BBQ at chez 'rocu! BYOB (Bring your own bullets).

Congrats Mirocu, I picked up a .357 mag a few days ago and haven't shot it yet but it is pretty nice. Produced by Weirhauch and imported by EAA, turns out it is the snub version of a revolver I've already owned for years but was imported previously under a different name.

Yup, and some good BBQ sauce


You can get a .357 magnum and you´re congratulating me? When did the world turn upsidedown? I sure didn´t get the memo

Man, I would love me one of those. The closest I can come is a lever gun chambered in .45 colt. Might pick one up at some point in my life

I wouldn't say that's such a bad thing. The .45 Long Colt is an extremely effective round.

I have a derringer chambered in it and firing that thing is about as painful as it sounds.

At the turn of the century, back when it was fine to shoot animals reatedly in the abdomen for testing, the .45 Long Colt was tested along with various other calibers against cows. They only considered the .45 Colt acceptable for use against horses/cavalry and believed that many other cartridges of the day were too ineffective for consideration.

Well, for now I guess I have to settle with my .50 caliber gun. Or shotguns with slugs as it´s usually referred to

So, been shooting a bit with the .22 and it has performed well. I´ve had two hickups when it didn´t reload as it should but I blame that on me not always loading the mags properly. Sometimes I mess it up if I don´t pay attention to what I´m doing.


So what have I been shooting? Bricks, a steel target and an old circular saw blade. Although I quickly found out the blade was a bad idea as it shattered more easily than I thought. Even the steel target gets badly damaged as it´s designed for LR and not WMR. I didn´t honestly think the WMR would be that much more powerful but apparently it is as the target gets deep craters from the impacts.


Getting two more mags on top of the one that came with the gun proved to be a good idea. Although I would like to have a 25 round mag, getting fifteen before reloading the mags isn´t too bad

The new .22 Mag isn´t working out for me. I regret getting an automatic and I regret not getting a .22 lr instead. Adding insult to injury, yesterday something doing with the safety broke and came loose and now the safety randomly locks up the trigger. So because I have to get back to the shop anyway and have it fixed, I might as well trade it back for the gun I really wanted since I was a kid; a levergun. Then I won´t have to deal with loose five-round mags and if they haven´t ruined the gun I´ll get 10-15 rounds in the tube.

And this time I´m getting it in .22lr.


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This post has been edited by mirocu: Jul 6 2016, 12:56 PM

What a beautiful looking lever action rifle. I bet you'll enjoy the .22LR as it should be easier on your targets and rounds are so readily available for it.

As much as I like black guns there´s just something about wood and steel, right? My mechanic has this gun, but in magnum, and since he won´t sell it I have to get my own elsewhere. Might as well get it in LR too because of the reasons you mentioned, Acadian.

They get back from their vacation on Monday and hopefully I won´t have to put up money in between for the new gun since I also have ammo to get rid of. And equally hopefully they haven´t tampered with the tubular magazine.

Sorry your first choice didn't work out better, but ... HOLY COW, is that the driveway you made last year? It looks AWESOME!!!!

No, it´s not. It´s just a pic I found when doing a search for the gun. Remember, I have to wait for the license first and that is gonna take another four months, at least. So with luck I´ll get my new gun around Christmas

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*mALX crawls away, hoping for picture of great Mirocu-made drliveway before Christmas gun...*







This post has been edited by mALX: Jul 7 2016, 04:36 PM

Guns are good

I´d say they´re fun


You have any guns, Impy?

No, not many guns in Ireland(well maybe in the North but they are less than legal)

I bet you could get a shotgun over there if you wanted, and shotguns are quite versatile as they fire both regular shells and slugs.
Not sure what the requirements are though. Here you either have to be a hunter or spend a year as an active shooter in a club in order to get a license.

Not really into hunting for a few reasons

Yeah I remember when you got the .22 magnum the first thing I thought of was the cost of ammo. Magnum ammo is roughly 3-4x the cost of .22 long rifle ammunition.

I went shooting this weekend, took out an AK and a Ruger Mk 3 and tore up some paper. It was a pretty relaxing weekend overall and the temp wasn't even unbearable.

That is a concern but the main things for me are the magazines and the extra careful cleaning since it´s an auto.

I didn´t think it would bother me but those mags are a pain. Since they only keep five rounds each I have to reload them constantly and because they are like pistol mags it´s much more of a hassle to do on the fly than my .30-06. I just wanna put rounds through the gun and the constant reloading and messing around with mags has really started to be off-putting. Add to this my love for leverguns I had since I was a kid and it really starts to add up. Should have gotten that Chiappa levergun in .22LR when I was down there last November but it felt like a toy gun compared to the Remington. I also have a slight problem with the sights but I know I can live with that and maybe even learn to like it.
Also, since I´m not hunting with it it feels unnecessary to have it in magnum, LR is enough. I´m going down today and hopefully they´ll not demand money in between since I´ve only had it for six months.


Oh, maaan! If I ever leave my country I am so moving to Tennessee!!

I'm in Arkansas but most of the country is similar with a few states being the exception.