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Exactly what I was thinking. This kind of thread helps the anti's. Without experience or a steadying influence, xbox is a disaster looking for a place to happen. Apparently there's no one among his relatives or friends who can take on a mentoring role. That's sad. Bob

I think this is a big reason why I've no desire to convert my Saigas. The Mini-14 IS a lot of fun to shoot in its "sporter" configuration. Other than being a bit more muzzle heavy, the unconverted Saigas are much the same.

I like 'em, Mav....that should make you worry I've had a blued 187 series for around 20 years. Not great for accuracy (around 3moa, with a scope) but a good reliable gun that's given me no problems and is fun to shoot. Recently picked up a stainless 580 series with the heavy barrel. Haven't shot it yet. Price dang near gave me a nosebleed. The first one was kinda steep too. What was fairly cheap was my Mini-30. Bought it new at a gunshow in the '90s for under $400 as I recall. It wasn't very accurate either but was reliable....and stayed cooler than the Mini-14. Wish I'd kept it.

I've just gotten into boresnakes and think they're great, but a little pricey. Cuts cleaning time by two-thirds and no fighting with cleaning rods. Started by saturating the brush end with Hoppe's #9, leaving the middle dry and then saturating the tail with Rem oil. Began to wonder if the Hoppe's might break down the copper in the bronze (?) brush. Now using Breakfree CLP on the brush end. Could probably use Breakfree or Ballistol on the both ends. Bob

Plus, Glock's advanced manufacturing techniques allow them to identify the duds as they arrive in the shipping department. These defective guns are then routed to Connecticut where they are sold to Twinsen's friends, acquaintances, acquaintances of his friends and friends of his acquaintances. By doing this, Glock accomplishes three things; 1) They keep all the duds corralled in one area, which assures Glock buyers in any other part of the world that the gun they buy will function perfectly 2) They keep factory scrap and rework levels low which is, in turn, reflected in the price 3) They

I shot some reloads with .308 bullets in my two x39 Saigas. The test was very limited and amounted to only about a dozen rounds for each gun. Accuracy was quite good, from what I could tell. Seemed better than the black box Wolf I had been shooting; but I was using iron sights so it was hard to tell how much improvement there really was. This test was cut short when I recovered the brass and noticed that most cases were cracked at the neck-shoulder junction...the location of the Russian gun control "feature" that puts a ring in the neck of fired brass. The reloads were some I p

Now yer talkin'! What I did.

As an alternative to a red-dot you might consider the "scout scope". The Burris Scout scopes used to go for around $150; probably alot higher now. They're 2-3/4x and have got around 9" eye relief. They let you mount the scope ahead of the action and, according to Col. Jeff Cooper, are great for fast target acquisition. He was a big proponent of the Scout Rifle configuration. I've got one on a Rem 870 slug gun with a Hastings rifled barrel. It was always quite accurate at 100 yds. and stood up to the beating, but I never cared for how the gun handled with it on and never thought it was

What's the "by the book" load that you're using? Need to know the Green Dot charge wt., wad, primer and how much lead you're throwing. There are several books and some show pressures and velocities for a range of charge weights. Some primers give higher pressures than others. But with an 8" barrel, the timing of the pressure peak is probably more critical than the actual peak pressure it reaches in a normal long-barreled shotgun. Could be that Green Dot is just too slow for an 8" barrel and that the load leaves the barrel before the pressure has ramped up to where it can operate the ac

Also, FWIW: The handloads I tried were put together with .308 cal. 110gr RN M1 carbine bullets and with .308 cal. 165gr. Rem. PSP bullets. For my short test, both shot at least as well as Wolf Black Box....maybe better. So don't pay alot for .311 bullets when some cheap .30 cal. bullets would do. Most x39 sizing dies come with both the .311 and the .308 neck expander....or, at least used to. I've got brass, powder, primers and bullets also; but they'll be last resort after the Wolf ammo is gone. Bob

I agree, Shoot. I reload but don't see the sense of it with 7.62x39 in a Saiga. Not only that, but the Russian gun control feature that puts a ring in the fired case about where the neck joins the shoulder is hard on the brass. Nearly all the reloads I fired in the Saiga cracked at the neck. Now these had been reloaded a couple times before and fired in a Mini-30, so the neck area was probably a bit work hardened. But the neck would see a lot more work hardening if they'd been fired previously in a Saiga instead of the Mini-30. Case-neck annealing between each loading is more work t

I'm probably the only guy on this forum that'll tell you this Gunner, but I think they shoot fine in stock form. Trigger's a little heavy (I'd guess around 5 lbs.) and creepy but it seems consistent, so I quickly got used to it. Not only is the trigger consistent from shot to shot, it seems consistent from gun-to-gun; the triggers in both my X39 Saigas feel the same. If trigger pull is a big issue with you, the conversion would be the answer. The FCG from Tapco that everybody puts in their conversions supposedly gives a real nice trigger. Getting rid of the Rube Goldberg trigger linkage t

How long ago did you place the order with Cabelas? I've got a couple thou Wolf x39 that have been backordered since 4/7. Wonder if they forgot about me. Glad you got yours. I'm afraid we're going to need whatever we can get....sorta takes the joy out of blasting it away at the range. Bob

Uh-oh! Got some offended Ninjas here. It's still a free country, lads. Folks can do what they want with their own stuff....within reason. Just sayin' Bob

Lotsa good posts here. My 2 cents: Early all-steel Kahr K9 Ruger SP101 .357 - Was collecting dust; resurrected by Crimson Trace Browning HP I don't carry regularly.

