What Are You Interested In?

[meketrefe]

I like the occasional off topic but what I enjoy the most are the firearms, ammo, ballistics, equipment, hunting, fishing or survival/prepping type of threads and discussions.

For example, and more specifically, I am interested in Bolt action as well as the AR and
AKM but also break open stubbed actions, rim fire, shotguns, gunsmithing, whatever!
...does it have a trigger? ..I like it!

What about step thread tenon I am designing for rebarreling the Remington 700 pretty much like
a savage but better, and better than the remage nut (more meat around the chamber).

What about a precision AR15 that can challenge high end bolt actions? I had great results with some formulas.

Or what about the 35 AR gunner? This one is ready to harvest game this season. What a beast!

Are there any topics that you would like to discuss in other threads?

What are you up to in terms of firearms projects, reloading, hunting etc...?


This is something I am making right now. Well it is already made but I am making some improvements
to the chamber after testing last year.

Just Another wildcat. Like we need more right?! lol

AR15 magazine

AREAS OF INTEREST (So far)

 

[GOPerfect]

I can talk guns all day. I really like talking guns with people new to the game. I love sharing my thoughts, ideas and knowledge with them. I love going to the gun stores with friends and co-workers who are just getting started. Like watching kids in a candy store.

I love the Prepping talk as well. I have done so much reading, studying and learning. Even if I never have any real life needs for what I have learned, I have enjoyed the education. Some of the information out there is pure awesome.

I have just begun a new hobby. Well, I haven't exactly begun yet, I am in the "Getting everything ready Stage. I am going to make knives. I am in the process of teaching myself Blacksmithing. Not sure if I will be any good; but I say the hell with it, gonna give it a shot.

 

[Darth]

I've always been interested in the "why" of things.

And those posts you made earlier about the AR bolt locking up and it's recoil system hit it out of the park for me.

Why does the 10MM exist? (Explains my entire interest in odd calibers really)

Why bottleneck cartridges?

Why do gunshots actually kill you?

Why do we have this absurd PP process?

Why does the 327 Fed. Mag. exist? (Found that out, very interesting.)

Why does a dropped bullet land at the exact same time as a horizontally fired one? (I love physics, I get it now.)

I just need to know why. In every aspect of life. Probably why I took to reloading so easily.

THAT is what I am interested in.

 

[Acer-m14]

(C) <<< get it Classified .. LOL ..

SAFE kills belt feed .. but what if 1 in every 10 in the belt was blank ... lets make a 8 barrel minnie gun ... i think it would still feed right ZOOOOOOOOMMMM LOL ..

 

[Bananabandit]

This is a loaded question. I dont know where to begin. My main i nterests are shotguns and prepping.

 

[meketrefe]

I think the why is a very good approach because it relates to some sort of what and then we can understand why.
Sometimes people focus on the how-to w/o even understanding why or what for?
You see there is pressure to sell and pressure to buy w/o clearly understanding what you are buying and specially why.
I see the same problem in corporate process and business decisions. Humans want to produce and move forward but if
we don't communicate and stop a bit to learn we all might as well reinventing the wheel and the black powder in the year 2016.

 

[meketrefe]

This is a loaded question. I dont know where to begin. My main i nterests are shotguns and prepping.

I see it quite simple. If you like shotguns did you ever think about what else is a shotgun for? What about a shotgun that can shoot the precission of the
best bolt action rifle at long distances. What about shotgun inserts that can fire 22LR as well as your regular loads?
A break open shotgun can be fitted with high power rifle calibers so one can have not just a shotgun but high power rifle rounds with very little expense.
Much easier than even a contender / encore system. A 12 gauge that can shoot 22LR is a huge advantage in a long term survival situation.

 

[Acer-m14]

"the same problem in corporate process and business decisions" where I work we are pre black powder , omg the repetition work that goes on would make your head spin. like you job is to swab the barrel of a cannon .. when your done 4 people have to swab it also just make sure you did it right the first time .. .. omg i go nuts at times there ..

 

[GOPerfect]

As to the "Why" thing. I like to look into the Cause and effect of life as well. Very interesting stuff.

