The Guns We Own (2 Viewers)

[Matt308]

I would love to see that pic. I personally have never shot any of my guns at night with the exception of my Browning .22 Buckmark (know your backstop and whatnot). What a flash!!! Course then again in .22LR they are not using low-flash powder. But good God Almighty!

 

[GrauGeist]

I have a lightning trigger for my Pentax DSLR that is sensitive enough to catch lightning, but will trigger on aircraft strobes and even a cigarette lighter.

I just haven't had a chance to get to an area where I can fire the Mauser in low light. Local range is daylight hours and there's too many people around my folk's place nowdays

 

[s1chris]

On a site with Americans who can have real guns I feel a bit sheepish about posting this but here's my "protector" I mean hunting very small animals rifle -

A .22 Crossman Phantom

It might not be a Barrett .50cal but it will kill anything that land in my back garden, that's for sure.

Cheers chris

 

[GrauGeist]

On a site with Americans who can have real guns I feel a bit sheepish about posting this but here's my "protector" I mean hunting very small animals rifle -

A .22 Crossman Phantom

It might not be a Barrett .50cal but it will kill anything that land in my back garden, that's for sure.

Cheers chris

Your rifle looks real to me...nothing wrong with that. A pellet rifle or a firearm all have thier purposes. Even if it's just for target shooting.

As far as "killing anything that lands in the back garden", that didn't go over well with my Mom when I was a kid. I shot and killed a Sparrow in the backyard with my pellet rifle and Mom was furious! She made me retreive it and then prepared it for my dinner that evening and made me eat it.

Lesson learned, trust me.

 

[s1chris]

Hey that's a national dish in Italy. Well, now that you can't catch/shoot Robins (I don't condone killing little birdies).
Even shooting in your back garden in the Uk is a nightmare. Basically you can't shoot anything unless you have taken reasonable humane steps to deter the pigeons away. Me sat that we said rifle is surely enough of a deterant though!

Also lucky I have a long driveway that takes me far enough away from the "public" centre of the road to be able to shoot.
Gets a bit boring though and I really need to find a farmer who wants his rabbit problem controlling. The problem I find is that they seem to judge me because I am relatively young and think I just want to mess about.

Like you say, regardless of the calibre it is still a weapon and can kill in the wrong hands. I'm quite happy that we can't all have AK47's in the UK or else it would be a bloody blood bath on the streets now that the old school way of sorting out your differences is long gone.

 

[GrauGeist]

I have to agree with the terrible state of civil attitude in today's societies. Back in the day, a fight was with fists and the first one down ended the fight.

Nowdays, it's usually many-on-one and when the poor bastard is down, they stomp the sh!t out of the poor guy. Then if that's not bad enough, you beat a guy in a fair fight, they want revenge instead of manning up and accept the fact they got thier azz whipped.

 

[Matt308]

Nice bb gun. I have an old scoped Crossman 560xl (I think that is the designation) pellet rifle with a brass receiver. Was my second gun (wore out my Daisy) that I got for Christmas when I was 9 (mid 1970s). I used to kill birds every other day with a buddy of mine to feed to his older brother's pet hawks. I have hunted every thing from small birds, crows, rats, rabbit (only 1, wily bastards), possum, my personal nemesis the woodpeckerhead and many a can. I shoot every woodpeckerhead I spot. They have tore the $hit out of the siding of my house. There are some birds in the US that states have been deemed invasive and you are allowed to eradicate them (example European Starlings). Hunting with a bb gun is cheap and very instructive, as all the fundamentals still hold true.

 

[mikewint]

The .22 pellet can be, shall we say, enhanced.
Armor-piercing - get .22 hollow-point pellets. Use super glue to glue a .177 cal BB into the hollow of the hollow-point ammo. You can go even further and glue a second BB into the back skirt of the pellet. Don't use too much glue
Explosive pellets - get some toy caps (the round plastic ones) use a pin to remove the front paper seal, then use a wooden match-stick to remove the powder. Collect the powder on a small piece of paper. Carefully pour powder into the hollow of the hollow-point pellet. When full add a drop of water. Allow to dry. powder will harden
Incendiary pellets - get some "strike-anywhere" (non-safety) matches. Carefully crush the red tips with a needle-nose pliers. Collect the powder in a small container. when you have enough, add a few drops of water and stir until powder dissolves. Use an eyedropper and fill the hollow of the hollow-point pellet with the disloved match heads. Allow to dry.
Pellet-guns can be made extra special fun....

 

[GrauGeist]

Lots of ingenuity there!

Better not say what we did as kids with large steel ball-bearing, a peice of masking tape and a 12 gauge shotshell..

 

[Matt308]

I used to put multiple bbs in my gun (the bolt is magnetized so you can string up to 5 or 6 easily) and pump to maximum. However, I quickly learned that accuracy went to a hell and a hand basket and velocity was silly slow. Even an up close "blast was worthless".

If you have a bb gun that is rifled, use bbs for plinking. Use pellets (rifled stabalized) for accuracy. If you do use bbs, don't pump them to max velocity. They will spiral. Use a lesser velocity and your accuracy will be much better (more gooder to Readie).

 

[vikingBerserker]

Where the hell were you 30 years ago when I could have used this knowledge????

Target wise I would only use 3 which will do wonders on the windows of ones Uncle's old car he was trying to fix.

 

[Torch]

You would be surprised on how many pellet guns are out there, with the price and availability of ammo they are very popular now...Kick myself in the arse for getting rid of an old RWS Diana.

 

[Matt308]

Now there is a nice pellet rifle! I now have my Dad's Benjamin. Downloaded the manual. Max 8 pumps. But you have to be an Olympic weight lifter to get much past 4 pumps. Very nicely built though. Nothing plastic. Need to get a scope for it. Here is what it looks like (from internet).

 

[bobbysocks]

with the price of ammo as high as it is...a pellet gun is perfect for target practice. i bought an el cheapo chinese 177 years ago to help maintain my marksmanship and teach my kids firearm safety and shooting. bought a pump pellet pistol later on for the same reason. i could practice in my back yard or basement and not have to drive to a range. used gallon milk jugs at 50 ft intervals....

 

[Matt308]

Cleaning out Dad's stuff, found a Remington 870 Defender 12ga. NIB. Also discovered this S&W Model 66-4 .357Mag.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That is one beautiful work of art!

 

[Matt308]

Smith and Wesson does know how to make 'em pretty.

 

[bobbysocks]

NICE find!!

 

[mikewint]

Matt, very nice. Always liked the .357 that way you can plink/target with .38 special and load .357mag for business.

 

[GrauGeist]

Nice!

Been considering a Ruger GP100 for quite some time...may actually go and get one since I can't replace my 1911...