Modacity shooters' thread

[PenGuin1362]

Interesting picture of a Russian "sniper" however this guy has the scoped SVT-40 it looks like. Apparently this guy had 181 confirmed kills on the Germans http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/in...5_3c10516u.jpg

[rossmum]

All bolt actions are incredibly simple. It blows my mind how they can charge so much for something like a Cheytac which is nothing more than a fancy bolt with a floating barrel and a special bullet. Charging for the ammo? Fine. The gun itself? Get real.

They are machined to extremely fine tolerances and the slightest flaw totally fucks accuracy. They could have one moving part for all the difference it makes, the cost is in the fine machining. They may be a little overpriced for what they are - I'm no metalworker - but to say they should be cheap is ignorant of the work that goes into them.

Re: fucking with old guns just because you 'own' them - this is probably going to bring you cunts down on me like a stack of spoiled kids on the last candy in the jar, but I don't see it as 'owning' so much as 'being custodian of'. In the case of modern rifles that are still on their production run, do what you like, but historical things - I don't fuck with that. There may be 17 million Mosins in the world, but one day that number won't be quite so big, and every non-fucked-up rifle will be a precious treasure from the past. Just think how common duelling pistols and so on were a few hundred years ago versus how rare they are now. I have made a promise to myself that I will never destructively modify anything historical, unless it has already been fucked beyond all help or it is somehow necessary to ensure it survives in at least some form. Hopefully I can drive the same thing into my (hypothetical) kids and them to theirs and so on so that when there are only a handful of relics left from WWII, my rifles will still be there, exactly as they were during the war.

Just got back in from some hunting. This just in: don't stand too close to something you're about to put down with .30-30. My jeans are kind of splattered with brains.

[TVTyrant]

They are machined to extremely fine tolerances and the slightest flaw totally fucks accuracy. They could have one moving part for all the difference it makes, the cost is in the fine machining. They may be a little overpriced for what they are - I'm no metalworker - but to say they should be cheap is ignorant of the work that goes into them.

Re: fucking with old guns just because you 'own' them - this is probably going to bring you cunts down on me like a stack of spoiled kids on the last candy in the jar, but I don't see it as 'owning' so much as 'being custodian of'. In the case of modern rifles that are still on their production run, do what you like, but historical things - I don't fuck with that. There may be 17 million Mosins in the world, but one day that number won't be quite so big, and every non-fucked-up rifle will be a precious treasure from the past. Just think how common duelling pistols and so on were a few hundred years ago versus how rare they are now. I have made a promise to myself that I will never destructively modify anything historical, unless it has already been fucked beyond all help or it is somehow necessary to ensure it survives in at least some form. Hopefully I can drive the same thing into my (hypothetical) kids and them to theirs and so on so that when there are only a handful of relics left from WWII, my rifles will still be there, exactly as they were during the war.

Just got back in from some hunting. This just in: don't stand too close to something you're about to put down with .30-30. My jeans are kind of splattered with brains.

What did you go hunting for?

[Cortexian]

I hate headshots when hunting, the brains get in everything.

[TVTyrant]

Finally getting around to it. I'm going to buy a Yugo M48 in the next few weeks. Big 5 has some, and I am waiting for a sale.

[rossmum]

What did you go hunting for?

Pests. Foxes, rabbits mostly.

I like the actual hunting part but I feel horrible actually killing things, even when they're an invasive pest. I think that the next trip might be the last where I actually shoot.

I'll just set up an elaborate course of Figure 11 and 12 targets instead and shoot at those

[TVTyrant]

Pests. Foxes, rabbits mostly.

I like the actual hunting part but I feel horrible actually killing things, even when they're an invasive pest. I think that the next trip might be the last where I actually shoot.

I'll just set up an elaborate course of Figure 11 and 12 targets instead and shoot at those

You ever try for Sambar or for Rusa? I have always been interested in big game in Australia/New Zealand.

[rossmum]

You ever try for Sambar or for Rusa? I have always been interested in big game in Australia/New Zealand.

I have absolutely no idea what either of those things are, and I wasn't aware there was any large game in this country (unless you decided to shoot up some poor fucker's cattle). Biggest thing I've ever seen in this country that anyone shoots at are deer (not native, brought out here specifically for hunting and actually protected to avoid being wiped out as they don't want to have to re-introduce them), but more typically people here go after foxes, pigs, or kangaroos if they've got the go ahead to cull the latter (protected, but only a few species are actually endangered).

[Spartan094]

On a side note which should I get next? SKS that is wood (don't care if its yugo or russian w/e) and is original or a AK47 or 74 (I hear there are dangers to some manufacturers or something fucking up). I'm leaning more towards a SKS.

[Cortexian]

So apparently there's a Vulcan Cannon from one of our Canadian CF-18's sitting sized in US customs. It jammed while on exercise so we figured we'd send it back to the manufacturer, except we took it out of the CF-18 which changes its legal designation somehow. Apparently it's okay to fly the CF-18's around and into approved international airspace and such when they're whole because it's classed as a defense exercise or something. Once you take the gun out of the plane though it becomes classed as its own thing, a Vulcan Cannon...

You'd think the governments would have some kinds of laws or regulations in place for this kind of incident, but apparently the US Customs sized it when we tried to ship it to the manufacturer... Since it jammed it has "live ammunition" in it still, even though one of these Cannon's is designed to crumple in on itself in event of a jam so it doesn't shred the aircraft. So there's a chunk of crushed metal with a few barrels sticking out of it stuck in US Customs because laws regarding firearms are completely silly.

Obviously I don't know all the exact details, I just got this story from a friend of mine who was working at CFB Bagotville over the summer.