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On August 01 2011 11:10 cyanide66 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 01 2011 08:22 splinter9 wrote:On August 01 2011 05:10 cyanide66 wrote:On August 01 2011 02:11 splinter9 wrote:On August 01 2011 02:07 dogabutila wrote:
What? There are tons of gun control threads. There are no gun threads. We are trying to keep this a thread about guns, and not go off subject into gun control.
I didn't think it was that hard to understand, we aren't 'winning' any arguments here because we aren't having any. thats fair enough and i agree with you but im just calling it like it is. Its just a wierd statement to start your thread with. If you were so confident in your gun ownership you shouldn't mind to thwart some other idiot who doesn't agree with your views. But back on topic if i ever were to lose my mind and buy a gun, Id get the rail gun from quake So you have to Lose your mind to buy a gun? Sheep are scared of "dangerous things" i guess. you really think that guns are just "dangerous things"? I dont have to lose my mind to buy a gun thats easy to do. But to delude myself into thinking i need one id have to lose it. But i totally understand the need for fully automatic ak's just cause its your hobby and your right!. Hookers and blow are my hobby i would like that legalized as well please. Yet another person not knowing what their talking about. fully auto Ak's aren't legal. Though to be honest they should be legal. keep letting the media tell you how to think, i'm sure it will work out well for you.
Just ignore them, trying to convince someone on the internet of something is like a bronze level player thinking they can 2 -0 Whitera.
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On August 01 2011 11:10 cyanide66 wrote:
Yet another person not knowing what their talking about. fully auto Ak's aren't legal. Though to be honest they should be legal. keep letting the media tell you how to think, i'm sure it will work out well for you.
Actually; if you're disgustingly rich, have a perfect background, get the signature of the Chief of Police in your area, submit your fingerprints as well as a photo ID to the BATFE and wait 8-10 months for the ATF and FBI to comb every inch of your life as well as pay for and receive a $200 tax stamp... you can own one. As you can see the requirements are quite ridiculous, but it is possible... depending on if you live in a free state. Some states say that even those requirements are not enough, and deny this right entirely.
If anyone thinks I'm BSing... here is the fully auto MP5 a friend of mine let me shoot. You can clearly see the full selector switch. I also have a video of me shooting it however I'm not sure how to upload that.
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** If you are a normal citizen, you are basically never going to own one of these. The requirements are incredibly tedious, expensive and comprehensive. A few states don't even allow ownership. Don't forget a fully auto mp5 like this one goes for around $20,000. Still interested? Lay down the cash today and get started on that Class 3 paperwork.
http://www.gunsamerica.com/929173288/Guns/Rifles/Class-3-Rifles/Class-3-Subguns/HK_MP5_SD.htm
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On August 01 2011 12:43 Mr. Nefarious wrote:Show nested quote +On August 01 2011 11:10 cyanide66 wrote:
Yet another person not knowing what their talking about. fully auto Ak's aren't legal. Though to be honest they should be legal. keep letting the media tell you how to think, i'm sure it will work out well for you. Actually; if you're disgustingly rich, have a perfect background, get the signature of the Chief of Police in your area, submit your fingerprints as well as a photo ID to the BATFE and wait 8-10 months for the ATF and FBI to comb every inch of your life as well as pay for and receive a $200 tax stamp... you can own one. As you can see the requirements are quite ridiculous, but it is possible... depending on if you live in a free state. Some states say that even those requirements are not enough, and deny this right entirely. If anyone thinks I'm BSing... here is the fully auto MP5 a friend of mine let me shoot. You can clearly see the full selector switch. I also have a video of me shooting it however I'm not sure how to upload that.
Sweet mp5. An indoor gun range near where I live has a couple full auto guns including an mp5 and m4. I rented the mp5 for a session and blew through $100 worth of ammo in a few minutes. Full auto is fun to shoot but is a huge waste of money. Props to your friend for jumping through the hoops to own that smg.
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A want a grenade launcher.
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On August 01 2011 12:43 Mr. Nefarious wrote:Show nested quote +On August 01 2011 11:10 cyanide66 wrote:
Yet another person not knowing what their talking about. fully auto Ak's aren't legal. Though to be honest they should be legal. keep letting the media tell you how to think, i'm sure it will work out well for you. Actually; if you're disgustingly rich, have a perfect background, get the signature of the Chief of Police in your area, submit your fingerprints as well as a photo ID to the BATFE and wait 8-10 months for the ATF and FBI to comb every inch of your life as well as pay for and receive a $200 tax stamp... you can own one. As you can see the requirements are quite ridiculous, but it is possible... depending on if you live in a free state. Some states say that even those requirements are not enough, and deny this right entirely. If anyone thinks I'm BSing... here is the fully auto MP5 a friend of mine let me shoot. You can clearly see the full selector switch. I also have a video of me shooting it however I'm not sure how to upload that.
Rich is right. Title II firearms cost a pretty penny and then some. (That mp5 is probably worth $13-14k or more, I'm guessing) and obviously any transfer requires ATF approval. Good luck on that ATF Form 4 if you ever want one.
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On August 01 2011 05:31 prochobo wrote:Show nested quote +On August 01 2011 02:28 dogabutila wrote:On August 01 2011 02:18 Brethern wrote:On August 01 2011 01:54 Tschis wrote:
What is the "general purpose" of an AR-15 rifle? XD
Btw, your pistol picture isn't showing up, do you mind linking another image? I've tried google but there seems to be several looks for that pistol (the ones who remind me of Medal of Honor are awesome XD) The only thing preventing it from being used for hunting are fudds. The .223 round sucks. It's a varmit round. You can use it to hunt... varmits. Can't guarantee clean kills on a deer with it. That's why our nation hunts people with them? The standard XM193 might suck a little bit, but hits at 600yd+ is worth it. The MK262 or the 77gr BTHPs from Hornady (loaded right) will do a shit load of damage and maintain flatter trajectories.
You know the theory behind the military rounds right? Instead of killing an enemy combatant, and thus, only incapacitating him...wound him instead and take another 2 people out of the fight to drag him, and another person to care for him later.
It's a little bit of a problem in Afghanistan where ranges are far longer then m16's effective ranges are. And by the way they don't use the XM193 anymore for 600+. Army transitioned to 7.62x51 in a squad DM level for those ranges.
And not to mention, if you hit a deer in the vitals it's not uncommon for it to run another 100 yards before dropping.
// .223 vs 5.56. Similar, but different in headspacing. //failed//Protip, you can shoot .223 in a firearm chambered for 5.56 but do not shoot 5.56 in a firearm chambered for .223.
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I own a 12 gauge for hunting pheasant and that's about it. Personally, I don't see the fun of shooting a gun, but a lot of my friends collect rifles/pistols.
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On August 01 2011 15:13 dogabutila wrote:
// .223 vs 5.56. Similar, but different in headspacing. Protip, you can shoot 5.56 in a firearm chambered for .223 but do not shoot .223 in a firearm chambered for 5.56.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought it was the other way around:
A firearm chambered for .223 firing 5.56 rounds will be taking extra wear and tear from the 5.56. On the other hand, a firearm chambered in 5.56 that is firing .223 rounds should be fine, but "less accurate."
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I own a Lee Enfield w/ a bayonet manufactured in 1942. It's really cool owning a weapon that was most likely used in WW II. It's like owning a piece of history.
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go be able to own class III guns do you basically have to work in security or be in the military/law enforcement?
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er, yea I wrote that backwards.
5.56 chambered rifles have a longer headspace, shooting .223 out of them might result in less velocity and accuracy.
.223 chambered rifles have a shorter headspace. Shooting a 5.56 round results in higher chamber pressures. Since the headspace is 1/2 the size in a 5.56 chambered rifle and since 5.56 rounds are slightly longer there is a chance the round can contact the rifling prior to firing and then you can Kb.
If in doubt, shoot .223.
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New toy. Remington 700 sps tactical. 20 inch barrel. 1-12 twist. No glass on it yet, those are expensive as well. Perhaps in a month or so. I put a few rounds down and it was terrible fun, even if its hard to hit what you want to without optics OR irons.
Surprisingly, there was less felt recoil then off of my AK shooting both offhand. The .308 (7.62x51) has more get up and go then the 7.62x39 and the remmy is lighter so I was expecting to take a beating. The overmold on the end of the stock absorbs so much of the recoil that there is actually a lot less felt recoil.
// The other people at the range today didn't like me cause they couldn't shoot their .22 rifle without earpro anymore.
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it's okay to get one, guns don't kill people, my cousin does =O
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I have two firearms. First is a Remington Model 870 Wingmaster shotgun that I use to hunt fowl and the second is a Winchester Model 70 Super Grade rifle for deer or elk. I plan on getting an old Colt SAA revolver down the road but I need to find a good one in proper firing order.
As for how I keep them, all firearms are in a locked cabinet with key and combination. Ammo is separated into a box within the cabinet under it's own key and combination. The cabinet is in the corner of my closet. I'm anal about safety with them.
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Kind of a necro, but between Christmas and the buying frenzy that generally follows any politically charged tragedy... anyone else tried to buy ammo lately? Fuck.
Common rounds are almost completely sold out. Glad all I wanted for my 9mm was range ammo, bought some 124gr Winchester stuff for ~$14 a box, so 150 rounds for ~$50, but damn. Academy was practically sold out of stuff like 9mm, 5.56, and defense loads for .45, .40, and .38 were down to a few battered boxes left on the shelf too.
On that, I recently got a Hi Point C9, the one I'm getting ammo for. If anyone has heard rumors about it, I'd happily answer their questions on it, since it's kind of got a nasty reputation that, IMO, it didn't deserve.
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On December 29 2012 03:25 JingleHell wrote:
Kind of a necro, but between Christmas and the buying frenzy that generally follows any politically charged tragedy... anyone else tried to buy ammo lately? Fuck.
Common rounds are almost completely sold out. Glad all I wanted for my 9mm was range ammo, bought some 124gr Winchester stuff for ~$14 a box, so 150 rounds for ~$50, but damn. Academy was practically sold out of stuff like 9mm, 5.56, and defense loads for .45, .40, and .38 were down to a few battered boxes left on the shelf too.
On that, I recently got a Hi Point C9, the one I'm getting ammo for. If anyone has heard rumors about it, I'd happily answer their questions on it, since it's kind of got a nasty reputation that, IMO, it didn't deserve.
With all the speculation about gun control laws, I would imagine price's would go up as people stockpile ammunition.
I was wondering if anyone has some advice. Looking for a small handgun to purchase. Purpose is not for hunting rather home defense. I live with my mom and sister, so I'm looking for intimidation factor.
I was looking at a glock's because of they are the most well known company to me.
Any suggestions on handguns from my fellow TLer's for a small reliable pistol? Maybe even a shotgun.
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