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[The Whispering Monk]

Henry Rifle for the win.



Henry Repeating Arms in .308 if you like. It retails for around $1100, but you can probably find a local dealer who'd sell for under retail to you...if you can find one in their inventory.

 

[bintananth]

Henry Rifle for the win.

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Henry Repeating Arms in .308 if you like. It retails for around $1100, but you can probably find a local dealer who'd sell for under retail to you...if you can find one in their inventory.

One of my sisters has the Spencer repeating rifle that was used by our great-great grandfather during the US Civil War. You aren't getting one of those anywhere but at an auction.

@prinCZess, you mentioned that you're looking for a Browning Hi Power because you have fond memories of using one when you were younger. My aforesaid sister has a Beretta Md.1934 with a 1941 Romanian serial number that she swears by.

 

[ShadowArxxy]

One of my sisters has the Spencer repeating rifle that was used by our great-great grandfather during the US Civil War. You aren't getting one of those anywhere but at an auction.

Alas, Spencer went bankrupt all the way back in 1869, although new ammunition in its unique .56-56 Spencer caliber was still manufactured until the 1920s-1930s. Fortunately, enough was made and stockpiled back then that there's still limited supplies available to this day via third-party resellers that specialize in vintage ammunition.

 

[bintananth]

Alas, Spencer went bankrupt all the way back in 1869, although new ammunition in its unique .56-56 Spencer caliber was still manufactured until the 1920s-1930s. Fortunately, enough was made and stockpiled back then that there's still limited supplies available to this day via third-party resellers that specialize in vintage ammunition.

My great-great grandfather was part of John T. Wilder's "Lightning Brigade". The aforementioned of my sisters has a Confederate Battle Flag on display in her living room. It's not a replica. It"s a "fuck you" because it was delivered to our great-great grandmother by the US postal service in 1864.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Firearm Self Defense Tips for a Driver

 

[Zachowon]

It would depend on how trigger happy they are, if it is a double action or single action, etc etc.

 

[Bacle]

 

[Free-Stater 101]

There wont be any deer left!

 

[Sailor.X]

Only if you like pulverized mush that use to be deer.

 

[bintananth]

Only if you like pulverized mush that use to be deer.

That's assuming you can get and keep antique field artillery pointed at a deer long enough to get an accurate shot because deer have very good survival instincts which include "be somewhere else" when humans are nearby.

 

[stephen the barbarian]

i get the joke, but it should be noted that many states have minimum caliber restrictions on muzzle loaders
(in Mt, it's 45 cal.)
and on the other hand, federal waterfowl restrictions limits you to a shotgun of not more than 10 gage (.775 cal) so it's highly unlikely that you can find anything practical in a larger bore size.

 

[bintananth]

i get the joke, but it should be noted that many states have minimum caliber restrictions on muzzle loaders
(in Mt, it's 45 cal.)
and on the other hand, federal waterfowl restrictions limits you to a shotgun of not more than 10 gage (.775 cal) so it's highly unlikely that you can find anything practical in a larger bore size.

A 10 gauge shotgun is also pushing it when it comes to stuff that's not called a cannon and thought of as artillery.

 

[Buba]

What would be the case capacity of:
- Arisaka 6,5x50mm if cut down to 45mm length?
- Mannlicher 6,5x54mm/Carcano 6,5x52mm (the two are AFAIK interchangeable) if cut down to 45mm length?

In ml please, not "grains" ...

As the starting point is around 2,5-2,9ml I'm fairly sure that the outcome would be somewhere around 2ml, but I'd like to narrow down the "around"
Finding case capacity is hard!

I've read that in the late 1920s General Fyodorov, he of Fyodorov Avtomat fame, was advocating not only the Red Army switching to the Arisaka, but a shortened-case Arisaka.

 

[ATP]

What would be the case capacity of:
- Arisaka 6,5x50mm if cut down to 45mm length?
- Mannlicher 6,5x54mm/Carcano 6,5x52mm (the two are AFAIK interchangeable) if cut down to 45mm length?