I picked up a book a few years back on this. I cannot remember the title of it. It went through history talking about how a decision (Cause) effected life at the time. Very interesting stuff. It was a bit of a bore at times, but interesting at the same time.

 

[meketrefe]

Humans have not changed that much the way we learn in thousands of years. People talk about multitasking but it is all an illusion. We cannot
multitask very efficiently. We can jump from one thing to another but at some point when presented with challenging situations we are going
to screw up one task or another. Even get killed in the process.
I like to learn about neuroscience because it explains many things of the natural world and our natural condition that for some reason we are
trying to bend and mask. But we are hardwired and we will not change that quickly.

 

[Acer-m14]

back on topic .. I enjoy firearms, ammo, ballistics, equipment, hunting, survival/prepping not so much fishing .. I like learning new things to add to the resume ..

 

[GOPerfect]

But we are hardwired and we will not change that quickly.

We have NOT changed in all these years. Not a bit. People today are the same as they were yesteryear. We are more advanced in some ways, less in others.

The more people think we have changed, the more we stay the same.

We still love the way we did, we still hate. We have war and we have peace. The same as 1000 years ago.

Kinda funny when you think of it.

 

[Acer-m14]

wish i had a good old south bend lathe .. I could play a lot more .. got one for free i can have heheh

 

[meketrefe]

back on topic .. I enjoy firearms, ammo, ballistics, equipment, hunting, survival/prepping not so much fishing .. I like learning new things to add to the resume ..

The other day I asked a simple question nobody answered. They were talking about smoking and drying moose meat. I like to salt and dry boar meat so I asked
about what do they do with the animals for checking the meat? do they send tongue and heart samples to the Vet to check for parasites? This is the law in many places around the world even if you are going to cook the meat. With the boar meat, if trichinosis is found the entire game has to go to the incinerator.
Is like people who cook fox or coon who are not always free of rabies. you need to basically char the meat to kill anything and throw away the spine and head.

 

[Acer-m14]

a over under with drop in tubes for rifle rounds would be cool .. if not to heavy ...

 

[Darth]

Some people say "people fear what they don't understand." That's true, but for me, that means...well, understand it.

Like with diving. This weekend I'm not using Air, but Nitrox.

"Upping your Oxygen intake means you can stay down longer!"

Ok, but WHY?

Turns out the reason is that because Oxygen is actually used by your body for stuff, whereas Nitrogen just sits on it's ass. Decrease the lazy stuff (Nitrogen) and increase the useful stuff (Oxygen), and that lazy stuff is much less likely to bubble up on the ascent.

I think it's kind of why I'm even into firearms. Teach me something.

 

[meketrefe]

a over under with drop in tubes for rifle rounds would be cool .. if not to heavy ...

For this I think it is better a SXS just becuause the locking is a lot stronger. One of those Baikals from russia they use the same action for the SXS rifles
like the 30.06. The thing with the O/U is the top barrel always puts a lot more torque on the locking of the action than the bottom one.
I know the baikal are spartan but they are a bad ass piece of russian steel. Of course there are others but they are top $'s so for screwing around
a budget will be better. In the end quality inserts that can be indexed should produce very reasonable accuracy.
Another nice one would be a 410 that shoots 45 colt and can also be fitted with a 22LR liner. 410 and 22LR got to be the best survival ammo ever
divised.

 

[Acer-m14]

The other day I asked a simple question nobody answered. They were talking about smoking and drying moose meat. I like to salt and dry boar meat so I asked
about what do they do with the animals for checking the meat? do they send tongue and heart samples to the Vet to check for parasites? This is the law in many places around the world even if you are going to cook the meat. With the boar meat, if trichinosis is found the entire game has to go to the incinerator.
Is like people who cook fox or coon who are not always free of rabies. you need to basically char the meat to kill anything and throw away the spine and head.

missed that .. last year i got a doe and the left side from mid ribs to ass was raw meat all dryed up in chunks on her .. pewwww ..
others i show pic with were like the rest of it was fine .. really .. how long was she like that .. i dont know .. Sepsis .. who know what else might be living in the rest of her .. called DEC .. u take it .. ..

