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Rick_a

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  1. The PSL has a lot going for it. It has an auto bolt hold open, the muzzle brake and spring-loaded butt really reduce felt recoil, great accuracy (unless you're heating up the barrel significantly), and the ammo is cheap. The only negative is the lack of availability of good match grade ammo. Good shooters with 7n1, tailored handloads, or those lucky enough to have a surplus ball ammo that works well, can do surprising things with them. It is also not much to look at. Best to admire one from a distance. They look rough, and often require a few hundred rounds for break-in. I remember be
  2. Gas. There's a piston in front of the operating slide and an o-ring sealing the barrel against the tube.
  3. That's an interesting notion. I've never heard a firearm referenced as having a "pedigree" before, or the idea that it should be preserved...nor the idea that good used firearms are destined to be mercilessly bubba'd by the financially unstable only to be sold for a pittance. This 1100 was purchased because: A.) I prefer the deep blue finish over parkerizing B.) A vent rib was desired C.) The older action was chosen as they tend to be better finished internally and externally, have better triggers from the factory, as well as being devoid of plastic parts. The fact that it cost a
  4. There is no difference in accuracy. The MV loss is marginal. IIRC it's something along the lines of 12fps per inch of barrel. I liked the barrel length of the shorter Tigr and SVDS, so that's what I did. Hell, there's a trend right now for 16-18" barrels with the tactical bolt gun crowd...but I wasn't going that short. I figure the Russians might know a thing or two. Some people like to make their PSL's look like SVD's. I just wanted to make mine a little handier. I need to take it out with some 7N1 on the bench to see what it can really do. Just out having fun with it, there didn't se
  5. Yes, that point was so very clear. How foolish of me. Any Remington 1100 or 11-87, whether it is a game, target, tactical or police variant (and their derivatives) are all essentially the same classic firearm at the core. I would feel the same regardless of the age of your firearms, sir...and I don't find what I've done here odd, either. I've seen quite a few done similarly, mostly with the 3-gun crowd. A few parts would restore the "classic hunting gun" appearance. It's not "tacticooled" to make a fashion statement or to piss off sportsmen. This was done as this is what I want in
  6. Civic?...to describe a classic American shotgun that's been relatively unchanged since 1963? Huh.
  7. The barrel is 21." I did everything myself, except a semi-local smith enlarged the FSB I.D. for me. I already had cutters to crown and face the muzzle. A new hacksaw blade took care of the chop. This was it before the FSB went on. The bore was not completely concentric where it was cut. Thankfully the brake baffles have plenty of room for error. The toughest part was drilling for the FSB pins without a drill press. There was much sweating and some cursing involved...but it ended up good.
  8. My stepson shooting the PSL. The muzzle brake works quite nicely; controls muzzle jump, reduces felt recoil better, and doesn't dust print shooting prone.
  9. I'm not a fan of tacticooled AK's but it does look very purposeful.
  10. Congrats. I remember a time when I lusted after that, the Benelli M3 and M1S90. Seems like whenever I find a crazy good deal, I'm flat broke :/
  11. I was pleased to find out last weekend that thing thing cycles Remington bulk pack bird shot perfectly. That means I'll be doing the 'ol 100 round packs in the near future. We fired a bunch of 9-pellet 00 buck, which was a lot softer shooting than 1oz slugs, and it hit at the same POI/POI as the slugs I zeroed it in with. My stepson, a couple friends and I had fun popping pop cans at about 15 yards. Everybody did real well with it, making solid, consistent hits. After a cleaning I did what will be one of my final mods:
  12. How old is Jay, BTW? You've gotta start somewhere. My wife is the only one in the fam formally educated in art, and alas, her talents are largely wasted, and she definitely has zero interest in drawing firearms. It does have the FA position. I used to draw all manner of weaponry and graphic war scenes in school. These days it's be some serious business getting busted doing so.
  13. Yessir. That is all true. With the hold of a weapon or dimensions I could've taken measurements and scaled the whole thing down...but it was free handed and is about the best I can do in short time in that respect. For sure, I am an amateur at best. I'm just glad it turned out better than some cheesy cartoon art.
  14. My step son told me that I couldn't draw an AK (pretty much meaning that he wanted me to draw him an AK). I hadn't drawn anything in earnest for about 15 years but gave it a go. It was free-handed so it is dimensionally incorrect. The trigger angle and curve is all wrong, but I tried. The picture by this point had been handled a bit so it's lost some sharpness and tone. The "For Mother Russia" thing comes from the fact that anytime he plays a game with Russian weapons or sees anything on TV where Russians kick ass he had to say it. Ever since he watched Spetsnaz vs Rangers on Dea
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    PSL MBR

    Looks great. Any plans for a muzzle device?
  16. Nothing too old. I have a 1978 PSL, a 1974 Remington 1100, and had a 1978 Remington Wingmaster. I was made in 1977, so I know those are good years.
  17. A lot of spin and bias going on there. I believe the main issue with the early rifles that the designer wanted to rectify was the fact that the safety had to be disengaged to open the bolt. The military and police rifles they showed mean little to nothing. They often have the factory triggers adjusted to sometimes dangerous levels. The range that had a lot of "Remington moments" probably had the same A-hole mess with all their triggers. You generally can't make a target trigger out of the original safely. A mal-adjusted or very dirty trigger can be dangerous. That's a given and somethin
  18. There are a couple reasons for me not to. The main one right now is monetary. If/when I do it's gonna be a SBS 12K style build. Good luck on your project. Keep us posted.
  19. I seem to be one of few that like the stock furniture and see no need for a higher capacity magazine. A buttpad and cheek rest fix the stock. A bigger mag makes rested and low prone shooting a hassle, and detracts from the intent of the rifle. For those building them into short AK-style rifles the larger mag would probably complete the conversion. The simplest solution is just combining two 10 rounders. I'm surprised nobody is doing this on a commercial basis.
  20. My choice was a Remington 1100 due to the balance, solid construction, controls, and having been around for decades. The only negatives are requiring more cleaning (from what I hear) and you've gotta be careful not to tear or stretch the barrel seal O-ring when doing so(no biggie).
  21. Finally got this thing out to the range. It was a blast to shoot. The range only allowed slugs on the rifle range and I fired 75 rounds of 1oz full powered loads through it. The only issues were the light tube coming loose in the front sight and nearly running out of adjustment on the rear sight (had to remove the elevation adjustment base which also serves as protective wings). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMVzztS0neM Loved every second of it.
  22. My wife was a little miffed that I sold off the wood furniture. It was beautiful stuff. However, it would have got beat up and I much prefer a pistol grip. I learned to shoot on a thumb hole stock then when straight to M16A2's, so everything else feels wrong. The idea was to imitate the Tac-2 or 11-87P but with a ventilated rib. The Saiga is definitely an attractive option.
  23. 1974 Remington 1100 purchased off of Gunbroker for $295 First the chop Then a small parts infusion This was actually the last shotgun I had in mind. I was mostly interested in the Saiga 12, Benelli M4, and Mossberg 930 until I handled them all back to back. The feel and balance of these in an 18.5" barrel felt really good to me. A shop made me an offer I couldn't refuse on a Saiga 12, but I held off for a day...which was great as I ran into an unforeseen fundage issue. I've been practicing the in-hand reloading technique and have had a few user-induced jams due to l
  24. Generally, no. The 1100 has a larger and longer channel through it for the recoil spring housing.
  25. Looks like airsoft fantasy sci-fi meets real firearms. I could see these being used as cheesy movie props...that's about it.
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