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Thought this was a good video showing how shooting at the ground can cause rounds to easily clear a berm and leave the range. Proves that bullets don't just burrow into the ground. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You make wonderful points, but as a coworker of mine pointed out recently while we were discussing this incident. He rightful said you can't win the roadside fight but the public increasingly can't win in court either. Criminal jury conviction rates these days are near above 90% in all cases. Bench trial conviction rates are even higher.

Agreed. I see the rear sight has the "racetrack" style of eliminating the Russian arshin markings, that along with the non-modified rear site aperture makes me think it was most likely a wartime replacement of the earlier M27 sight. These were done in that way for expediency during the war, by WWII's end the M27 was phased out of service in favor of the M39, but as you pointed out many were refurbed and held in storage for many years afterwards.

Sounds like a lot of gossip and wild theories going on in this thread...

Except that the vast majority of people will have no idea why that purple paint is on those trees.

We were in Gatlinburg last week and talked to a local guy about the fire. He said one of the two teenagers was the Sheriff's son; has anyone seen any similar reports? All the news reports indicate that their identities were being shielded due to their ages. He mentioned that they were walking along, dropping lit matches, which the Knoxville News-Sentinel report also confirms. I think if one of use had started a forest fire inadvertently (such as using an illegal campfire or something), we would be charged and in jail. If they were willfully dropping lit matches in the woods, and especially if they saw the fire start, they need to be charged. People lost their lives, others lost their homes, and some lost their businesses. Even my 11-year old son knows that playing with matches in general but especially dropping them in the woods is a definitely forbidden.

Bottom picture is how he brought it to me. Finally got to give it back to him today.

Natural. Just saying. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Finally got the mold finished, hope to get it poured tomorrow or Wednesday.

Withdrawing Sale

lll bring a set, have to clean the blood off though.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It has been forever since I counted my .22lr. When things were hard to find I bought thousands of rounds every time I saw it at a decent price. As luck would have it, I bought a Model 60 a while before all of it went away. I was buying 500 thunderbolt a few times a week to stock up. I found one of those 1400 round Golden bullet buckets a while back at pre-panic prices. I think I have enough to get the job done. I think Bersaguy knows from experience that I hoard lots of ammo. Lol

Unfortunately, roughly 100% of the people that need a sign to tell them to stay off of someone else's property will ignore the sign anyway.

Put my new Cmore RTS2 on today and looking forward trying it out at the range tomorrow.

I posted this on a Mosin forum as well, but thought it might be fun to ask here. I recently traded for a 1934 Tikka M27 that does not have a D stamp on it. In the reading I have done, it sounds like this not that common, but also certainly not unheard of either. I would be curious for the perspectives of those of you who have been doing this for a while how often you have run across this? I have only run across 3 M27s in person in my short time collecting, have acquired all 3, and still have 2/3. Thanks! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I think .22's have a good place and can be used effectively by experienced users. 2 places they suffer are reloadability (I know there is a kit, still not 100% viable) and inexperienced use. Inexperienced or light recreational shooters lack the experience to make the fatal shots. Given a larger caliber/more powerful round they can make fatal shots with less precision. This is important in either feeding you or fending off bad guys. I too have seen big game taken with the .22 and even seen long barrel pistols being used. It just requires skill and practice.

Thanks! Some additional photos below. Stock is Finn spliced with rounded fingers. Nose cap is second type. No wings on the bolt or slots in receiver. NEW receiver. Looks like a postwar refurb that was untouched after refurbished. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As you said, not unheard of, but not unknown either. You find "missing" D stamps more often on Civil Guard rifles, but that's to be expected as the "D" stamping was the result of the regular Army's attempts to standardize the chambering of all their weapons for the D-166 bullet. There are multiple reasons why this one didn't receive the stamp, including an oversight by the armorers or the possibility that this rifle was never re-chambered. The "F" mark indicates this rifle was originally chambered for the earlier Finnish 7.62x53r cartridge, which was dimensionally very close to the later D-166 cartridge, enough so that many people have had no problems shooting modern ammo, YMMV of course. I see this rifle also has the original Russian-type rear sight aperture, without the flat plate aperture normally added to these sights by the Finns. What stock type does it have, is the bolt of the "winged" variety, and what nosecap type does it have? If you have found 3 different M27's in the wild, you've done better than most, typically you have to search auction sites and collector forums to find even that many. Nice rifle, btw.

