Here's mine, just a small sample, all handguns:



From the top, down the left side and back up to the right:

My 1911 Springfield Loaded .45. A favorite for obvious reasons.

Under that, a Rossi .44 Spl. Sweet gun, but it doesn't shoot that well beyond 25 yards.

Under that, Ruger P89. Nuff said.

Top right, one of my very first, if not the first handgun purchases. S&W 586 in the six inch barrel. .357. I love the handgrips on that gun, very solid and they fit my hands just right. A classic I would never sell.

Under that an S&W Military and Police .38. A gun that came out of the California prison system. I picked it up for what, $150? A freaking steal in today's world. No signs of holster wear on the barrel or the cylinders. I doubt it had fired but a few times. Locks up true and tight every time. A real keeper.

And then, everyone has to have a "garbage gun" or two. This little Rossi .38 is one of mine. I don't know, I just like it.

So, what's yours?

My only gun:



AR-15. 16" mid length. CMMG 1/7 twist .223 upper, Grizzly multical lower, DPMS parts kit and stock.

Liking it a lot. Can't wait to get the sights, ammo, and finally shoot it.

My Romanian/NDS-3 AK, sold yesterday for the AR-15 upper:










Will be buying the wood back for the next AK that I own.

Russian Mosin 91/30:



Sold this a while ago. Never shot it.

Going to finish my AR-15, then shoot it. And then I'll probably get a. 22LR conversion.

Not sure what is next. Probably an AK-74 or another AK type. Maybe an SKS. Not many rifles that I know of that are cheap. At least ones that appeal to me.

No pics yet. I'll be picking this beaut up in about a week: Bill Wilson Carry Pistol

Oh lovely! Nearest i ever got to the real thing were 1:1 scale japanese model kits of AK47 and M16, and a S&W M29, a Luger, and a .44 AutoMag. They were quite detailed, fully working actions ejecting plastic bullets.

Cant for the life of me remember the manufacturers name, but there probably banned now anyway.

Just picked up this one yesterday.

I'd post mine but the gov't can take a look at this website.

I know I've posted these a few times, but our gun count hasn't increased, so it's still relevant.



and not pictured...



Since I live in California, I've left my guns with my folks back in texas. I'd love to get my springfield out here, but I'm unfamiliar with the gun laws, and she has a bayonet lug. My carbine I'd love to have as well, but I'm pretty sure i'd have to sell the folding stock, get a friend to remove the bayolug from it, and get a lower capacity mag. Oh well.

Aladar, first of all nice collection!

Second, head to Calguns.net. You'll have all your CA gun questions answered quickly.

And bayonet lugs are not a banned feature here. That was in the old expired federal assault weapon ban.

For the M1 Carbine, get the normal fixed stock, 10 round magazines, and have fun. Bring those bolt action guns to. No restrictions aside from NFA stuff on those.

I've bought the majority of my gun related stuff from Calguns. Bought guns, ammo, magazines, CA legal devices ect. A lot of nice people.

Got more crappy cell phone pics:














Very fun gun, even in its crappy CA configuration. Going to get some ammo/sights soon, then taking it to the range.

hey flogger what kind of mags do you have with that AR-15? Mine are the basic aluminum cheapo brand and they fail to load sometimes. I need a good brand that works lol

Ya gotta go with Magpuls for the M4/AR..they are awesome..

http://www.magpul.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=80_120

Great stuff..

Y'all need to get a real gun like me geez.

Heavy firepower

(It's actually my son's. I have yet to buy one)

You can't go wrong with CProducts mags, either. Get the ones with the self-leveling followers.

Pmag windowed/mag level magazines.

These are great. They more reliable, lighter, and don't scratch up your gun.

Should cost $15 for the non-windowed ones and $17 or so for windowed. Only a few dollars more than the steel/aluminum ones (whatever they are).

The windowed ones are cool because you can see your bullets. Mine are 10 round ones though, so the window is completely useless. Doesn't look like I can see the 10th round even.

I honestly have not even tried steel magazines, but I will stick with these. I just sold my AK, and the buyer wanted to go $100 lower because of scratches. Even thought it was functionally new. People make such a big deal over scratches, that you should use these if you ever plan on selling your rifle for a decent price.

Here are my two latest "gun"

A really nice 1/4 scale revolutionary war style bronze 12 pdr with a 70 cal bore. The dished wheels and carriage are made of poplar. The 1 lb. can of black powder is for size reference


Another shot of the same cannon along with a 1/5 scale Napoleonic Gribeauval 12 pdr. with limber--all metal and wood, but non-firing


Cheers

My Baby:


Nothing like semi-auto 30-06, with some WWII history in the mix.

Plus, I get to shoot it on monday!

