The Gun Thread

[JET]

Just giving you crap! Everyone gets so stuck on ballistics now that the 30-30 looks horrible. It still gets the job done. The .30-06 is an awesome round though.

[Outlaw1]

My brother has pretty much every caliber Ruger M77 action'd rifle ever produced. I believe he was hooked on the easily adjustable trigger and the integrated scope mounts, which was a big deal back in the late 60's when he bought his first M77 in .243...before he was even old enough to legally buy a rifle. Then again, this is the same guy who got kicked out of the Boy Scouts for shooting squirrels out of trees with a .22 pistol while on a canoe trip. It must run in the family. Anyway, he recently took his .257 Roberts to a professional gun builder in Houston to have it gone through from top to bottom. The guy worked the gun over pretty well, even made everything metal into a matte black finish, camo'd the stock and built some custom loads. I'm not sure how much he spent on the whole thing but I'm sure it wasn't cheap judging the price of the new target grade Leupold scope sitting on top of it. I have never seen a rifle shoot like that one. Previous to the gun smith work, that rifle would shoot 1 1/4" - 1 1/2" on a good day. I've killed deer, hogs, etc., with it in brush country. If we were hunting open range I would just leave it at home or plan on crawling on my belly for a close shot. Basically, it just sucked. After the smith work his wife put the first six rounds into the same hole at 100 yards. :eek:

I have been looking for a Ruger Red Label over/under with 26" barrels for a while. We have a gun show pretty much every week in Houston. It's good to be home. :D

[Outlaw1]

Just giving you crap! Everyone gets so stuck on ballistics now that the 30-30 looks horrible. It still gets the job done. The .30-06 is an awesome round though.

On paper the 30-30 has similar ballistics as a medium sized rock thrown by a girl in junior high. I've read several articles that suggest the Winchester Model 94 30-30 has killed more animals than all other calibers combined. I tend to believe it. For a dense brush gun it's hard to beat a Trapper in 30-30. Personally, I've always been partial to anything with a .308 parent case. Ok, I'm just partial to anything that goes *BOOM!*.

[91autoeclipse]

Ruger rifle 22 and scope.
Mauser:: 8mm
Beratta 32..

that it.. hunting yesterday..

[Boxer4]

Hmmmm, Guns ehh. I have the DS Arms FAL .308cal, and a S&W 44 mag. Used to have an SKS w/Dragnov stock, sold that.

[DiSiM]

All I have is a 30-06. Can't wait to go hunting!

[1QUICK4]

The new Toy

http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Images/photo_917vr.jpg

It's a Marlin 917VR chambered in .17HMR with a heavy barrel. I also installed a 3x9x40 Bushnell rimfire scope.

The .17 HMR is a very fun round with a decently flat trajectory up to 150ish yards. The bullet is plastic tipped and the size of a .177 pellet stuffed in a necked down .22 Magnum cartridge.

Plus this brand from Hornaday has the same name as my motorcycle ;)

http://images.outdoorinteractive.net/mgen/417627_d.jpg

[TkrPerformance]

very nice

[JET]

Just make sure there isn't much wind, that round is really affected by it because they are so light. Other than that, it is a really fun round. With the speed it turns small birds into a puff of feathers :D Looks nice!

[1QUICK4]

Just make sure there isn't much wind, that round is really affected by it because they are so light.

Yeah, luckily the max range I'll be shooting it is around 100 yards and in deep forrest so wind won't be much of a problem. Besides, if it's too windy I'll just hit them wabbits with the .223 or possibly the .308 if I really want to make a mess.

With the speed it turns small birds into a puff of feathers :D Looks nice!

2500 fps + plastic tip = splat!