My friend got this gun when he was 7 years old. By the time I saw it, the old bolt action 410 was rusty, nasty and had severely damaged wood with little finish left on it. Then Buck Williams from WW Guns had a go at it.
He overprinted the beat-up wood with grain, Cerakoted the metal to approximate the original appearance and clear-coated over the top for durability. The gun now literally looks better than it did when new.
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They also had such neat things as 22TCM and 50Beowolf ammunition, Browning micro 1911-22 and polymer AR lowers and uppers.
Camera, rifle, good company — enough for a contented smile.
When darkness falls and the Morlocks come out, he will be ready…if I remember the spare batteries.
(Photo by Matt Vollman)
SU16 locked on an empty magazine. Trijicon Reflex strikes me as a good sight for a short-range defensive rifle — it’s always on and has a fairly wide field of view. Laser provides a backup solution. Pity the irons aren’t see-through, the reflex would have to be dumped first. The rifle itself was boring: no malfunctions, no surprises. Same 1-1.5″ spread at 50m as always.
(Photo by Matt Vollman)
Friend’s 410 Saiga. Great weather, good range company, plenty of ammunition, what’s not to like? I shot 3″ Brenneke slugs from 50 meters (55 yards). At a previous session at 25 yards, all slugs flew straight. At 55, two out of three just started de-stabilizing. Conclusion: this particular smoothbore shotgun is fine out to about 40 yards (manufacturer recommends 35 yards max) but a rifled choke is preferable past that. Fortunately, Brenneke slugs can be fired through either. Most .410 slugs weigh 1/5oz, these are 1/4oz and more solidly constructed. Judging at the ballistic chart, the projectiles go trans-sonic right around 55-60 yards, which explains the instability.
An overview of MKA1919 box magazine 12ga shotgun.
Would Killer Nashville writer conference be worth-while for a beginner fantary/sci-fi writer?
Kidnapping women and children would be a lot harder if carrying sidearms and knives was more common.
A close friend wants to buy a mid-size sedan (preferably Honda or Toyota). Price range $5-6,000. What can be reasonably expected at that price? Does anyone know of specific recommended vehicles for sale.
Most of my medium frame revolvers are made by Alpha Proj and imported by Czechpoint. I like everything about them but would rather not subject the blued finish to the high humidity of Tennessee summers. I still remember the Sig 230 and the Browning Buckmark that came back orange with rust after just one weekend of abuse. Solution: I sent one to WW Guns in Alabama and got it back Cerakoted in two tones to my specifications.
The back of the front sight is not visible in these photos but it remains full contrast matte black. Slightly lighter rear sight helps de-emphasize it when aiming.
Just tested it in the back yard. At 21ft, it produces third to quarter-inch groups — single action, with very close attention paid to the trigger control. It comes with a bore brush and taller/lower front sights. The weight and the balance are pretty similar to the real SW586.
Compared to my old Crossman air gun, it’s both heftier and sturdier, the installation of the CO2 cartridge is MUCH easier. The changeable 10-shot “cylinders” are anodized metal. The trigger pull is heavier than with the real gun and a bit rougher. Not ideal for match target shooting but perfect for training in place of the real firearm. Accuracy seems sufficient for a squirrel-sized target out to about 20 yards. At 400fps, the power level is probably more suited for pest birds like starlings.
Shooting my air guns without having to go far is definitely relaxing. Pity I can’t do the same with the quiet 22s.
My friend Kyle is holding a girly bolt action rifle. I think it’s in .280Rem (could be 308Win, I can’t recall).
The point is, this rifle belongs to a girl. No pink furniture or Hello Kitty accents. So sorry to disappoint the traditionalists. At least Kyle is wearing the traditional boyish blue…except when trying to blend into the background.
“If she wants your wi-fi password, she will give it to you.” – Mad Mike
Standard CZ Rami magazine holds 10 9mm cartridges. It’s small, fairly light, has a good trigger and many people like it as a carry weapon. But 10+1 isn’t the limit of its capacity. The solution for getting more ammunition came out over a century ago in the form of a snail drum for Luger P08 pistol. The Trommelmagazine 08 holds 32 rounds. The complicated mechanism was necessary to feed enough ammunition into a single-stack magazine without the body of the magazine extending too far down.
