Guns

Post about any gun experiences you may have had are going to. Any thoughts about firearms and their impact in society etc. JUST TALK ANYTHING GUN-RELATED .

I've been promising a preview of my newly acquired firearms to Bamul. I haven't taken any photos except for one; which is my Yugoslavian SKS. The year of it is unknown (however, I believe it's 60's-80's production). I have to do a serial-number check-up to determine year of manufacture.  I received it in what was considered "unissued" condition. When I got it, the gun was packed in Comie-block cosmoline (it's a heavy packing grease that helps preserve guns  for long storage). The entire gun had a thick film of it....I mean, it was everywhere. I went through a couple of medium sized towels to remove it all.  

BTW, I have some important info concerning the cosmoline and the SKS, Bamul. Im sure your friend's gun is shooting fine, but just in case....ya know.

I went ahead and purchased some modern russian ammo and took it shooting. The thing is very accurate. I didn't even have to adjust the sights.

WELL HERE SHE IS, IN ALL HER GLORY:

SKS:

I was shooting at a steel target set at about 200 yards ( ~183 Meters). Target measured in at 12-inches diameter (about 30cm diameter)

Target:

I was able to hit it a few times, but not as many times as I had missed  
More pictures to come of SKS as well as the Yugo handgun that I got

I believe I've acquired a handful of information concerning firearms. IF anyone has a question, feel free to ask me. If you happen to get a firearm, I feel confident enough to instruct someone on proper cleaning techniques etc (especially on old soviet era weapons).

Bamul, ON THE SKS:

Within cycling 30-rounds, i experienced a bullet lodged halfway down the barrel. I didn't blow up, thankfully. The bullet that got lodged was the last bullet in the magazine. If

there happened to be another one in the mag and I squeezed the trigger with an object lodged in the barrel, then I might no be here typing this. HAHA. Anyway, I figured out the

problem and found the solution. I don't want to bore you with the process, but go ahead and ask you're buddy if he has ever heard of a thing called "SLAM FIRE" or

experienced problems shooting his SKS. If nothing has happened since the time that he's had it, then I doubt he'll come across any problems in the future. Really, the reason I had

the problem was the firing pin was "jammed up" by the cosmoline grease. IF I had done a better job cleaning the gun, then I wouldn't have run across this problem (but one learns

from their mistakes, right). If your buddy got his gun without it being packed in grease, then I say "no worries."

Very nice, she’s a real beauty – thanks for sharing! Happy to hear that you sorted it out, wouldn’t want ya to actually go nuclear and blow yourself up.

As for my gun experiences, well we’ve already talked about it plenty in the past so for now I will just list the firearms I’ve had the pleasure of using thus far, in order from first ever to most recent: Glock pistol (sadly I have no idea which one it was), vz. 58 V „Vuzetka” assault rifle, TT-33 „Tetetka” handgun, Nagant M1895 revolver, SKS semi-automatic rifle (well, duh!), AKM „Kalash” assault rifle, Mosin–Nagant M91 bolt-action rifle, PM-63 „Rak” submachinegun, PPSh-41 „Pepesha” submachinegun, Mossberg 500 pump-action shotgun, M4 Carbine, and Colt 1911 pistol. Also worth noting that, sadly, all the guns capable of automatic fire that I used I have only fired in semi-auto due to restrictions in Europe.

Bamul wrote:

Happy to hear that you sorted it out, wouldn’t want ya to actually go nuclear and blow yourself up.

Haha
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I believe gun restrictions are pretty harsh everywhere when it comes to using a full-auto firearm in the civilian market. In the U.S., you are able to acquire a certain license that allows you to own and operate a full-auto, but it is rather expensive; and, to me, not worth the price. In addition to the cost of the license, the price for a full-auto firearm is supper expensive. It can be done, but the government doesn't want people owning full-autos and prefer to hold them exclusively for military use.

And "oh dang!" A PPSh, huh? Now that is a gun. That has been one of my dream guns since, well, forever :p Sadly, in the U.S., the PPSH is rare to come by as an "intact" gun. From what i've seen, the PPSH's are brought over from overseas and cut-apart into several pieces. The gun dealers sell the scraped PPSH to people as a parts-kit. It is up to the buyer to take home all the parts and re-weld the gun together. It's super stupid and I don't see the logic behind it. What a way to ruin such an awesome gun. It can be done, but it's a task most people won't feel comfortable doing. And once it's put back together, it will no longer be a full-auto firearm.

I really wish I was in Europe I dig their firearms more than what I do for any US gun. They seem a little odd, but they're dependable. Awesome shooting experience BTW. keep it up

For those of us who can't seem to hit anything with a handgun, here is an image with text describing different common mistakes that lead to poor shooting and how to correct it.

Shooting techniques:

Damn, that really sucks about the PPSh in the US... what a waste!

Thanks for the infographic, looks useful. I tend to jerk the trigger quite a bit (when trying the M1911, I tried to control the recoil too much, but usually this not at all a problem for me). Rifles are so much easier.

There aint no better gun than the AA-12! Just watched this movie over again recently, haha.