• You are using the old High Contrast theme. We have installed a new dark theme for you, called UI.X. This will work better with the new upgrade of our software. You can select it at the bottom of any page.

Never Say Never

Status
Not open for further replies.

WALKERs210

Member
Joined
Nov 26, 2009
Messages
1,342
Location
Heart of Dixie - Alabama
I have always been one that prefers any firearm to have the furniture that it came with instead of swapping out with plastic regardless how light it makes it. However yesterday I did some horse trading and came home with a Mosin Nagant along with a new in package ATI Arch Angel stock. At first all I was going to do was just pop it on a sale forum and let someone talk me down on price, but for some reason I decided to open the blister packing and take a look. It took longer taking the wood off of the Mosin than anything else, and after one minor area that had to use the dremel on it fit like a glove, and it actually fit to LOP better than the original. How many others been bitten by a NEW look even thou you swore you would never change.
 
I'm waiting on a M38 .. I was telling myself the same thing but my friend with a 91/30 let me shoot his archangel and it was pretty sweet. His is all 'tacticooled' out with a scope and bipod, but man it was a nice shooter.
 
I am anticipating shoot this one with the new stock, the last one I owned had wood furniture and it never "KICKED" but had just a nice push. For the last 15 yrs if I wanted to shoot anything I just went out back. Well I screwed up in one way I sold the property and now I have to find another place to go shooting.
 
I walked into a pawn shop the other day. There was a Chinese SKS in a plastic folding stock and no magazine sitting on the shelf. I had sworn that I'd never get another milsurp that had been stuffed into black plastic, but I just had to ask the price.

$200 out the door, but it wasn't working properly. Frequent FTFs.

I just can't resist a challenging cripple. The gun went home with me.

So I took it home and gave it a Hoppe's No. 9 massage. About halfway through, a chunk of plastic came out of the trigger group - looked like a chunk of sprue - and the FTF problem went away. I put in a compliance op rod and a magazine, and took it to the range.

I liked it.

So my "never again" oath got broken - again.
 
Pictures or at least an Attempt

Ok if someone can tell me how to take a picture of a firearm that will encompass the entire gun and still be in focus please let me know. Other wise the pictures I have will have to do.
 

Attachments

  • MOSIE (1).jpg
    MOSIE (1).jpg
    79 KB · Views: 14
  • MOSIE (2).jpg
    MOSIE (2).jpg
    111 KB · Views: 17
  • MOSIE (3).jpg
    MOSIE (3).jpg
    113.9 KB · Views: 13
  • MOSIE (4).jpg
    MOSIE (4).jpg
    108.5 KB · Views: 13
Waldo I have made the same statement more times than I can count. Last trip to my favorite Pawn/Gun shop was the day before they closed doors for good. The only firearm they had left was a Maverick 88 that looked like it was new in the box, and for $100.00 I could not say no. Just changed the choke and on Sat around 8:30 or 9:00 I will put it to the Turkey Shoot test. If it don't shoot it will be gone as quick as when I bought it.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top