Beckerhead firearms

These pics didn't turn out great but the condition is about how it looks in the pics. And I was mistaken, the Mauser is an M48 which is a Yugo if I'm not mistaken.

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That fr7 will make for a good truck gun.
If I didn't have my Kahr, I would be giving the LC9 a look.
I am shopping for a AR, I have zero need for one but more then enough want.:D
 
Noswad0208 said:
How's the trigger on that LC9s? Dad was looking about selling his original LC9 to buy one of those.
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LC9s trigger is night and day superior to the original. I'd sell the older one (at a gun show - NOT to the store ) in favor of a s model in a heartbeat.

The original is still a really great handgun that can be accurate but the LC9s is much, much better.
 
I would like to get my hands on an LC9s Pro model. Then again, there is the Glock 43...


I was doing some research on ammo for the FR7 I just got which is chambered in 7.62 NATO. There is a lot of confusion about 7.62 NATO (7.62x51mm) vs .308 Winchester. Basically it's the exact opposite of 5.56 vs .223. It's just fine to shoot 7.62mm in a .308 but the reverse is iffy and usually recommended against. A lot of the confusion seems to stem from the chamber pressure for the NATO spec ammo being measured differently then the commercial .308. I would think that if .308 were dangerous to fire in 7.62mm chambers than there would be a lot less confusion about the issue since guns would be blowing up. And if guns were blowing up then companies would just download .308 ammo to be safe to shoot in 7.62 guns. Plus 7.62 proof loads are way hotter than normal .308 loads. Also it seems that the headspace for 7.62mm is a little long for .308 and odds of a case failure, especially with steel cased ammo, are higher. But my understanding is the Mauser action is designed to divert gas away from the shooter should a case rupture so this shouldn't be a major issue either, especially since we all practice proper firearms safety and always wear eye protection while shooting. ( I always do now. Had a few very close calls before I figured that one out. Plus my range requires it anyway)

To make a long story short, I could not find any reliable evidence or info to suggest shooting .308 in my FR7 would cause it to blow up but it also doesn't seem to be advised either. But as luck would have it I found some ZQI 7.62x51mm NATO ammo locally for $10/box of 20. ZQI is new brass cased ammo made in Turkey and explicitly states it's made to NATO specs and claims to be accurate to one MOA or less. So if my gun blows up I can sue them. :D
 
Well the FR7 seems to shoot alright, I didn't put it on paper or anything though. But it doesn't feed very well so you can't run the bolt very quickly which is disappointing. Could have been a nice handy carbine to ride around in the truck. I'm tempted to just take it back to the shop where I got it and try to exchange it for the Carcano I passed up, I dunno. The ZQI brass cased ammo was fine, I didn't see anything on the fired cases that worried me. I did single load a TulAmmo steel cased .308 Winchester round and tried that out. The primer backed out of the pocket a ways so that was concerning. I loaded one more to make sure it wasn't a fluke and got the exact same results so I won't be shooting any more of that stuff in the rifle again. I thought about maybe trying other stuff in it but the ZQI is only $10/a box and steel cased .308 is $9/box so it's not a big deal to just buy ammo that the gun likes.

Couldn't find .303 British or 8mm mauser locally so I didn't shoot those rifles yet. Took the M44 Mosin out though and it was excellent. Wish it cycled smoother but it's mostly just a fun gun anyway.
 
The .303 and 8mm are gonna be challenging to find. Just the nature of the game.
Mosin's are notoriously a bit rough.
Nice bundle of gun fun! :thumbup:
 
tanglediver said:
The .303 and 8mm are gonna be challenging to find. Just the nature of the game.
Mosin's are notoriously a bit rough.
Nice bundle of gun fun! :thumbup:
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It's not hard to find online. I was just hoping to grab a box or two each so I could try the guns out. One thing that helps with the Mosin, after making sure you have the cosmoline cleaned out, is trimming the striker spring down a bit. Part of the reason you need a hammer to open the bolt of a Mosin is it's a cock-on-open design with a very heavy striker spring. It's a cheap part and easy to find online so not a huge deal if you mess it up.
 
