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[bio-chem]

Brink has damn good advice. he doesn't often show up but what he knows, he knows very well.

 

[Curt James]

(snip) Anyone who CCWs 24/7, year in and year out, will tell you a good belt (and holster) is everything to comfort and concealment.

I see a lot of people using crappy belts off duty/CCW, and you don't know what you are missing in comfort and security if you have not used a high quality gun belt.

"NOW he tells me."
???Gilbert Arenas

 

[Scottydogg]

Your not from Oslo are you ?

 

[ALBOB]

Your not from Oslo are you ?

Negative reps 4 U

 

[Big Pimpin]

Negative reps 4 U

 

[bio-chem]

OK then. I just got invited to go back to Arkansas and hunt some razorback. I'm looking to purchase a Marlin lever gun for this hunt. Still deciding between .338 Marlin Express and the .444 Marlin. I love the ballistics of the .338 of course. But the history of the .444 has quite a draw to me. Thoughts, comments, suggestions, or derogatory remarks are all greatly appreciated and welcome

 

[ALBOB]

Dude, have you ever shot a Marlin lever gun? With that straight stock every ounce of energy goes right into your shoulder. I drooled over a .444 Marlin for years. A friend of mine finally let me shoot his and one shot was all it took to convince me, never again. A better bet would be a shorter bolt action rifle (Like the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle) or a big bore handgun.

 

[bio-chem]

Dude, have you ever shot a Marlin lever gun? With that straight stock every ounce of energy goes right into your shoulder. I drooled over a .444 Marlin for years. A friend of mine finally let me shoot his and one shot was all it took to convince me, never again. A better bet would be a shorter bolt action rifle (Like the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle) or a big bore handgun.

Yes i've shot them. The model 444 big bore Marlin lever action has a pistol-grip and the recoil pad is pretty nice on those things. It felt about like a 7mm mag honestly. and shooting off hand removes some of the felt recoil even further. I didn't feel it to be that bad. then again normal to me is a winchester model 70 featherweight in .308 with one of those old school red butt pads that provides about as much recoil reduction as a 2x4 would. so

 

[ALBOB]

Yes i've shot them. The model 444 big bore Marlin lever action has a pistol-grip and the recoil pad is pretty nice on those things. It felt about like a 7mm mag honestly. and shooting off hand removes some of the felt recoil even further. I didn't feel it to be that bad. then again normal to me is a winchester model 70 featherweight in .308 with one of those old school red butt pads that provides about as much recoil reduction as a 2x4 would. so

Jeeze, how many times has your shoulder been saparated?!?!?

My .308 is an M1A with a HUGE Springfield scope on it. The set up must weigh in at close to 20 lbs. Combine the weight with the semi-auto action and THAT is my idea of what recoil should feel like.

 

[bio-chem]

Jeeze, how many times has your shoulder been saparated?!?!?

My .308 is an M1A with a HUGE Springfield scope on it. The set up must weigh in at close to 20 lbs. Combine the weight with the semi-auto action and THAT is my idea of what recoil should feel like.

the m1a scout squad is on my to purchase list. i should get that as a christmas present to myself

im jealous you already have one

 

[ALBOB]

Definitely get it, you won't regret it for a second.

 

[bio-chem]

Definitely get it, you won't regret it for a second.

that is a beautiful set up you have there. my congrats. I've thought putting a red dot on the forward rail would be an optimal set up for that rifle

 

[Big Pimpin]

As I previously mentioned I recently bought the wife a new Gen 4 G17, so we finally got a chance to shoot it this Saturday.

Well the first fukking round fired then mis-fed! I had read these Gen 4's had initial mis-feeding problems and it was corrected by a new spring. I inquired about this when I bought the gun and the sales chick said spring/guide rod # xxx is bad and the number xxx in this gun is the new model.

Ok then.

We continued to shoot this gun and some Glock .40's and each magazine from the new G17 had a mis-feed.

I called Glock at 8am this morning and their solution is to send out a new spring assembly for free of course.

All that said, this G17 is fucking dead nuts accurate on range ammo at 10yds. The wife was shooting .50-.75" groups.

 

[bio-chem]

congrats on the misses who has game shooting hand guns.

 

[Will Brink]

Here's my attempt at some gun art, or gun porn as they say...I prefer art!

Additional knife/gun/watch combos:

G Art pictures by willbrink - Photobucket

 

[ALBOB]

Art - Porn: It's all in the eyes of the beholder.


But your attempt failed. All I see is a red "X" and I can't view Photobucket from work. I Soooooo wanted to see some good gun porn...........uhhh.... art.

