Recent content by Sleeping Dog

1" groups at 100 yds I shoot those or better pretty consistenly with two old .22's I got from CMP. One is a Winchester 52 single-shot, the other is a Remington 40-x single-shot. Both have Olympic front sights, Redfield Palma rear. That's shooting off sandbags. Other positions, not so...

I have some brass, just can't figure out how to de-prime it? Anyway, my best shooting .22 is a Remington 40-x that I got from CMP a couple of years ago. Routine 10's & X's with the iron sight at 100yds (from a bench). Not something I'd want to carry all day, though.

Nothing amazing about it. For legal purposes, an AR lower receiver *IS* the firearm, with the serial number, and goes through the same checks as a complete rifle if you're buying from a licensed dealer. All the rest is *just parts*, so no legal problem buying via mail, etc. California has...

For the pivot pin, a cheap 1/4" Clevis pin will work as well as any special tool. Line up one of the holes in the Clevis pin with the detent "well", push the spring & detent through the hole, then turn the Clevis pin to hold it. Push the Clevis pin out using the pivot pin, and it's done...

Agree with B.C.Potemkin We need to focus on congressional races etc. Either candidate will sign any gun-control measures that cross his desk. Neither one is a champion of fourth amendment rights. So don't make "guns" the litmus test - both fail. We need folks in congress who will never...

7.82x51? I've never seen it referred to as 7.82. Where did you see this designation? I've seen it as 7.62x51, 7.62 NATO, .308 WIN (close enough for most rifles). Never as 7.82. But, I can still learn ;)

One nice addition If you get the flat-top upper, one nice addition is a scope mount that will put the scope a little forward, so you can get a "normal" cheek-weld (and AR15nose-weld). http://www.rockriverarms.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=317 Then, if you have a...

Bullets for 7.62x54r. I've had good luck using bullets for .303 British (rimmed). The selection is not as large as .308, but it's not bad. The Swiss gun still shoots better, even with handloads for both. Maybe if I had a Finn rebuilt Mosin ...

But a 75-gun shipment was stolen. That guy's pants musta been SAGGIN' :D

I wouldn't use snap caps to relieve the hammer spring for long term storage. With the snap cap in the chamber, it just seems more likely that moisture could get trapped and cause some corrosion. I'd store it with the chamber coated with oil, and empty. Grease or (shudder) cosmoline for...

I got three of the Swede mausers, and they are all good shooters. I'm thinking that my next gun may be a AR-10 chambered for .260 Rem (which I think is a 6.5mm Swede-like bullet shot from a necked-down .308 case). I don't think a real 6.5x55SE round will fit in an AR-10 magazine. Are Swede...

I was shooting from the bench Note that I said I heard two bangs, not that the rifle fired two rounds with one trigger pull. That would be an admission of wrongdoing, and I don't want to attract attention from BATFe, so let's just say that didn't happen. Maybe the second "bang" was from the...

inability to distinguish between "your" and "you're You know yore a gun owner when you try to decide if the mis-spelling was "accidental" or "negligent" :neener:

K31s can be a bit noisy If you want to silently chamber a round, a "normal" bolt-action like a Swede Mauser is a better choice. My K31, to "seat" the round and the bolt, I have to close it with some oomph. If there was a deer within 50 yards, he'd hear that and scoot. As long as you...

Was shooting the other day, everything fine. But then, with a full clip in the rifle, I pulled the trigger and heard two bangs, super-fast. I pulled the op-rod back and ejected the clip with remaining rounds. After that, I just single-loaded for a while, then tried loading two in the clip...