Guns, Gear, Accessories, Etc: What did you buy today?

[F2CMaDMaXX]

This seemed like a reasonable price at BiMart too $14.97 - not saying why i bought this yet....

 

[partsed]

I let palmetto sell me another upper and 10 more mags.

Then I let larue sell me an MBT2s trigger

Then I wanted Palmetto to have built AR10 receivers in stock so they could sell me one of those. As we speak now I'm thinking I'll just buy a lower receiver and complete myself.

Eventually I want to let 80% arms sell me jigs and 80% lowers, but until the recent panic I could be finished lower receivers for about the same price as a 80% so there was no advantage.

The I read about .224 Valkyrie and thought about that.

Saw some .224 Valkyrie rounds at the Albany Gun show, quite an interesting round.

 

[American123]

Saw some .224 Valkyrie rounds at the Albany Gun show, quite an interesting round.

yeah, I watched some youtube videos about it. 90 grain matchking being pushed around 3000 fps from the profile of a AR15 magazine and upper. Seems like it may become the 6.5 creedmoore of the AR15 pattern rifle. Cool, not cool enough I need to own it right now, but cool. I still haven't shot some of my latest purchases more than 20 rounds. Feel like I have to get all those loads, dope charts, etc. developed before I ever consider venturing into another.

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

I feel you on not shooting much with your more recent purchases, however i straight up haven't shot many of my 'recent' purchases, which is worse

 

[American123]

I feel you on not shooting much with your more recent purchases, however i straight up haven't shot many of my 'recent' purchases, which is worse

I'm in that boat too with some 18in AR uppers, but I feel like that doesn't completely count because it's not like 1 PSA upper is an entirely new experience than another of the exact same upper from PSA (I like duplicates)

I took one of my days off during the week and went to the outdoor range. Stopped at subway and got a footlong, took as much time as I wanted, it was the best day I had had in a long while.

 

[GOG]

I'm old school and the angles on this thing seem little more than a styling exercise. But it fits me really well. The frame angles up into an overhang sort of beavertail that allows a very high grip and should provide good control.
The slide serrations are somewhat of a diamond crosshatch and really give a firm purchase. (I have arthritis and that's a big deal.)
It came with seven and ten round mags and two grip straps.
It's a stout little pistol so I expect it to handle pretty well. I'll put a few mags through tomorrow and see how it shoots.

 

[Mygrainman]

Ever go to a gun show and find the exact obscure thing you were hoping to find, but were sure you wouldn't...

I did today...
The 1950s vintage Weaver V2 mount that my Remington 550-1 was drilled and tapped for and a JC Higgins 4x scope to fit the asthetic... Keepin it old school... at $40 for both it was less than what I was looking at on fleabay... Score!


I also grabbed a teardrop FA for my sons retro AR build, a Magpul Pmag specifically for 300bo(a curiosity mostly never had a problem with standard 5.56 mags), and a few other little things. Good show!

 

[Flymph]

$200 each, and another 6-12 months after each purchase. even if you buy multiple supressors and send the paperwork in together on the same trust at the same time it's $200 per supressor.

For 2 supressors just the retail cost was about $1200... then $150 for my trust forms, 2 sets of finger prints each supressor for both me and my wife at $10 per set. $10 for passport photos, $200 tax stamp for each supressor, and the cost of postage and a whole day running around town getting forms noterized etc....gun store for initial purchase and start paperwork, police station for prints, rite aid for passport pics, bank for money orders and notarization of trust forms, back to gun store to finalize, then back to police station to file one copy, and to the post office to send one to the ATF, then one more time to the gun store to kiss your cans goodbuy one last time before they get put in a safe for a 6-12 month incarceration. It's a process!

All in for 1 $800 Silencerco Hybrid 46, and 1 $400 Silencerco Specter2, I'm at about $2000 with close to another $1000 in accessories left to buy for the Hybrid 46... but I'll be able to hush everything from .17 rimfire to 45/70, rifles and pistols, with just 2 supressors.
Worth it? we'll see...

No wonder you have a migraine...

 

[Flymph]

Other than the BGC system being slow and/or broken today, BiMart has a great price on this Talo exclusive version of the 10/22 take-down model - French Walnut

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I'm pretty tempted by this one... isn't it like $250?

 

[Flymph]

Here's some fun stuff... a lot of it I bought this weekend, some I may have mentioned before. Just doing my part to help the economy...

Non-marring hammer, because why not
12gauge and .38/9mm Otis cleaning kits
Estate 2 3/4" 1 1/8 oz four boxes #8 and two boxes #9
Two boxes Federal 2 3/4" 1oz #6
CLP Break Free, which i'm probably only going to use on AR's
Peltor Rangeguard electronic headphones, by 3M

Convince me not to go into debt by buying a Ruger Sp101 (sku 5719)...

