Topic: Come in and Trade Ammo or Talk about Guns! - page 14. (Read 56431 times)

Taurus Judge, loaded with birdshot. Winner for close-combat. Buckshot also available.

Then you definately don't live near me.

All my neighbors are armed.  Some of them even more heavily then me!!  I think I have the most ammo thu

Naw, burying them just makes them harder to get to when the zombies start making the news.  If I have a few cheap but functional rifles (and some ammo to go with them) then when the zombies start making the news I can easily talk to my neighbors on each side that never understood why I buy guns, and 'lend' them my cheap rifles and ammo.  And thus, if the zombies start limping down my own street, there is a good chance that they will meet one of my neighbors before they get to my property.  If my neighbors are armed, even with a cheap boltie, there is a non-zero chance that they will succeed in reducing or eliminating the threat before it arrives at my own door.  Many zombies can be scared off, also.

I call these burying rifles.  I have 2 of em..  I haven't gotten around to burying them yet.  I had 3, but I sold one to a guy who needed a burying rifle

For similar reasons for buying a cheap, milsurp rifle.  To give it to your unarmed neighbor when the zombies are knocking at the door.

That is actually some pretty awesome history! Never knew about the lever action one, great find. Not a fan of lever action, but I'd love to get my hands on one of those. They've got to worth a small fortune.

I've taken my 91/30 (1942) to the range many times now. Farthest target there is 150 yards, and man is that thing accurate! For $100~, it's well worth the fun and history. It's my first firearm, so it's very dear to me as well. Best hundred bucks I ever spent! Some of these are nearly a hundred years old, and still preforming very well.

Actually, all my times spent on /k/ I've never heard of Nuggets in .308. Sorry, but gonna have to call bullshit until proven otherwise. Link please?

U.S. Rifle, 7.62 mm, Model of 1916: Due to the desperate shortage of arms and the shortcomings of a still-developing domestic industry, the Russian government ordered 1.5 million M1891 infantry rifles from Remington Arms and another 1.8 million from New England Westinghouse in the United States. Some of these rifles were not delivered before the outbreak of the October Revolution and the subsequent signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk which ended hostilities between the Central Powers and Russia. When the Bolsheviks took over the Russian government, they defaulted on the Imperial Russian contracts with the American arsenals, with the result that New England Westinghouse and Remington were stuck with hundreds of thousands of Mosin–Nagants. The US government bought up the remaining stocks, saving Remington and Westinghouse from bankruptcy. The rifles in Great Britain armed the US and British expeditionary forces sent to North Russia in 1918 and 1919. The rifles still in the US ended up being primarily used as training firearms for the US Army. Some were used to equip US National Guard, SATC and ROTC units. Designated "U.S. Rifle, 7.62mm, Model of 1916", these are among the most obscure U.S. service arms. In 1917, 50,000 of these rifles were sent via Vladivostok to equip the Czechoslovak Legions in Siberia to aid in their attempt to secure passage to France.

Among the thousands of rifles that the Soviets sold the Republican Spanish forces throughout the Civil War were they considered outdated and no longer of use to their armed forces. These included a large number of United States manufactured 1895 Winchester rifles in the standard Russian caliber of 7.62x54r. These rifles were purchased by Imperial Russia during World War I at a time when the Russian army could barely equip its forces with the necessary amount of arms it needed. After the war ended most of these rifles that survived ended up being placed into storage within the numerous arms depots scattered throughout the vast Russian territories.

            These weapons remained in storage until 1936, when the Spanish Civil War began. The Soviets began supplying the Republican Spanish forces in late 1936 and among these early shipments were large amounts of outdated rifles, including the remaining stocks of 1895 Winchesters. The total amount of M1895 rifles supplied to the Spanish numbered around the 9,000 mark.[1] While it is unknown how widespread the use of the M1895 rifle was over the course of the Spanish Civil War it is certain that many of these rifles survived the conflict and went into storage after the war ended, much like it's Mosin Nagant brothers.

Here's a fun fact.  The first several hundred Mosin-Nagant were actually manufactured by Winchester for the last Zhar of Russia, and were chambered in Win308.  If you can find one, though, it's probably worth a fortune.

Indeed, I see your point. But take a look at my Nagant M1895.

This is a weapon of the Russian. Not as clumsy or random as a pistol; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. For over a thousand generations, the Russians were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before the USSR...

Yeah somehow six rounds just never appealed to me for self defense, when I can have 18 rounds of 9mm instead

And you're a crack shot with your pants around your ankles.  I'll admit first hand that is one scenario that I've never tested at.

Yeah somehow six rounds just never appealed to me for self defense, when I can have 18 rounds of 9mm instead

Yeah perfect if only 6 zombies show up

Get a Ruger LCP. Perfect if the zombies come when you're in the office loo, you'll still have something to defend yourself.