yayayayaya got my first rifle

[blakec3686]

woohoo hey everybody
today i bought my first rifle (its not really my first but its the first that i bought myself) at big 5 ther is a sale going on for a yugoslavian m24/47 8mm rifle with a bayonet, scabbard and sling aswell as ammo pouch for 149. soooooooo i got me one it all came out about 194 total but i had to buy a trigger lock and a 20 dollar background check. so in 10 days i will be able to pick her up ,clean her and shoot her. YEAH!!!

anyone else have one of these rifles? from what ive heard there pretty good mine has a a great bore and nice sharp rifleing so it should be a good shooter. the stock is a little worn but should clean up nice. anyways i just had to vent my happieness somewhere so yeah . if anyone has any recomendations on which ammo they like . or any advice in general about this mauser please share it.
thanks alot and happy shootin'
Blake

 

[Nathanael_Greene]

Congratulations!

 

[trapperjohn]

a $20 background check? If some gun dealer tried to charge me for a background check id tell him where he could keep that rifle!

 

[Gunrunner]

Have yourself a good time with that Mauser Blakec. Seen a few but never owned one myself. It's a great feeling to finally be able to go into a store and buy a gun for yourself, instead of having parents do it for you.

I'm thinking the $20 was for the DROS fee, not a background check.

 

[Okiecruffler]

Great example of a great design, should serve you well. I've been shooting Turk surplus out of all of my mausers for a while now and have had good results. They do require careful cleaning after firing any surplus ammo, but a quick search on here will give you MANY different ways to keep your rifle rust free.

 

[railroader]

Congrats on your new rifle. Now buy some ammo online cheap. Don't buy any at big 5, their ammo prices are ridiculous. Mark

 

[sumpnz]

so in 10 days i will be able to pick her up ,clean her and shoot her. YEAH!!!

10 days!!! You must live in California or some other equally freedom hating state. Come to AZ, there's no waiting period (unless your NICS is delayed - but that's the same everywhere), I don't know of any dealers that charge for the NICS, prices are better (that gun with all the accessories would have been closer to $100-120 here), and it's shall issue CCW with permitless open carry.

 

[jefnvk]

I have the M48 Yugo mauser. Similiar gun. And I love it Not as much as my Mosin or Enfield, but I still love it.

But what is this about paying for a background check? And a 10 day waiting period?

When I went into Dunhams, I asked the lady about the Mausers, made her get me the three they had in stock, actually cleaned them up a bit n the store (this was a REALLY nice lady), picked the one with all of the matching numbers, signed the forms, walked to the register, dropped my $80 for the gun + $10 for the ammo and the $5 for the tax on the counter, and walked out the door.

And seriously, I have never heard of a waiting period. Is this common in parts of the country?

And I like buying amo from sportsmans guide: http://www.sportsmansguide.com. Seem to have good prices, and good shipping. I want to try J&G http://www.jgsales.com one of theses days, but shipping here is too much. They wanted $50 for shipping on a $30 case of ammo

 

[armoredman]

Enjoy your blaster - steady down, and learn how to make those 5 rounds really count!

 

[jefnvk]

Lemme emphasize okie... CLEAN YOUR GUN WHEN DONE WITH SURPLUS AMMO. Soapy water works well. What happens is when the primer ignites, it forms salt. Any humidity in the air, as well as moisture produced from the explosion of gunpowder (yes, fires make water), mix with that salt, and instantly you have saltwater in the barrel. Excess water dissolves salt quick. Clean after shooting, and brag how cheap you get to shoot for

 

[Snowdog]

Congratulations!

Even if you buy rifles in the future that you ultimately "like" more, you'll probably keep that particular "first" rifle forever. They're stout, well-built rifles, so it'll last that long.

When it comes to ammunition, you might want to do a search or post a question before buying any military surplus. There are plenty of folks out there that sell well-known corrosive ammunition as non-corrosive, perhaps to boost sales.
Sog is notorious for this... try finding anything they sell listed as corrosive (even though they've been corrected by me and others several times over the years). But hey, maybe those Turks made non-corrosive ammunition in the 50's besides their corrosive stuff.
When in doubt, clean as if corrosive and ask here to make sure.

If you're willing to put in the extra few minutes to clean after corrosive ammunition, you can feed that rifle on the cheap!

 

[armoredman]

Two patches soaked with Windex, (with ammonia), run down the bore immediately after shooting with neutralize the corrosive salts. then clean regularly, and thoroughly.

 

[blakec3686]

thanks all for the replys i plane on cleaning my rifle as if my ammo was corrosive (cant really afford new production ammo not at 20$ a box of 20)
and yeah i live in cali it sucks but ill be moving to arizona as soon as my senoir year is over with in high school (going to go to UTI) . thanks alot for the reply
Good shootin'
Blake

 

[sumpnz]

If you want to shoot non-corrosive affordably get into handloading your own ammo. I bought handloads from my FFL for $60/100. If I loaded them myself I could save a bit more on that, and reloading (i.e. reusing the brass cases) saves even more. If you want super cheap bullets, when you come to AZ take a trip to J&G in Prescott and buy a case or 3 of their Turk ammo (700 rounds/case). Use a bullet puller to get the bullets out of the case, reuse the powder if you want (or as I would do, make some toys from the powder and go deep into the desert to use them - that powder burns really dirty), and then load the bullets into new brass with a non-corrosive primer. New Remington brass costs around $20/100 and CCI rifle primers are around $10/1000. The cheapest new production 8mm bullets out there are the Remington Core-Lokt bulk packs. If you buy 1-2000 at a time you can get the cost down to about 10 cents each. The Turk bullets will cost you about 4.5 cents each even if you toss the powder. If you reuse the powder and were able to get 5 loads out of each brass case (a conservative estimate) you could load 1000 rounds for around $100. Still not quite as cheap as $60/1400 if you simply shoot the Turk ammo as is, but it does save the worry over using corrosive ammo.

 

[thumbtack]

Congratulations!

You have purchased a great rifle.