Official Gun Lovers Thread!!!

[SemperFish]

Yeah AKs are definately durable. I lube mine with the same grease i use on heavy equipment. In Iraq I was picking up AKs in horrible condition and they still fired. I was stripping some down to assemble one in "good" condition and started laughing at how bad they all were. Yet they still did the job.

 

[JD7.62]

Damn, yall are making me miss my AKMs!

AKs and AKMs were my passion a few years back. I kick my self in the ass everytime I think about passing up on all the cheap AK parts kits. I mean there were genuine REAL Russian AK-47 kits (milled!), Hungarian AMD-63/5, Polish Tantals, Romanians (for like $75!), East Germans, Yugos....

If I had bought them and just sat on them or built them up later, they would be worth a fortune!

Id love to build up an AK-101 clone or a nice AK-74 with a beautiful laminate stock and plum mags!

Damn why did I ever sell them?!?!?! This damn fish hobby is why!

 

[jcardona1]

Hey, sweet pics. Looks like youre a lefty, that officially makes you evil - just kidding. BZO that bad boy from 10m from as stable a position as possible. 10m is ballistically the same as 300m on these rifles, thats why in the USMC we BZO at 10m before quallifying on range at 200, 300 and 500 meters. Obviously its alot easier to see what your rounds are doing at 10. Before you BZO get your front sight tip flush and get your rear sight set for 300 (what you set it at depends on your sighting system). You could get a mechanical zero with a laser boresight and all that fancy stuff but it still wont be the same as YOUR PERSONAL BZO. Everyones BZO will be different even with the same rifle. Once youve got that weapon BZOd leave that FST alone and adjust all your dope off the back end. If your groups are wide open dont do any adjustments until youre getting solid groups, then adjust to get that group where you want it. Dont adjust where youre aiming, keep sighting in on the center of your target and leave that kentucky windage for the hatfields and mccoys. Aim to center and adjust your group to your aim. Take your time and maintain your fundamentals - especially focussing on your front sight tip. Clear FST, blurry target.
BRASSS
Breathing
Relaxation
Aim - natural point of aim
Slow
Steady
Squeeze

Ill stop now before I bore you with stuff you may already know. If you want me to elaborate let me know.

man that was a great writeup. a little over my head for the time being, but great info, thanks!!!!!

Incredibly informative.


And by the way JC you haven't got hit with any brass yet have ya. I myself am Left handed and I hate that damn little piece they put by the shell ejecter to protect the left handed ppl. I was shooting my M&P this weekend also. I have not got hit with brass yet But I don't care what most say. I think it will end up happening at least once. lol Damn right handed gun makers lol.

the best I did for sighting was I hit a brake cleaner can about about 30 yards right dead center of the can. It took me 5 shots but I got it. Now I need to get out to the range and get it sighted in for real.

sweet, us left handers are taking over!!!! and no, i didnt get hit with any brass, actually it didnt even come close. ive read that some leftys get hit with brass, but after shooting my gun, i cant even see how thats possible.

i was actually considering buying the left handed upper made by Stag but decided not to so my weird right handed friends could shoot it too. oh well, im so used to right handed guns anyway!

 

[koop171]

IDK what happened whn I was shooting this past weekend but one clip decided to eject the casings like 15 feet away from me and all the others would only go about 5-6 feet. If you ever find someone with a old AR watch yourself. lol I am not sure when they started the left handed friendly ARs but i know there are some out there that are not left handed friendly

 

[Adam-011]

Yeaaaaa. Ummm I will stick with a nice Regulare Semi-auto shot gun hunting/shoting clayss......

