Here's how I'd rank what I own/I've owned, from best to worst:
Finnish M39
German K98k
Polish M44
Swedish M96
Swiss K31
Soviet 91/30
Persian 98/29
Swiss G1911
Finnish M28
Finnish M91
Soviet M38
French MAS 36 (and 36/51)
Canadian No.4 Mk.1*
U.S. 1903A3
Mexican M1910
Some...
I dove into the world of C&Rs by basically acquiring every rifle I could reasonably afford. The main thing I love about the old rifles is how each nation had their own gun which reflected their own design philosophies and requirements. My goal was to try everything I could to see what I liked...
Wow what a timely thread for me. My left ear just started ringing the Saturday before last after dry-firing a pistol in my office a few times and it hasn't stopped.
Like you, I always, always, always double up when shooting, and I use foam plugs + Silencio Magnums. 3 out of my 4 grandparents...
1. Do you consider Smith & Wesson an innovator? Please explain.
Only to a small degree. Their recent use of lightweight materials for the concealed carry market was somewhat innovative and probably brought in a fair number of sales. Some models seemed like solutions in search of a problem...
I also had this problem. I believe my dad fixed it by stoning an edge break on one of the firing pin surfaces. Rifle works perfectly now.
That solution would be specific to my bolt, though. Yours was probably screwed up differently.
Huh I find very little information about removing nickel and cupro-nickel fouling, other than people saying "it used to be a problem". Consequently, I can't find any firearms cleaning products that attack nickel directly.
Repeated cleanings with Wipe-Out foam and GM Top Engine Cleaner (my two...
While shooting my 1950 Long Branch for the first time (using 30's Mk.VII from Samco), I noticed a drastic shift in POI about halfway through the day that I couldn't explain. After cleaning the bore, I now find this strange fouling about two inches from the crown down:
What will it take to...
These recommendations are always difficult because a rifle's performance depends almost entirely on how well it fits its user and how well that individual rifle shoots. My counterbored Tula 91/30 shoots better than my mint-bored Tikka 91/30. My MAS 36 groups tighter than my K31. We can all think...
One of your better bets is to attend a high power clinic hosted at one of the clubs I'm in, Gopher Rifle and Revolver Club. Excellent instruction, fun shooting. They start you at 200 yards, though you'd only get to shoot a modern service rifle (M1, M14, AR-15). I think they only do this clinic...
The best of five plates. I hate it when my first group is the best one. I had to shoot from the rifle club's horrible benches because they were mowing/weed whacking/dropping chemicals.
I sighted in my new Mossberg M44US as well. That will produce a sub-2" group easily. Look for it soon. I'll...
Last weekend I shot a discarded spotting scope (glass facing me), shot the ruined spraypaint can I set next to it, and then shot the woodchuck that came out to investigate just what was going on at the 100 yard line.
I sold an antique rifle and recently received payment and a copy of a buyer's driver's license. The fly in the ointment is that the license expired in 1999. The URL at the bottom of the paper the license is printed on points to an AOL webmail attachment, presumably a scan of this license...
These sights are hit and miss for me. I have a TS200 rear sight, and feel I should have bought a TS100. My rifle hit way, way high with the first front sight post that came, but Tech Sights has taller front sight posts available cheaply which corrected that problem. The polish-blued rear...
Interesting question. I've found that I don't really have a maximum distance with irons that I enjoy (I've only tried up to 600 yards, though), but I do have a minimum distance with centerfire rifles: 200 yards. To me, the point of a rifle is to own that 200–600 yard zone. That said, I make sure...
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