I don't think the kids should do hard time but starting a fire when there is NO BURN ORDERS all over East Tennessee for fear of just what happened they should have the fear of GOD put in them to not do stupid things again. Maybe stiff harsh probation for about 5 years with a bunch of Community Service helping clean up fire damage areas would be a reasonable sentence..............jmho

And fitting he has double dogs too

Upstairs safe - right side up Downstairs safe - upside down Both were gifts from my hunny and I like the right side up for guns I use more.

I will try to remember to bring a set.

Color blind much ...

I thought it meant deer crossing and was a good place to hunt.

If Trump would stay of Twitter and Golf Course he would plenty of time to do his job.

The 9th Federal District will find a way to justify the ban.

This Sunday is the birthday of the Delightful and Wonderful Mrs. Kari (She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed), U.S. Army Wife (Retired). Its the only day of the year that I have something better to do than go shooting. Christmas, Thanksgiving, 4th July...., I'm happy to be out there somewhere busting caps. July 2nd - - - I'm staying with the one who has always been there for me. Have a great match, see ya'll in August.

Finally picked her up today from the most loved or hated gun shop in the state . LDt one they had!!Love the gun, just disappointed that I could've used my HCP to validate the 4473 needed to pick this up last week...testing starts tomorrow!!

Congrats! Now go out back and drag it through a mud hole, then sort-of spray it with the garden hose. That's the proper way to clean them.

What do you do if you get a flat? No way you are finding a new tire any time soon. lol If you really want a good way to get around, just build you a bed on top of the back of this . Then you could use it for farming and construction where ever you end up. Still hard on gas. Holds 470 gallons though and burns around 27 gallons per hour. So you could drive 17 hours. Also, it can pull 50,000 pounds. It is meant for hard use, so the parts should last a while before you have to worry. If a car is in the way, just drag it out of the way. But if you need speed, you might be out of luck. I can't find a speed rating on it.

Here ya go. Put a camper in the back and you have a zombie-proof mobile home. I've often wondered why this isn't the go-to vehicle in The Walking Dead. Zombies between here and your destination... no problem... take the wife and kids with you. Cars blocking the interstate... no problem... drive over them.

Yep. They're designed such that the tension in the wires helps stabilize them. They are less stable if the wires come down. They're also design for some ice load, so they can support additional weight, but putting any sort of shelter will increase the wind load dramatically, likely with unpleasant results. Then there's lightning to think about...

This....while tornadoes are rare they remain a fact of life around here. After a tornado we had several years ago a few of these were destroyed near the Lawrence County-Maury County line. They we twisted like cork screws and then thrown over on their sides.

