Firearm BS thread

Anybody try out the safariland gun case? Tempted to pick up the 46” one.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1022231335?pid=509848

 

January 3rd

 

Just picked up my FN Five Seven today. Fortunate for me I am not married!

 

Well, GovX sent me the wrong light, I thought it was smaller than I was expecting and at dinner my dad asked about battery like so I went online to check and realized I had ordered the S2R Baton 2 but received the S1R Baton 2.
Still impressed by 1,000 lumens out of such a small light when my old EDC light was longer and slightly thinner but 300 lumens.

 

Had some old scraps I was gonna toss in the basement since I moved in. A buddy gave me a better idea. Crudely made VTAC wall

I even made it so it folds in half and the feet detach for easy transport.

 

I have not bought a Gun all year

 

I haven't bought one since the LAST decade!

 

GEEZ and you are always telling me to tighten up

 

Toys all day

 

hes a bit old for her...

 

Got an old sporterized Mauser from my dad.
Barrel is stamped "308" and it has a cheap Simmons scope on it. I have no idea if Dad ever fired it or not. I didn't even know he had it.
I thought it might make a decent first hunting rifle for my boy, so I finally got it out to see if it was zeroed in today.

First shot was from a bag of rounds marked 7.62x51. it's the one on the left. So perfectly sideways you can tell the front and back and that it's a boat tail. Second round was a .308 Rem from an old commercial box of Winchester rounds. It's the one on the right. Wasn't too interested in firing it any more after that.
Never seen anything like it

 

woah...Id get it gauged, might be a different caliber...

 

is it a K98? Bullets tumble when it’s not contacting the lands and groves (low pressure) whether it’s a result of being undersized to what the bore diameter is or the barrel is overly worn, or a smooth bore.

Just for safety reasons I’d definitely want to go get it checked out by a smith just to get an idea of what’s going on, unless you have go/no go gauges and know how to check chamber dimensions, plus bore scope the barrel, dial bore gauge etc.

 

So much this! Stuff like that can do nasty things and it’s not worth risking with this type of hobby.

 

Take a close look at the expended brass and see if you have splits near the neck/throat area.

 

Not sure what it is, don't think it's a K98. Most of the markings are covered by the scope mount.
Here's the barrel stamp.
The first thing I looked at was the cases. No splits or weird marks. They extracted easily. Hard to get a good picture, but here are the head stamps.


My next thought was to check a bullet in the end of the barrel but this thing.....


Now that I've gotten home, I was able to remove the "notabrake" and test a bullet. It snugs up against the rifling before the case makes contact but it's not so snug that it can't be pushed in all the way to the casing.


I think we can fairly confidently rule out "wrong caliber".
I don't have any gauges and I'm no expert on headspacing or anything.... I do have a bore scope camera thingy but it needs to be charged. Not sure what to look for with it, but I'll stick it down the barrel (maybe with a round in there but the bolt out?)

Anecdotally, as close as those 2 shots were (together and to the point of aim) at ~75yds, I highly doubt the bullets are tumbling right out of the barrel. My guess is that the rifling is not adequately stabilizing the bullet.

 

Anyone in the market for a Keltec RDB? Been thinking about selling mine as a don't shoot as much anymore.

 

Any sign of the round touching the "notabrake" as it leaves the muzzle? Being a sporterized rifle the threads may have not been cut concentric to the bore. Try shooting it with a bare muzzle.