No AK-47 for Uncle Alan..........

uncle Alan · Feb 18, 2006

Poor baby ! Awwwwww

Those $300 AK's are long gone. Chief,would you believe $ 495 & + . Not for me.Gun & gas prices have a common denominator ?

Not a semi- nut but the Luger style has always had an appeal so I stumbled upon a dozen or so Walther P-1's & sprung $279 in 9 MM.
Legend has it that German army & some police units carried them. Mine shows a wee bit of holster chafe on the safety bar because it protrudes . The finish is smoky black,quite like auto primer. It weighs about the same as my Steyr .40 & fits my large hand like it was tailor made. Dumba$$ me,now I'll have to stock 9 types of ammo.Nice thing though,many weapons use mil-surp ammo .
Was unable to find a photo of this model but a corresponding article said Germany had donated 10,000 to the Afgan army. Really dumped a bunch there.
Safe shooting !

Uncle Alan

SIFU1A · Feb 19, 2006

nothing wrong with the P1 i learned to shoot pistols with my dads P38 he brought back from WW2, only con to them is its a big gun.

all AK's have been going up lately, really though they are still a deal at $500 considering thats still a lot cheaper than an AR15, last gun show i didnt see many of either one,

dig-it · Feb 19, 2006

uncle Alan · Feb 19, 2006

dig-it said:

Mouthful of thank you & a handshake of appreciation !

It sure is nice to be a tagalong with such smart youngsters.Does an old man proud.

Much obliged ! Safe shooting !

Uncle Alan

thatmguy · Feb 19, 2006

At that price would be sweet to get made into a "Man from Uncle" set up.....

tallpaul · Feb 21, 2006

you can build one for under two hundred

the kits are out there for about 110.00 and premade recievers around 60.00 It is not as hard as ya think.

crashlander · Feb 21, 2006

P1 was the German Armed Forces´ standard issue pistol from the beginning until the introduction of the H&K USP five, six years ago. And its forerunner, the P38, is nearly identical. I shot the P1 myself in my time in the Air Force.
So it makes sense Germany donated some of them to Afghanistan, there must have been a lot of this guns in the armories.

Triton · Feb 21, 2006

What does an AR-15 go for these days? I've been thinking of picking one of those up myself...

James Green Dragon · Feb 21, 2006

You are looking at $1,100 - $1,500 as far as I know Triton...

Triton · Feb 21, 2006

James Green Dragon said:
You are looking at $1,100 - $1,500 as far as I know Triton...

Thanks James, can you tell I haven't done any serious looking yet? I just got to shoot one of those about a week ago and really liked it.

James Green Dragon · Feb 21, 2006

They are fun to shoot.

Personally I like the all-around versatility of the 30cal rounds. The 7.62x39mm Russian round performs about like the 30-30 which is good enough for most game. The AK & SKS are relatively cheap to shoot in comparission and much more fun to clean up afterwards too :thumbup:

If you like shooting from a benchrest or serious accuracy competitions you are better off with the flat shooting 5.56mm though. Its all good

Sid Post · Feb 21, 2006

Triton said:
What does an AR-15 go for these days? I've been thinking of picking one of those up myself...

Olympic Arms has an A1 sighted model for $600 (full retail price) according to their display at the Shot Show.

I've seen a good number of standard A2 models at around $800.

Sid Post · Feb 21, 2006

James Green Dragon said:
If you like shooting from a benchrest or serious accuracy competitions you are better off with the flat shooting 5.56mm though. Its all good

I'll take a 6.5 Grendel anyday. The Military Marksmanship units are using them for the high accuracy and long range work. Check out the 6.5 Grendel Forum or Alexander Arms for more info.

Summerland · Feb 21, 2006

Alan,

not sure where you are, but Dunham's Sports (Wisconsin & other midwestern states) has AKs for quite a bit less ($350-400) IIRC.

Also: ever think about adding a Makarov to your collection?

uncle Alan · Feb 21, 2006

Summerland said:
Alan,

not sure where you are, but Dunham's Sports (Wisconsin & other midwestern states) has AKs for quite a bit less ($350-400) IIRC.

Also: ever think about adding a Makarov to your collection?

I'll keep haunting the shows & fleamarkets. I just hate to pay these inflated prices here.Several local shops buy quantity & dump overstock on occasion. I'll either get lucky or buy something not particularly in demand, such as you suggested .Thank you.

Safe shooting !

Uncle Alan