Fuck! We could start our own club!Originally Posted by scumdog
Shotgun (single, double, pump, lever, bolt)
Shotgun Auto (non MSSA)
Rifle (single, double, pump, lever, bolt)
Rifle Auto (non MSSA)
MSSA
Pistol
Black powder (rifle, pistol, shotgun)
Air/Gas (pistol, rifle)
un-armed
Still Ridin'
Fuck! We could start our own club!
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Mallicious Little Gnome
Hatched in Invercargill in 1956. Place called Makarewa. My granddad had a farm there as did my uncles
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Still Ridin'
I dare say you would!
Recoil from a pistol can certainly catch you off guard the first time - the light weight of the pistol compared with a rifle is certainly a serious factor, despite the typically less-powerful bullets.
After firing the clubs .22 pistols most the night a former friend and I were offered a try of a club member's .357 Magnum revolver - snub-nosed. Firing under-powered handloads for accuracy.
The former friend fired with his elbow locked and bloody-near pirouetted on the spot. I fired the pistol allowing my elbow to flex and the pistol ended up by my ear in an eye-blink - if I'd been going for a double-tap, the second shot would've wound up going through the ceiling.
And that, as I said, was using under-powered "target" loads rather than full magnum loads.
Of course, subsequent shots are more controlled.
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Mallicious Little Gnome
I know where you are comming from here. Used to shoot for accuracy at 300 yard, a Thompson Contender in 7mmTCU- basically a .223 case blown out to 7mm. If you werent aware of the recoil the first shot would recoil the pistol back towards your forehead. As it had a long eye relief scope on it, I gave myself "scope eye" a few times until I learnt what to expect.
The first time I fired this new .500 S&W round the recoil again took me by supprise.
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Still Ridin'
Yeah, if you're used to the recoil of one thing and switch to a lighter weapon or a more powerful load you have to get used to it all over. I've had the same with rifles. Fully wooded .303 SMLE gives you a fright after a .22 then you get a "sporterised" (most the wood cut away) SMLE and the recoil again takes you off guard. Then you fire a 7.62x54R Mosin-Nagant and it starts all over again. All I can say is: I'm glad I had the heavy fecking rifle version of the M-N, not the light carbine...
I wouldn't mind trying a really heavy calibre pistol at some stage. I've only fired .22 and the underpowered .357Mag. Haven't even fired 9mm yet - which would be my preferred centre-fire calibre to practise with (oodles of cheap ammo = lots of shots = lots of practise = better accuracy for least expenditure).
Motorbike Camping for the win!
e mare libertas
Hah. You should try my M38 with the ATI fibreglass stock on.
Funny how that happens.
The first centerfire pistol I ever let off was a SIG P226 in 9mm. Not knowing quite what to expect, I gave it the White-Knuckled Weaver Stance of Doom.
I felt really silly after the first shot.
9x19 isn't quite .454 Casull...
Edit: Apart from .22s, so far I've played with pistols in 9x19, .357SIG, .40S&W and .45ACP. I enjoyed shooting .45ACP the most. Very little 'snap' to the recoil, and you get to lord it over the pussy 9mm shooters on the lanes beside you.
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- mikey
Mallicious Little Gnome
If you ever come up to Sth Auck you are welcome to have a try with my revolvers. .44 mag.
On a Monday night go along to the range at Ardmore and visit the PSPC club . One of them will take you through basics and someone there will probably let you try their full bore handguns.
.22 is a fun round to practice with. I personally find that 9mm is too whippy for me. I seem to get a torque twist when ever I fire a pistol chambered for this round.
Used to load for my .357. 180gn heads with 15 gn of Vitavouri N110 powder. Kicked like a mule but I could easily get coke cans at 100 yards, standing. Best shot with my 7mmTCU was a fig 12 mil target (head and shoulders) at 600 yards, walked the bullet fall to the target. Took about 10 rounds and then I could hit it each time. Traj must have been like a rainbow. I remember aiming something like 30 foot above the target.
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Still Ridin'
Heh, at least your return to target time would've been good.
The bloke who owned the .357 could've nipped out for a smoke while I was bringing the pistol back on target.
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Mallicious Little Gnome
First time I saw the 454 being fired was at the Pistol Anno Domini shoot in Bisley, Surrey, UK.
This big (read this as F*#king fat) gentleman paid his money and took up position at the firing point. He announced that he knew how to deal with recoil and that he would beat it.
Pulled the trigger, there was a very loud bang and we all pissed ourselves watching the shock wave ripple down the rolls of fat that enveloped him. He also dropped the pistol (which we didnt like very much) as he had held the grip so tight so as to stop any recoil that the grips had twisted and stripped the skin of the palms of his hands.
Firearm was a Freedom Arms revolver and like all revolvers they are designed to twist in your hand.
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Scooter boy
Not the old bit but I suspect I can do the rest real good.....
Youth is fleeting, imaturaty is forever.
Aargh, photos!
Fucken firearms geeks.....
*Sniper heads off to read his new book, "The Encyclopedia of Firearms"*
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
Mallicious Little Gnome
Fucken firearms geeks.....
*Sniper heads off to read his new book, "The Encyclopedia of Firearms"*
I definitely resemble that remark.
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Aargh, photos!
And so you should be proud too.
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
Mallicious Little Gnome
If anyone is interested then this site has some exotic calibred handguns and rifles.
http://www.sskindustries.com
"SSK has chambered well over 200 calibers in the Contender.....The 309, 8 mm, 338 #2, 358, 375 and 416 JDJ are based on the very strong 444 Marlin case.....The 257 gets up to 2900 FPS with an 85 grain to make it the most effective long range varmint caliber for Contenders, and the same load is excellent for whitetail and antelope."
Check out the 14.5 JDJ rifle round. A .50 BMG case opened up. Oooh I'm in lust again.
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Aargh, photos!
I had a loomk at the .50cal part. Please god will someone tell me how and why they have a silencer (moderator to some) fitted to the "Peacemaker???? Is it a use once, throw away or is it meant to act like one of the old rifle grenades and knock the crap out of someone instead of killing them?
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
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