Off Season Lets Talk Guns

[HonestChieffan]

Been a while since we had a guns n' ammo discussion.


Some of you are AR shooters Im sure. Im looking at a Colt 6920. Will be my first AR. Picked up a Glock this fall and really enjoy shooting it. Any feedback on that weapon?



Anyone else been in a buy/sell/trade mood with hardware?

[petegz28]

You should have seen the crowd at Cabela's in Kansas tonight. JFC! I waited in line for an hour and actually got lucky because I was number 89, they were on 50 when I got there, and someone who had 74 put it down and left and I grabbed it. That saved me an hour alone just waiting. Then I waited another hour just to sign the paperwork for the background check. Then I waited another 1.5 hourse for the background check. They said the FBI was so backed up they couldn't even get through.

And guess what most of the people were buying????

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Munson

I actually bought a Ruger 10/22 from them a couple years ago. They had it on sale, and I couldn't resist.

Ruger 10/22s should be issued to every 14-16 year old.


They are great rifles. I have shot 10's of thousands of rounds through mine and it is still extremely accurate.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

Nice. What did that set you back?

$799 for the rifle which is a Windham ORC
$60 for some Magpul flip up iron sights
$50 on a very cheap Reflex scope I bought just to see what it was like
$25 on a replacment pistol grip

- $55 for getting a Cabela's card

[notorious]

Originally Posted by petegz28

$799 for the rifle which is a Windham ORC
$60 for some Magpul flip up iron sights
$50 on a very cheap Reflex scope I bought just to see what it was like
$25 on a replacment pistol grip

- $55 for getting a Cabela's card

Good price on the Magpul flip up sights.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by notorious

Good price on the Magpul flip up sights.

Yea, they are stronger than what I though they'd be. The Troy sights I wanted were $129 apiece.

Oh yea, I spent $30 on a rail riser for the reflex scope.

[notorious]

Clean the hell out of it with good bore cleaner before shooting it.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by notorious

Clean the hell out of it with good bore cleaner before shooting it.

Really? Thanks for the tip. I have not owned an AR before so this is a learning experience for me.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Yea, they are stronger than what I though they'd be. The Troy sights I wanted were $129 apiece.

Oh yea, I spent $30 on a rail riser for the reflex scope.

Did it come with the flag on it,like in the pic? I like that. USA,USA!

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

Did it come with the flag on it,like in the pic? I like that. USA,USA!

Yes it did! And part of my purchase goes to help disabled veterans so bonus all the way around.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Really? Thanks for the tip. I have not owned an AR before so this is a learning experience for me.

Don't buy an expensive "break in" kit. A $8 Walmart cleaning kit is good enough along with some bore cleaner.

Here is a link to a white paper on how to break in a barrel:

http://www.armalite.com/images/Tech%...,%20030205.pdf

I strictly abide by their recommendation, and my rifles are very accurate. Take the time to do it right, plus you will learn how your rifle functions and breaks down.

[WV]

Originally Posted by notorious

Don't buy an expensive "break in" kit. A $8 Walmart cleaning kit is good enough along with some bore cleaner.

Here is a link to a white paper on how to break in a barrel:

http://www.armalite.com/images/Tech%...,%20030205.pdf

I strictly abide by their recommendation, and my rifles are very accurate. Take the time to do it right, plus you will learn how your rifle functions and breaks down.

I was a novice and just loaded my AR up and started shooting it. I doubt I've put 100 rounds through it, but have cleaned the barrel a time or two. I want to tear it down and clean it, but just haven't taken the time to do so.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by WV

I was a novice and just loaded my AR up and started shooting it. I doubt I've put 100 rounds through it, but have cleaned the barrel a time or two. I want to tear it down and clean it, but just haven't taken the time to do so.

speaking of this... how often should one clean the extractor?

[WV]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

speaking of this... how often should one clean the extractor?

I'm still learning, so I'm no help here.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by notorious

Don't buy an expensive "break in" kit. A $8 Walmart cleaning kit is good enough along with some bore cleaner.

Here is a link to a white paper on how to break in a barrel:

http://www.armalite.com/images/Tech%...,%20030205.pdf

I strictly abide by their recommendation, and my rifles are very accurate. Take the time to do it right, plus you will learn how your rifle functions and breaks down.

I think this is overkill. I do frown on people that fire guns they have not cleaned after purchase. And you must clean them throughly after purchase and you must inspect the barrel.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by WV

I'm still learning, so I'm no help here.

it was for the group. I took mine apart, but a marine buddy says I should only have a smith do it. It wasn't that complicated of a process, but I took the sucker completely apart before I fired it.