What Rifles or Pistols Are You Using for Hunting or Shooting?

1935 Daisy Air Rifle

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1949 Marlin Rifle

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Full Review of Century Arms Canik TP9sa 9mm Pistol

I haven't watched this whole video, but it looks like a nice piece.

 
SeaBreeze said:
I haven't watched this whole video, but it looks like a nice piece.

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I never did jump on the 9mm bandwagon and at this stage I don't see me getting one......I like and shoot more semi autos in 45 acp and revolvers in .38 Spl., .357 Mag and .44 Mag.

It's good seeing your pro gun posts SB and I for one appreciate it.......Thanks !

It seems like every other day there are anti gun posts here and I never join in......I get tired of the bantering back and forth post, after post, after post for nothing.

For those that care to read it I figure my profile says it all..........Thanks again !
 

Hi Sea, The first gun I ever touched came from some land my father was plowing. I was about seven and my job was to pick up rocks and long roots. I found what I thought was a root, I pulled with all my might, and up came a rusty rifle. I was too little to know what I had found, but my father traded that gun for a used 1951 Ford tracker. Plowing got a lot easier after that.

I have always been around guns, and when I was about 29, I got one of those kits to build a replica of a flintlock rifle. I even got to carve the stock to personalize it for a friend. The hardest part of all was loading (Hoping) the right amount of gunpowder, and then firing it for the first time. It had to be fired at least 50 times to seat the barrel into the stock properly.

But other than practicing at a range now days, my gun lives under the pillow on the other side.
 
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Great story Ina, so good that your Dad was able to get a needed tractor in exchange for that gun, that had to make you feel good about your find. :cool: Last time we went camping there were some hunters around, my husband said it was Bow and Black Powder season. Can't say I ever shot a black powder rifle or pistol. Awesome that you built a replica of a flintlock rifle and carved the stock to personalize it. BTW, I also enjoyed all your artwork in your photo album, you're truly talented in many areas. :)
 
SeaBreeze said:
We've had this a long time, I think my husband bought it in the '70s, nice little revolver. This is just an online photo I found that looked similar, Smith & Wesson Chiefs 38 Special No. 36.


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A beautiful revolver, I could kick myself for selling the own I had. :(
 
I could kick myself now for giving my dad's Chinese SKS rifle to my cousin, because I found 4000 rounds of ammunition in the garage. Cousin wouldn't take any ammunition because he said it would be too old. I would make myself learn to use it now.
 
NancyNGA said:
I could kick myself now for giving my dad's Chinese SKS rifle to my cousin, because I found 4000 rounds of ammunition in the garage. Cousin wouldn't take any ammunition because he said it would be too old. I would make myself learn to use it now.
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Ship it to me, I'll pay shipping costs. A legal venture guaranteed by the "Gun Owners' Protection Act, 1986", which removed restrictions on movement of ammunition, allowing shipping of long-arm (not handgun) ammunition person to person. "Course, UPS won't carry it, nor USPS, but DHL, Fed-Ex OK.

Give ya, $300 / 1000. imp
 
Imp, I didn't think that ammo could be "too old" as Nancy's cousin suggested, what do you think?
 
imp said:
Ship it to me, I'll pay shipping costs. A legal venture guaranteed by the "Gun Owners' Protection Act, 1986", which removed restrictions on movement of ammunition, allowing shipping of long-arm (not handgun) ammunition person to person. "Course, UPS won't carry it, nor USPS, but DHL, Fed-Ex OK.

Give ya, $300 / 1000. imp
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Imp, it is unbelievably heavy! I can't even lift one crate of 1200. Surely the shipping costs would be more than the shells are worth. I wonder if a pawn shop would take it. Certainly don't want to give it to the neighbors (another story).
 
NancyNGA said:
Imp, it is unbelievably heavy! I can't even lift one crate of 1200. Surely the shipping costs would be more than the shells are worth. I wonder if a pawn shop would take it. Certainly don't want to give it to the neighbors (another story).
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A local pawn shop or small gun shop would probably be your best bet and that is the way I'd go.....the ammo should still go 'bang' just fine.

To help you price it and give you a rough idea what it may go for I just went to a forum where some of us "Okies" hang out and looked at what the ammo is selling for locally person to person (three ads) with no store or sales tax involved.

1000 = $240.00........900 = $230.00........820 = $175.00...........naturally a retail shop is going to have to make money on the ammo so try to figure that into your asking price.

Imp's offer is more than fair but if it were me and I didn't have a nickle in it and I just wanted to make it go away quickly locally without messing with shipping it I'd offer it for some where around $175.00 per 1000.
 
Thank you IKE! That is useful info. Maybe I'll get rid of the 3 full crates and keep the open one. I may actually purchase another SKS, who knows? I'm feeling bold lately.:)
 
Shooting and Showing the Historical Walther P38

This one was made by Mauser, 'bringback' from WWII.


 
Looks sweet Ike, I think you'll have to depend on Santa for that gift, hope you've been a nice boy all year. :p I don't think I've ever seen a gun with a grip quite like that one, or shaped like that either, interesting!
 
That's a nice one Pappy, small but power if you need it. :) Here's what some recommend as the best concealed carry guns of 2015.


 
Not a lowly, archaic old school revolver in the bunch. :)

Anyone that has done "a lot" of shooting with semi autos, of any caliber, has experienced a jam of some sort, myself included......do you want the malfunction to appear when you actually NEED a firearm ?

Although in my case he was preaching to the choir, the retired Okla. State Trooper who taught the concealed carry class I went through was a firm believer in revolvers for both carry and home defense. When you're in a 'situation' and your mind is going 90 miles an hour there is no slide to pull back, no safety to disengage etc........just pick it up and pull the trigger.

I read somewhere (and I agree) years ago that there are two types of semi auto handgun owners......those who have experienced a malfunction and those that will.

I own several semis in different calibers but for carry I use a S & W 442 and for home defense I have loaded revolvers in .38 Special (or .357 mag revolvers loaded with .38's) scattered here and there in my home.

Why the .38 Special ?.......it can do the job that needs to be done and the wife shoots it well and she can handle the recoil.

For those that feel 100% comfortable with their semis reliability, for home and self defense, that is fine but for me I'll stick with my revolvers for protection (even tho I have a lower round count) and keep my semis for the range and plinking.
 
We don't do a lot of shooting, so we've never had any jams, but I know it's a possibility. Neither of us conceal carry yet, but if we do, seems like our little S&W Chiefs 38 Special No. 36 would fit the bill nicely.


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Many years ago when my bride and I got our CCLs she bought me a 9mm semi-auto for a birthday present for me to use as my truck pistol. I took it back to the dealer and exchanged it for my snub nosed 38 Special revolver. It fits perfectly in the tank bags on my road bikes as well. There is just something about the way that a wheel gun feels in one's hand that is so much better than a semi-auto. It is just a matter of personal preference. My bride, for instance, absolutely loves her Kel-Tec 9mm semi-auto and would have no other pistol.
 

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