Handsome Rob

Meh, it's not a better mousetrap. Other than being able to feed out of a standard AR mag, I see no advantage over a .22-250 Anyone remember the .223 WSSM? It's reminding me of that. It'll be the best thing in the history of EVAH until once again, everyone realises it isn't.

Wow! Thanks Bill. I'll definitely bear it in mind if I end up shawshanking down this particular rabbit hole. I kinda hope I hate it AND suck at it. I need another hobby like I need a fat fingered colonoscopy....

Oh wow, that's awesome!! I mean the beer & swearing thing, obviously. I'll swing by this weekend & see what's what. Thanks! Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I really don't know where to put this so.....deal with it. Any golfists on here? I'm trying to find a driving range somewhere around Tullahoma (ish) & I'm drawing a big fat goose egg. I've never swung a golf bat in anger & I'm really, really dying to give it a go. I'm not sure that I'd like to play a full game (unless someone is really patient, understanding & so bored silly they'd volunteer to take me....) so I thought that a driving range would at least afford me the opportunity to whack the crap out of a ball or two & see if I have any natural talent for it. Anyone got any ideas?

*sigh* I'm in the exact same situation Dave. I'm really, REALLY jonesing to put a 6.8 pistol together, with a brace of course, purely for hog hunting. I'm thinking a 12½" barrel would be just the ticket for the Florida jungles I hunt.

*facepalm* Yep, sorry. Getting my moas & inches mixed up Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

In theory, yeah. In practice probably nearer 12-16" Interest......lost. I can do better than that with my cheap, rattly 1911.

Then there's the Guiberson/Springfield 1903 Periscope rifle. Specifically built for trench warfare Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Biggest piece of crap ever made by anyone in the history of ever....... Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the Chauchat. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I'm honestly amazed that the Mg42 isn't still in use. To this day, it's still one of the finest LSWs ever made. Can you imagine a scaled down version in 5.56??? Damn but that'd be a hell of a thing.

Ummmm........ Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

And he'll halt fire across all ranges, then make you go get it whilst EVERYONE watches. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Nope, the sights are offset to the left hand side. Interesting tidbit (when I was in the army cadets, we shot the old Bren fairly regularly.....) but the Bren shoots in a very consistent, vertical oval pattern. If you aim dead centre mass on a human sized target at 200yds, you'll completely outline it with 30 rounds! Also they have a cool tendency to pull forward under recoil. Also, if you don't lock the barrel correctly after replacement/cleaning the first round will send it cartwheeling about 80 yards downrange

A Texas built, High Standard 1911 Officer's model for me. It's a cheap piece of crap, to be honest, but I've never enjoyed shooting a pistol more.

If you're going to Cabelas/BP, you'll have to actually ask for it at the gun counter. It won't be on the shelf.

It's kinda got to be background viewing for me now. The limitless ammo & sudden supply of ARs & AKs, yeah. Hollywood. Bullets bouncing off jeep grills I can handle. NOT killing Negan at EVERY. SINGLE. Face to face encounter....no. It makes so little sense it's not even amusing anymore.

Never done it before, but this year I actually limited out on bucks! The first (pics 3 & 4) is the heaviest deer I've ever killed. I butchered him & scaled 91½lb of cleaned, trimmed meat! The second (first 2 pics) is by far and away the best buck I've ever had a shot at. I had him under 30yds & around me for over 30 minutes (left my damn glasses in the truck...) before I figured out he was better than the average 6 point I thought he was! I'm hoping to get one more doe, just as meat insurance & to justify the new freezer I bought yesterday..... Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Go for it. I've got a 'cobbled together' blanket gun with a 13½" barrel. Shoots like a dream out to 50yds!

This is the Springfield M73 I inquired about a few months ago, re: getting a bequeathed item back from Florida I had a couple of hours at the range today to try out the 1884 manufactured, '73. I had some suitable loads already built for my 1885 target gun. 510gn 19:1 Postell bullet over 25gn of 5744 at 1165fps I made a new, taller front sight to get me a little closer to the paper at 100 (standard 'battle' sight is zeroed at 250) & gave her a punt..... The 3 on the right were my first shots. Obviously I was a little nervous, pulling the 9lb trigger on this 133 year old, famously fragile antique! I adjusted left a little & took another 4 that centered very nicely, being in mind that I've done ZERO load development! Just for poops & grins, I popped the ladder sight up, without adjustment of the slide, & successfully clanked steel at 500yds! I'm pretty sure everyone at the range stopped shooting, wondering who the giggling maniac was, shooting the potato cannon....... Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Have to work Saturday morning, but I'll be in my Happy Place in the late afternoon. (With at least 2 thermacells....)

Dumb question (seeing as it pertains to my situation....) are you a U.S.permanent resident/citizen? I ask as a non-immigrant alien who cannot attain an HCP. The only way that the TBI could determine this would be through my prints on the INS/ICE database.

Incidentally, he's pretty much my go-to FFL for anything & everything. The shop isn't much to look at, but he's a hell of a good guy to deal with. Sent from a mountain somewhere, using telepathy.

Call Jackie Summers at Franklin co Gunworks in Winchester. He's done a couple for me at $45 cut & crowned. That was for a bare barrel however. Not sure if he may charge a little more for a barreled action......(931)580-6334 Sent from a mountain somewhere, using telepathy.

It's the stock off a model 16lwh with a home paint job. Sent from a mountain somewhere, using telepathy.

Go lighter! With some judicious purchasing, hacksaw & file work, sanding & lots of thought, I'm under 6lb with 4 in the mag & one in the driver's seat!