In ml please, not "grains" ...

As the starting point is around 2,5-2,9ml I'm fairly sure that the outcome would be somewhere around 2ml, but I'd like to narrow down the "around"
Finding case capacity is hard!

I've read that in the late 1920s General Fyodorov, he of Fyodorov Avtomat fame, was advocating not only the Red Army switching to the Arisaka, but a shortened-case Arisaka.

It was good idea Unfortunatelly,Fedorow avtamat need to be cleaned to work,Mosin - not so.But - any other army should take a deal.
TL when Poland choosed Arisaka ammo and Fedorew avtomat would be wery interesting.

 

[Buba]

TL when Poland choosed Arisaka ammo and Fedorew avtomat would be wery interesting.

Maybe I'll write one some day
Although with no Fedorov avtomat - the tech is not mature. Normal bolt action (four movements) rifles.
Besides 6,5x45mm for rifles and SAW (e.g. ZB24/30, Mendoza C-34), my wet dream is adopting the Swedish or Italian 8mm for beltfed machineguns at battalion level/vehicles.
I am aware that the latter would not be much of an upgrade over 8x57 Mauser with sS (schwere Spitzer) bullets so probably will stay in the wetter wet dreams category.

 

[PeaceMaker 03]

Anyone here have experience with the Sig 365 and the Hellcat?

Looking at both models with optics package.

Sig P365X RXZ Elite

The Sig Sauer P365X RXZE is now available for here at Proven Arms & Oufitters at the best pricing available.

www.provenoutfitters.com

Or

Hell at with the HEX Wasp, maybe RDP.

Springfield Hellcat OSP's

Springfield Hellcat OSP's # - Springfield HELLCAT OSP-IOP

www.provenoutfitters.com

Any experience with holsters both like and dislike?

Thanks for any input.

 

[LindyAF]

Anyone here have experience with the Sig 365 and the Hellcat?

Looking at both models with optics package.

Sig P365X RXZ Elite

The Sig Sauer P365X RXZE is now available for here at Proven Arms & Oufitters at the best pricing available.

www.provenoutfitters.com

Or

Hell at with the HEX Wasp, maybe RDP.

Springfield Hellcat OSP's

Springfield Hellcat OSP's # - Springfield HELLCAT OSP-IOP

www.provenoutfitters.com

Any experience with holsters both like and dislike?

Thanks for any input.

I have a Sig P365, it's my EDC. Would recommend in general. I found that my hands were a bit large for the gun (on the flush mags one of my pinkies wouldn't be on it or would barely be on it) which I remedied by getting the 12 round extended mags, which brings the grip up to the length of the XL. I don't have particularly large hands, so unless you have small ones I'd think about the XL instead (just go into a gun shop and see how both fit in your hands or something).

Got mine with irons so I can't speak to optics.

Oh, also - the holdopen works on one of my mags but not the other. I've been told this is a grip thing, but the mags seem pretty much identical and it works on one but not the other.

 

[DarthOne]

I'm thinking about buying a Chinese Type 56 sks rifle. The only problem is, it's military surplus and thus was stored with 'heavy amounts of cosmoline' to protect it from rust and so on.

So, I guess what I'm really asking is, has anyone got any advice for removing the stuff? Hopefully on the cheap without needing a whole lot of equipment or space, as I live in a small domicile.

 

[Zachowon]

Just wipe it off.
That's what I did

 

[Captain X]

I'm thinking about buying a Chinese Type 56 sks rifle. The only problem is, it's military surplus and thus was stored with 'heavy amounts of cosmoline' to protect it from rust and so on.

So, I guess what I'm really asking is, has anyone got any advice for removing the stuff? Hopefully on the cheap without needing a whole lot of equipment or space, as I live in a small domicile.

If you can put it out in a car or SUV with blankets and a tarp or something, you can melt it right out of it. If you can't, you pretty much have to take it all apart and clean it using mineral spirits, though, you need a well-ventilated area for that because of fumes. So not very friendly to living in a small apartment unless family or a friend has space they can let you do that in.