Official MM Firearms Thread

[Apoc]

Sooo... who wants to go shopping with me next weekend?

[CaptainHenreh]

Sooo... who wants to go shopping with me next weekend?

your shopping should be done online.

See: cdnninvestments.com

[Apoc]

Problems is, I don't really know what I'm getting.

[Kaan]

what do you want? blinged out over under? the only place to find those is on the internets.

a normal over under you can find at bass pro, gander mountain, etc

[Apoc]

what do you want? blinged out over under?

Pretty much. How does one know what they want if they can't hold a bunch?

[CaptainHenreh]

what do you want? blinged out over under?

Pretty much. How does one know what they want if they can't hold a bunch?

Simple. You get the most expensive baller one you can afford and like the looks of. You should have a sport shotgun fitted anyway, so fit does not matter.

[Apoc]

You're just saying that because you know I'll do it.

[CaptainHenreh]

You're just saying that because you know I'll do it.

Not really. I'm saying that because that's the way you're SUPPOSED to do it.

[Kaan]

$535 was all I could afford! But I love my Turkish POS

[CaptainHenreh]

Sold my SIG556 to buy a SIG556:



My old one was a non-classic SWAT, which had an AR stock and a quad rail. The rail made it heavy as hell, and I never used all the rail estate. So I sold it and bought this classic with the "swiss" furniture. The SIG SG550 has green furniture when it's issued:



"Rex, why do you have such a boner for the SIG556?"

Well, I started with AR's, and while AR's are fun, (legos for big kids) I always felt like the design itself was better suited to a designated marksman/patrol role, rather than a mainline battle rifle. It's maintenance intensive, lacks a folding stock, and has a really high sightline over the bore. I wanted something more reliable, more rugged, but more refined than a Kalashnikov.

I first thought to myself, "Who are the baddest motherfuckers on the planet?" The answer, of course, is the Israelis, so I bought a Galil. It sucked. Heavy, not all that accurate, no good way to mount optics, did I mention it was heavy? Even Israel doesn't use the Galil anymore.

Ok, who are the second baddest motherfuckers on the planet? The muthafuggin Swiss. Say what you want, but they are not to be fucked with. Hitler knew that, and didn't fuck with them. The Pope knows that, so he hires them to be his muscle. Plus? Bitchin' knives.

So I was like "Yeah! A Swiss rifle would be fuckin perfect." The Swiss issue the "SG550". To everyone. Switzerland does not have an army, they are an army. (Ok, by every "one" I mean every Dude and any Dudette who volunteers.) They put it through an insane battery of tests, which it passed with flying colors. This should come as no real surprise, as the bolt and gas system design are cribbed right from Comrade Kalashnikov's playbook. But where the Avtomat Kalashnikova is about as comfortable as firing holding a 2X4 (There is no word in Russian for "ergonomics") the SG has a sane safety location, (same as an AR) a bold-hold device with a sane bolt release (same as an AR), and a top rail for optics mounting (same as a modern AR). From the AK it steals the big extractor and the hardened steel fixed ejector, as well as the long stroke piston system, three of the four components that give the AK it's reputation for reliability.

Sweet, so I want to buy one. Then I start to look at prices for an imported SG550. Well, that would costmore than my WRX. They're banned from import now (because fuck you, that's why) and have been for more than a few years. (double fuck you.) But SIG loves Americans, especially American dollars, so they made an American rifle called the SIG556, a play on the different models of the SG, the SG550, 551, 552, 553, etc. (Different barrel lengths) It takes AR mags instead of the swiss mags, and uses an aluminum lower instead of the stamped-and-welded steel lower that the swiss rifles have. Otherwise, though, it's the same design as the swiss rifles, and you can take a 556 lower and put it on a 55x upper, and vice versa. It's made 100% in the United States, in the Libertarian Paradise that is New Hampshire, and it is not 10,000 dollars.

So I bought one, and it's awesome. At 50 yards on a silhouette target, keeping the eotech 25MOA circle on center mass, rapid fire strings are easily in a 4 inch circle. Not a single malfunction of any kind, and putting the rifle on a rest and really concentrating can send 3 rounds in the same hole at 50 yards. Recoil is nonexistent, and with the lighter front end (with the quad rail gone) it's only slightly front heavy, which is exactly what I want to reduce muzzle jump. Also, folding stock = win.

I used the new Lancer L5 Advanced Warfighter magazines, which were announced at SHOT show in January and just hit the streets. If any of you AR guys are looking for mags, I *highly* recommend them.
They've got steel feed lips:

And you can see through them:


About the same price as Magpuls, a better deal IMHO.

[V1GiLaNtE]

BA

[BLINGMW]

They put it through an insane battery of tests, which it passed with flying colors.

High temp test is at 600C ? Then low is -300C, or -30C, depending on where you look? Then the "icing up" test is done at 100C ? I don't know how they get ice on it at 100C. I think someone forgot some decimals in this document.

Other than that, sounds cool :thumbup:

Out of curiosity, why'd you go for the .223 instead of the 7.62?

I was intrigued by a mini-14 with folding stock I saw today at the Roanoke show while working the VCDL booth. It was $400 IIRC, and now that I'm looking on gunbroker, apparently that was as I suspected, a smoking deal.

[CaptainHenreh]

Out of curiosity, why'd you go for the .223 instead of the 7.62?

The SIG 556R, the 7.62X39 version of the 556 looks like it still has some teething issues, as it is brandy new. But more important than that, there's just no room for a 7.62X39 rifle in my toolbox.

For 5.56, I have this. For 7.62x51, I have this:


And this:


What am I gonna do with some weaksauce russian bullshit? :-p

I was intrigued by a mini-14 with folding stock I saw today at the Roanoke show while working the VCDL booth. It was $400 IIRC, and now that I'm looking on gunbroker, apparently that was as I suspected, a smoking deal.

Mini14? :vomit:

[JustinG]

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

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[CaptainHenreh]

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

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I'm glad that passed. If Virginia can have a state *bat* (it's the Virginia Big Eared Bat) I don't see why a state firearm is out of the question.

I wonder what it would be?

[Apoc]

My first firearm purchase/possession in... well... forever. Many thought it would never happen, including me. About friggin' time.

[V1GiLaNtE]

Wow.. that's a gorgeous gun right there! Congrats!

[ScottyB]

that's art.

[Ryan T]

Beautiful gun man. I hope you enjoy it!

Took the Kel-Tec out to the farm the other day and put about 100 rounds through it. I read tons of reviews and everyone said that it jams once or twice when brand new and after they clean it it does fine. Well that's what happened. It did not like my +P hollow points and jammed on the first mag. It shot my regular old ball ammo flawlessly. So after about 70 rounds I took it apart, cleaned it, oiled it and put it back together. Then put 30 straight rounds of +P hollow points through it and didn't have the first problem. We will be out to properly sight it in saturday and probably blow through another 100 rounds or so just for fun.

[drivesideways46]

Picked up my new backup gun (and probably new carry) today.

Ruger LCP with the Crimson Trace grips. A-like so:


Much nicer to carry than my Glock 30, I don't even realize it's there!