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    New AR, first Duracoat project.

    Caught some sales. Bear Creek Arsenal upper. Palmetto State Armory build kit. Aero Precision lower (not on sale). Swapped the build kit pistol grip for a Magpul K2. Seriously, I love these grips. Built for me. The initial test fit: Then decided I wanted something so it wasn't Just Another...
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    Opinions: brakes on 7.62x39 AR.

    So I've got my AR built. It came with a basic birdcage flash hider on it, which I haven't used before--and haven't had the chance to use yet here. Since I'm still in 'building mode' I'm considering tossing an inexpensive brake on it. I've used cheap AK-74-style ebay brakes on my AK and been...
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    7.62x39 AR - zero distance?

    Alright, my google-fu is failing me and my understanding of ballistics charts is lacking. .223 is easy and established, AKs are contested but I figure you can't go wrong setting the stock sight to 100m and zeroing at 100m, but my AR has MBUS, which don't have a range setting. So I'm trying to...
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    Finally building an AR.

    I've been an AK guy in the past. Feel like I'm insulting mine here. But I've got my stimulus check, a desire for a mild project, and might end up in a better job soon enough. And the LGS had complete Anderson lowers for less than finding one online plus shipping and transfer. And I have to say...
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    CLP and plastics.

    Not polymer grips; I know CLP doesn't much bother anything Glock or Magpul. I'm a fan of keeping everything needed to keep a gun running in an emergency where you'll always have it. Dad kept cleaning tools in his hunting jacket, for instance. Cleaned out mud or a split shell more than a couple...
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    7.62x39 and x54r -- hunting rounds?

    Dad keeps saying that a favorite client of his is trying to get him out on a hog hunt, and he intends to take me along if he goes. So I guess I need to take care of the license and safety course. But I'm also largely unfamiliar with rounds appropriate for hunting from these. I do have a shotgun...
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    Low rail-mounted iron sights.

    So I'm buying myself a christmas gift this year, replacing the AK I sold during hard times. Planning on a PSA AK, and I've had a Gen-2 Texas Weapons System rear cover hanging around. They have one sight option available on their site. And even though I'm not opposed to it, $40 for a...
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    JRA aks?

    Anyone have any experience with them? Missing my 7.62x39s, Classic has been advertising them, and I'm having trouble finding good write-ups. I'm hardly a gun snob, don't mind ugly, but do demand that things are straight and that a gun does what it's supposed to.
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    My first custom.

    Dad tends to get me knives as stocking stuffers. Keychain, pocket, multitools--stuff he expects me to use daily. And I do. Well, this year he apparently decided I've got enough to use, and that he wasn't going to part with the beautiful ones his uncle made yet, so found a local guy and...
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    Have 7.62x39, no rifle.

    Like the title says, I have a can of 7.62x39, mostly steel of various flavors, sold the Saiga it was going to feed for rent money during tough times, and have nothing else to put it in. I am, however, daydreaming, do have some tools (no bench-mounted ones or bench for them though) considerable...
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    Your choice for pocket pistols?

    Alright, new job. One that brings me to a bunch of strangers' (some stranger than others) houses, through neighborhoods of all kinds, and loading and unloading the van everywhere from the well-lit police medical examiner's office at noon, to a pitch-black alley behind windowless business at 3 in...
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    Did I just get lucky with my new 870?

    So I handed my dad's old Stevens back after refurbishing it, to much success, and he said he'll have to get me out to a range a town or two over to shoot clays. This means, of course, that I just can't go without a shotgun of my own. So I pop into the local pawn shop and find a used 870 Express...
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    Finished: reviving dad's Stevens

    The background here: My dad got a new apartment, and could now clean out his storage unit. I found the stock and receiver of his old side-by-side shotgun rolling around in the bed. It had been in the storage unit for about twelve years. Florida self-storage isn't exactly kind to anything made of...
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    Another question about paste wax.

    So I'm refinishing my dad's old pheasant gun. A Stevens 311, so it was never the flashy barbecue gun, but I'm surpassing its previous workhorse status to something showcasing all my limited skill (but abundant care) to brightly polished bluing and wood. I've heard the praises of Johnson's paste...
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    Dating a Stevens 5100.

    No good pictures yet, but I'll relay all I can. It was dad's old pheasant gun I'm refurbishing and gathering info on, unknown to him, as a late Christmas gift. It was old when he bought it, sometime between the late 70s and mid 80s; it's pre serial numbers. The original barrel was ruined by rust...
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    Source for Stevens 5100 16ga barrel?

    Helped my father empty out his storage unit into his new apartment. Rolling in the back of the truck bed was a receiver, which turns out to be a Stevens and marked only with 5100. Did just a little research with that. It's ugly but not particularly pitted. From what I can tell everything works...
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    9mm Gold Dot with Red Dot?

    Been out of handloading for a while, finally replaced my 9mm and decided I need to refill the cans. So I went searching for bullets to fill the brass, and couldn't stop from jumping at a lot of pulled 124gr Gold Dots for the 'get it out of my basement' price. I have a good stock of Red Dot...
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    Experience with night sights for SR9?

    So my new carry gun is finally on the way here. Should be able to pick it up Tuesday. The tritium sights on my CZ spoiled me. After some time with my Mk3, decided that's definitely something I want again. I want something that's not going to catch under a shirt and preferably aren't absurdly...
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    Anything special to know about the SR9c?

    So, after getting my very small inheritance from grandma's passing (no grief; that lady gave the reaper a fight), feeling bare after selling my last pistol for rent money a year ago, and imbibing just a bit, I was glancing through Gunbroker for things I'd been eyeing in the shop. Ended up the...
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    Tokarev: Polish vs. Romanian?

    Found sources for both, they're within $10 of each other, and since tomorrow's my birthday and I may (finally) get promoted up to full time, I think it's worth keeping an eye on a treat for myself. I've always wanted a Tok, and I'm not afraid of reloading. Especially if they use the same primers...
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