Recent content by MiddleAgedKen

There can be only one (credit Lights Out Films):

If a schoolkid wants to buy a machine gun from the hardware store, he or she should have a note from his or her parents.

...move along folks, nothing to see here....

Occasionally I carry a Schrade Old-Timer. It didn't cost me much, and it's unremarkable.

The video game arcade and food court were already taken. I prefer to nuke the site from orbit, then walk the dog after the radiation has returned to safe levels. It's the only way to be sure. Okay, kidding aside, ZeSpectre has done us a service with his very clear description of the...

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The other issue is where and how you'll be using it. If you plan to cavort through the brush and trees at any point, the 16" barrel might be handier. If not, then base the decision on the points the other posters have already raised.

Oooh, that sounds like fuuuuunnnn. :evil:

For the price, the Mosins are unbeatable. The Spanish FR-8s were probably (never got to try one) pretty close when they could be had for like $129.

K31, or if you really want to save money, just put a slip-on or lace-up recoil pad on the M44. I once shot an M38 that way--40 rounds no problem, I stopped only because it was time to go home.

+1 on the sling. I haven't been to an Appleseed yet, partially because I don't have a rifle with a sling yet.

Next thing to indestructible (clean it right away if you shoot milsurp ammo, which you should assume is always corrosive). Easy to strip and maintain. Lively recoil: a butt pad could be your friend. Can probably sell for what you paid for it. A Mosin with a good bore and crown (look around...

At the risk of Godwinning the thread, one could say the same of Leni Riefenstahl, and she was a lot easier on the eyes than Michael Moore. That said, I'm at least a little with Animal Mother in that I don't totally despise Michael Moore, although I do despise his last three movies. His...

Not in Ohio it ain't. It was in the low 80s yesterday, and I was at the range from 12:30-3:30 pm. Shot about 300 rounds of .22LR, all from my first firearm, an old Remington 510. I had most of a box of Golden Bullets to kill off, and for once, no squib rounds. Great afternoon. For the first...

Witch! WIIIIIIIIIITCH!!! :p Okay, kidding aside, that's true. However: Fair enough, but for some of us it's not, strictly speaking, about sport. Sport is a side benefit. It's about the attitude toward ordered liberty and self-government.