I was thinking about the FR7 some more today and when I was researching ammo for it I had come across a 7.62 NATO to 7.62x39 chamber adapter. Just out of curiosity I loaded 5 x39 rounds into the mag and they seemed to stay better than the x51 NATO rounds. I pushed the bolt forward and they seemed to feed smooth enough though because they couldn't headspace the extractor wouldn't grab the rim. I repeated it a couple times and the rounds seem to load into the mag and feed alright. I took the bolt out and the x39 rim fills up the bolt face and get under the extractor so it seems like a chamber adapter might be worth a try, they're only $25. Would make for a fun plinker that doesn't beat you up. Maybe one day I'll even pay to have it converted to take AK mags. I know that would probably be expensive, more than the rifle is or would be worth, but it might be worth it to have a handy knock-around carbine.
 
I was looking at the FR7 and I think the issue with feeding is the follower is too narrow and too short to fill body of the magazine side-to-side or front-to-back and it moves around and floats in the magazine. I think a replacement follower is in order and I might as well replace the mag spring too. I suspect I'll have to cut and fit a follower because the Spanish installed a spacer in the magazine to keep the shorter rounds from shifting forward. They also pinned the floorplate retention button or whatever it's called so it's going to be a little difficult to get the magazine apart.

So I called MC Ace to order a chamber adapter thinking they could take my debit card info over the phone. Nope, check or money order through snail mail only.

Then I did a google search and it seems the inserts can be a little tricky. Probably won't bother going that route since I had only planned on using it as an experiment to see if I would even like the gun in 7.62x39 before investing in something more permanent. I know there have been 7.62x39 barrels made for small ring mausers but I don't know how those barrels would work with the front sight base/fake gas block. Also thought about the possibility of something like a 7.62x39 AR15 barrel and FSB and somehow replacing the rear sight with an A2 rear sight but if I'm going to be hacking it up that much I might as well start with something else. Might be best to just give up on converting to x39 alltogether.
 
Someone on here has a Ruger Gunsite Scout thats a nice bolt operated carbine, and then someone had a rifle that looked a lot like it, but it wasnt a Ruger. I cant remember what the second rifle was but it was also nice. Both pretty inexpensive all things considered.
 
I have a custom scout I built off an 03-A3 rechambered to .308...but I don'y yhink I've posted it. The scout platform is very versatile (fast, too-I've shot two or three running deer with mine.) the Ruger is a good rig but about three pounds heavier than a scout is supposed to be. I think Savage still makes one-that's a lot closer to Jeff Cooper's original concept gun.
 
bigghoss said:
Well the FR7 seems to shoot alright, I didn't put it on paper or anything though. But it doesn't feed very well so you can't run the bolt very quickly which is disappointing. Could have been a nice handy carbine to ride around in the truck. I'm tempted to just take it back to the shop where I got it and try to exchange it for the Carcano I passed up, I dunno. The ZQI brass cased ammo was fine, I didn't see anything on the fired cases that worried me. I did single load a TulAmmo steel cased .308 Winchester round and tried that out. The primer backed out of the pocket a ways so that was concerning. I loaded one more to make sure it wasn't a fluke and got the exact same results so I won't be shooting any more of that stuff in the rifle again. I thought about maybe trying other stuff in it but the ZQI is only $10/a box and steel cased .308 is $9/box so it's not a big deal to just buy ammo that the gun likes.

Couldn't find .303 British or 8mm mauser locally so I didn't shoot those rifles yet. Took the M44 Mosin out though and it was excellent. Wish it cycled smoother but it's mostly just a fun gun anyway.
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That's interesting about the ZQI (which in 5.56 and 9mm is good stuff)-if one of the two was going to give you trouble I'da thunk it'd be the ZQI-the 5.56 and 9 are definitely NATO pressure (especially the 9).
 
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