 

[jcardona1]

Hey, sweet pics. Looks like youre a lefty, that officially makes you evil - just kidding. BZO that bad boy from 10m from as stable a position as possible. 10m is ballistically the same as 300m on these rifles, thats why in the USMC we BZO at 10m before quallifying on range at 200, 300 and 500 meters. Obviously its alot easier to see what your rounds are doing at 10. Before you BZO get your front sight tip flush and get your rear sight set for 300 (what you set it at depends on your sighting system). You could get a mechanical zero with a laser boresight and all that fancy stuff but it still wont be the same as YOUR PERSONAL BZO. Everyones BZO will be different even with the same rifle. Once youve got that weapon BZOd leave that FST alone and adjust all your dope off the back end. If your groups are wide open dont do any adjustments until youre getting solid groups, then adjust to get that group where you want it. Dont adjust where youre aiming, keep sighting in on the center of your target and leave that kentucky windage for the hatfields and mccoys. Aim to center and adjust your group to your aim. Take your time and maintain your fundamentals - especially focussing on your front sight tip. Clear FST, blurry target.
BRASSS
Breathing
Relaxation
Aim - natural point of aim
Slow
Steady
Squeeze

Ill stop now before I bore you with stuff you may already know. If you want me to elaborate let me know.

hey semper i have a few questions....

i spend some time looking into the BZO stuff and it always talks about guns with the rear sight on the carrying handle that have windage and elevation adjustments. what if my sight doesnt have an elevation adjustment, only windage? i have the A.R.M.S. #40L rear sight with windage only.

what is the process for getting this sight dialed in since the height is fixed? trial and error? should i just eyeball the aperature so it looks centered then try some shots at about 25 yards? would i even have to mess with the front sight?

thx for the help!

 

[JD7.62]

I dont have an AR FSB in front of me, but isnt the front post adjustable for elevation? If so, lower to raise the the POA and raise to lower...eh Im drunk so I could be way off!

 

[SemperFish]

JDs correct. Front sight tip is elevation and down is up. With rear sights that adjust for elevation and windage you leave the front sight tip alone once youre zeroed. In your case I guess you might have to adjust it. Get the base of the FST flush and then keep track of how many clicks one way or the other you adjust it for various ranges. If you dont keep track it will get real easy to lose track.
As for the rear sight get it as centered as possible and then adjust it for your groups. Aim center of target and get a few rounds in a tight group. If it is left or right of center then adjust your windage accordingly. Remember, if their not tight groups you need to tighten up your shooting fundamentals. Zeroing a scatter is not zeroing at all.
You using a sling or bench rest or just free gunning it? Get that weapon stable.

 

[Polypterus]

Damn, yall are making me miss my AKMs!

AKs and AKMs were my passion a few years back. I kick my self in the ass everytime I think about passing up on all the cheap AK parts kits. I mean there were genuine REAL Russian AK-47 kits (milled!), Hungarian AMD-63/5, Polish Tantals, Romanians (for like $75!), East Germans, Yugos....

If I had bought them and just sat on them or built them up later, they would be worth a fortune!

Id love to build up an AK-101 clone or a nice AK-74 with a beautiful laminate stock and plum mags!

Damn why did I ever sell them?!?!?! This damn fish hobby is why!

Yep you should have picked up those kits... Now they cannot be imported with the barrel which just really messed things up.. I have a couple 74's (east german and Bulgarian) a couple Russian AKM (Isreali captures), some Zavasta M-72, M-70 b-1 and B-2 and a few East german AKM and RPK tucked away.. I just picked up a Romanian PKM set dirt cheap and am itching to get this this built on a semi auto receiver..

My goal in life right now however is to somehow get an AN-94...

One thing I can say is the Damn fish hobby has never got in the way of obtaining a good gun... I'll drop 2,000 on a gun way before doing so for a fish that could die in two weeks..

 

[jcardona1]

Thanks guys thats what i figured. and yeah, my front sight is adjustable. as far as sighting the gun in, i havent really done that yet but i will prob be using a bench rest at my local range. thanks for the input.

another question, anybody know of a good source to buy bulk .223 ammo? im looking to buy about 1000 rounds and id like to spend about $270~330 for some decent quality ammo. it will basically be for plinking, having fun, and maybe a little varmint hunting so i dont need intense accuracy. any pointers?