tark
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A very nice looking 81 NMachine. Mine is a .300 savage.
To answer the OPs question, my favorite "fun gun" is my model 25 Remington pump in 25-20. Slick and smooth. Holds ten rounds and is light as a 22.
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What is you "Fun" gun choice?
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To answer the OPs question, my favorite "fun gun" is my model 25 Remington pump in 25-20. Slick and smooth. Holds ten rounds and is light as a 22.
tactikel
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My Dixie half stock target rifle, a .45 caliber percussion muzzle loader. Fun to shoot and surprisingly accurate.
BushMaster-15
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All MY weapons are fun too shoot . While at our clubs Range I enjoy putting smiles on fellow shooters faces ,when they learn what's making little bug holes pretty consistently . An early 1950's Remington model 722 triple deuce ,with BlC-2 handloads 
They walk away smiling and scratching their heads .
MY little .17 also but it doesn't go nearly as far but 0-75 yd ,it'll take the eye out of a Bug , IF you could locate the Bug
They walk away smiling and scratching their heads .MY little .17 also but it doesn't go nearly as far but 0-75 yd ,it'll take the eye out of a Bug , IF you could locate the Bug
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SterlingBullet
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Ruger Charger. Short, lightweight, no recoil, mounted with a open reflex sight.
Shoot 22LR all day, no need to take out a second mortgage, you can draw stick figures on the target with rimfire holes.
Finally stop shooting when your finger cramps up, or, its an easy pistol to switch to your non-dominate hand, have more fun.
If they had 22LR tracer rounds you could plink all night.
Shoot 22LR all day, no need to take out a second mortgage, you can draw stick figures on the target with rimfire holes.
Finally stop shooting when your finger cramps up, or, its an easy pistol to switch to your non-dominate hand, have more fun.
If they had 22LR tracer rounds you could plink all night.
commygun
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Not distinctive in any way, but there isn’t anything more flat-out fun to shoot than the garden-variety 5.56 AR. Light, reliable, negligible recoil, accurate, with heaps o’ centerfire satisfaction.
The absence of physical and emotional pain is no small part of fun.
The absence of physical and emotional pain is no small part of fun.
Ks5shooter
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Thompson 45 acp.
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The 527 Carbine is one of those guns I should have bought when CZ was still making them. Silly me got distracted by other guns that I should have just put back on the gun rack.
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Ruger PPSh
ColoradoMinuteMan
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My SKS “Tito” that was one of my first guns from my father as a kid is probably what I would consider my “fun” gun. Maybe it’s just the nostalgia from the 90s when the SKS was at its height of accessibility in the US, but I don’t think I’m having any more fun than when I’m dropping in the stripper clip and pushing the rounds into the magazine. Then squeezing off 10, nearly recoilless rounds either slowly one by one or in quick succession. It’s never had a stoppage of any sort. Reliable, simple, utilitarian and relatively cheap to feed (still shooting from stocks). I have almost as much fun disassembling and cleaning as I do shooting it. I’ve taken it apart so many times I can surely do it blindfolded.
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I neglected one , because of it's insatiable appetite . A real Russian Kalashnikov 1947 is a hoot to shoot and a prized possession of My Southeast Asian memorabilia along with some SK's . I find it rather amusing China supplied NVN with Russian arms during the conflict ,
Just goes to show you that China was TERRIFIED , democracy might actually land on their border and by supplying Russian arms pretty much insured communist victory !. Along with knowing our gutless politico's
Just goes to show you that China was TERRIFIED , democracy might actually land on their border and by supplying Russian arms pretty much insured communist victory !. Along with knowing our gutless politico's
Remington 504, .22LR...It's a nice plinker and useful for disposing of small varmints in the relatively rural neighborhood where we live in Maine. Not my only "fun" gun, though. I have other rimfires, centerfires, and handguns of different "persuasions". That's the fun of knowing and liking the shooting/hunting activities.
I'm done with shooting competitions, though have to mention that there aren't as many informal competitive venues as when I was younger. Turkey shoots were a particular fun activity, usually starting in September and continuing through October where I live (in Maine). In the past, I've both shot in and/or run several shooting venues, including turkey shoots, handgun silhouette, rimfire benchrest, skeet, and various other opportunities.
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They are a giggle maker for sure!
This is an old picture of my Charger take-down, binary & suppressed.
This is it broken down …
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Shoot all month! Or close to it, if you put one in the chamber first and it's a February that isn't in a leap year.
Terry G
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The handguards on your Colt SP-1, original? I thought the full size SP-1's had triangular hand guards.
adcoch1
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I got lucky and I have two, the 7.62x39 carbine, and a heavy sporter barreled 223. Never did tie down a 221 fireball like I wanted to, but I built one of those from a Ruger American.
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TerryG
You are correct sir!
It's just that I never cared for the triangular handguards so I replaced them with round ones. I like them a whole more than the original ones. Still got them though; just don't use them!
