The gun thread Options

[mirocu]

Haven´t gotten the license yet but I decided in the meantime to organize my gun cabinet. As it was there was no way I could fit another gun into it. It´s not a big cabinet but it now has to host four guns, three lockboxes with precious metals and quite a few boxes of ammo. Not to mention a bunch of paper work with sensitive information. It´s filled to the brim but thankfully my skills as a Tetris player finally came in handy!


As it happened, I can now actually fit two more guns in the cabinet and not just one more. Hmmm....

[mALX]

Haven´t gotten the license yet but I decided in the meantime to organize my gun cabinet. As it was there was no way I could fit another gun into it. It´s not a big cabinet but it now has to host four guns, three lockboxes with precious metals and quite a few boxes of ammo. Not to mention a bunch of paper work with sensitive information. It´s filled to the brim but thankfully my skills as a Tetris player finally came in handy!


As it happened, I can now actually fit two more guns in the cabinet and not just one more. Hmmm....

While you slept, I sneaked into your gun cabinet and swapped out all your guns for toy replicas. The real guns are buried somewhere on your property, and I have removed the key to your cute yellow 'Cavator. The key is hidden in the belly of a fish in that nearby lake...etc.

[mirocu]

While you slept, I sneaked into your gun cabinet and swapped out all your guns for toy replicas. The real guns are buried somewhere on your property, and I have removed the key to your cute yellow 'Cavator. The key is hidden in the belly of a fish in that nearby lake...etc.

You just turned my Tetris game into a Zelda game: get this to get that to trade for this

[mALX]

While you slept, I sneaked into your gun cabinet and swapped out all your guns for toy replicas. The real guns are buried somewhere on your property, and I have removed the key to your cute yellow 'Cavator. The key is hidden in the belly of a fish in that nearby lake...etc.

You just turned my Tetris game into a Zelda game: get this to get that to trade for this

[mirocu]

I see quite a few rifles these days that don´t have open sights on them because most end up putting scopes on anyway. I´ve done that on my .30-06 too but I still would´t want to be without open sights. It´s like a car not having a stereo because people use their phones for music or a tool shed without a spade just because you have an excavator

I consider it standard equipment and I don´t want to be without it. If I see a gun I like but it has no sights on it then I just move on, even if I like the gun otherwise. I´m not going to put a scope on my .22 because I want to go back to basics. Plus, I really liked holding the gun at the shop, it felt like the sights were made for me




(Still no license in sight though and yes, pun intended )


A video with hickok45 again. Here he showcases the Ruger New Vaquero and talks about cowboy shooting matches. Sounds like fun

This post has been edited by mirocu: Dec 23 2015, 12:59 PM

[mALX]

I never heard of not putting sights on a gun before either, that would feel/look really strange.







This post has been edited by mALX: Dec 23 2015, 02:25 PM

[Kiln]

It's true, very few bolt action rifles come equipped with iron sights. It saves money for the companies who produce them because they don't have to make sure the sights are on point. This means the consumer will be responsible for buying the scope and sighting it in. There are exceptions, like many "scout" style bolt actions.

As a general rule, most modern semi automatic rifles do come equipped with some sort of iron sight but have an optional optics rail. Bottom budget rifles may not come with any sights at all, such as some of the rifles DPMS produces.

[mirocu]

Time for a close-up of the 500 Smith&Wesson Magnum!


Are you ready, hickok?

[mirocu]

I promised myself to not bring in politics to this thread, but now I feel I have to.


EU wants to ban semi-automatic firearms and this unfortunately affect me up here. I have one semi-auto already and one on the way (hopefully) and not only is this idea plain stupid since it´ll never affect illegally obtained firearms, it´s also against our very own laws. And what´s next? Will they take my three-shot pumpaction shotgun because it´s considered high capacity? Will they take my over/under shotgun for being able to shoot two shots in rapid succession?

This is nothing but people control. The heaviest dictatorships in the world have done this in the past and we can´t have that. I want to be able to enjoy my firearms as the non-criminal citizen that I am.

There is a petition one can sign that´s against this. I´ll link to it, but since most here are in the U.S it´s not relevant, and I don´t expect anyone to care too much about the affairs overseas. However I reckon it´s all connected and I understand politicians in America keep trying to ban your guns too. I just feel I have to do something and spreading this link is the least I can do, besides signing the petition of course which I have.


Here it is for anyone who wants to take a look


We may have a small discussion about this if wanted, but I don´t want to take focus away from the fun aspects of shooting. So lets try to not fill pages with this. Thank you

Edit: Stop the assault weapons ban petition

This post has been edited by mirocu: Jan 3 2016, 10:48 AM

[Grits]

I went to the shooting range today. It was fun. There were some guys there trying out their new cannons, so the atmosphere was festive.

Mr. Grits had been there with the kids over the last few days, so when I got home we did some target comparisons. That was also fun, and everyone got that gleam in their eye while we were talking. I predict that the annual membership will pay for itself by the end of the month.

[mirocu]

Sounds like fun, Grits


I don´t have my new range up so I don´t shoot at the moment and we don´t have any good public ones here either. Kinda funny since there´s a lot of hunters and shooters around... We just don´t have the American shooting spirit here


What did you shoot with btw?

[mirocu]

YES!!!!!!!!

Today I got the license on the .22 Magnum!!

[mALX]

YES!!!!!!!!

Today I got the license on the .22 Magnum!!

Is that a pistol?

[mirocu]

I wish. No, you see, I´m apparently such a criminal that I simply cannot get a handgun no matter how many other firearms I already have


The license is for this gun

[mALX]

I wish. No, you see, I´m apparently such a criminal that I simply cannot get a handgun no matter how many other firearms I already have


The license is for this gun

IS THAT A SQUIRREL GUN?


*mALX turns green, grows to giant proportions, rips shirt off*

[mirocu]

Oh, calm down now. It could just as well be a crow gun



*hands new shirt with hand over eyes*

[Acadian]

Issuing replacement shirts and bras to mALX is Liz's job. That said, it is nice to see mirocu filling in during her absence.

Mirocu, that sounds silly you can't get a license for a hand gun! I mean they are every bit as safe as a knee gun. And much safer than a chest gun or the deadly head gun. Oh. . . wait. . . *tucks blond ponytail back up under helmet*

[mirocu]

Issuing replacement shirts and bras to mALX is Liz's job. That said, it is nice to see mirocu filling in during her absence.

Mirocu, that sounds silly you can't get a license for a hand gun! I mean they are every bit as safe as a knee gun. And much safer than a chest gun or the deadly head gun. Oh. . . wait. . . *tucks blond ponytail back up under helmet*

[Darkness Eternal]

Do we even have such thing as a political thread in this entire website? Just curious.

On topic, though, I wish my neighbors would mind their buisiness. I've heard some have a nasty habit of calling the officers. I do like the monkeys that hang outside my window at times. No lie here. I'd never shoot them.

[Grits]

Sounds like fun, Grits


I don´t have my new range up so I don´t shoot at the moment and we don´t have any good public ones here either. Kinda funny since there´s a lot of hunters and shooters around... We just don´t have the American shooting spirit here


What did you shoot with btw?

Handguns. My spine is too bad for rifles any more. There's one I need some more practice with, and there's one that makes me feel like Annie Oakley. I mostly shot the latter.