Hey 1911, got a question. Does Dan Wesson use the external extractor on that Bobtail you linked to earlier? They pictured the left side of the gun so I couldn't tell. I've got a DW Pointman Patriot that I bought new in '02. Think it's a Match version. Have no complaints about it; but haven't shot it that much either. Anyway, it has the external extractor and they were bragging that up at the time. Have they changed their tune? Are there issues with that type extractor? My blued Patriot cost almost exactly what Bud's shop is asking for the stainless Bobtail. Seems like the Bobta

I'm a revolver guy and, compared to most here, have been pretty lucky with them. Mostly I've just done stupid things that cost me money and didn't help the few bad situations. Case in point is a 4" S&W 586 that I still own. Out of the box it shot 4" groups at 25 yds. and had a terrible front sight. Spent money on a fancy custom front sight and a S&W action job and it still shoots 4" groups at 25 yds. After the 586 experience and against my better judgment, I bought a 6" 686 Pro-Port. That thing is scary accurate...when I could see good all they'd go into about 1.25" at 25 y

If you handload, you could wring more velocity out of that longer barrel by using slower powders...maybe as much as an additional 200 fps over the 16". But with the Saiga neck ring "feature" and the cost of brass/primers/bullets these days, reloading x39 for a Saiga makes little sense. Steel case, unreloadable Wolf is what these things were designed for and it's cheaper to go that way. Bob

Wonder how much of this supposed inaccuracy is really first shot-last shot issues? By that I mean, the first round from a magazine being chambered by hand and the last round being fired with no upward magazine pressure on the bolt/bolt carrier leading to "fliers" that expand the group. The 5-shot groups I remember shooting with the Mini-14 often had three holes nearly touching with the other two a couple of inches away. Never took the time to determine where they came in the firing sequence. It would be easy enough to pin down. The x39 certainly doesn't shoot like a 5 moa gun in t

Geez, mine are terrible: 124mm for the 16" x39 132mm for the .223 AAAACKKK....Both around 5" at 100meters! My Mini-14 will easily beat that.

FWIW, Wideners has some Wolf Black Box HP and Mil Classic HP & FMJ available at 30.5 cents a round.... Not cheap, I know, but a place to go if you're getting desperate. Other than 2 grains of bullet weight (and the box), what's the difference between Wolf Black Box and Mil Classic? Bob

That's the game now. Laws and regulations about everything and they're changing constantly. No matter what you do, you're violating some law; and that's the way they want it. Because, if they don't like you for some reason, they can find a violation and drag you in. Plus, it keeps people off balance and unsure of themselves as they have no idea whether they're law abiding citizens or not. What I'm wondering is, where are the lawyers? They've been speaking up for the rights of women, criminals, drug dealers, minorities, demented artists, spotted owls, you name it and saying that the C

Gunbroker.com usually has primers being auctioned at scalper prices. If you want to win an auction, be prepared to bid upwards of $70/thousand....nearly 3 times the prices listed at Midway, Cabelas, etc. I can remember buying them for $16/thousand at gun shows several years ago. Thanks to those shows, I've got enough for now. Gunshow I went to in April, no one had primers.... Another option I've been thinking of trying is getting in the backorder queue at Cabelas. They're good about letting you backorder stuff that's out of stock and then filling the order when it arrives. You might

Did we ever settle the zombie/zombies in helicopters/government thing? The answer is key to my plan. I'm gonna hightail it to the airport with the guns, ammo & supplies already stashed in the truck. Jump in the Piper and head west following I-90 and the Lake Erie shoreline. There's always enough gas onboard to make Indiana. Would prefer to make my last stand in a red state where sane people are in the majority. The grounded metal hangar should protect the magneto fired engine well enough. Avionics may be toast, but altimeter, airspeed and compass should work...and maybe the va

Try mississippiautoarms.com. They're currently listed there for $26.99 each. I'm waiting for several that I ordered from them early this week. I think I paid a buck or two more. There are a few states that their website won't accept orders from. NY is one of them. But if you give them a call and order a product that is legal where you live, they'll send it. At least that's how I ordered my mags. They had some Saiga factory 10 round mags available too, but I see they're sold out. Bob