Recent content by MCMXIautomatic

Back in late January, I picked up a surplus Yugo M59 SKS at my annual club gun show. I looked it over pretty closely before I bought it, but somehow I managed to miss that the front sight base or gas block is slightly canted. This wasn't something I noticed until just recently. I have examined...

Do any of you own a Savage A17? How well do they function with different loads? I understand that .17 HMR has been a bit of a difficult cartridge to build a reliable semi-auto rifle around, so when designing the A17, Savage and CCI developed a proprietary .17 HMR load that would cycle that...

What made you change your thinking on that?

I'm well aware that for self defense purposes, a good modern jacketed hollowpoint load is the overwhelming preference for dealing with a threat, for reasons which I already know and understand, so I need no explanation there. However, I've been wondering about it, and I'm curious to know exactly...

The first semi auto pistol I ever shot was a commercial Luger made by DWM, chambered in 7.65 Parabellum (.30 Luger). It's a family heirloom that my great-grandfather obtained by barter when he lived in Illinois. No FOID card, no background check, no waiting period or any of that BS. Of course...

Hey everyone, just wanted to know what you think overall about the PTR-91. I've been thinking about possibly getting one some time, just because I feel like I could use a good .308 battle rifle. I'm specifically looking at either the PTR-91 GI or the GI R models, though I may lean a little more...

Update: Just added a third option to the poll.

Okay. How about a Glock or AR-15? Or a Mossberg shotgun?

This question has probably come up here at least a hundred times over the years, but I thought I'd go ahead and ask anyway. When I dry-fire practice, should I be using snap caps, or does it matter? I've heard it said that you should use snap caps to avoid damaging/destroying the firing pin. But...

Well, currently I have my AR mags loaded with 55 grain Hornady Z-MAX for defense inside the home. It's basically the same thing as their V-MAX ammo, just with green tips and that stupid zombie-themed box art. I know a firearms instructor who used to be the commander of the local PD SWAT team...

Maybe, maybe not. Wyoming has had "constitutional carry" since 2011, but the law here also has a similar provision for business owners. Even so, the only places I have seen those signs were at the local shopping mall, the hospital, and one movie theater. Other than that, most of the local...

While we're on the subject, what do you all think about the DSA FALs? I've heard that they are using cast alloy lower receivers now.

Lol, too right! I still need to get one of those posters for myself! It was pretty much the same for me, the history of the Rhodesian Bush War is one of the major reasons for my interest in the FAL.

This was a very thoughtful post, and you're absolutely right. It all goes back to the fact that the FAL was never really given a chance the way the AR was, and coupled with the fact that it was never issued in the US military, the level of familiarity and subsequent popularity among Americans...

Yup. They seemed to work well enough in the freezing Norwegian Arctic when the CAST Brigade Group was deployed there. And I've always thought the C1A1's ability to be top-loaded with stripper clips was a cool feature too. Very useful if you've somehow lost all your spare mags, or there's an...