These may not be weapons of war but.........

Kaley_B · Post by **Kaley_B** » July 7th, 2004, 6:43 am

Since I am out of country, I don't have mine. But I do have an AR-15, Glock 21, and 1911. Can't wait to get back and shoot!

1st Ranger · Post by **1st Ranger** » July 7th, 2004, 7:42 am

H8 Train wrote:Hey brother remember the Richmond Hill range?

Hell yeah, I remember Richmond Hill. I broke my "shoot my own gun" cherry there. You alwways remembe your 1st. :D Have you found any good ranges like that in Columbus? I miss the days when a whole bunch of Bco guys would show up there and we'd all get online and shoot as fast as we could. Oh, by the way, I always wanted to see which shotgun shot faster, your Benelli or my Saiga 12. Unfortunately, we just never were there at the same time and with both of our shottys. :(

Parabellum · Post by **Parabellum** » July 7th, 2004, 11:08 am

1st Ranger wrote:
H8 Train wrote:Hey brother remember the Richmond Hill range?
Hell yeah, I remember Richmond Hill. I broke my "shoot my own gun" cherry there. You alwways remembe your 1st. :D Have you found any good ranges like that in Columbus? I miss the days when a whole bunch of Bco guys would show up there and we'd all get online and shoot as fast as we could. Oh, by the way, I always wanted to see which shotgun shot faster, your Benelli or my Saiga 12. Unfortunately, we just never were there at the same time and with both of our shottys. :(

I think that they have the same rate of fire. I shot your Saiga. The only way I could see my Benneli mabye shooting a little faster is that it uses that inertia recoil instead of being gas operated. But they are both "Street Howizters".

Creeping Death · Post by **Creeping Death** » July 7th, 2004, 11:33 am

1st Ranger wrote:Thanks for the kind words fellas. Starting from the left:

#1 is a Romanian SAR-2, which is the 5.45x39/AK-74 version. I have modified the front handguard into a quasi rail system like what are on the RGT's M-4s. THe stock is a fixed folding stock.

#2 is a Romanian SAR-1 (7.62x39). It has a galil type stock on it which is very nice. I also moved the front sight from the barrel to the gas block (thanks to the help from our unit armorer at the time).

#3 is a Romanian PSL. This particular model was named SSG-97 by the importer(it is also known as the Romak 3). It is often confused with the Russian Dragunov, but it is actually not. It is used for much of the same purposes, but is mechanically more similar to the RPK than to the SVD. Its a fun shooter and accurate too, as long as you don't expect sub MOA accuracy.

#4 is a Bushmaster that I built up into a M-4 clone. Great shooter!

Feel free to post your own babies!

On your SAR-1, is that a pin on muzzle brake, or is it threaded and welded? I have been trying to get someone to weld a brake onto mine, but my 'smith can't seem to find the stuff he needs to properly thread my barrell. Any ideas?

Hell, with the different gas block, etc. on that thing, I thought it was a Galil.

Oh, and I'll try to take some pics of my stuff tonight and get them on tommorrow.

Thompson · Post by **Thompson** » July 7th, 2004, 12:38 pm

Here are some of mine.
Garand, Sar-1, Springfield GI .45's

My dualie .45's.

Hungarian AMD-63

M1 Carbine

Polish Ak kit

And of course my Bubbarized Wasr-10

1st Ranger · Post by **1st Ranger** » July 7th, 2004, 2:01 pm

Creeping Death wrote:On your SAR-1, is that a pin on muzzle brake, or is it threaded and welded? I have been trying to get someone to weld a brake onto mine, but my 'smith can't seem to find the stuff he needs to properly thread my barrell. Any ideas?

Hell, with the different gas block, etc. on that thing, I thought it was a Galil.

Oh, and I'll try to take some pics of my stuff tonight and get them on tommorrow.

Death,
Its pinned on. Its a ACE LTD ( www.riflestocks.com ) that uses the origonal front site pin grooves, so even though its pined on, it ain't going anywhere. Go over to http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/forumdisp ... forumid=77, Its a kick ass AK site with a ton of great info. There are a lot of places that sell the proper tools, you should be able to find sites in the "Build it Yourself" sub-forum. If you wait until Sept 14th, you won't have to get that brake silver soldered/welded on.

Thompson,
Those are some sweet .45's. I have always been partial to them. How do you like your AMD? I used an AMD front handguard on my SAR-2 to make my quasi rail system. It works great, too. Did you convert your WASR, or did you buy it that way? Love the Garand AND the Carbine.

1st

Parabellum · Post by **Parabellum** » July 7th, 2004, 2:02 pm

I like that M1 carbine you got there.

Creeping Death · Post by **Creeping Death** » July 7th, 2004, 2:18 pm

Yeah, I've lurked around over there quite a bit. I've just always been nervous about the pin on brakes. I don't want to throw out a controlled pair and see my damn brake flying down range.

But if my 'smith can't hurry up and find a way to thread my barrell, it looks like I'll end up with one.

