I have to confess to a love of oddball guns. This time it may have bit me on the ass. The Academy Sports up the road a little ways has had a Remington R51 in the case for a while now. Price finally got down to where I was willing to take a stab at it. It's of the second run, not the disastrous first batch. Haven't gotten to the range yet, but it seems to have no trouble hand-cycling 115grain ball or 124 grain S&B hollow points.
Pluses: light, compact, disappears in the pockets of my khakis, grip actually fits my meathooks.
Minuses: field stripping & reassembling the fucking thing makes me nostalgic for the simple and intuitive procedures for doing that with the Ruger Mk. III 22/45 I used to have. It may end up as a safe queen or trade fodder just for that.
Got something odd
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Got something odd
"If it ain't the Devil's Music, you ain't doin' it right." - Chris Thomas King
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Re: Got something odd
Don't clean it.
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Re: Got something odd
FIFY.Weetabix wrote:Don't [strike]clean[/strike] shoot it.
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Re: Got something odd
Find THE single 9mm loading it likes and only shoot that.
Before each range trip inspect the frame shoulder that the breach block impacts, look for peening.
Why they cheaped out and didnt press a steel locking shoulder into the frame.....
Before each range trip inspect the frame shoulder that the breach block impacts, look for peening.
Why they cheaped out and didnt press a steel locking shoulder into the frame.....
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Re: Got something odd
Retire it as a safe queen. In 20 or so years, it's going to be worth a TON more than you paid for it!
But there ain't many troubles that a man caint fix, with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six."
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Re: Got something odd
What exactly has you convinced the second batch is 'better'?
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Re: Got something odd
You're a braver man than I am, Gunga Din.
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Re: Got something odd
Well, there's the whole "price dropped to where it was worth taking the chance" thing.
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Re: Got something odd
Damn near. Pretty sure I got close to the wholesale price.slowpoke wrote:How cheep are we talking? Hi point cheep?
"If it ain't the Devil's Music, you ain't doin' it right." - Chris Thomas King
"When liberal democracies collapse, someone comes along who promises to make the trains run on time if we load the right people into them." - Tam K.
"When liberal democracies collapse, someone comes along who promises to make the trains run on time if we load the right people into them." - Tam K.