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  2. Doomsday Preppers

    in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!

    Posted

    Being from hurricane/tornado alley in Alabama, we prep for different scenarios. Natural disasters will happen, and sometimes with tragic results. Katrina was a wake-up call for many, but not that many. Most people wouldn't survive 1 week, much less longer under a TEOTWAWKI event. Heck, 24 hours without power/phone/internet drives some to a zombie state. Too many with an "entitlement" attitude. I've personally done 3 months without phone/power because we lived in a rural area after an ice storm in 1989. Propane heat/stove, so we at least stayed warm and could cook. We had plenty of dry beans/rice in the pantry, so we at least had food until the roads cleared 2 weeks later. Neighbor 1/4 mile up the road wasn't so lucky. He became a human popcicle.

     

    Yes, I have a plan B, C, D, E-Z. When it comes to Mother Nature, she can throw you a curve real fast.

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  7. Best ammo for 7.62x39 siaga?

    in Saiga 7.62 X 39

    Posted

    Mine digests whatever it's fed, but accuracy depends. Here's my lineup(that I've used), most to least accurate:

     

    FMJ/HP

    1. Yugo M67(corrosive, but true milsurp)

    2. Tulammo HP

    3. Winchester White Box

    4. Silver Bear

    5. Tulammo FMJ

    6. Wolf MilClassic(2008/2009 manufacture) 8M3 HP

    7. Wolf MilClassic FMJ(2007-2008 manufacture)--worst out the bore

     

    SP/Poly tipped

    1. Hornady V-max/SST(I'll pull V-max and reseat SST for med game)

    2. Winchester Super-x(tie)

    2. Remington Core-loc(tie)

    3. Silver Bear 125gr

    4. Golden Bear 123gr(some 2007 leftovers I had)

    5. Wolf 123gr

    6. Wolf 154gr(past 100 yds, it drops like a rock)

     

    The Remington/Winchester loads were a tie out of my bore. I even stagger loaded them once, and both performed almost as good as the Hornady redone with SST bullets.

     

    I agree with others, learn the irons before optics. For a mount, skip the UTG stuff and go with a Belarus BP-02 from Kalinka Optics. Little heavier, about $20 more than UTG, but a better/more solid mount. For a 100 yd scope, stick with a 4x-6x. I have a 4x32, and will push it to 150 yds sometimes. If I'm goping past 150 yds, then I grab my 6.8SPC AR or .308 bolt gun. I had a 4-12x40 on mine, and about 5x seemed to be a happy medium. YMMV.

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  11. My 6.8 with a few add-ons.

    in Other Weapons - RIFLES (non-AK based)

    Posted

    Only thing not pictured are my GG&G knock off flips.

     

    Little background: I had a Mosin Nagant(1925 Izzy, all numbers matching on a 1906 receiver with a NEW barrel I picked up for a whopping $60) and I had stashed about 3,000 rounds in ammo. Unfortunately, an old injury prevented me from enjoying the Russian Bear. I called my cousin, and we worked a trade. I ended up with a Daly 1911A1, and he put this one on layaway to make up for the diference. I ended up with an Essential Arms lower, the Stag 6.8 SPC II upper, and a half complete 5.56 upper(barrel, upper receiver, and BCG only) for $650. He's finishing the upper now as $$$ permits. It came with bulky CAR handguards, and they proved too big for my hands. I received a Magpul MOE handguard for Christmas, and had the Aimsport scope already. The 6.8 will be my game getter and long range rifle. Ammo is a little spendy, but Tulammo is working on the load for release later this year. Well, here it is...my first AR(I don't count the Colt Jam-o-matic I had in 1993).

     

    Newforearm.jpg

     

    My loving wife ordered me 5 ASC mags, since it only came with one Stag mag. The ASC's have Teflon coated Stainless bodies and Magpul followers. I took it out for the first time Tuesday afternoon with my cousin, and could only put 40 rounds through it. However, we had the BUIS zeroed in 9 rounds. I was able to peg the 300 yard gong both off-hand and on the rest. We took my last 2 rounds and shot at some gallon milk jugs full of water. His 5.56 just punched holes in them. Mine turned the jug inside out with a 110 gr Hornady BTHP.

     

    Just for reference, here's a 6.8 sandwiched between a 5.56 and a 7.62x39:

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    Our local LEOs are already carrying M468 and REC-7 rifles from Barrett. Wonder when the military will adopt it outside of SpecOps?

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  12. Question on accuracy

    in Saiga 7.62 X 39

    Posted

    One thing I noticed on my SGL 21-61 was the rear sight was off. If you look at CPF's avatar, this is how the sights would look in a perfect world

     

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    On my rear sight, the holes in the trunion weren't machined "straight", and the right side of the rear sight is cocked up about .003-.005". This was causing me to tilt the front sight to the right, thus throwing my POA/POI left. I haven't popped the rear sight yet, but local smith said it could be something as simple as a burr or needing a little fine tuning with a needle file.

    Also, invest in some good commercial ammo for sighting in. I bought Winchester White Box and reloaded the brass for hunting. *NOTE* Winchester is now using .311 bullets instead of .308. Here's what I was doing at 25 yards with mine:

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    The group above the "9" were all WWB. The lower shots are Tulammo. At 100 yards with Tulammo(marked it Uly by mistake), sight locked in "1" notch(100 meters). I punched a 3" bull and glued the rtarget to white cardboard.

    P1010884.jpg

     

    These 5 were with the rifle mechanical zeroed at 25 yds.

    A local LEO instructor spotted what I was doing, and helped me hold her steady. We bumped the target to 50 yds for this one.

    Last5rounds.jpg

    And here's the Russian sight in target for mechanical zero, similar to the AR target:

    AKtarget1.jpg

    I printed this, and used it as a chart for the 6x10 Dirty Birds($4.96 per 10 at Hell-wart). The red center in the Dirty Bird is the same size as the silouhette on the sight in target. The only thing I couldn't nail down was where to lock the rear sight. Consensus seems to be lock it in the "battle setting(300yds), sight it in for mechanical zero, then fine tune it at 100 yds. I simply leave mine locked at the battle setting, as I don't forsee taking 300 yd shots with this rifle. Besides, I have a Belarus mount and plan on a red dot sight anyways.

     

    From what I've found on the net, if you can put all the rounds in a 16" circle at 200 yds, Kalashakov would approve. Me, I want it to perform just as good as my SKS at 100 yds on a 12" square with a reference line:

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    first 10 were low, but last 30.....I guess you could say it shoots MOD....Minute Of Dead.

  13. Dented empty shells

    in Tech Section

    Posted

    What some of the guys on another forum have done for a buffer is get door edge trim for a car(the little C-channel looking stuff) and put a small piece on the top cover. Most say it solved the side ding, but the case neck stil gets a "love tap" on the front trunion.

  16. I am sorry!

    in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!

    Posted · Edited by Lone Eagle

    As a mod on a survival forum, I can tell you somewhere along the line you are going to post something that some armchair commano is going to be offended by nad start a shitstorm because of it. We are only human, and we will slip up on occasion. As my Senior Quote goes, "Good judgement comes from experience. And experience........that comes from poor judgement."--Charles Swindoll

     

    Or as Felonious Monk put it, "Don't like what you see? See that littel red "X"? Click it. That's what it's there for."

  17. Olympic Arms ARs, why the bad rap?

    in Other Weapons - RIFLES (non-AK based)

    Posted

    My cousin has a couple of Oly's, and he said 2 fators earned them the bad rep.

     

    1. OOS parts(Out Of Spec): If it breaks, Oly's the only source for the replacement unless you know a good smith.

     

    2. In the late 90's/early 2K, they had a short run (less than 500 if he remembered correctly) of stripped lowers they shipped that were extremely OOS. Some were so bad the buffer tube mounting point was snapping off under fire. Cousin had one, and they recalled/made good all the bad ones. However, the rep stuck.

     

    My "build" is a Stag upper on an Essential lower. Yes, it rattles, yes, I can move the upper about .002 front/back, but she go bang and she hit target.

  19. 7.62x39 ammo in stock at....?

    in Saiga 7.62 X 39

    Posted

    I've started using Aim Surplus. Just bought 600 of the yugo stuff. Had it at my door in 2 days. CTD's shipping is getting outrageous... And a "handling" fee now? I'll stick with Aim for whatever I can.

    It's in stock now as well.

     

    CTD ripped their ass with a lot of folks when they jacked their prices back in '08/'09 and raped you on shipping to boot. I get most of my ammo from AIM or Wideners if I can't find it locally.

  25. Sons of Guns is back...

    in Saiga-12

    Posted

    ^

    wtf are you talking about

    there is a "rumor" that the "business" made a change of hands at some point.. there was supposedly an issue with records.. and the business was "relaunched" with a different individual named as the "owner". none of which was really a problem.. but now there is discussion that the new "owner" wants to possibly explore a different direction.. since he is the "owner" and I guess named indiviidual for FFL reasons.. it has created an issue..

     

    but again that is all second hand hear say information I have heard..

    I have no first hand information..

     

    I am NOT into "gossiping" but that is the discussion.. I have heard slightly more detail than that.. but I prefer to be intentionaly vague since the information is all second.. third.. fourth.. and one hundreth hand..

     

    Could be related to this. Made the news here over the weekend.

     

    http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/23/sons-of-guns-atf-william-hayden-firearms/#.TvkRIVZVWSo

     

    'Sons of Guns' Stars Punished By the Feds for MAJOR Firearms Violations

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