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    The Decline of the Handi Rifle

    I've owned and shot a lot of Mosin Nagants, and while they can be very accurate rifles, an awful lot are genuine POS's. There's nothing innaccurate about the design, but all too many of them were made quick and dirty during the height of WW2. Too many others have shot out or corroded...
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    Who uses a sling?

    If you move your rear swivel to the top right hand side of the buttstock, (about 1 o'clock), you'll find that you can sling the rifle muzzle down and at the ready with a conventional two point sling. All you have to remember to do is tuck your left elbow in when you bring it to your shoulder...
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    Who uses a sling?

    I practice with a hasty sling, but I really can't see any point in using a deliberate sling aside from competition. Sure, it does make you a little more stable, but my experience is that in the real world you don't have any time to spare when a shot presents itself and something is blocking...
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    Mosin Nagant - Am I the only one who does NOT like these?

    I love my M39. The rest of 'em...meh. They really aren't the best design of the era at all. Between the rimmed cartridge, the bolt handle being too far forward, the often sloppy manufacture and other shortcomings they really don't measure up to the better bolt actions. Still, the...
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    Pros and cons of the AR-15 platform for deer hunting

    If you were hunting more dangerous game like bears, hogs or cougars, then I think an AR or other semi would be an ideal choice. For deer? Not so much. There's just no advantage to it. Sure, an AR can take deer cleanly, but a $600 bolt action will generally be more accurate, available...
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    wood-stock rifles

    If you're not a competitive shooter, a military sniper or a serious accuracy addict and you're not in the habit of submerging your rifle you'll never notice the difference.
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    indian made muskets

    I found the used muskets at a store called Muzzleloaders Supply in Puyallup WA. That was about 3 years ago however, so I doubt they are there anymore. You could always ask though, this is their website: http://www.muzzleloaderssupply.com/ And my Brown Bess was from MVT, who were...
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    indian made muskets

    It's been a few years since I bought and refinished my Brown Bess, but here's what I remember of it. Some deficiencies, 1) The trigger absolutely, positively sucked. Vacuum cleaners suck, and if I were comparing that trigger to a vacuum, it would be a wind tunnel for Boeing R&D. I...
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    AK accuracy?

    That's exactly what mine does too. I'll have four shots in a 1" group then a fifth that's a flier 1.25" away. The thing is, it consistently throws those fliers. I could get a sub MOA 3 shot group pretty easily, but a sub MOA 10 shot group would take a whole lot of shooting. I tried...
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    indian made muskets

    Two words of advice to you when it comes to Indian guns. . .Buy Used! They're not all that bad after you monkey with them a bit and fix the things that weren't done right to begin with, but they don't hold their value at all.
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    AK accuracy?

    The most accurate AK's I've shot have been Saigas and Yugos. I'd expect 2-3 MOA groups with those, although I've had a couple that shot 2 MOA pretty consistently. The worst was a MAK90 that shot about 6 MOA. From the average WASR I'd expect about 4 MOA. The most disappointing was a...
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    The Ultimate Air rifle

    +1 You can't make steel bb's accurate primarily because they're made of steel. Steel won't form to the rifling, so you can't put a good spin on it. It will wear the rifling out though. Plus, about the only projectiles with worse BC's are airsoft bb's and paintballs. They literally...
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    You think Glock could build a helluva good .223 carbine for under $1,000?

    I like your idea. Personally, I'd like to see a seriously revised AK that does away with the removable dust cover in favor of a permanently mounted rail, but still keeps the parts count down to an absolute minimum and still uses a stamped receiver. I can live with the rest of the AK's...
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    The Ultimate Air rifle

    Well, you could make your own stock for the Crosman. There are probably some power mods you could do as well. There used to be an airgunsmith named Gene Sunday who did this kind of thing, but I don't think he's in business anymore. If you ask around on the airgun forums they might be...
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    The Ultimate Air rifle

    First off, if it's made to shoot BB's then it's basically a toy. BB's are very inaccurate and they will damage the bore. Because of this, no one is going to design a decent rifle to shoot them. So far as I know, there are only two rifles that meet your criteria: the BSA Goldstar and the...
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    Mauser 8mm or Arisaka 7.7mm

    451 Detonics, You'll get no argument from me that military rifles can be made better by sporterizing them. The thing is, it's the exception to the rule and for every beautiful military sporter you see there are literally dozens of old military rifles out there that were mutilated by Bubba...
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    Mauser 8mm or Arisaka 7.7mm

    I think what you're dealing with is the fact that the overwhelming majority of people who like milsurps are both gun nuts and history nuts AND for every well converted Mauser sporter we've seen dozens of hack jobs on Springfields, Krags, Swedish Mausers, etc... At one point the hack jobs made...
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    Price check on an Arisaka

    The one thing you have to look out for are training rifles. They often are much cheaper and they are not safe to shoot.
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    Mauser 8mm or Arisaka 7.7mm

    If you decide to do it, one thing I would recommend strongly is that you have the receiver drilled and tapped for real scope mounts. The scout mounts that replace the rear sight IMO are suitable only for milsurp collectors that want to keep their rifles stock. If you want to mount optics...
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    Most inaccurate rifles?

    An average AK is a 4 MOA rifle, (approx. 4" @ 100 yards). A better example, a Saiga, Vepr or Valmet might shoot 2 MOA. The more turdlike ones might be 6 to 8 MOA rifles. The biggest problem AK's have concerning accuracy is that probably only 1 in 10 shooters are competent with old...
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