TFR General Question Thread: Being wrong never felt so right.

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WTFBEES: Apr 21, 2005; HA HA! I'm using the custom title!

I like turtles posted:

Enjoy it, should be fun.

Yeah, sorry wasn't too clear there. I already own it but I don't like it at all. Apparently that means there's something wrong with me, but oh well.

Kommienzuspadt posted:

~550 or so give or take depending on how much you like the guy

Actually, I just bought a motorcycle from the guy and he mentioned he was going to buy a gun with the money. I mentioned this and figured I'd try and now I might be able to get some of my money back. I don't know what that means for how much I like the guy, but here we are.

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Kommienzuspadt: Apr 28, 2004; This bear is tops blooby

WTFBEES posted:

Yeah, sorry wasn't too clear there. I already own it but I don't like it at all. Apparently that means there's something wrong with me, but oh well.

Actually, I just bought a motorcycle from the guy and he mentioned he was going to buy a gun with the money. I mentioned this and figured I'd try and now I might be able to get some of my money back. I don't know what that means for how much I like the guy, but here we are.

550 would be a good price then with the mags included. Generous without being crazy.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 06:29

I like turtles: Aug 6, 2009; "Wouldn't want to see an angry turtle with a gun, would ya? "

W ell...

WTFBEES posted:

Yeah, sorry wasn't too clear there. I already own it but I don't like it at all. Apparently that means there's something wrong with me, but oh well.

Actually, I just bought a motorcycle from the guy and he mentioned he was going to buy a gun with the money. I mentioned this and figured I'd try and now I might be able to get some of my money back. I don't know what that means for how much I like the guy, but here we are.

Not your fault at all. I've been having a fun night with new beers and didn't read your post clearly

# ? Mar 25, 2011 06:30

I like turtles: Aug 6, 2009; "Wouldn't want to see an angry turtle with a gun, would ya? "

W ell...

Double posting - The Cabelas in Phoenix has Henry .22 lever actions for like $230. They worth it at that price, or should I wait for a Marlin lever .22?

# ? Mar 25, 2011 06:38

infrared35: Jan 12, 2005

For a SIG in that apparent condition, I wouldn't go over $450, just based on what I would spend on it myself if I was in the market. At $400 and below, it becomes a "good deal."

# ? Mar 25, 2011 10:26

Sixgun Strumpet: Feb 16, 2009; I suspect I am still
terribly pleased.

I like turtles posted:

Double posting - The Cabelas in Phoenix has Henry .22 lever actions for like $230. They worth it at that price, or should I wait for a Marlin lever .22?

Henry makes a great little gun for the price. But when you compare one to a Browning, Marlin, or Winchester the quality difference is pretty stark.

If you can wait I suggest it, you will be happier in the long run. Also if you haven't had a chance to look at them yet I highly suggest pawing over a BLR and a Winchester 9422.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 15:02

walrusman: Aug 4, 2006; Ride the rainbow

Sixgun Strumpet you are apparently my new TFR nemesis. Every time I'm like "hey look, there's a question I could answer in order to be helpful!" I scroll two more posts and you've posted a functional carbon copy of what I was going to post, plus a couple more nuggets of valuable information.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 15:10

Sixgun Strumpet: Feb 16, 2009; I suspect I am still
terribly pleased.

walrusman posted:

Sixgun Strumpet you are apparently my new TFR nemesis. Every time I'm like "hey look, there's a question I could answer in order to be helpful!" I scroll two more posts and you've posted a functional carbon copy of what I was going to post, plus a couple more nuggets of valuable information.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 15:13

Carbohydrates: Nov 22, 2006; Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog.
Law don't go around here.
Savvy?

I like turtles posted:

Double posting - The Cabelas in Phoenix has Henry .22 lever actions for like $230. They worth it at that price, or should I wait for a Marlin lever .22?

For what it's worth, I have a Henry .22 and I like it quite a bit. Accuracy is lovely, sights are good, and it's a lot of fun. The lever is also by far the smoothest of any of the .22 leverguns I compared. That said, the receiver cover is thin aluminum (not a mechanical problem but it feels cheap) and the metal finish is pretty unimpressive. Also, every now and then it'll fail to chamber a round and jam up in the receiver. I've mentioned this to other Henry owners and they don't seem to have this problem, so maybe it's just mine.

I'm quite happy with the gun, especially for what I paid for it, but if you find a good price on a BLR or something, I'd buy that instead. The Henry is GREAT for what it is: a lower cost lever action .22 that sacrifices little in function to meet its budget price tag.

oh also mine has beautiful wood

# ? Mar 25, 2011 19:41

thermobollocks: Jul 5, 2009; GET A DILLON

BitBasher posted:

Help! According to the deal thread, natchez has reloading supplies on sale. I'm just starting to reload, and I have some money set aside to buy gear with. I'm specifically looking at the Lyman 1200 pro Tumbler For 42.99, and the RCBS Chargemaster Dispenser and Scale for 279.95.

