No prob, I love this stuff and love talking about it.

 

Also forgot to mention that inserting a 20 rnd mag takes how long? compared to loading 5 rounds, one at a time...

 

Great point Josh. Another advantage to a box magazine is that they can be 'topped off' while the weapon is loaded and ready to fire.

Robar makes an excellent M700 conversion with a box magazine.. too bad I don't have the funds for that!

 

There was a guy that used to shoot High Power Rifle with us, that had a Remington 700 BDL in .308 Winchester.

He had modified the rear receiver ring to accept 5 round stripper clips.

Since this was NOT considered a 'Service Rifle', he shot in the 'Match Rifle' class.

However, being able to load 5 rounds from a stripper clip was a real timesaver!!!!!!!

 

There you go. My friend John the sniper, we call him ( snipes ) has a 700 bld with just that mod. He also has a military 700 remington, that accepts a 30 round clip, and has a remington style auto feeder. Totally a military modification. He has posession of one. I expect in twenty years it will be worth over a million bucks.
He also has a fed firearm license, in which he has much good fire power!
Whoops, I have one of those also! shuuu. Hillary is just around the corner!

 

Since some of you guys seem to be knowledgeable about this kind of stuff...

Where might I find a M1 Garand in firing condition? I'm not wanting a collector's gun, just something that I can take out and shoot from time to time.

 

A good site to find guns is www.gunsamerica.com, among others.

 

There are several places.

First and foremost www.odcmp.org (Office of the Department [maybe Director] of the Civilian Marksmanship Program).

Springfield Armory, Inc. (No to be confused with the old and original Springfield Armory) also manufactures and markets an M1 Garand.

Fulton Armory. www.fulton-armory.com (I think!)
They too, offer the M1 Garand, plus 'smithing services of same.

Those are just a few places to get ahold of the wonderful old Garand!

 

my choice of sniping would be from 0-150 yards, with my mossberg model 500a, chambers 3inch, and i shoot brenneke KO sabots slugs. can put 6 slugs in a 5 inch diameter

they cause some serious damage.



on the history channel the other day, they had a 50cal sniper rifle, i dont know the name, but they pretty much described it as the most devestating firearm in the world. will take out targets behind something stupid like 5 inches of concrete or something like that, and as for the range, it would take me like an hour to jog to the target

 

A mossberg 500 sniper rifle? hehe, you will have some trouble convincing the purists.

Army uses .50 cal sniper rifles made by Barrett, pretty wicked rifle. I have seen them, but never fired them. Browning M2, on the other hand, I have put a few rounds downrange.

The M2 was used (sometimes) as a sniper platform during Vietnam, engaging targets out to (beyond?) 1000 yds.

 

gunsamerica.com is a no bid site. Dickering allowed (isn't it everywhere?)

Not quite...

gunbroker.com & auctionarms.com are online auction sites.

GunBroker can become very expensive very quickly, if you don't watch your pennies!

GunBroker user WinM1895 (A+49) will tell you all about it.

 

So Bill, were you giving a thumbs up or down for gunsamerica?

 

I've bought 7 guns off GA, but I prefer bidding on them.

All purchases were 19th century firearms.

I have one new Glock...well, it was new in 1986. After that, everything 'round here is AFH!

 

Ahh, i see.

Like the ebay commercials on TV, its better when you win it! (or something like that)

 

fleabay is no longer allowing gun related parts to be sold...the scheisskopfs!

I guess they figure that someone buying a Lyman receiver sight that only fits a 1886 Winchester will modify it to fit an assault weapon. Uh huh...yeah right, after paying nearly a grand for the sight, someone will put this ancient bit of technology (it dates to 1895) on a modern weapon.