Get a Redding body die to bump the entire case back into shape when it needs it. Get the Lee collet die and use it to squeeze the neck back into shape. I normally take a few thousandths off the diameter of the pin to get it a bit more neck tension so I do not have to crimp. I have used a factory Savage barrel to shoot .2's at 100 yards. It was a 26" 7 twist barrel with fluting. If you are wanting the most accuracy you MUST do a lot of work to your brass, even new or quality brass, and bullets. One of the things I do is uniform and deburr the flash hole. Lyman makes the perfect tool for this. It made such a big improvement that I do that to every single rifle case now. Size, trim and weigh the cases into lots. This will ensure the cases are as identical as possible. Use quality brass. Winchester is about the best "budget" brass. For the bullets I would get two Hornady comparators for a 223 and attach each to a caliper. That way you can measure the bearing surface of the bullets. Sierra tends to be pretty uniform in weight but their bearing surface can vary. Sort them by bearing surface length. The longer the bearing surface the higher the pressure and the higher the pressure the higher the velocity. So if you have an identical case with an identical charge of powder and you have two bullets that weigh the same but have different bearing surface lengths the gun will string vertically. I never got into turning necks because consistent .3's was good enough for me. I would start out with 24.5-24.7 grains of Varget under a 69 SMK loaded to 2.24". That seems to be a very, very accurate load in a lot of guns (not just mine). Velocity will be down some with shorter barrels but boy was this accurate in a lot of my guns. In a 16" barrel it ran ~2,350 fps and in a 26" barrel it ran ~2,950 fps. My barrel did not mind the jump and actually shot better loaded to magazine length rather than to the lands. The key to accuracy is consistency. There are also things that you must do to a Savage to squeak every last bit of accuracy. Make sure the cocking pin is not bottoming out on the bolt body. Make sure firing pin protrusion is as close to .042" as possible. Savage's are the easiest guns to make adjustments to and anything you might need to do to a Savage doesn't require a gunsmith. The best trigger YOU can install in a Savage is the Sharp Shooter Supply competition trigger. But DO NOT order directly from them, it will take them a lot longer to deliver and they are temperamental if you complain. So buy it from anywhere else that sells them. Matter of fact do not buy anything from SSS directly, just not worth the risk. If you want I can PM you my number and we can discuss Savages and how to make them shoot.

I must be slipping in my old age. It took me entirely to long to get that. Well done sir.

At anything beyond probably 10 yards a stack of loose washers is probably less lethal. I have shot them before and they just go all over the place and make all kinds of noise as they do, definitely not even close to being ideal They are definitely worse than any wax slug I have ever shot. If I want to shoot slugs I buy the CHEAP Federal bulk pack. Federal is the easiest to get a slug into the case and have it stay. The rest either have wads that prevent the use of a slug or the slug just drops out. I would cut the tops off the cheap .25 shot shells and pour the lead into my pot. I melt the shot down then use the lead to make slugs. I would pull the wad out far enough so the slug will kind of get locked in by the wad when you push it back in. I made a crimping tool to round over the edge of the case to hold the slug in place. I don't believe most matches you are going to find are shock sensitive like a primer needs to be. Children's caps, like in the 8 round rings, are shock sensitive and they do work but nothing will be as reliable as a real primer. For taking small game it is hard to beat a pellet rifle. You can make a mold that you can swage pellets out of using a hammer or vice. Not quick but it works. And in a end of times situation nothing says a human is around like a gunshot so being quiet is imperative to survival. I consider silencers a must have for when society collapses. If the HPA passes every gun I own will have a silencer.

I wouldn't be too quick to discount the viability of the lowly .22lr. Chechen snipers used them to great effect against the Russians inside of urban/suburban areas. So much so that the Russians developed their own .22lr sniper rifle the SV-99. Israelis also used a suppressed 10/22 for a time. It is my understanding though they had intended to use it as a non-lethal deterrent and to disperse crowds/ rioters by shooting lead instigators in the legs and groin which inadvertently resulted in many deaths. Not saying all the guns should be .22lr... but several of them thrown in the mix is viable option. If nothing else they can be used in the same concept as the Liberator pistols were we dropped in France in WWII.

Maverick 88 shotgun in 12 gauge. Identical to a Mossberg 500 except the safety is on the trigger guard, a better place, and it is only $200 new. Shotguns are pretty versatile because of the different types of ammunition that can be found EVERYWHERE. They are also easy to maintain and use. If I wanted to stand up a group of people that is what I would buy them. It is also less likely to be outlawed by any type of gun grab legislation. Shotguns are pretty low powered cartridges so you could easily load them using black powder.

From what I was taught you arm your "army" with what you have.... then relieve the ones you vanquish of their weapons..... beside the best weapon available to everyone is located between the ears....some are just smaller caliber than others.

As Sam Elliot's character said in "We Were Soldiers": "If the tome comes when I need one, I'm sure there"ll be plenty of 'em layin' around."