The Caffeinated Penguin

Posted By matt on November 23, 2005

By the way, Garden State (just finished watching it) was overrated and featured a storyline that's been done way too many times.

An aggregate of lots of gun stuff.

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National Ammo Day purchases. 500 rds of 7.62×39 FMJ, 500 rds of .22LR, 100 rds of .45ACP reloads and 50 rds of .45 Colt.

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New grips on my .45.

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This is 30 rounds from my .45 at 20', aimed. I have no idea how many went through that large ragged hole. That's an oval on a regular letter size sheet of paper, by the way, to give you an idea of scale.

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My new AK, picked up on ammo day. As it turns out, this is a straight SAR-1, imported by Century Arms. Surprisingly, I don't mind the color of furniture, but the stock is a bit short. So, I got a 1″ rubber extension for it, which does double duty as a shock pad and stock extension. I have a pile of magazines for it too. It shoots very well. I don't know why people complain about the accuracy. It's as accurate as I am out to the distances which I can see without a scope. I might get a rail for a dot sight, so maybe I'll throw a 4x scope on it and see how it does with a scope. But, I'm happy with it. Heck, even my mom shot it (she liked the short stock, because she's all of 5 feet tall). It was sold as a used gun, but it was so new that there was still cosmoline on the bolt, and it started leaking out of the joint where the barrel and gas tube come together as the barrel heated up. Which reminds me – after 60+ rounds, that barrel gets HOT.

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My new Reproduction Single Action Army, an Uberti Cattleman, also picked up on ammo day. This thing shoots great. Takes a little bit getting used to a revolver again (it's been years since I've shot one). My fiancee has decided that she likes it and has sort of adopted it.

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Awww, aren't they cute together? (Yeah, the little emblems have fallen off the grips. I guess they just couldn't take the stress of being on the gun as it was being fired. They were just superglued on anyway. No worries).

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For those of you who are unaware of just how simple an AK is, this is one field stripped. That's right, excluding the magazine, it breaks down into 5 pieces, the smallest of which is the bolt. No springs to shoot little fiddly bits across the room, no little pieces to lose, just large solid pieces which can get ripped apart, wiped down, oiled up, then slapped back together. Of course, it's a Russian gun, so you probably don't have to clean it all that much. I shot about 150 rounds through it, and it wasn't really that dirty.

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