[QUOTE=Skullivan21;36670577]This may sound dumb and I don't know your level of experience so I don't mean to offend you but, are you holding it with a tight grip? Limp wrist will fuck you every time.
That said, keep it clean and lubed and how did it jam? Failing to Feed or Failing to Eject?[/QUOTE]
It failed to eject, and i'm new to handguns, this is my first one.
[QUOTE=zombini;36670596]It failed to eject, and i'm new to handguns, this is my first one.[/QUOTE]
Tight grip is a safe bet. First handgun I shot I got fte's every shot cause my hands grip was shit. Look up the weaver stance for a good way to hold a handgun. Could be extractor claw but I'd lube and shoot w/ weaver to make sure it isn't you first.
[QUOTE=mmmono;36670153]Dude's too lazy to get out of the car on the few occasions that he does actually hunt...[/QUOTE]
Isn't that illegal in most places?
[QUOTE=Ridge;36670634]Isn't that illegal in most places?[/QUOTE]
not exactly, no. it's illegal to shoot from the road. Driving into the woods and shooting from there is fine
[QUOTE=Ridge;36670634]Isn't that illegal in most places?[/QUOTE]
You are entirely correct. Dude's kind of a bubba. He had a dog named six pack, and not because he liked to work out. I'm not entirely sure that the length of his shotgun's barrel is legal either and I'm worried he'll do something to the Ithaca
Well, at least it's illegal in Wisconsin.
Anyone know a good scope to mount onto the side of an AK-47 receiver?
[QUOTE=Trooper0315;36666016]I just made the mistake of touching a Mosin's reciever after firing 10 rounds through it.
Now I have part of the serial number burned into my thumb. :v:[/QUOTE]
Next time heat it up and press the receiver on your arm.
Free Izhevsk tattoo, man
Also, at camp on the firearms history night I saw a Krag fte. One of the counselors brought his AR15 and may bring his full auto AR sometime.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;36673572]everything soviet manufactured that fits onto standard AK side rails is fine
don't get anything reproduced by western companies[/QUOTE]
I'm having a hard time finding soviet produced stuff, I can find rail mounts and such but they either have some shitty 40mm red dot on it or are just rails. know any websites that sells actual Russian scopes?
Kick ass, thanks.
[QUOTE=Ridge;36668643]Pmag fuck yeah!
[IMG]http://www.armoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/magpul-pmag-military.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Sorry if I'm a big noob but isn't it painful/really dangerous to hold this gun like that?
I went to a Dragoon museum today, there was a display case filled with different nuget carbines (plus a Mauser and an Arisaka thrown in for a good measure).
After telling some trivia about them to my family my mother encouraged me to get one some day :v:
[QUOTE=DEMONSKUL;36676263]Sorry if I'm a big noob but isn't it painful/really dangerous to hold this gun like that?[/QUOTE]
Care to explain how you came to that conclusion?
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;36677937]guessing cod kiddie syndrome combined with thinking 5,56x45 has a lot recoil[/QUOTE]
well i would reckon based on how his hand is on the grip that he has no intention of firing in that position
Anyone know if you can get the serbu super shorty foregrips (the folding ones) without having to buy a super shorty?
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;36678434]yeah i don't really see how you'd think "man, if he shoots it that way
it'd probably hurt
a lot"[/QUOTE]
Since it isn't even near his shoulder if he WERE to fire it, he'd get scope'd in the eye/forehead. Which would indeed be painful.
[QUOTE=Ridge;36679732]Since it isn't even near his shoulder if he WERE to fire it, he'd get scope'd in the eye/forehead. Which would indeed be painful.[/QUOTE]
Not really. Maybe for someone that wasn't expecting the recoil but not for a trained soldier. At most it would have hit his glasses, which would have done nothing but irritate.
There's actually a shooting method we use when going around corners or are in tight spaces too long for the rifle to be properly shouldered. We place our cheek on the handguard and place our dominant had thumb through the trigger. It allows for quick target acquisition that is plenty accurate when in short range altercations.
Does anyone know what causes key-holing? You know that Arisaka I have? Well, I couldn't hit shit all with it, so today I took it out to 25m to see if I could hit anything there. It was shooting so low I had to set the sight at 200m just to get it on paper, but then it was fairly accurate, except for one thing... The bullet holes in the paper weren't a plain, small circle, they were the silhouette of the whole bullet, and each one of the 5 shots I fired had the bullet hit the paper facing the sky, they tumbled consistently and accurately, but at 25m the accuracy isn't surprising. Anyone know what could cause the bullet to do that? I mean, I know I'm using the right cartridge, there's no abnormal swelling of the cartridge in the chamber to indicate it's been re-chambered, and there's no other cartridge around that size that would fit with a larger diameter round. The rifling looks perfect as well, and a bullet will fit in the barrel if I try to insert it from the muzzle end (Take a cartridge, put it in the muzzle end with the bullet in the muzzle) and it seems like it's the right size, it doesn't look too small.
[QUOTE=ForestRaptor;36676893]I went to a Dragoon museum today, there was a display case filled with different nuget carbines (plus a Mauser and an Arisaka thrown in for a good measure).
After telling some trivia about them to my family my mother encouraged me to get one some day :v:[/QUOTE]
I once did something similar and my mom told me she didn't care and that I couldn't have a weapon under her roof ever.
