the cheaper materials were being used in WWII. There were a few dings in the stock, but after some careful sanding and finish -- it looks brand new.

Only thing I didn't like about it was having to clean ALL the freakin' cosmoline off of it. Holy crap. For those who don't know, the USSR coated rifles that they were putting away in storage/selling in a substance called "cosmoline". It smells awful. But it protects the wood and gun metal from deterioration.

Anyways -- getting that stuff off is a real pain, hahahah. But at least I learned how to completely field strip the rifle that way.

I think the Ruger 10/22 is an excellent starter rifle. Extremely reliable and pretty damn universal in use. But once you want to move up in the calibers, I recommend everyone should purchase a good ol' Mosin Nagant. They run about $100 for an excellent conditioned one and the 7.62x54r rounds are CHEAP. They're also about the same size as a 30-06 and give a bit more kick.

Only downside is that most of the rounds are corrosive. So after shooting, you'll have to put some ammonia/barrel cleaner down the chute so you don't screw up your barrel.

Ya that cosmoline stuff is difficult to get rid of. We haven't gone and got it off of the M16s yet because we are stilling looking for ammo lol. My aunts took the one we did get the cosmoline off of it and lost 500 rounds of ammo in her house some were lol. Once you get around 80 you forget were you put stuff 10 years ago.

I own to many to count......i also carry concealed.....my favorite pistols to carry are my glock 45 gap and my springfield xd

Gen I have Taurus .45 and a Springfield xd .40 cal I love both of em

454 casull taurus raging bull...fun to shoot and reload for......7mag with redfield accutrac scope. 308 sako...bushmaster ar. a few different shotguns. 38special ultralight..a few 22's. All fun to shoot when I get the chance..I don't carry concealed any more. I now live in pa on the new york state border and work in new york....I can't get a permit in New York....Bummer

Skydavis1 wrote: Ya that cosmoline stuff is difficult to get rid of. We haven't gone and got it off of the M16s yet because we are stilling looking for ammo lol. My aunts took the one we did get the cosmoline off of it and lost 500 rounds of ammo in her house some were lol. Once you get around 80 you forget were you put stuff 10 years ago.

Oh? I never knew they applied cosmoline to synthetic stocks -- or Viet Nam era weapons.

AlexRedneck34 wrote: Gen I have Taurus .45 and a Springfield xd .40 cal I love both of em

Ah, I love shooting XD's. But ugh -- I cannot stand Taurus' handgun line. The bloody things aren't manufactured with precision resulting in jams and major malfunctions. I've met two separate people on opposite sides of the globe whom had their Taurus blow up in their hand (one of which lost a finger). Same thing goes for Glocks in my opinion. Yeah, they look cool and are hold up incredibly well in rough conditions (I once heard you could submerge a Glock underwater and still fire it. The same day I went and tested it and confirmed -- you can fire them underwater!). But gosh, when they malfunction -- IT IS BAD. One shooting range I went to showed me 4 of their Glocks that had such a malfunction. The barrel literally split and the slide shot off backward -- nearly missing the four separate people shooting it. They said that if it would have hit -- it would have easily gone into their heads.

So yeah. I don't buy Taurus (from personal experience) or Glocks (for what I've seen).

Slenderman wrote:

Skydavis1 wrote: Ya that cosmoline stuff is difficult to get rid of. We haven't gone and got it off of the M16s yet because we are stilling looking for ammo lol. My aunts took the one we did get the cosmoline off of it and lost 500 rounds of ammo in her house some were lol. Once you get around 80 you forget were you put stuff 10 years ago.

Oh? I never knew they applied cosmoline to synthetic stocks -- or Viet Nam era weapons.

AlexRedneck34 wrote: Gen I have Taurus .45 and a Springfield xd .40 cal I love both of em

Ah, I love shooting XD's. But ugh -- I cannot stand Taurus' handgun line. The bloody things aren't manufactured with precision resulting in jams and major malfunctions. I've met two separate people on opposite sides of the globe whom had their Taurus blow up in their hand (one of which lost a finger). Same thing goes for Glocks in my opinion. Yeah, they look cool and are hold up incredibly well in rough conditions (I once heard you could submerge a Glock underwater and still fire it. The same day I went and tested it and confirmed -- you can fire them underwater!). But gosh, when they malfunction -- IT IS BAD. One shooting range I went to showed me 4 of their Glocks that had such a malfunction. The barrel literally split and the slide shot off backward -- nearly missing the four separate people shooting it. They said that if it would have hit -- it would have easily gone into their heads.

So yeah. I don't buy Taurus (from personal experience) or Glocks (for what I've seen).

The gun i was talking about is in ww1 era not veitnam.