Gun Thread

[nhgunnut]

Originally Posted by Apoc

My newest buy. Only my second Handgun. Unfortunately, its an expected 3 month wait to clear canadian customs, get the permits, and ship it securely to me in canada.

Not that it matters, there is no nearby indoor ranges and winter is here. But I really liked the gun.
Sig P220 Combat

Congratulations! Made less than 90 minutes from my house. I think you are going to love it.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by nhgunnut

Congratulations! Made less than 90 minutes from my house. I think you are going to love it.

Ya, I held a standard P220. I have a berette 9mm, which I bought because ammo was cheap, but I wanted a .45ACP for a while now. The real fun comes later, with the tactical mods.

Next up is a DE .50. Why? Because I can.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Apoc

Ya, I held a standard P220. I have a berette 9mm, which I bought because ammo was cheap, but I wanted a .45ACP for a while now. The real fun comes later, with the tactical mods.

Next up is a DE .50. Why? Because I can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR5jufwSqm8

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

..

Great scene from a movie with so goddamn many great scenes

[Rangerscott]

Damn. UPS scanned it at 2am this morning and Ill be getting it tomorrow.

[Rangerscott]

I'd rather have a Beowulf over a DE.50.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUhU-...eature=related

[nhgunnut]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

I'd rather have a Beowulf over a DE.50.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUhU-...eature=related

I have a Beowulf and it is a great gun. AA does a great Job. A couple things though, Beowulfs has only one source of commercial AMMO and that Is Alexander Arms they are always slow so unless you are a Reloader it is always a bit of a scramble to get Ammo.. A good round inside of 200 yards it will stop everything that walks on this continent and loaded properly 1/2 of what rolls. The other thing about the Wulf is it is not a take it to the range and away gun it pounds on you. Like damn I hurt, pounds on you.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by nhgunnut

I have a Beowulf and it is a great gun. AA does a great Job. A couple things though, Beowulfs has only one source of commercial AMMO and that Is Alexander Arms they are always slow so unless you are a Reloader it is always a bit of a scramble to get Ammo.. .

So did .458 SOCOM and .450 Bushmaster lose out in the big bore AR market?

[nhgunnut]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

So did .458 SOCOM and .450 Bushmaster lose out in the big bore AR market?

Bigbore AR15 (45 cal or larger) seem to break out (as far as I know ) as follows

The 450 Bushy (good solid round) has not made much of a dent in the market. Introduced after the Beo and the Socom had established themselves .Commercial Ammo can be challenge (like the Beowulf) and the gun itself is produced by only 1 manufacturer.

The 50 Beowulf, Developed by Alexander Arms, the .50 part of the description grabs everyone's attention and draws in guys like me. When introduced it had the advantage of being a customer ready product. Walk into your LGS put your money down and leave with an Upper and Ammo. The round itself is 12.7x42mm using a rebated rim that uses a mildly modified 7.62x39 bolt. As it currently stands Only Alexander Arms makes the .50 Beowulf. However a few other company's will sell you Barrels , and bolts in the 12.7x42mm caliber (wink wink) Load options, were initially pretty limited but because of the advent of the .500 S&W if you are a home loader you now have lots and lots of options.

The .458 Socom kind of lost out to the glamour of the .50. At its introduction this round one a tough one to get into and if you wanted one you went through custom shops like Tromix to get one or build it your self .But from the outset load options for the 458 were more plentiful. and while I don't own one I believe there a a few companies offering ammo This cartridge is gaining popularity as evidenced by Rock Rivers production of a affordable production carbine and Upper in this caliber.

Keep in mind than none of these rounds are long range cartridges. They all approximate, the old 45/70 round. is they are thumpers that work well inside of 200 to 250 yards.
Personally if I were entering this market today I woud be looking hard at the RR 458

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by nhgunnut

Keep in mind than none of these rounds are long range cartridges. They all approximate, the old 45/70 round. is they are thumpers that work well inside of 200 to 250 yards.
Personally if I were entering this market today I woud be looking hard at the RR 458

True.
I already have a varmint style RRA. If I were to venture into this particular avenue, it would be to build a heavy duty brush gun for putting serious *whump* on angry hogs.
Though, to be honest, I could just buy a Marlin 'Guide Gun' and do the same thing (albeit, not semi-auto or detachable mag) for less money.