The firearm thread

[carburator]

So..... I'm selling the bike, so I can get into shooting properly next season. Is this a bad thing, do I now face the fires of eternal damnation? What are your opinions? Has anyone had to do this? Just looking for a bit of sympathy here - Yeah right.

Hell I need to empty out the safe a bit.. what are you looking for

F class?
FTR?
something to knock a deer over with..

don't quite have anything that will stop a tank at the moment, elephant yes...

[Hans]

Heya, FTR appaarently. But the club is in the process of getting me a rifle, so the money is for getting some reloading gear and covering the other costs...

Hell I need to empty out the safe a bit.. what are you looking for

F class?
FTR?
something to knock a deer over with..

don't quite have anything that will stop a tank at the moment, elephant yes...

[carburator]

Heya, FTR appaarently. But the club is in the process of getting me a rifle, so the money is for getting some reloading gear and covering the other costs...

which club will you be shooting for?
308win is the better choice for FTR however i have seen one person with a .223 do very well out to the 1000yrds

sinclair is the place in the states to buy dies and rest bags ( and they ship international )
they also do a neat bipod too..

check out 6mmBR.com

[Hans]

which club will you be shooting for?
308win is the better choice for FTR however i have seen one person with a .223 do very well out to the 1000yrds

sinclair is the place in the states to buy dies and rest bags ( and they ship international )
they also do a neat bipod too..

check out 6mmBR.com

Karori. And yes, 308. Cheers for the info, Got roped into this by the Millers and the Flannagans.

[carburator]

Karori. And yes, 308. Cheers for the info, Got roped into this by the Millers and the Flannagans.

kind of thought it would be one of the lower North island clubs as the auckland ones well..
can't say they actively encourage FTR or even F class for that matter and heaven forbid
if you decided to have a "funday" and have a .17HMR 100yards shoot with magpie and
rabbit scored targets.

[Hans]

kind of thought it would be one of the lower North island clubs as the auckland ones well..
can't say they actively encourage FTR or even F class for that matter and heaven forbid
if you decided to have a "funday" and have a .17HMR 100yards shoot with magpie and
rabbit scored targets.

Let me guess. FTR and F class are considered to be politically incorrect? After all those classes were designed with a very ''dual purpose'' skill set in mind...

[Hans]

I had considered F-class, but all the extra gear seemed a bit cumbersome even though it would probably a bit more of a challenge...

[Indiana_Jones]

-Indy

[carburator]

I had considered F-class, but all the extra gear seemed a bit cumbersome even though it would probably a bit more of a challenge...

ok you really don't need the capachino bench rest machine that some use, a rock BR rest is ok..
i run a savage 6mmbr bench rest rifle, paid 2500 out of the box hell ID love to see a f class
built up out of a trueflight barrel and a decent action for that let alone add a stock..

FTR, admittly my FTR rig now is getting pretty trick but i started with a savage 10P
and a swift scope and a harris bipod and that would do as well if not better than some
guns that where 5K alone let alone the optics sitting on top..

admittly this year its a return to FTR and service rifle ( either the SLR for another year )
or im haggling over a rock river arms ar15 in .223 the build is better than a bush master
and light years over that crap remington makes..

[sAsLEX]

Need some ideas for a little project for some copper sheet, made the thermette above and have about 1/4 sheet of copper that I cant think of a project for!

[carver]

Anyone interested in a gun storage tube?
Air tight, 150mm I/D 1300mm long.
All DN150 fittings
This is my SKS in the tube?
Be good to have for storage underground, on boats, or to put a shotgun in while being transported etc...

[SMOKEU]

Has anyone here had any experience with a Norinco SKS? This here seems pretty nice.

I've also noticed the SKK, what's the difference between that and the SKS, other than the different magazine? The SKK looks a lot nicer though with the magazine sticking out like that.

[jono035]

No more experience than having fired one a few times, but they seem like a good cheap semi-auto, providing you're not too worried about accuracy/scope. I've never particularly liked the look of the scope mounts for the SKS/AK, but then again I've got nothing to compare it against.

I'd say keep an eye out on TardeMe, I'm sure I've seen them for sale around the $200-300 mark...

[carver]

Has anyone here had any experience with a Norinco SKS? This here seems pretty nice.

I've also noticed the SKK, what's the difference between that and the SKS, other than the different magazine? The SKK looks a lot nicer though with the magazine sticking out like that.

SKS
pros
Cheap
Fun
Cheap Ammo

Cons
Shit finish
Shit std sights
Not too accurate long range (100m+)

[carburator]

Has anyone here had any experience with a Norinco SKS? This here seems pretty nice.

I've also noticed the SKK, what's the difference between that and the SKS, other than the different magazine? The SKK looks a lot nicer though with the magazine sticking out like that.

as a dirty semi auto bush gun with accuracy of minute of chinaman it does what it was designed to do.

The biggest thing is pull it apart in the shop and inspect the trigger group, the maching on the bolt carrier
there are stamped trigger groups ( utra cheap ) or machined.
barrels are either screwed in or pinned..

No two SKS varients are the same as ive seen over the years..