You are correct sir!
It's just that I never cared for the triangular handguards so I replaced them with round ones. I like them a whole more than the original ones. Still got them though; just don't use them!
Old Hobo
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Currently my 1892 Rossi in .357 is my fun rifle, very utilitarian. It became "fun" only after I had to work on it a bit and found ammo that the loading-gate/receiver/magazine-tube configuration (poor implementation/quality by Rossi) allowed to be used. When filling a Rossi tube magazine, sometimes a blunt lead nose bullet will get stuck against a surface on the receiver interior where the magazine tube interfaces.
In decades past, military surplus rifles firing surplus ammo were my fun centerfire choices. But now, what with rifle prices heading up into the stratosphere, the joy is gone. This year, the angels sang, and I was able to find a sporterized Nagant carbine for $160. I've worked on it, but need to get out to the range to see what it will do. I've got some ancient 7.65x54R ammo to blast away. I'm always looking for unappreciated firearms that folk are getting rid of. Taking them to the range and letting them once again perform is always fun. I imagine somehow that it is also fun for the weapon, even maybe fun for the owner who has passed from this life but is watching their fun gun have some fun again.
Twenty-two rimfire plinking almost goes without saying a fun realm. Everybody loves this. A few months back, I was shooting some old .22 ammo I'd put back like 40 year ago. The ammo fired just fine.
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In decades past, military surplus rifles firing surplus ammo were my fun centerfire choices. But now, what with rifle prices heading up into the stratosphere, the joy is gone. This year, the angels sang, and I was able to find a sporterized Nagant carbine for $160. I've worked on it, but need to get out to the range to see what it will do. I've got some ancient 7.65x54R ammo to blast away. I'm always looking for unappreciated firearms that folk are getting rid of. Taking them to the range and letting them once again perform is always fun. I imagine somehow that it is also fun for the weapon, even maybe fun for the owner who has passed from this life but is watching their fun gun have some fun again.
Twenty-two rimfire plinking almost goes without saying a fun realm. Everybody loves this. A few months back, I was shooting some old .22 ammo I'd put back like 40 year ago. The ammo fired just fine.
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.45Coltguy
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Dang! They're all fun. Top pick tho goes to my '57 39A. It's a 39A!! Whats not to like? Pine cones, beware.
American_Fusilier
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Where did you get that cheek riser on the pc carbine? I could use one of those for my savage mk II fvsr...
Thanks!
kopcicle
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Process of elimination I guess.
The BSA CF-2 in .270 is its own kind of fun because we're old friends and I load a laundry list of purpose built ammunition for it. It shoots everything from cast and varmint rounds to the common 130 and 140gr to the 150's for larger game to a round nose 160.
The fun here is I know where each point of impact is and it just does its job in near boring fashion.
The 1851 replica. Fire smoke and brimstone with accuracy that rivals my Colt 1911 Ser. 70 Mk IV Gov.
The Hi-Power looking thing is actually a FEG P9R 9mm. The bastard step child of a Browning Hi-Power and an S&W model 59. Trigger is superb in DA and SA. Fun? Again it just goes where I point it. Ball ammunition with a reasonable ES will allow a 6" group, at 100 yards.
The 1908 Colt pocket .25ACP isn't any fun. I can't hit a tin can ten feet away. It's near impossible to load for and expensive to shoot.
Finally there is the BSA, Martini- Enfield custom in (of course) 303 British. Fun!
It goes where it's pointed. I load 175-180 for it and it gives a satisfying thump on steel out to 300. (when I can see that far) It's a center divot, Buckhorn rear leaf with wedge. The front is a tiny gold bead. (doesn't tarnish so it must be gold) The wedge of the Buckhorn is regulated for 180gr windage. If you know how to really use a Buckhorn and bead you know what I'm talking about. The action is tight and headspace minimal. Everything inside the action was polished and loved on by someone that would not settle for "good enough". Trigger is just over 3# and approximates the surprise of a well tuned N frame S&W. Extraction and ejection is flawless. Appearance is about a "3 foot rifle" . If you look close the polish has a few lines in it, the original markings are faint, and a few edges are rolled over. As nice as the wood is there are a few runs in an acrylic finish and a few inletting sins.
So, Fun? The BSA Martini-Enfield wins. It is so fun It was gifted to the bride. Aside from the expected recoil she is beginning to understand why I enjoy it so much. Then again she thinks the Colt 1908 pocket .25ACP is fun.
As always, YMMV.
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It's super soaker season.
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Grandads M1917 Enfield in 30-06 in a stock his best friend built for him in the early 70s. Went dormant in 1981 after he passed away long before my time. It makes ragged holes again now. I broke the original Bushnell Banner, but ill find a replacement when the cash is saved up.
Gumby0961
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My favorite is my AR in 7.62 x 39. Cheap ammo and things move when hit.
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