Happy Birthday FO and NH2112!



Nice pics everyone.

Benelli Nova





I no longer have the Krinker or the SKS-D. I replaced the Krinker with a nordic (similar to Ruger SR-22) and the Fabsports FS-556 (also similar).

Here's the Nordic



Here's a better pic of the M-14S



The SKS-D I replaced with this:



That's a robinson arms XCR.

LOL, FO, I was wondering when an actual gun would appear in this thread!

And many happy returns!

Btw, how many mills of quadrant is "a little push to the left?"

PFSH! All those fake guns! Check mine out. M-249 SAW.
I took these pictures while my stay at a foward operating base, Afghanistan.

That's a nice Garand Matt. We'll expect a full range report.

Holy crap Rudel, now that's what I'm talking about!

Now we just need the civilian version.


Wheels

Here's a couple from the summer of 08. I got invited to shoot (my cameras) at a private gunshoot. While everyone else got to shoot Tommy Guns and lots of other Big Guns I got to shoot my four Canon HD cameras! It wasn't all work and no play though. I did get to shoot some ammo too. I actually hit the farthest target and got it to blow on my first time. They all said I must have had training somewhere and I said of course...I play Battlefield Desert Combat on my PC!

It was a lot of fun. The target range had light explosives rigged into the targets as well as fireworks (all done by an ex-ATF agent...everyting was legal). If you hit the target... boom! No second guessing if indeed you hit the mark!

Even though I don't own any of these, I thought some of you, especially Tom would like to see them.

Anyway here's a few of the shots.









I hope to get the video done someday soon. Lots of great stuff that weekend to shoot with my cameras. I had four camera rolling recording from all different angles. Needless to say I was exhausted after that weekend.

Is the last one a mini gun?

It's going to make a mess of the target whatever it is ?


Wheels

OK now this is getting crazy

Keep it up boys!

You'll shoot your eye out.

Caliber 18 inches. Muzzle velocity: 5 knuckles per second. Barrel length: 14 inches. Composite materials: 95 percent Grade A beef, 5 percent fat. And yes you can see the hair trigger.

Well, its not a 249, not a SAW, not even in the LMG class. But it is from the same company. Hint: its a GPMG, just like the M-60e1, MG-3 and MAG-58 (even bigger hint!). Nice pics!

The last one was this...







It's VERY LOUD!

We targeted the boat in the background. It refuses to float anymore.

Aye carumba! Nice pics AG, I am of course, very jealous.

My Dad used to make up some "bang" targets. Steel front and frame with a flapper that had the bullseyee on it. Behind was a hollowed out shotgun shell, primer against the flipper. Hit the bullseeye and the shot went off. Way cool.

Interesting, I've been wondering if I had the chance to shoot a full auto weapon, what would it be? And the result came in, every time: Thompson sub machine gun.

I don't have pictures and they wouldn't be near as interesting as some of the other posts here but I could take some if anyone wants to see what they look like.

I've got a Connecticut Valley Arms. 50 caliber black powder muzzle loading rifle. My Grandfather gave that to me and let me shoot it a couple of times at his friends property many years ago. He put something like 90 grains of powder in it and it was great fun.

I have a Browning bolt action .22 rifle with magazine that belonged to my Grandfather. It was given to me when he passed. I'm pretty sure (if memory serves) its the first gun I ever fired. When he took me shooting for my first time he let me shoot one of his .22s and I think that was it. I think he also started some of his other kids on it. So it holds great meaning to me.

Back around 2001 my Grandfather gave me guidance on my very first rifle purchase. I finally went with a Savage Arms 7mm magnum bolt action rifle. He took me on my first hunting trip. Didn't get anything but the memories are most important. After he passed, his son my Uncle continued to take me on a few more hunting trips out to their friend's property. I eventually got my first and only thus far hog with this rifle. It has quite a kick.

I also have a 12guage single barrel shotgun that I think belonged to my other Grandfather that he must have picked up along the way somewhere. I got a crack in the stock repaired and the trigger guard replaces and have shot it a couple of times.

I also inherited an odd pistol that was eventually used as a stage prop. Its .22 caliber but its a 12 shot pistol. It once had a longer barrel but it was obviously sawed off.

Though I'd like to, I don't hunt or shoot anymore.(never really got to do it a whole bunch anyways especially since my Uncle moved out of state) I just don't know enough to go out on my own. I guess I need to join a gun club and maybe find a mentor or something. Its something I really want to do.

OMG, Matt... She's beautiful!

If you ever sell her, I got first dibs!

-Skater

This thread needs more pictures.

Found my camera, took some better ones.




Camera was positioned where the sights should be.






Doesn't look like anyone is selling any used sights nearby, so I am off to the gun store tomorrow or the next day and I'll see what they have.