At the very least the chargemaster seems like a drat good deal compared to about 320 elsewhere.

Any other items I should grab while I'm ordering? Any compelling reason to not buy the Lyman tumbler? Would one of the other tumblers be more worth the cash? Do I also need the case separator for 20.99?

Thanks in advance

The chargemaster is pretty awesome, and I haven't used the Lyman tumblers, but it's a good price and probably won't break. The case separator makes things super easy. Get it. It's still a better deal than the FA tumbler/separator set ($70 off the same site).

# ? Mar 25, 2011 19:42

Atticus_1354: Dec 9, 2006; Don't you go near that dog, you understand? Don't go near him, he's just as dangerous dead as alive.

Carbohydrates posted:

The Henry is GREAT for what it is: a lower cost lever action .22 that sacrifices little in function to meet its budget price tag.

Agreed. The henry is an amazing value. I bought one on a whim and it was the best gun buying decision I have ever made.

Henry in the barn by atticus_1354, on Flickr

# ? Mar 25, 2011 20:17

Flaming Iguana: Dec 24, 2001; I got this account for Xmas.

Carbohydrates posted:

That said, the receiver cover is thin aluminum (not a mechanical problem but it feels cheap) and the metal finish is pretty unimpressive.

I'm thinking about buying a henry myself. Apparently, the receiver and receiver cover are made of zamak.

There is not a ton of information about how durable the rifle is, but at least one user on rimfirecentral claims to have shot thousands of rounds through his henry:

40,000 rounds through an H001

A review/ tips/ and 100K rounds

# ? Mar 25, 2011 21:12

Detective Thompson: Nov 9, 2007; Oh well looky what what we got ourselves over here.

Since there are a few German folks here, as well as some that are entrenched in Germany at the moment, in the GBS thread about identifying weird looking stuff in Google Earth images, this came up. The person was curious about the white ring, and in turn I am too. I figure there are people here that may know that aren't going to wander into the GBS thread. There's a line drawn over it by Google that indicates a road running through it, but going in closer makes it seem like the road is grown over in some spots and disused, though that could just be a result of it being a satellite image. The right hand side looks to be raised up, too, judging by the shadow, and seems like an old wall or something. Anyone got any ideas?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...011244&t=h&z=17

# ? Mar 25, 2011 21:15

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Detective Thompson posted:

Since there are a few German folks here, as well as some that are entrenched in Germany at the moment, in the GBS thread about identifying weird looking stuff in Google Earth images, this came up. The person was curious about the white ring, and in turn I am too. I figure there are people here that may know that aren't going to wander into the GBS thread. There's a line drawn over it by Google that indicates a road running through it, but going in closer makes it seem like the road is grown over in some spots and disused, though that could just be a result of it being a satellite image. The right hand side looks to be raised up, too, judging by the shadow, and seems like an old wall or something. Anyone got any ideas?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...011244&t=h&z=17

Could be an old sheepfold or animal pen. Stone sheep pens are everywhere over in the Old Country.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 21:21

TheNothingNew: Nov 10, 2008

Looks like a stone wall. Safe place to keep farm animals overnight? Would explain the "road" as well: animal track for goats or sheep or something.

edit: :fistshake:

# ? Mar 25, 2011 21:22

Detective Thompson: Nov 9, 2007; Oh well looky what what we got ourselves over here.

I had a vague idea it might be something like that, but the road struck me as being fairly modern and why would anyone build a road through a sheep pen? But I guess I have no real basis to say it's really anything but an old dirt road some farmer used to drive a wagon down to feed the sheep or whatever might have been in there. I think you dudes are right.

Edit: Especially after taking another look and comparing it to the paved road up above, it's pretty clearly a lot narrower and not really paved, so it must be an old dirt trail.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 21:27

Cyrano4747: Sep 25, 2006; American planes, full of holes and wounded men, took off backwards from an airfield in England. Over France, a few German fighter planes flew at them backwards, sucked bullets and shell fragments from some of the planes and crewmen. They did the same for wrecked American bombers on the ground.

Plus, god only knows how old that pen is. If you look around the countryside out here it's not too hard to find small stone walls or even the remnants of buildings that date back to the early modern or medieval period, and if you really know where to look Roman poo poo is sitting around here and there. As long as no one ever came along and tore the wall down, morterless, stacked rock walls tend to stay where they're put. gently caress, if anything vegitation and dirt getting caught up in them just makes them sturdier. There's a lot of hedgerows out here that have some early medieval field boundary wall down in the middle of their base somewhere.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 22:06

Drav: Jul 23, 2002; Speed kills

n0tqu1tesane posted:

So, can you use newer XDm magazines with the older XD guns?

That's a negative.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 22:42

wilfoy: Jan 21, 2004

I detail stripped my Taurus 1911 for the first time and discovered that it has a Series 80 style firing pin safety, which was really fun reassembling

. I have a question for any 1911 gurus. Will removing the firing pin safety improve the trigger pull? Where do I get a shim to replace the little bit next to the sear?