 

[Will Brink]

Art - Porn: It's all in the eyes of the beholder.


But your attempt failed. All I see is a red "X" and I can't view Photobucket from work. I Soooooo wanted to see some good gun porn...........uhhh.... art.

Then view from your non work comp I guess. I see the pics fine, so must be blocked on your end. Hope others can see them.

 

[bio-chem]

view just fine here Will. keep the gun porn comming

 

[bio-chem]

So in the last week i've purchased a .444 marlin and a .325 WSM very much looking forward to taking these two to the range soon. checked off a couple of guns from my list.

 

[Zaphod]

This Friday I'm picking up a ParaUSA GI Expert.

 

[Big Pimpin]

I'm still waiting on that GD ejection spring from Glock.

I ran into the woman at the gun store who sold this G17 to me and she said she hasn't seen a new Glock in 2 months because all Glock is doing is manufacturing new springs. She works at a Mil/LEO/FED/GSSF only Glock dealer and she said she has orders for 390 Glocks that can't be filled at the moment.

 

[Big Pimpin]

Santa might have to bring me a Ruger SR-556C this year.

 

[bio-chem]

I'm still waiting on that GD ejection spring from Glock.

I ran into the woman at the gun store who sold this G17 to me and she said she hasn't seen a new Glock in 2 months because all Glock is doing is manufacturing new springs. She works at a Mil/LEO/FED/GSSF only Glock dealer and she said she has orders for 390 Glocks that can't be filled at the moment.

Wow. I've not heard anything about this. Glocks have to be the easiest handgun to find around here. no waiting at all

 

[Big Pimpin]

Wow. I've not heard anything about this. Glocks have to be the easiest handgun to find around here. no waiting at all

Long before I bought this new Gen 4 there was a problem with ejection springs, however it was supposed to be fixed when Glock went to a spring with 3 numbers on it which my gun had (verified before I purchased).

 

[Will Brink]

Santa might have to bring me a Ruger SR-556C this year.

The place people really know the AR platform is M4Carbine (vs that other forum that tends to be full of wanna be mall ninjas...) and due to their opinions, I would not buy that Ruger:

Ruger SR556 - M4Carbine.net Forums

Ruger is just jumping on the AR bandwagon, and is new to that market. If I wanted a real kick ass piston AR, HK-416 (forget the civilian model) would be it, but it's big $$$.

Otherwise, I'd stick to companies we already know make damn fine AR/M4s, like Colt, DD, LMT, etc. of the standard design that' served BTDT types very well...

Search above forum for good AR/M4 info and don't get sucked into hype and Ruger marketing.

 

[sofargone561]

i have to shit

 

[Big Pimpin]

The place people really know the AR platform is M4Carbine (vs that other forum that tends to be full of wanna be mall ninjas...) and due to their opinions, I would not buy that Ruger:

Ruger SR556 - M4Carbine.net Forums

Ruger is just jumping on the AR bandwagon, and is new to that market. If I wanted a real kick ass piston AR, HK-416 (forget the civilian model) would be it, but it's big $$$.

Otherwise, I'd stick to companies we already know make damn fine AR/M4s, like Colt, DD, LMT, etc. of the standard design that' served BTDT types very well...

Search above forum for good AR/M4 info and don't get sucked into hype and Ruger marketing.

Thanks. I do know Ruger is new to the AR game but they seem to getting good reviews on this gun and the C model seems to correct the barrel heavy issue they bitched about on the first gen.

I'll check out that HK.

 

[Big Pimpin]

FWIW Glock finally delivered an ejection spring for the wife's new Gen 4 G17. I put it in Saturday and ran ~70 rds through it in the backyard as fast I could and it didn't jamb once. It still hasn't proven itself to me so this is the wife's backup gun until I run another 250 rds through it and feel comfortable.

Until then Annie Oakley is sleeping with a Glock .40 on the nights I'm not home.

 

[Will Brink]

Thanks. I do know Ruger is new to the AR game but they seem to getting good reviews on this gun and the C model seems to correct the barrel heavy issue they bitched about on the first gen.

I'll check out that HK.

When it comes to a piston driven AR, the 416 was developed with Delta, and there's no better:

Heckler & Koch HK416 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I think you can buy a 416 upper and buy a lower from another brand and save big $$$.

Other then that, I'd stick to the brands we already know make great ARs of the standard design. This is the Colt 6490, monolithic rail, floating barrel, etc. It's far and away a better product then anything Ruger will make:

 

[Big Pimpin]

Nice. HK makes some of the best shooting toys on the planet (I wish I had a MP5 ).

One thing I really don't want to do is buy a project, I want something relatively GTG out of the box.