After all this heavy metal, I'll sneak almost unnoticed into the room with this, a Remington-Rand-produced M1911A1, according to my research made in 1943. Still in original condition.

Holy hell that post made me LOL for real.

Jeeves, the problem with that item is it has a very limited range, roughly 3-4 feet.

semmern, nice looking gun and with holster!

If you ever shoot it though, watch out for hammer bite (where the hammer comes back after firing and bites the web of your hand between thumb and index finger). Would ruin your range time.

Yeah but try opening a beer with an M249.

>Yeah but try opening a beer with an M249.

You can do it from 100 yds, but you might spill some.

Yea but itll suppress enemies out to 50 feet! LOL!

Sure, just lift it above your head.

Of course, that would violate the UN Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.

Little bump, here's a couple vids of me at the gun range yesterday.

The first one is a test of a friend's H&K USP full frame in .45ACP (had a bit of fun with the last five):



And the second one is me shooting my Ruger Super Blackhawk .44mag:



I just love it!!!

You really should wear earmuffs, Corkie. Espesially at an indoor range. A couple of people in my shooting club has tinnius because of inadequate ear protction during shooting.

Nothing exotic, Colt .38 and a Browning .380

He's got plugs in. If they're good ones and are in properly, they're every bit as if not more effective than almost every over the ear muff. Mine are 33db plugs, for example.

This is Doc.



Doctor Kalishnikov, that is.

Doc has the cure for what ails coyotes, bobcats, armadillos and other pests. I keep a pile of 30-round clips filled with Wolf Military Classic 7.62x39mm FMJ on hand for dispensing the medicine.

Doc can take a lickin' and keep on tickin'. And best of all, Doc and parts for Doc is cheap! Doc makes a fine all-round ranch rifle.

Cheers!

Rick...

20mm,

Not quite a range report, but here is proof of the fun I had shooting last week:

Nice AK.

Wish I still had mine. Will actually be buying the wood parts back tomorrow for my next AK.

Should be getting my sights tomorrow to. Will most likely be a Colt carry handle.

Muffs are better than plugs because you can still pick up hearing damage through sound being conducted through the bone around your ears, though you should really use both when shooting indoors.

H&R service grade M1 Garand c.1954, nearly 100% "correct" parts from the CMP. Bought it last December. I love to shoot it. It is most choice.

Thanks for the vid Matt, sure does look like fun!

Rick, your "Doc" looks just like my AK. Romanian. I didn't name mine though, is that bad luck?

Nice looking rifle there Biss. Good to see you btw.

Biss's third picture should be titled "Home of the M-1 Thumb". Ouch!

Biss, nice M1. There is something "right" about the wood and steel weapons isn't there ?


I guess that someday I will have to drag out my arms room and do a picture of the whole pile.

Yeah, I was thinking I should do a long gun picture, but not out by the pool. My handguns pic is pretty complete, except for the Ruger .22 target pistol and the Beretta .25 pocket gun.

Yeah, used to wear muffs, but they're too much of a pain in the ass for me. The plugs are doing just fine. And I think playing punk at high level two times a week with my band without any ear protections is much more bad for my ears than the shooting range :p

Huh? What? Gosh, I don't know why I can't hear anything anymore!

Cheers!

Rick...

Yeah, I've gotten a small amount of tinnitus from metal concerts, so I've cut down on them.

I've got a wee bit of hearing loss from sudden, unexpected detonation of explosives, LOL!

Cheers!

Rick...

Would somebody answer that damn phone!

I wear plugs plus muffs. But I am shooting out doors with rifles.

Most people only seem to wear plugs.

The muffs are kind of annoying. My plugs are -33 db rated... should I keep wearing the muffs?

Will be shooting .223 from a 16" rifle.

My personal experience is that muffs are better.

Earplugs are exacting science, you have to get them in just right. If you don't, might as well not.

And, I found that that GOOD ear muffs are way better. I had some cheap ones I used for years and they were not worth the cheap price I paid. Got some good ones, oh baby what a difference.

Go for the muffs, IMO.

I'm sure muffs and plugs are best, but if you're that paranoid, then you probably put on a poncho to go on the log flume at Disney World (I've actually seen someone do that). I'm a couple months short of 39, have been wearing nothing but plugs since I was 13, muffs before 13, and have been shooting since I was under 10, including indoor and outdoor, weapons of all caliber from .17 to .50, a huge variety of loads for those calibers, and shotguns from .410 to 12 ga slugs, and I have no problems with hearing. I would guess I shoot 10,000 - 15,000 rounds a year. It's like anything in life, common sense.

You probably have a better chance of getting hit by a bus on the way home from the range as you do losing your hearing if you're wearing 33db plugs in properly....and in properly is indeed the key. Good muffs are much more screw up proof but also absurdly cumbersome IMO.

I don't care, but I'm telling you what I do with my kids and myself...that is muffs until they're old enough to properly put in the plugs.

The two year old gets muffs, btw.

JK.

I've fired large caliber guns since I was, oh, about seven years old. And they hurt my ears. We'd go home from a day at the range or out in the toolies and my ears would just ring. It just never occurred to me there was damage being done. We never wore muffs or plugs or even cotton balls in our ears. Nothing.

Years later I began to understand (with my limited capacity for understanding) that what was going on was damage. That pain meant damage. So I started stuffing my ear canals with cotton. Not too great, but better than nothing.

Since then, I have hearing loss and tinnitus, no doubt about that. But when I shoot, which is rare these days, I wear muffs. I remember one time, maybe the last time I went out to shoot, I had the .45 ready and forgot to "put on my ears". BANG! Gawd that hurt.

One or the other is fine outdoors, indoors you're looking at cumulative hearing damage eventually by not "doubling up". I've got Peltor regular and electronic muffs, and they are so comfortable you almost hate taking them off, could it be that you've got an uncomfortable set of muffs?

I will use both plugs and muffs when I can. However with many rifles the muffs get in the way and I will then just use the plugs.

When I was first in the service we didn't use them. It wasn't macho and old soldiers would say you aren't going to be wearing them in combat so learn to deal with it. Later that changed. But now, ; like 20mm said, I have hearing loss and tinnitus. One of my service disabilities.

Shooting glasses are another thing I am adjusting to post-service. I dislike them. Another thing that gets in the way with some rifles.

Yeah, I have some cheap $13 pair of muffs with some cheap plugs.

I don't do indoor ranges.

Just got some Daniel Defense A1.5 rear sights today. Will get some pics up.

Also got 250 rounds of .223. So now I just need to figure out how to tighten my sights, zero them, and then I can go shooting.



Tried some expensive Peltor muffs, and they got in the way of the AK stock.

I also don't like shooting glasses. IMO it is pretty annoying. Put any type of glasses on me, and I will get a head ache pretty quickly.

Glasses IMO are very important to me...too much gasses, flying brass going every direction (specially SKS's with ceilings and walls), fire flint fragments and hot powder (muzzle loading blackpowder- very fun!). Then there is the threat of ruptured case heads, out of battery ignition...so go try on many different types of eyewear so something works, but do wear SOMETHING!

This is what I use:
http://www.degilsafety.com/canadian/products.php?country=canadian&id=7

I mostly run these for safety glasses, if I need un-tinted ones I grab a set from work.

http://www.radians.com/main/p-193-radians-polarized-revelation.aspx

I have something very similar to those in your second link.

I am agreeing with you that you should wear eye protection.

But I just don't like it. Really makes it hard for me to keep my focus.

Even if I was at an unsupervised area, I still think I would wear eye protection. You never know what can happen.

Will get some pics up of the complete rifle sometime tonight or tomorrow.

What a bunch of gun loving nutz! Love it.

I miss my dad's gun collection. The entire collection was stolen at yes, gunpoint. My poor brother got duped into opening the front door and next thing you know he has a nickel plated .45 in his face. Zip tied him and threatened to kill him. They took the entire safe. Drug it down the hallway chewing up the carpet along the way and somehow, still not sure how they did this, but loaded it in our pick-up and then stole the truck. Oh and they also got hundreds of rounds of ammo and all my mom's jewelery.

The only gun we got back, 5 years later was the Uzi. Also, not sure how they opened the damn safe. Must have blown it or torched it. It was a heavy, tough safe.

Such is life.

Jason

Still want to get some other parts, but as of now it is complete:




Sight picture (big circle):



Small:











Sight is a Daniel Defense A1.5 fixed rear sight.

Might be going shooting Friday... if not, Tuesday.


And Jason, that is a terrible thing to read. They even stole the truck to. Its not just the cost, but I wouldn't think I'd be able to live in my house if it was broken into.

Horrible story Jason.
I am glad your brother decided not to fight them.


Wheels

I've posted pics of all these before, but what the heck:

1944 K98, all matching, likely never fired outside the factory:









1937 K98, all matching:





1943 K98, all matching:





1940 SVT-40:



1945 M44:





1928 M91/30:





I really like that Gothic script on the 1937 and 1943 K98s.

One of these days I'll get some pics of my Remington shotgun up and posted...

Pics aren't showing up for me.

Want to see that SVT.

Thanks, you're right. It harkens back to the day when the US actually produced a tangible product and did it well. Imagine now that the Garand was produced by a chinese company. That's the state that we're in now.