Since then, I purchased my first Mosin Nagant and it's currently at a friends house until she either gives in and sees that guns aren't so horrible (VEEEERY unlikely) or I have a place of my own.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;36677937]guessing cod kiddie syndrome combined with thinking 5,56x45 has a lot recoil[/QUOTE]
someone asks about why soldier is holding gun like a paintballer (regardless of his intent on not shooting) => cod kiddie
my GOD it is so easy to dislike you
Crowning is what I'm wondering about, the bullet is only 16 grains heavier (156gr vs 140gr) than what the Jap military used, and the Norma Alaska ammo I'm using is fairly common and popular with people who have this gun, and I'm sure Norma would have corrected this issue if it was commonplace.
The crowning though, I think it's a little rough, the rifle was rusted and a bit degraded, but it's not like there's noticeable pitting or huge deformation around the crown, and it wouldn't cause the bullets to stand on end like that, would it? I'd imagine it would just cause it to veer off course, not to tumble.
The extremely low thing I can attribute to degradation of the sights, though, but it's off so horribly that I have to dial the sight up for 200m to hit at 25, which tells me it could also be an issue with the speed and drop of the bullet, or possibly that the crowning is off on the top of the barrel.
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;36680221]Does anyone know what causes key-holing? You know that Arisaka I have? Well, I couldn't hit shit all with it, so today I took it out to 25m to see if I could hit anything there. It was shooting so low I had to set the sight at 200m just to get it on paper, but then it was fairly accurate, except for one thing... The bullet holes in the paper weren't a plain, small circle, they were the silhouette of the whole bullet, and each one of the 5 shots I fired had the bullet hit the paper facing the sky, they tumbled consistently and accurately, but at 25m the accuracy isn't surprising. Anyone know what could cause the bullet to do that? I mean, I know I'm using the right cartridge, there's no abnormal swelling of the cartridge in the chamber to indicate it's been re-chambered, and there's no other cartridge around that size that would fit with a larger diameter round. The rifling looks perfect as well, and a bullet will fit in the barrel if I try to insert it from the muzzle end (Take a cartridge, put it in the muzzle end with the bullet in the muzzle) and it seems like it's the right size, it doesn't look too small.[/QUOTE]
is it a type 38? it might be 6.5/.257 instead of 6.5x50 and your bullets don't quite fit the chamber
a lot of type 38s got rechambered for that cartridge and you'll never find them commercially. you'll have to get .257 Roberts brass and neck it up for 6.5mm ammunition.
The tumbling no, but the drop could be, if the front sight's degraded far enough down, it could throw the aim off in terms of drop, causing the rifle to shoot low. Granted, something this low is ridiculous, and deciphering that it was shooting low was actually mostly a guess, but it turned out to be right.
But like I said, the bore looked great, the rifling was strong and intact.
I recently have been wishing I jumped on the chance to get those old ZB30 parts kits back in the day when they were dirt...dirt cheap.
Now the parts kit runs between 1200-1900 from what I have seen.
I want to make a semi-auto ZB-30 so bad. To purchase one is even more pricier. I would love one just to shoot and especially for reenacting...
A man can dream....a man can dream. :(
[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;36681426]is it a type 38? it might be 6.5/.257 instead of 6.5x50 and your bullets don't quite fit the chamber
a lot of type 38s got rechambered for that cartridge and you'll never find them commercially. you'll have to get .257 Roberts brass and neck it up for 6.5mm ammunition.[/QUOTE]
Shooting the 6.5x50mm ammo works fine though, it fits the chamber fine and there's no visible swelling of the brass to indicate that it's chambered for a different round.
Besides, the bullet diameters are the same, so once it's in the barrel it shouldn't matter, it matters more about the safety of the round in the chamber, and the potential for the cases exploding and damaging the rifle.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;36681559]Not trying to sound like a smartass, but that's wrong. If the front sight is too low it will cause you to shoot high. You'll tilt the rifle slightly upwards to adjust for the heigh of the front post and you'll shoot above the POI achieved with the standard sights.
Your sight is actually too high.[/QUOTE]
that's what he said
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;36681559]Not trying to sound like a smartass, but that's wrong. If the front sight is too low it will cause you to shoot high. You'll tilt the rifle slightly upwards to adjust for the heigh of the front post and you'll shoot above the POI achieved with the standard sights.
Your sight is actually too high.[/QUOTE]
My bad, you're right, my understanding of physics escaped me for a moment there, in which case being so far off due ot sights is almost impossible, the Japs weren't THAT shitty on making the T38s.
[editline]8th July 2012[/editline]
I was just reminded that if the rifling was clogged with carbon then the bore could have been made essentially smooth, causing issues. I cleaned it with a brush as well as patches, and the bore looks brilliant now, so I'll see the next time I get a chance to use it what happens.
[QUOTE=cpt.armadillo;36668660]How much do a nugget kick compared to a 12 gauge?[/QUOTE]
In my experience (Only one time shooting a Mosin, and a handful shooting a 12 gauge) it's noticeably less. Also, for me, the Mosin was a bit more fun to shoot. I don't know why, maybe it was just the first time shooting joy, but that thing was a hell of a lot of fun.
Any gun requiring some sort of operation for every shot (single actions, bolt actions, lever actions, etc) is always a blast. Bolts and levers especially... that metallic clinking every time you work the action and the ring of brass on concrete...
Now I want to go shooting again.
Anyone had a pistol casing get stuck between their shooting glasses and face?
It burns :v:
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