Thompson · Post by **Thompson** » July 7th, 2004, 2:40 pm

Ranger 1st Ranger,
The .45 1911 is my favorite handgun. Neither of them have jammed in the 1000 rounds I put through both of them. The AMD is a sweet weapon. It runs smoothly but has problems with stripping a round form drum mags. I do not like how the handle on mine is a reversed pistol grip ( it just doesn't feel right) so I'll probably get a strait grip like the one on your SAR-2. I bought the WASR-10 already converted for standard ak mags. As much as I love my ak's, the Garand is my favorite rifle. I just love the commanding report and strength of the 30.06. The receiver on my Garand dates back to 1941 but the barrel was replace sometime in the 60's and it has Korean wood on it.

Ranger H8 Train.
Thank you. It was made by Plainfield in the 60's.

FireFinder · Post by **FireFinder** » July 7th, 2004, 3:17 pm

Creeping Death wrote:Yeah, I've lurked around over there quite a bit. I've just always been nervous about the pin on brakes. I don't want to throw out a controlled pair and see my damn brake flying down range.

But if my 'smith can't hurry up and find a way to thread my barrell, it looks like I'll end up with one.

You can have your barrel threaded as long as it is not a military thread pitch. Conversely, you'll need a smith to make your compensator with the appropriate thread pitch. I know a guy that does a nice job for ARs in the Vancouver, WA area. If you are interested and want his contact info, please let me know.

Creeping Death · Post by **Creeping Death** » July 7th, 2004, 3:32 pm

I think the problem was that he didn't have the particular tool he needed to thread the barrell for the brake I wanted. I didn't want the slant type brake found on many AK-47s. I wanted an AK-74 type brake, like on the rifles above.

You can find those in the pin on variant all over the place, but I wanted it threaded and welded (fuck you BATF). I know guys have done it, but my 'smith couldn't find the tool. Somebody on AK-47.net had the tool needed that they would rent out, but I've just been holding out for my 'smith to get with the program. Then, I started my bolt gun project (now complete), and put the AK brake on the back burner.

Thanks for the tip, though.

Oh, and my 'smith specializes in AR variants. He does pretty good work.
http://www.predatorcustomshop.com/

Creeping Death · Post by **Creeping Death** » July 7th, 2004, 5:27 pm

A few of my toys:

SAR-1

Springfield Armory Loaded 1911

Remmy PSS

Parabellum · Post by **Parabellum** » July 7th, 2004, 6:20 pm

Fucking Snipers and their painted weapons.

Cool shit brother.

FireFinder · Post by **FireFinder** » July 7th, 2004, 8:23 pm

Ok, my previous thread on this only covered the new pistol:

STI long/wide dustcover, Nowlin bull barrel in .40 S&W

http://www.armyranger.com/bb/viewtopic. ... 23&start=0

I used to have this, sold it to do something else.

Benelli M3 Super90

I used to have this, sold it for building the STI.

Glock 35 decked out for USPSA Limited/Limited 10 competition.

I had built a Caspian Glock 24 stainless slide to run as an open gun with a low-mounted Tasco Optima. It worked on the Glock 35 lower.

Here is the same top-end, but with a Carver mount and C-More 6 MOA red dot.

Here is my Bushmaster XM15-E2S 20". I've since gotten rid of the scope and whatnot for shooting USPSA 3-Gun matches. I think I am going to get a 6.8 SPC upper for it from MSTN this fall.

I don't have any pics of the Glock 17 or the Glock 34. I had a S&W 610 10mm N-Frame revolver that I sold along with the Glock 35 in order to finance the STI.

1st Ranger · Post by **1st Ranger** » July 7th, 2004, 10:24 pm

bberkley,
Sweet toys man. I see you like pistolas!
Keep us posted on how the new 6.8 upper shoots when you get it. I am very interested in this new round. I'd like to hear range reports from reguar joes like us instead of from industry reps.

Death,
Here's an option for the whole break thing. Sell your SAR-1 (7.62x39 sucks anyway) and buy a SAR-2. You can then buy a Romanian threaded front site base and legally use an american made copy of the Romanian brake without having to weld it. The BATF ruled that the Romanian threaded front site base and muzzle break do not violate the whole threaded barrel thing because there are curently no suppressors or flash hiders made for that particular threading. 22mm left hand thread, I think. Here's a better idea, keep the SAR-1, just buy a SAR-2. If you've never fired 5.45x39, try it. It is a fun round to shoot. And its cheap as hell.

Yeah, I've lurked around over there quite a bit. I've just always been nervous about the pin on brakes. I don't want to throw out a controlled pair and see my damn brake flying down range.

I hear you man. I've seen it happen. Absolutely stay away from the pin on brakes that are held in place by set screws. I would never have gone with mine if the pins didn't sit in the origonal front site pin grooves. It would take a hell of a lot of pressure to rip that sucker off.

ArmyRanger.com

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