Several years ago I owned a few of the Mosin Nagant varieties but chose to get out of the Russian vintage rifles because of their lack of the basic safety feature of a gas relief hole. In the event of a blown primer or a case head separation the hot gasses of the burning powder will be directed...
HK while testing the USP barrels intentionality lodged a bullet in the barrel then fired not one but 2 full power rounds into the barrel with no deformation. Modern steel from a quality manufacturer is amazing but I wouldn’t care to be the test pilot.
Nice that it popped out easily as well. I mushroomed a military steel cleaning rod with a hammer and then ended up drilling out a squib from an AR carbine once. Surprisingly it still shot MOA after that abuse. Who would of thought a DPMS would take that abuse and still perform?
You were fortunate it didn’t go any further down the barrel and it’s position prevented the loading and firing of any subsequent rounds. Could of been ugly. I have seen about 8-10 squibs in my time mostly from handloads but a few from factory premium. If you hear a “Pfffffft” sound instead of...
Blued Ruger Single Six 22lr/mag 7in barrel, target sights, trigger job. It was a gift to my Father in 1965 from my Mother. In the mid 70s when Clint and Westerns were king I would hunt our property with it in a Bianchi leather western holster on my right hip carrying a .22 Ithaca Saddle rifle...
“Hillary appoints two liberal judges to the Supreme Court” that headline would be the death of all of our constitutional gun rights as we now know them. The NRA was one of the first supporters of then candidate Trump and instrumental in his election. Numerous constitutionally sound federal...
Anybody have “Folder No. 20” as described in the Colt ad that details the hunt/shooting? Handgun hunter forum has the same ad that indicates “Folder No. 65” has the story. No luck with the oracle of google.
9 piece steel gong set on Flea bay from Owl Creek Fabrication $88.40 delivered. 3/8 AR500 (2) 8” gongs, (2) 6” gongs (2), 8x12 IDPA Silhouettes, (3) 2” targets. Buy 1 set for $52 then get free 2” targets and 15% off second set for 9 piece set total.