Anyone here own a Ruger Mini-14 .223?

[Dayze]

what is a grease gun?

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by Dayze

what is a grease gun?

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Dayze

what is a grease gun?

They get the name because they look like an old time hand pump grease gun, LiveStream posted a picture.
I’ve heard they have a strange trait in that the cyclic rate increases as it warms up. So it’s shooting faster when you release the trigger than when you first pulled it. Any truth to that?

[Donger]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

Considering picking this one up once back in stock. Not planning on going hunting with it, just spending time at the range plinking targets more than anything else.

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/p...eFolding+Stock

I definitely want a semi-auto and something in the .223 caliber so an AR-15 is not out of the question but the Ruger seems to be outstanding value.

Honestly, that looks like an assault rifle. Aren't they banned?

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Donger

Honestly, that looks like an assault rifle. Aren't they banned?

No. Bush allowed the Clinton “assault weapons ban” lapse, we’re back to where we started. Accept for the price of those things, that hasn’t gone back to normal yet.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

No. Bush allowed the Clinton “assault weapons ban” lapse, we’re back to where we started. Accept for the price of those things, that hasn’t gone back to normal yet.

Oh.

My wife recently said that she wanted a firearm in the house after years of saying she would never want one. We have a place up in the mountains, and that's where it would be. Protection from bears and lions, mostly, as well as potential weirdo mountain types. Both inside the house and outside on hikes and stuff.

What type of weapon would you guys recommend?

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Donger

Oh.

My wife recently said that she wanted a firearm in the house after years of saying she would never want one. We have a place up in the mountains, and that's where it would be. Protection from bears and lions, mostly, as well as potential weirdo mountain types. Both inside the house and outside on hikes and stuff.

What type of weapon would you guys recommend?

Bit of a loaded question there Donger. How proficient would you say you are with a rifle? Handgun? Shotgun?
A shotgun is typically the best choice for the inexperienced because it puts out a big punch up close and it’s forgiving of aim, just point and click. Thing is you’re going to have to carry some high powered loads for bear protection, not even sure you can get a load big enough to stop a charging grizzly. That typically requires a pretty big rifle caliber or monster handgun one.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Bit of a loaded question there Donger.

Very punny.

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

How proficient would you say you are with a rifle? Handgun? Shotgun?

I've never shot any firearms.

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

A shotgun is typically the best choice for the inexperienced because it puts out a big punch up close and it’s forgiving of aim, just point and click. Thing is you’re going to have to carry some high powered loads for bear protection, not even sure you can get a load big enough to stop a charging grizzly. That typically requires a pretty big rifle caliber or monster handgun one.

I was thinking shotgun, but I'd prefer not to carry around a rifle-thingy on hikes. So, I guess that would leave a handgun. But, I'm guessing that hitting a charging lion while simultaneously defecating and shaking would be problematic. And, that takes me back to a shotgun.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by Donger

Honestly, that looks like an assault rifle. Aren't they banned?

In the UK & in Comifornia the High capacity magazines are illegal

[Donger]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

In the UK & in Comifornia the High capacity magazines are illegal

I don't live in either.

[Frazod]

Bwana would be the one to ask - I'm thinking if you're talking a handgun probably something in the .44 range. It might knock your wife on her ass when she fires it, though.

[Frazod]

I figure buckshot would be effective against a mountain lion. Might just piss a bear off, though.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by frazod

I figure buckshot would be effective against a mountain lion. Might just piss a bear off, though.

I really wouldn't want to kill it as a goal, mind you. I would just want to scare it and have it go away (not eat us).

I suppose I could just bring some of my English relatives over. That would probably do the trick, too.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Donger

I really wouldn't want to kill it as a goal, mind you. I would just want to scare it and have it go away (not eat us).

I suppose I could just bring some of my English relatives over. That would probably do the trick, too.

If that's the case, you should probably stick to a repellant spray. Putting bullets in something you don't mean to kill isn't a terribly good idea. Of course, if some large animal is trying to eat you, you really shouldn't be too torn up about killing it.

Do you live in a secluded location? If that's the case, you might want to concern yourself more with predators of the two-legged variety.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by frazod

If that's the case, you should probably stick to a repellant spray. Putting bullets in something you don't mean to kill isn't a terribly good idea. Of course, if some large animal is trying to eat you, you really shouldn't be too torn up about killing it.

Do you live in a secluded location? If that's the case, you might want to concern yourself more with predators of the two-legged variety.

The house is up in the mountains but not particularly secluded. And, yes, creepy mountain people are also a concern, but less so than bears and lions. Even then, I think this is more the wife being overly concerned.

We do have bear spray that we carry.