Steppe Sweeper

" Now my personal long gun collection is complete for what I'm interested in collecting." To be able to say that, holy shit. Never knew there was a 5.56 version out there. I remember sighting down a AWB SAR-4800 with thumbhole and plastic, non-perforated fake flash hider. Reminded me of driving a 76 Ford Elite. REAL long, yet balanced and sleek feeling. Have you considered a modern flash hider? I know proper gun fasion. A Vortex or PWS FHC-30 is FAL proper as anything FN ever screwed onto a muzzle, and suited to 5.56 as well (not that 5.56 especially after 21" of barrel will suffer

"Remington Model 11 in 16 gauge" Clyde's main CCW SBS, dissapeared under the double breasted drape suit coats, let alone topcoats, of the time. Even in very small guy by today's standards. Bonnie had one of her own, a 20 ga. chopped much shorter. model 11 was the go-to riot gun for most top depression era gunfighters, lawman or theif, but often, those with a lot of bravado and probably have decent biopics done on them. About the same time as a .351 Winchester and a .38 Super 1911A1 and .380 1908 for backup, were the carbines and pistols that the trendy and/or in the know carried. Even wit

Sorry to necro this but what an outstanding thread... Everything I wanted to know even some sources to try. Just wonder what it will cost for the stock, latch, trunnion, and folding mechanism, pluss all the pro smithing work I need, in 2013 A couple years ago I was creaming for this guy on Warriortalk's RJ custom S-12C (18" counting perm. attached 10 slot), IIRC was 2700. I knew it was a hell of a deal, even then. This shotgun will be my most expensive weapon even if I win the lotto and get a Scar 17. But has been a dream since 99. Badass and the only western thing about it besides miniu

And gave thought to a PPS when they were 300. with 4 35rd. mags, but...as much as I love choppers AND Soviet weapons never liked the looks or imagined feel of it. I really like the carbine and Suchka sized Saiga 9's, just think .30 Tok would be better. The Saiga 9 that would really tickle my prostate is a 9x39 (complete with ammo). With or without can, seems like a cool thumper

MI allows SBR as of when? AFAIK it was anything NFA including DD and AOW, except SBR/SBS. Which are the ones that interest me.

I was interested in a 74 Style Brake for a S-12 or 20 ga., hopefully when i do my build this year it will be in stock, otherwise will get a 24mm/Bulgy 74 style flash hider he sells and a FSB (short I think, going to use stock rear sight, not his AK unit which is also cool but more if you're getting the handguards and all). Does anyone know the OAL of either of these units, or better yet how much they add to factory threaded barrel? Taking mine back in any case, rethreading then permanantly attaching device for 18.25-18.5 total. Also interested in the long version 10 Slot FH by other mfg. which

http://www.strikehold.net/2012/11/23/the-saiga-9-carbine-a-brief-introduction/ These would be the coolest 7.62x25 firearms ever

Seeing pics of the 9mm Saiga PCC and SMGs got me thinking, how much better it would be in the Tok round, and taking PPS-43 mags at that. More power and penetration, still cheap for now, and a com-bloc classic round. I can understand why they went with 9mm in this day and age in Russia, but can't help but think this would make a cool PCC/SBR. I mean on one hand everything positive that can be said of x25 also applies to 5.45, maybe it's just me but i think it would be a cool project. I know Suarez was getting an x25 made on some type of AK, never saw how it turned out. Anyone ever do one?

Just wondering...have seen some pics of SBS Izhmash factory S-20's, but don't believe I have seen one with a flash hider. Seen them unthreaded, with a muzzle nut, and with the external choke mounted (on the common 20K photo also with Saiga rifle handguard). Have heard the Russian FH is a long unit with round and moon shaped comp ports, and a birdcage forward of that. So the 10 slot (or 6?) was never used on the 20 ga.? I am thinking of acquiring an IZ-105. And one part of a long, as funds allow, conversion project is to have the barrel chopped and rethreaded, install a Dinzag FSB and had

