What's your poison?

Scara said:
There is a P on the left side of the receiver, but I already checked for a tag and found none. Cool story though about your friend. I was planning to do that myself, but without a tag it's more than a little impossible.
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It's a real shame when those get lost. My buddy is one of those guys that's too lucky for his own good. He got the chance to jump on a completely unused, un-issued K31 at a time I just didn't have the money. Not to mention some others lucky finds.

Still, get the K31. You won't regret it! I love the look on people's faces who haven't seen a straight pull rifle before.
 
Jackal_89 said:
.......Still, get the K31. You won't regret it! I love the look on people's faces who haven't seen a straight pull rifle before.
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Straight pull rifles are the bomb once one is acclimated to their idiosyncrasies. While not on par with the Swiss, I have a few 1895 Steyr Mannlicher rifles in 8x56(R). They make a great battle rifle being accurate, light and nimble much like a Carcano. The ammo I purchased is equally impressive. It's all 1938 Nazi head stamped surplus in Mannlicher compatible stripper clips. It was supposedly found deep in a hermetically correct cave in Eastern Europe in the later 80's. I've sent it through a chronograph only to find it still shooting at spec velocity but with an unbelievable SD of approximately 100fps. It's hard to believe considering it's age, rivaling current production ammunition. Why I like straight pull rifles, I'll never know. However, it's probably the same reasons I like my Darne shotguns and Browning T-Bolt rifles in .22LR.
 
Shavru said:
Steven, that second one sure looks familiar...Looks completely stock issue. And the CZ-75 is another of my personal top of the class picks (though once again I tend towards the CZ-75Compact). Can't think of a single thing I can say bad about it and that includes the material they coat the black ones with. That stuff is incredible, very hard to scratch or damage. But I sure like the looks of that satiny stainless one too. Nice set of pistols.
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Thanks. :) The second one is a stock WW2 issue Colt. It was sent to Britain as part of the lend lease program and was issued.
It has all the correct British army markings and proof marks. It then found it's way to Rhodesia and then South Africa. A friend of mine who worked for a large local gunshop carried it as his edc for years. I purchased it from him.
I gifted it to a close friend who was a collector of WW2 British weapons and he kept it until he passed. He left it back to me in his will. Now it remains with me...........

The CZ has been hard chromed with new sights and a trigger job. A gun I love shooting and it was part of my edc rotation for years. The CZ75 is one of the nicest shooting 9's out there and perfect for teaching women to shoot.

Shavru said:
Zemapeli, I thought the Navy 226s first came out in the 1980s? And since that one has no American style mag release button I have to admit that I am completely lost on what model and era it is from :D something that doesn't happen all that often LOL Would love to hear the story behind it if Steven would care to share.
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This is an original P220 in 45acp still marked "Made in West Germany" This was the evolution model after the original 45 "BDA" which had a slightly different slide profile. All the original guns had heel style mag releases. It takes a little practice to get used to but once you have the knack it is only marginally slower than a frame release.
This gun has had way more that 5K rounds through it and it was carried so much I wore the finish of the slide and frame. The slide was subsequently Hard Chromed and the frame was recently Cerekoted. The roll pins on these tend to give problems so I changed it fairly recently but the old roll pin was still perfect.

I love the single stack .45acp. The only reason that I no longer carry one is that our laws changed and we can only have one handgun designated "self protection" for CC. So I went back to carrying a Glock 17.
 
What about the other 1911? It's a beauty. Looks like somebody did good work on that one.
 
kamagong said:
What about the other 1911? It's a beauty. Looks like somebody did good work on that one.
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Thanks it was a literally brand new 70 Series Government model on which I decided to build my version of the ultimate classic single stack carry gun. Everything you need, nothing you don't.
It has a Wilson Barrel and all titanium lock parts. It was built in the 90's for me by one of our excellent local pistol smiths who specialised in 1911's and race guns.

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Bigbore577 said:
Straight pull rifles are the bomb once one is acclimated to their idiosyncrasies. While not on par with the Swiss, I have a few 1895 Steyr Mannlicher rifles in 8x56(R). They make a great battle rifle being accurate, light and nimble much like a Carcano. The ammo I purchased is equally impressive. It's all 1938 Nazi head stamped surplus in Mannlicher compatible stripper clips. It was supposedly found deep in a hermetically correct cave in Eastern Europe in the later 80's. I've sent it through a chronograph only to find it still shooting at spec velocity but with an unbelievable SD of approximately 100fps. It's hard to believe considering it's age, rivaling current production ammunition. Why I like straight pull rifles, I'll never know. However, it's probably the same reasons I like my Darne shotguns and Browning T-Bolt rifles in .22LR.
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I held a Mannlicher in one hand and a SMLE in the other at Cabela's the other day and realized I couldn't get either. Gotta keep my money for a computer build for school...priorities and all that.

Oh well. I've got two nice K31's, Finnish M39, Mosin M44, an ex-Dragoon M9130 with a great bore and a lot of other toys.
 
Shavru said:
Steven, that second one sure looks familiar...Looks completely stock issue. And the CZ-75 is another of my personal top of the class picks (though once again I tend towards the CZ-75Compact). Can't think of a single thing I can say bad about it and that includes the material they coat the black ones with. That stuff is incredible, very hard to scratch or damage. But I sure like the looks of that satiny stainless one too. Nice set of pistols.
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Here another vote for CZ, My SP01 Shadow is the best bang for the buck I ever shot with. Reliable, Accurate, Easy to field strip and clean. LOVE IT <3

I'm also thinking to a add a Glock 19 to the collection and better hurry before the price climb up due the recent endorsement by the SEALS.
 
Revolvers! All kinds but my favorites are large bore single actions and S&W model 19's.
 
MTURBO said:
Revolvers! All kinds but my favorites are large bore single actions and S&W model 19's.
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Hmmmm. I have a Model 629 Competitor 6" Weighted Barrel. Awesome stock trigger and most accurate hand gun I know.
 
Always been a Colt kinda gal. The Colt Snakes in 4"bbl .357s really tickle my fancy. Though S&Ws are just as pretty as well, beautiful shooting irons.
 
Shavru said:
Always been a Colt kinda gal. The Colt Snakes in 4"bbl .357s really tickle my fancy. Though S&Ws are just as pretty as well, beautiful shooting irons.
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Hard to beat a Python in many ways; looks, smoothness, accuracy,......., it's just a perfect classy classic. Being originally produced as a target gun in 1955, the lock work is a wee bit sensitive compared to a Smith IMHO. The Diamondback is another sleeper and the Cobra and Viper were sweet as well. I could never warm up to the King Cobra, not sure why.
 
LaRueOBR556 said:
My poison--

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Nice rig! Those Vortex HD scopes are crystal clear and the first focal plane is a great feature for that set up. Your recticle changes or magnifies with power changes so you can range at any power. I recently switched to the Hebrew Hammer. The only thing I didn't like about it was its heavy military trigger. I just got done installing a Geissele Super Sabra Trigger Pack, and Geissele Lightning bow. The trigger pack cost a pretty penny but it was well worth it. I went from a 11lbs squirt gun feeling trigger to a 5.5lbs two stage match trigger. The first stage is two pounds, then you hit the wall and need an additional 3.5lbs to release the hammer. It feels amazing, unheard of trigger in a bullpup.
The Lightning bow took out all the slack and was a good upgrade. There is zero over travel in the system and a super short and audible reset. I can't say enough good things about Geissele.

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I can't believe how nice the trigger pull turned out. Bullpups aren't suppose to be this good!
 
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