On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 9:14:19 AM UTC-8, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:46:35 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:
On 12/17/14 10:47 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 08:42:04 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:
On 12/17/14 4:42 AM, RGrew176 wrote:
Keyser Söze;1022306 Wrote:
On 12/16/14 10:26 AM, Toad Gigger wrote:-
The local range allows shooting of up to 7.62mm, so I'm in good shape
there. When they come up for Christmas we'll have to pop some rounds.
Anyone have some 7.62x54R ammo they want to get rid of - cheap?
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Sort of interesting rifles, but the ones I've handled seemed pretty
heavy. I like the 1898 "Swedish" Mausers...they're lighter, and a bit
more elegant. But if I were seriously shopping for a "sporty" bolt
action rifle, I might go for a Ruger "Scout Rifle" in .308.
I don't know why you are too cheap to simply buy a pile of that
ammo...it's less than 20 cents a round.-
Thanks. I would have been horribly embarrassed if you'd expressed any
sort of 'approval' of the rifle.
Your's is always better, eh?
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I don't have a bolt action rifle, JohnnyMop, so my bolt action rifle is
hardly better than yours.
As I said, I find the Mosins "sort of interesting....but pretty heavy."
I know they are popular and have a huge following and owner/user base.
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Let's elect a gay black woman with a latino lover president,
if only for the possibility of provoking a right-wing mass suicide.
Depends on your definition of heavy. Yes, it weighs in at 8.8 lbs and
compared to the M1 Garrand which comes in at 9.5 lbs it is a relative
lightweight. I love shooting my Mosin and I am happy with mine so far,
just don't buy the Russian ammo as it is highly corrosive and the weapon
needs to be cleaned every time you shoot the Russian stuff. Gotta admit
the Russian ammo is a lot cheaper when compared to the American stuff.
Lugging around and shooting a nearly 9 pound rifle is simply not
something I enjoy, especially when standing and shooting. They're also
considerably longer than the rifles I prefer. It's great we have so many
choices. 
Girly man ;-)
For the 25-200 yard shooting I do, I don't need to fuss with the
equivalent of 30-caliber rounds. My favorite "stand and shoot" rifle is
my 1892 Win carbine, about six pounds, and the .357 MAG rounds are loud
enough and hit hard enough for me.
6 pounds is heavy for a pistol round so it should be like shooting a
BB gun. I actually looked at a .357 carbine many years ago but I
couldn't figure out what I would do with it. Other than being able to
share ammo with my pistols, it had little to recommend it. I ended up
with the .44 mag but that is still pretty wimpy for a rifle.
The only advantage to the carbine/rifle platform is you can load a tad
bit hotter than you would want to shoot in a pistol but SAAMI would
not let you sell that and you would have to be careful not to mix up
your ammo.
It is sort of like that 9mm "sub machine gun" ammo the Germans loaded
during the war that got loose in the pistol community. I am not sure
anyone actually blew up a gun but they certainly stressed some of them
beyond their design strength.
" I actually looked at a .357 carbine many years ago but I
couldn't figure out what I would do with it. Other than being able to
share ammo with my pistols, it had little to recommend it. I ended up
with the .44 mag but that is still pretty wimpy for a rifle. "
I did the same thing. I kept the pistols and got rid of the rifles. The rifles were fun, but... I thought they weree a bit weak in the pants for what they were.
The Ruger .44 mag Carbine
http://cf.mp-cdn.net/87/02/68a1bf9e4...17c13f7a5b.jpg
i had was about the same weight at the .223 ranch rifle. and the mag carbine just had a 5 round rotary clip on board. So... the mag got traded for the Mini-14