Mannlicher
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picked up a nice gen 4 Glock 23 at a Ft Lauderdale pawn shop. All the paperwork, three mags, the extra back straps and factory tritium sights. A steal of a price to boot.
What is the last gun that you bought?
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Paul R Zartman
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Just wanted to make sure you guys and gals know that the "Upload a File" button is to POST PICTURES!!!
horsemen61
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BROWNING X BOLT HUNTER LONG RANGE 6.5 PRC!!!! Should be at the LGS TOMORROW!!!!
MikeG
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Last Monday I bought a Ruger AR556 Standard. I put a Sig Sauer Romeo 5 red dot sight,and a plain sling on it. I am keeping it fairly simple.
stonebuster
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Nice 1965 S&W Model 15-2 I found browsing small LGS in July. I put a same vintage set of Diamond Target grips on it that feel better than originals.
iwilc2
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bought a Taurus Poly Proctector in 357 mag,WHY just because
Len
Len
shootstraight57
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Ruger Bisley, Lipsey Special in 45 ACP/ 45 Long Colt.
Pete D. Nice to see a cap and ball amid the others
forward observer
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In my ongoing attempt to cover every major long-arm used by the US military this was delivered by UPS yesterday. It's a model 1816 Springfield .69 cal smoothbore flintlock manufactured in 1832. These were mostly improved versions of the M1795 which was our very first domestic manufactured general military longarm used in the war of 1812.
The M1816 was used in the 2nd Seminole war and then was our main battle musket for the Mexican-American war (1846-1848). Between the Springfield and the Harpers Ferry armories plus a number of contract makers, over 700,000 of these were produced. In the mid to late 1840s the armories started converting these to percussion and they remained our main battle musket up until 1855 when the .58 cal Minie ball was adopted. However, due to the shortages of rifled muskets at the start of the ACW, 10s of thousands of the M1816s saw service by both the North and the South in the early years of the ACW. Thus this musket was in continuous service longer than just about any other US service arm--from 1816 to as late as 1865 or 49 years. Of course, it was made more effective as a smoothbore during the ACW by the use of "buck & ball" loads which were 3 each quarter-inch buckshot on top of a .68 cal round ball.
This is one of the listing pictures. It actually looks better in person than in these lightbox photos and came with a nice matching US marked and inspected bayonet.
cheers
The M1816 was used in the 2nd Seminole war and then was our main battle musket for the Mexican-American war (1846-1848). Between the Springfield and the Harpers Ferry armories plus a number of contract makers, over 700,000 of these were produced. In the mid to late 1840s the armories started converting these to percussion and they remained our main battle musket up until 1855 when the .58 cal Minie ball was adopted. However, due to the shortages of rifled muskets at the start of the ACW, 10s of thousands of the M1816s saw service by both the North and the South in the early years of the ACW. Thus this musket was in continuous service longer than just about any other US service arm--from 1816 to as late as 1865 or 49 years. Of course, it was made more effective as a smoothbore during the ACW by the use of "buck & ball" loads which were 3 each quarter-inch buckshot on top of a .68 cal round ball.
This is one of the listing pictures. It actually looks better in person than in these lightbox photos and came with a nice matching US marked and inspected bayonet.
cheers
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Lo-Profile
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Savage Mark lI
jag1954
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Ordered this earlier today from Shoot Point Blank, NIB S&W 500 6.5". Will make a nice addition to the ever growing S&W family. Will post more pics once she's home.
aarondhgraham
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Clicked the Confirm Order button at budsgunshop.com.
Ordered my retirement present to myself,,,
CZ-457 Varmint AT-ONE with 24" barrel.
Now the agonizing wait for Buds/Fed Ex to get it to me.
Aarond
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Ordered my retirement present to myself,,,
CZ-457 Varmint AT-ONE with 24" barrel.
Now the agonizing wait for Buds/Fed Ex to get it to me.
Aarond
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twarr1
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Israeli Weapons Industries Masada 9mm
Nasty Canasta
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I always have an eye out for a good classic that I don’t have in the collection & have looked at a lot of BHPs but never found the one until today. Very clean 1987 vintage with the original box & papers now have a good new home
jag1954
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Just had to have this one.
Oh absolutely!! I think the desert eagle/magnum research 1911s are overlooked. I think they outdo several that are much more$$$$
Reloadron
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Get back with how it shoots. I have a nice little 3" Kimber and have been thinking about another 3" in .45 ACP. Magnum research has never made a bad gun as far as I know.
Ron
Never shot the 3” version (u model I believe it used to be called) but the 5” did great.
JeffG
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I have a new Springfield M1a Scout. The whole rifle has turned out to be great! I put on a Holosun red dot sight. A couple fo standard 20 round mags and we're good to go. Ringing gongs out to 200 yards offhand.
Nasty Canasta
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Some photos in the daylight from Saturday. It’s a good shooter.
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