Can't wait to see it, in fact if I could have one NFA item it would be a shorty S-20 Back in the day you had luparas like the Ithaca Auto & Burglar (which makes a Judge look silly), and even the Remington 17 Special Police which was a factory PGO Browning/Ithaca/current Stevens style pump with 15" barrel. At some point, combat shotguns, even the sawed offs, became 12 ga. standard. Which is too bad, even in riot gun length a 20 vs. a 12 shaves a ton off recovery time, allows full buckshot loads to be used by small women and little kids, don't even need a recoil pad. When you get into b

You can get Dupleks too if you want a mag of slugs around

Just curious what the fees would look like. Or if any builders have a normal package to convert a 109 into S-12 c configuration. I like the 030 style swat versions you can get now( though with garbage furnature and a too long barrel, and normal trunnion.) and the Dinzag parts kit , but want to go with KISS clean and mean and lightweight. Maybe not even the FSB. But a barrel chop and permanantly attach a 10 slot flash for 18.25" ,and a Triangle or 100 series maybe one 8 rd. mag with some 5's all Izhmash. But heard a little about changes in importation and might be possible to get what I wa

I will have to check out Cadiz. If they could do a S-20, might kill at least 2 birds with one stone for me. Nothing special. The first Saiga shotgun I saw a pic of was an S-20 C, plain muzzle, Bulgy triangle stock. That without the stock. Not an AKS-12U (or the AK-74 style S-12 by Tac 47 currently saving for) by any means but Russian looking, how I like 'em. Not so crazy about the Ithaca anymore. I'd like one, but am putting the Tac-47 S-12 and a Mac 10/11 SMG(of any variety, hopefully at or below 3 grand but will go over for Powder Springs vs. SWD M-11/9 if it comes to a few hundered) at the

Back years ago, I was all tacticool and would never own a firearm that was not intended as a serious weapon. until the day I tried to have my favorite FFL order me a .22 conversion kit for my SA Loaded (even ball will put you in the poorhouse with a .45, this unit would pay for itself in no time). I ended up walking out later that day with a 5.5" blue MKII 22/45, NIB for a fair amount less than the kit would have been. Now at that point, it was still just a trainer (the kit would have allowed my own real .45 trigger and controls, holster, etc. Then I shot the bastard and discovered how much fu

My short list for 2012-2013 (if the world is still here, and SBR/SBS still not allowed): AWC Amphibian II Ithaca Stakeout 20 ga. M-11/9 SMG (or, Mac-11/380 SMG or Mac 10/9 or 45 SMG) Ruger AC-556 with factory folder Start working on these after a Tac-47 AK-74 configured custom S-12, and a couple Ruger or Glock handguns. Will probably break my cherry on the Ithaca. The other day I saw a Steyr MPi-69 for like 3 g's, if I find a similar deal once that S-12 is done, that will be first. Really cannot wait, and if someplace would give me a long term loan for $20 g @ 33% or even higher inter

It is a pretty long buffer tube in comparison to other AR pistols, for me a major plus! 6.8? Whoa, well I've heard a saying round these parts "anyone worth shooting is worth setting on fire". :lolol: Nah, man, 6.8 is where it's at. I don't believe it was designed specifically for ultra short barrels, maybe to add so knockdown power to a 14.5" M4, but as it turned out, it only needs like 8" to kick ass from inside an elevator out to 300 or so, and has penetrative qualities on par with 7.62x39 or better. Grinds up vehicles, punches most body armor and urban cover and just in general mak

I don't know much about this gun, have never even seen a photo of it. First read about it in a Leroy Thompson article in the 90's in a piece on virtues of the fighting 20 guage. Apparently, it came (pre-NFA days) with a 15.1" barrel, and a pistol grip. The 17 was a smaller framed pump gun in 20 only, a JMB design (IIRC) that had all the features and look of what we envision of an Ithaca today (bottom load/eject, where the barrel attaches to the mag tube, single action bar, etc.). I have tried to find more info ever since, to no avail. I know you guys are shotgun experts and not of the duck hun

