Favorite Firearm(s)
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Thomc80 and I are souls of a similar sort.
I have quite a few firearms. Held an FFL for 8 years, and it allowed me to collect.
Favorites is always dependent upon the day of the week, if it is sunny and mild or cold and wet, how many days off til I go back to work, how the wife is acting, or any number of other silly variables.
Now, what are my favorite to shoot?
The M44 carbine is a cheap shooting cannon. Mine is accurate as hell. I, also, carry a Bulldog in .44 special for my appointed rounds to Walmart. My duty weapon at work, for sidearm, is the S&W 65 or 686, depending upon what unit I am on. My bedside gun is a Smith Model 61, 4", loaded with some semi-wadcutter HP .38 spcl "FBI loads" made by a friend of mine. My truck gun is a Model 61 in 2" barrel, loaded the same. I also have a Mossy 590 in the bedroom corner for unexpected drop ins. I travel long distances with a 1911.
The safe holds this and that. Some of which I see pics of in this thread, some I don't.
Here are a few vid links if you need to pass the time. Myself and the wife. And not those kind of videos.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e9e_1208100256
A group shot at about 75 feet, open sites, with the M44:
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6701/im000880ih3.jpg
The M44:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=77c_1181586114
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=610_1181587205
the wife with a .45 Smith:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ae_1208099074
etc., etc., etc.
I have quite a few firearms. Held an FFL for 8 years, and it allowed me to collect.
Favorites is always dependent upon the day of the week, if it is sunny and mild or cold and wet, how many days off til I go back to work, how the wife is acting, or any number of other silly variables.
Now, what are my favorite to shoot?
The M44 carbine is a cheap shooting cannon. Mine is accurate as hell. I, also, carry a Bulldog in .44 special for my appointed rounds to Walmart. My duty weapon at work, for sidearm, is the S&W 65 or 686, depending upon what unit I am on. My bedside gun is a Smith Model 61, 4", loaded with some semi-wadcutter HP .38 spcl "FBI loads" made by a friend of mine. My truck gun is a Model 61 in 2" barrel, loaded the same. I also have a Mossy 590 in the bedroom corner for unexpected drop ins. I travel long distances with a 1911.
The safe holds this and that. Some of which I see pics of in this thread, some I don't.
Here are a few vid links if you need to pass the time. Myself and the wife. And not those kind of videos.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e9e_1208100256
A group shot at about 75 feet, open sites, with the M44:
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6701/im000880ih3.jpg
The M44:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=77c_1181586114
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=610_1181587205
the wife with a .45 Smith:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ae_1208099074
etc., etc., etc.
It is all in good fun. I hardly shoot anymore, other than to qualify, due to the price of ammo. What I have socked away, I am now hoarding. It is a shame it has to be like that now days.
Glad to see plenty fellow shooters on the board, however.
Glad to see plenty fellow shooters on the board, however.
portascat, it's much easier to reload your own. Shop for your components, and on those cold days, and rainy days, just hammer out a bunch of rounds. I reload my rifle, shotguns, and Pistol ammunition, keep 8lb kegs of powder for each along with at least 5,000 primers, tips and lead shot for varmints and scoundrels alike. Neighbors are afraid to get too close to my shop, makes for better advertising than an ADT security alarm sighn out in the yard. Occaisionally someone will mention fire, and of course that usually raises some eyebrows, but none the less, I never run short, or have to hoard ammunition, and I shoot when I want to. When we had that shortage of ammunition scare last year, and friends were paying rediculously high prices for ammunition, I just grinned and hammered out another couple hundred rounds. Most of my friends have made the initial investment to purchase reloading equipment also.
Ahh, memories..Portascat. The only "rifle" that I have fired with more kick was a "Brown Bess" musket at a club some years ago; 'wasnt my gun but to the chagrin of Wifey I have a replica one on our hallway wall.
Rudyard Kipling wrote a long poem about dear Bessie. Mike
Rudyard Kipling wrote a long poem about dear Bessie. Mike
Mike, she is a sweety to shoot. She is a metric/Brazilian (Imbel) but completely patterned as an STG58, right down to the brake. None of that home-made "American" receiver for me. She went from green to light gray as the parkerizing seasoned, and runs like a champ.
I suppose you consider yourself lucky to have gotten a FAL instead of the SA80. A heavy kick is better than none at all.
I suppose you consider yourself lucky to have gotten a FAL instead of the SA80. A heavy kick is better than none at all.
I have a couple of hand guns that I have inherited from my Father when he retired........
1971 Colt Gold Cup 45
High Standard Citation / 22 rim fire
I will post some pics at a later date. :P
1971 Colt Gold Cup 45
High Standard Citation / 22 rim fire
I will post some pics at a later date. :P
Here's the two favorites out of the ones I own. I can't really say I have a favorite gun though. Different firearms for different situations.
Ruger Mk3 bull barrel with red dot sight.
Bersa Thunder .380. I traded a Ruger P89dc for it. I liked the Ruger, just didn't shoot it all that much.
Of my long guns, I'd probably say that I like my Mosin Nagant M44 the most, with the H&R 20 gauge shotgun coming in a close second. I also really like the Arisaka type 38 that my great grandfathers brother brought back from WW2. It even has the matching bayonet.
Ruger Mk3 bull barrel with red dot sight.
Bersa Thunder .380. I traded a Ruger P89dc for it. I liked the Ruger, just didn't shoot it all that much.
Of my long guns, I'd probably say that I like my Mosin Nagant M44 the most, with the H&R 20 gauge shotgun coming in a close second. I also really like the Arisaka type 38 that my great grandfathers brother brought back from WW2. It even has the matching bayonet.
Yeah, I was out before I got a chance to use the SA80,Portascat..no loss.
Mr. greenface (envy) Happy shooting,shipmate. Mike
Mr. greenface (envy) Happy shooting,shipmate. Mike
since my first post fell on it's rear....
I carry several cwp : a Taurus 605, a SA WWII 1911 ( I like the basic version I was taught with).
my .45 setup:
.45 converted to rifle assembled:
several rifles are favored but I'd have to go with this these:
Moison Nagant M44 with scout mount scope 7.62X54R
Springfield CZ M6 with home made accessories and scope. (.410/.22 )
My Makarov 9x18
I carry several cwp : a Taurus 605, a SA WWII 1911 ( I like the basic version I was taught with).
my .45 setup:
.45 converted to rifle assembled:
several rifles are favored but I'd have to go with this these:
Moison Nagant M44 with scout mount scope 7.62X54R
Springfield CZ M6 with home made accessories and scope. (.410/.22 )
My Makarov 9x18
I went through a gun phase about 15 years ago and had 5 or 6 guns. Now their all gone except for a Beretta 380. I'm considering getting a Beretta NEOS .22 for plinking. Before that, I want an AirForce Condor Bounty Hunter. I love airguns more than I like regular guns.
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