I also found out that my 1911 has a trigger that's adjustable for overtravel, which was a nice little surprise.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 06:04

Sten Freak: Sep 10, 2008; Hold your stomach until the end

Sgt. Shaved Balls posted:

I've always been interested in getting a Astra 400

I could not remember the name of the company that had it but it just came to me.

http://www.longmountain.com/ammunit...1-66-9mm-largo/

Shipping is high but still, a case for under $200 shipped isn't shabby.

He also had the ammo tested; it looks almost identical to 9mm luger in performance.

http://www.longmountain.com/ammunit...mmunition-test/

# ? Mar 26, 2011 14:32

1st_Panzer_Div.: May 11, 2005; Phoenixes we can believe in

In Washington State, what are the laws regulated rifles + motorcycles. Like, could you strap an unloaded encased rifle to your back and drive on the freeway to the gun range?

For that matter, besides strapping it to your back, what would be a way to carry a rifle on a motorcycle? Hoping that indeed there is a much better method than strapping it to your back.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 14:49

Flikken: Oct 22, 2009; I say Old Chum, would you like to go 4 and 12 with me?

1st_Panzer_Div. posted:

In Washington State, what are the laws regulated rifles + motorcycles. Like, could you strap an unloaded encased rifle to your back and drive on the freeway to the gun range?

For that matter, besides strapping it to your back, what would be a way to carry a rifle on a motorcycle? Hoping that indeed there is a much better method than strapping it to your back.

sidecar

# ? Mar 26, 2011 16:08

The Bananana: May 21, 2008; This is a metaphor, a Christian allegory. The fact that I have to explain to you that Jesus is the Warthog, and the Banana is drepanocytosis is just embarrassing for you.

1st_Panzer_Div. posted:

In Washington State, what are the laws regulated rifles + motorcycles. Like, could you strap an unloaded encased rifle to your back and drive on the freeway to the gun range?

For that matter, besides strapping it to your back, what would be a way to carry a rifle on a motorcycle? Hoping that indeed there is a much better method than strapping it to your back.

Holding the rifle up in the air with one hand.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 16:22

Flikken: Oct 22, 2009; I say Old Chum, would you like to go 4 and 12 with me?

The Bananana posted:

Holding the rifle up in the air with one hand.

Strapped across the handlebars or in cavalry sheath on the side of the bike

# ? Mar 26, 2011 16:33

Locus: Feb 28, 2004; But you were dead a thousand times. Hopeless encounters successfully won.

Gripped in your teeth like a pirate knife.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 16:34

Numlock: May 19, 2007

Rifle Scabbard

# ? Mar 26, 2011 16:39

wilfoy: Jan 21, 2004

# ? Mar 26, 2011 16:43

walrusman: Aug 4, 2006; Ride the rainbow

Pintle mount.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 16:45

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

The Bananana posted:

Holding the rifle up in the air with one hand and screaming "WOLVERINES" at passing vehicles.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 17:11

priznat: Jul 7, 2009; Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

Straddle the rifle and ride it around like a witch on a broomstick

** insert gtab.gif **

# ? Mar 26, 2011 17:16

Male Man: Aug 16, 2008; Im, too sexy for your teatime
Too sexy for your teatime
That tea that you're just driiinkiing

Bring a second rifle and wear them as stilts.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 17:34

1st_Panzer_Div.: May 11, 2005; Phoenixes we can believe in

wilfoy posted:

Was expecting this picture, surprised it wasn't the first reply. I know in some states you can have an unloaded encased rifle (that picture is not encased) just wondering if anyone has any idea how Washington works. Or even what law enforcement agency I would inquire with. (State police, city, BATFEMABCD)

# ? Mar 26, 2011 18:18

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

1st_Panzer_Div. posted:

Was expecting this picture, surprised it wasn't the first reply. I know in some states you can have an unloaded encased rifle (that picture is not encased) just wondering if anyone has any idea how Washington works. Or even what law enforcement agency I would inquire with. (State police, city, BATFEMABCD)

Joking aside, I would start by checking with your local police / sheriff department for guidance.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 18:21

Gtab: Dec 9, 2003; cop killer
cop killer
cop killer

priznat posted:

Straddle the rifle and ride it around like a witch on a broomstick

** insert gtab.gif **

For those curious you get fantastic maneuverability on an M1 carbine but more lift on a Mossberg 500.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 19:03

WitchFetish: Jan 8, 2011

Gtab posted:

For those curious you get fantastic maneuverability on an M1 carbine but more lift on a Mossberg 500.

Tell me more about it you big crazy...

# ? Mar 26, 2011 19:16

thermobollocks: Jul 5, 2009; GET A DILLON

Gtab posted:

For those curious you get fantastic maneuverability on an M1 carbine but more lift on a Mossberg 500.

Ow, my balls.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 20:03

The Bananana: May 21, 2008; This is a metaphor, a Christian allegory. The fact that I have to explain to you that Jesus is the Warthog, and the Banana is drepanocytosis is just embarrassing for you.