With double-stack magazines, simply extending the tube is more practical. While awkward in a running fight, this has some utility when providing suppressing or cover fire, either to keep an attacker from firing on you or to permit your allies to maneuver. Contrary to the cries of the prohibitionists, this capability has been available for over a century. There’s no reason why good people should suddenly be denied it.
While often the 32 round magazine is too long or unnecessary, using sleeved 14-rounded extended Rami mag or the standard 19-round magazine from larger CZ pistols is also possible and even likely if Rami is carried as a backup.
Boberg Arms is mostly known for high quality bullpup 9mm pistols. Recently, they produced a small batch of high-grade AR15 receivers. About fifteen of them are still available.
My friend Buck Williams of WW Guns makes these 45ACP pipes. I don’t see them listed on his web site but I know they are available for purchase, so you can ask him directly: 256.751.5911 or wwguns68@gmail.com.
My friends come bearing interesting things. This one has interchangeable barrels (22LR, 22WMR,17HMR). Excellent trigger and balance. My friend says it shoots dime-sized groups at 100 yards. No wonder they are popular on CZ forum.
Back when I first started shooting, I acquired a CO2 Crossman air gun for my girlfriend. It turned out extremely accurate and I kept it for over a dozen years until somebody borrowed it and forgot to return it. It was recently replaced with a Umarex S&W586 copy. While air guns don’t fully duplicate the manual of arms of real weapons, they are excellent for practicing presentation, sight alignment, trigger control and other elements of marksmanship.
A few years after the revolver, I got a refurbished Daisy single-shot pellet rifle. It was very similar to the single-shot arcade rifles that I used so enthusiastically as a kid in Russia. The rifle got regular use for back-yard practice and was eventually given to a friend’s daughter. A friend gave me his scoped Gamo 880 and it got used for longer-range practice, even including a couple of rabbit retirements. But the trigger on that was not impressive and the 4x optic was outright poor. For very occasional use, I didn’t want to get anything fancier. Spring air guns in general feel like open-bolt submachine guns: the lock time is relatively slow and the balance shifts slightly on firing. Those same qualities mean that a proficient air gunner would do very well with firearms. And then the crunch came.
The crunch was two-fold: 22LR ammunition got scarce, and my time got even more scarce than that. Driving 50 minutes each way to the range became prohibitively time-consuming, so I have not got to shoot since my late May training in Switzerland. Something had to change. I can shoot air guns legally very close to my home, while even suppressed 22s require either traveling to the far range or asking neighbors for access to farm properties.
I solved the problem by getting a RWS Diana 34P Compact. It came with a parallax-adjustable 3-9x scope of very good clarity. The ability to adjust parallax is important because of the short distances at which air guns are normally used. My past practice was done at 10 to 20 yards, and I don’t expect to go much past 50 at most. While I looked into pre-charged models, that would require more support structure than I wanted to maintain. The only expense with with the spring or gas pistol pellet guns is the ammunition.
I have not tried difference kinds of pellets with the new gun yet. Gamo 880 gave good results with the cheapest flat point Daisy pellets but was all over the place with pointed Crossmans. In general, it’s a good idea to try different types to see what works best for you — .177 pellet guns are even more picky than 22LR rifles. Some companies offer variety packs just for that. The prices, especially now, are very good — from ONE cents per pellet to about eight for the high-end match projectiles. And they are all in stock.
The new rifle has certain advantages over the old Gamo. It’s more ergonomic, produces higher velocities, and has a far better trigger. Daisy and Gamo both were like bad Mosin triggers, heavy and spongy. The RWS trigger is more like a decent Mauser trigger. The thick muzzle provides a comfortable grip for cocking the spring. It is more expensive than the Walmart specials, but the accuracy and the longevity are much improved. And the savings in ammunition and time not spent driving to distant ranges should be worth the one-time expense.