I'll be watching this thread closely. Never had much use for a PGO shotgun, unless barrel could be under 18", well under. I've even been checking around, Ithaca Stakeout, Mossy 590 (14"), the Kimel Kamper (basically a pre-chopped on both ends liquor store crackhead cannon or my favorite street term (actually a model name by a brand, 'Snake Charmer'), Serbu SS (don't care for the folding vfg to action bars setup, and probably just too short, and don't think their 20's come in Remington or Maverick, for a reachable safety), I think an Ithaca A&B might be my best option because I want somethi

As I understand, if one Michigander were so inclined and had the cash, he could get one as long as it is a real chopper. But semi only, a no-go. More than being bad, weapon laws here are just weird. I've been thinking I could use a AOW Ithaca Stakeout or 590 (not a Serbu), and if I save long enough, a M-10 or M-11/9 SMG, or a Ruger AC-556 would really be the cat's ass. Really have no use for these, unlike a SBR/SBS, but kind of want one cause I could. Matthew, who built the gun and how does she run?

For those interested, you can see the S-12 in two films I know of, if you didn't already know: Gun (starring Val Kilmer and 50 Cent)- is the subject of a black market sales pitch and a demonstration along with a PS90 (LOL @ "These are hard to get", in reference to the Saiga, no shit). 50 Cent has a short barreled .500 mag for his carry gun Drive Angry (Nicholas Cage)-bad guy pulls a full auto one loaded with a Wraithmaker drum out of a beer cooler and proceeds to put a lot of holes into a car speeding towards him Honestly didn't care for either movie very much, but appreciated the

I love when he loses it at the end. "It's cool, essay" POP POP "Chill dog, chill dog, I got 3 kid-"POP POP Funniest thing was the pimp (best scene of the movie), "Ruger, huh? How many mags?" As someone who has had to sell a lot of Sturm, Ruger firearms, yeah, that is Always the first question after price. some of my favorites: The Town Heat (plus Theif, Manhunter, Collateral, Miami Vice, and certainly Public Enemies #2 or 3 favorite alltime) Way of the Gun The Departed LA Confidential Mr. Brooks Rush Love & A .45 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

kinda have to disagree with you there. the easiest ones I have found to do is my VECTOR V-89 and V-53 pistols. that was nothing but taking the end cap off and adding a stock Can't forget the Uzi (barrel change) and AR (upper change) Wish we could get SBR/SBS here in MI. In my ultimate collection the only long guns I'd have @ or above 16" would be a standard AK(s) (just to keep, the shorties would get much more play), .308 MBR (16", 18 tops) and Kalashnikov sniper I saw a catalog for Centerfire Systems, the Polish Radom ones were on sale for something like 270. that

"I'm not allowed to carry while at work but my pistol is kept in my car.." right on to doing what hey say, not making trouble or trying to be a hero. But if it's getting herded into the back room (where you'll be executed), fuck that. I'd rather be fired for wearing iron (which is unlikely if you're careful) or using it (then, who gives a rat's ass?) than murdered. Don't let some bullshit manmade law stand in the way of whether or not you go on with life.

I have one .... its a pretty mean knife and a lot bigger than you might expect. So long as your pockets are deep enough (literally) it carries easily. I have a Cold Steel Black Talon and Rajah 1 as well. The Rajah is really too big for normal carry but its a heck of a knife. I even stuck a tape measure down a few of my most frequently worn pants and shorts' pockets. 7" closed is Long. about as long as my...you get the idea. I'm thinking it would have to go AIWB, not sure how that would work out with my belt, let alone snapping open 6" of sharp steel on a hem of Dickie's denim right

I've been planning to get a Blackhawk Be Wharned but lately am liking the zytel Ti-Lite 6" (am planning to order Gabe Suarez's Big Folder dvd to go with it). A 5" plain edge/clip point Voyager would be nice too but seem hard to find lately. All in all I think a waved Endura (plain edge) would suit me best (has the opening method and the lock I prefer, in the past had 2 with the round hole) but I'm sold on the wharncliffe blade (after my CS Mini Tac Kiridashi I have been very impressed with and carry more than my Safekeeper 2), and the price, size, and opening method of the Ti Lite. One of th