 

[meketrefe]

We only stop learning the day we die.

If we stop learning before we die that means we died inside although our body might still be alive.

The thing with becoming older and hopefully wiser is that ...

do we stop playing because we become older or we become older because we stop playing?

I like to listen to music in other languages and sign it so I don't loose a handle of them. It helps me keep them alive. That way when I travel
I don't sound stupid and my grammar and accent stay tuned. Music hard wires our brains in a seamless and fun way.

 

[Acer-m14]

Since the Voice show came out my music has increased .. listen to rusian and chinese and others .. not a clue to the words are till i seek them out but really like some foreign music

 

[Runner99]

if i had to pick one thing: 308 rifles

 

[Magnus]

I'm interested in a precision AR build in 5.56. Also interested in reloading that caliber for precision.

 

[Robin]

I am interested in learning to amass, assemble, make and shoot a reliable and consistently accurate AR-10. A quantum leap in the evolution of my personal arms making journey that started with a humble slingshot using the force of an old inner tube over sixty years ago.
Robin

 

[DavidJ]

long walks on the beach

 

[Magnus]

with a humble slingshot using the force of an old inner tube

Under today's laws, manufacturing of an illegal weapon. How times have changed for the worse.

 

[Greywolf224]

SEX Drugs and ROCK n' Roll
although 35 years ago drugs got replaced by GUNS

 

[Criticalt]

I see it quite simple. If you like shotguns did you ever think about what else is a shotgun for? What about a shotgun that can shoot the precission of the
best bolt action rifle at long distances. What about shotgun inserts that can fire 22LR as well as your regular loads?
A break open shotgun can be fitted with high power rifle calibers so one can have not just a shotgun but high power rifle rounds with very little expense.
Much easier than even a contender / encore system. A 12 gauge that can shoot 22LR is a huge advantage in a long term survival situation.

Ok, now I want my cheap ass H&R Pardoner 12 gauge break action to fire 22lr!!!

 

[meketrefe]

Ok, now I want my cheap ass H&R Pardoner 12 gauge break action to fire 22lr!!!

Grab one from ebay and turn it. A brass or aluminum stub would be perfect. 10" would make a perfect insert. It has to be off center so the firing
pin hits the rim obviously.

NEW Original Factory new style 22LR Marlin Model 60 BLUED RIFLE BARREL 19 INCH

 

[Snappo]

I kind of fluctuates over time. As a kid I was in the Amateur Trapshooter Assoc and CT Trapshooter Assoc. Back then it was a Remington 1100 left handed and a 3600 over and under; trap every weekend and skeet maybe once a month. I lost interest and rarely shoot trap (though I have it at my range). Used to get 25/25 patches all the time, have two or three 100/100 patches, and now I can barely do 15/25 on a good day. I have catacts starting and even with my glasses and 20/20 things still are blurry a little.

For a long time I was really into Class III and I had over a dozen of them. Maybe closer to 2 dozen stamps come to think of it. I was convinced it was an important part of my retirement investments and would grow by 10% a year. Now I am no longer convinced Class III is a good investment. For a long time I was also into C&R from WW I and WW II. I have trimmed that back to a fraction of what it used to be.

Mostly I shoot out to 500 every day (about 5 days a week) for an hour to two hours. I am really into the Remington 700 platform. My company takes a lot of business from Remington every year (SAP cloud services) and in fact that's part of why I moved out near Ilion - to support the VP's that are located there (many have since been relocated to Hunstsville though). So I have a few of the 700 Police, some of the 700 Classics, an XHR, some BDL's, a 770, and a few other Remington modern products. I have a few Savages as well, and am pondering starting a Thompson Center addiction (right now my only TC is a 1928M1). Oh - my new interest is reloading. That's a hobby I have only had for the past 10 years.

The hunting on my property is fish-in-a-barrel kind of stuff. So many white tail up here on the mountain. So I have been doing a little hunting; which is something I had not done since my days in Utah (Hill AFB in the early 80s). We bought a really nice commercial type Westin meat grinder and we are playing a little with making our own dog food. So that's probably my newest hobby - hunting.

 

[Snappo]

long walks on the beach

If you like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain......