The official never ending 'what's my next new gun' thread.

stovepipe

nice butt...gott work real hard at accidentally popping the stock adjuster loose for LOP:

stovepipe

grip, super comfy, abmi QD swivel in background. ooops, i left the grip hatch open...just noticed that Laughing

beaver tail dont snug up all the way to the reciver...hmm....guess these aint all that AR like after all, comfy grip none the less :

stovepipe

well as promised here's my new carbine-
S&W M&P 15-22, MOE (magpul orig. equipment).
has a lot of neat features, i added a red-dot and a matching magpul RVG on the rail. stock, grip, MBUS flip-up knock-off sights etc are all magpul from the factory. comes with a match barrel too, or so they say, for what that's worth. just picked it up today. sorry for the fuzz and stuff. aint cleaned it yet, cant with one hand in a sling cuz of my shoulder repair. was about all i could do to get the rvg and dot on there. Embarassed

first shooter i ever got i aint taken right out and fired up. i cant wait to run the sim-courses with it. might be a while though. dang it! im diggin this thing. been a spell since i dragged out the red carpet too so chambered should be excited about that. Laughing

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Pumpkinslinger

Sounds like a good chance to practice refinishing stocks!

tcknight

BTW Guys. I just picked up an antique Remington Model 550 .22 auto from my sister. It was left with her by her exhusband, who she repeatedly asked to come pick it up and he just abandoned it. So, she gave it to me. Needs a butt plate which I have found locally and he apparently did a stock refinish which is pretty terrible. But alas, it was free. I love free. Very Happy

It's drilled and taped for scope base...I just gotta figure out WHICH scope base.

NEW PROJECT! Cool

tcknight

Thanks Vince. Slim was nice enough to send me his to try.

You guys are pretty great if I may say so myself. Smile

I'll let you guys know how it works on the grandpa gun. Very Happy

Vince

Thanks Elvis.

I'm hoping the pics show enough to TC of the sight mount I found over here so that he can either find something similar or get something made. I believe that they are custom made by a retired guy on a milling machine. It only cost me about $12 too, which I thought was excellent given that it is hand made.

Cheers, Vince

Elvis

great photos and a great target Vince.

Vince

tcknight wrote:

slimjim wrote:

tc, I knocked out my rear sight and inserted a dovetail piece with a threaded hole. I mounted a weaver rail and scout scope. It has worked out well.

Slim, give me some idea where and what to buy.

I had a scout around one of my local gun shops and found a sight mount that you can screw to the top of your round receiver. I see no reason at all why you could not use a mount like this using the method that Slim suggested...in fact I reckon it would be damn near perfect.

The mount is a piece of steel shaped with a concave curved bottom and a 3/8" dovetail on the top. You cut it to the size you want and fix it to your rifle in the manner you want. I wouldn't be overly difficult to make a dovetail piece that would fit the curve nicely mate.

Also, have a look at Warne Mounts...might be able to use something from them. Better again, check out XS Sight Systems. I have their mount on my Mod 94 Winchester for the red dot sight.

XS Sight Systems

Cheers, Vince

(What looks like rust ain't, so don't pay out on me guys...its oil that has thickened and dried around the sight base. Its surprising, and scary, how the flash brings out all the little bits of fluff and lint. Looking at the rifle, it looks spotless. Embarassed

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slimjim

tc, I used a Weaver 92A top mount base and machined it to accept a threaded dovetails from Express Sights that has their office here in FW. You can see the threaded dove tail in this parts view.

www.cabelas.com/produc...cout+mount

I still had to do some handwork on the bottom of the top mount with a file to get the clearance for the threaded dovetail. I have an extra. PM with your address and you can give it a try. The scope sits a tad high for me and I may look for an alternative. It should at least get you started for now.

tcknight

slimjim wrote:

tc, I knocked out my rear sight and inserted a dovetail piece with a threaded hole. I mounted a weaver rail and scout scope. It has worked out well.

Slim, give me some idea where and what to buy.

tcknight

Good advice Vince.

My dad shot regular .22 longs in it. I don't think you can buy those anymore. When I was talking about high velocity, that is what we used to call the hot loads in the 60's. They sold .22 as short, long, Long Rifle High Power, and Long Rifle High Velocity. The High Velocity were in the 1200 fps class. I'm using my 1969 nomenclature in a 2011 world. Embarassed

The new high velocity rounds, and the ones my rifle can't handle is the Blazers, Stingers and Wildcats at 1600 fps. Point being that internet talk is reporting that the NEW Model 39A's like this faster ammo.

Mine likes the slower. It throws the fast stuff in groups larger than a dinner plate. So, I agree with ya 100%.

That is some target. I disagree with you Slim. If I had a target like that, it would immediately be on the Internet. Hence.... Very Happy

Vince

slimjim wrote:

great target, Vince! If I had one like that it would be hanging in the workshop!

Thanks Slim. The target actually hangs on the side of my gun cabinet where I keep my current "zeroing" targets so I have something to refer back to if needed.

Cheers, Vince

slimjim

great target, Vince! If I had one like that it would be hanging in the workshop!

Vince

TC...I have a single shot that is most likely a Browning made in Belgium(blow back eject) that I tried every conceivable brand and type of ammo in before I found what it liked best. Groups were all over the place and massive.

There was also a little bit of damage starting to show on the bolt because of the power of the "blow back"...it was slamming into the bolt stop way too hard. I came to the conclusion that the bolt is not supposed to slam open and stay locked back on firing. The inertia also cause the treads on the bolt knob to fail and the bolt knob actually flew off under "recoil". Took some work to repair that I tell ya.

I have found that most of the older rimfire rifles thrive on a diet of standard velocity Long Rifle loads, and in the case of my rifle, it shoots as close to a one hole five shot group as you will ever see at 25m using Remington Sub-Sonics. Also, on "blow back" now, the bolt doesn't slam back but still ejects the case nicely.
The bolt knob stays in place on the back of the bolt now and not sitting between me lookin' gear! wtf

Do your Dad's heirloom a favour and drop down to sub-sonics. The accuracy will improve, the wear and tear will diminish and it will do the same job over a similar distance on rabbit sized game as the high velocity rounds. Doing this will ensure that you can hand down the rifle to your young fella, and he to his, with it in great condition.

Cheers, Vince