 

[2A-Jay]

100 Hornady 30-06 cases, 50 Hornady .270win cases, box of Sierra 150gr 30cal SBT. 3 pounds of ramshot hunter, one pound of Ramtac, one pound of ACC 2700, one pound of Alliant BE-86, one pound of Win WSF, one pound of HS6. a 2 rifle Hard Case, a Simmons angled eyepiece 20-60 Spotting Scope. all financed by winnings at Quinault Casino.

 

[3MTA3]

Not today, but last Friday picked up a KSG in tan from forum member @LuckySG . Got a hella good deal from a great guy. Won't be my last purchase from Lucky Sporting Goods.

 

[American123]

Not today, but last Friday picked up a KSG in tan from forum member @LuckySG . Got a hella good deal from a great guy. Won't be my last purchase from Lucky Sporting Goods.

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Very cool, I loved the idea of the KSG when it came out since I appreciate bull pups. I was working at a range at the time and a member came in and offered to let me try it. It kicked like a mule! Much worse than my pump 870 or Saiga 12 (apples and oranges semi and pump). Maybe I will give it another try in the future. I'm hoping you have a better experience than I did. It looks like the big butt pad will help! Also, it shouldn't need to be said, but careful slam firing. The internet has photos of at least 1 hand that was shredded from the hand getting in front of the barrel while slam firing.

 

[3MTA3]

Very cool, I loved the idea of the KSG when it came out since I appreciate bull pups. I was working at a range at the time and a member came in and offered to let me try it. It kicked like a mule! Much worse than my pump 870 or Saiga 12 (apples and oranges semi and pump). Maybe I will give it another try in the future. I'm hoping you have a better experience than I did. It looks like the big butt pad will help! Also, it shouldn't need to be said, but careful slam firing. The internet has photos of at least 1 hand that was shredded from the hand getting in front of the barrel while slam firing.

This is a very good point and I evaluated it carefully before purchase. The guys who shredded their hands were using ProMag airsoft vertical grips that broke while intentionally pushing the limits of rapid fire.
A devastating accident with the Kel-Tec KSG - The Gun Writer
Another KSG Hand Accident/Negligent Discharge With Injury - The Firearm Blog

You can't see it in the photo, but I've added the Hi-Tech lower metal rail to reinforce the integral plastic rail to ensure a strong attachment point. I'm also adding a 5" muzzle break/choke tube adapter that will provide additional distance between my hand and the muzzle. I also bought several 12 gauge snap caps to practice the battery of arms before any kind of rapid firing, and will use reduced recoil loads before testing full strength defensive loads.

EDIT: also adding friction tape to the AFG and Traction Grips to the pistol grip.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Saw some .224 Valkyrie rounds at the Albany Gun show, quite an interesting round.

Remains super sonic past 1,300 yards!?!? Great, holy, smoke poles!!!

 

[American123]

This is a very good point and I evaluated it carefully before purchase. The guys who shredded their hands were using ProMag airsoft vertical grips that broke while intentionally pushing the limits of rapid fire.
A devastating accident with the Kel-Tec KSG - The Gun Writer
Another KSG Hand Accident/Negligent Discharge With Injury - The Firearm Blog

You can't see it in the photo, but I've added the Hi-Tech lower metal rail to reinforce the integral plastic rail to ensure a strong attachment point. I'm also adding a 5" muzzle break/choke tube adapter that will provide additional distance between my hand and the muzzle. I also bought several 12 gauge snap caps to practice the battery of arms before any kind of rapid firing, and will use reduced recoil loads before testing full strength defensive loads.

EDIT: also adding friction tape to the AFG and Traction Grips to the pistol grip.

Sweet, you are correct about the cheap VG breaking and the shooter pulling the trigger, it kinda goes into the category of don't pull the trigger until you are ready too. Obviously the shooter wasn't actually in control of his actions or if his hand went in front of the barrel simply not pulling the trigger could have avoided it.

I agree with you, if you have your metal rail and attach for example (a magpul vg) those things are solid and I would never believe they would fail. I doubt the polymer rail the KSG comes with would fail either, just whatever cheap junk gets attached to it, one thing that I am really surprised doesn't get attached to most those I see is just a simple hand stop on either side.

(hand stop) hand (hand stop) Set up like that, if you don't want the VG, it lets you have something to pull and push against while racking the slide quickly and it prevents the hand from slipping and getting in front of the barrel because there is a physical barrier. With that method you don't even need to have the ability to grip the fore end with your fingers, simply using the mass of your hand to rack it back and forth would work.

 

[SHPD_Retired]

Was at Cabelas today looking for hiking boots and went into the bargain cave. Found 2 magpul ak mags for $9.44 each due to damaged packaging. Picked them up along with a pair of boots.

 

[American123]

Was at Cabelas today looking for hiking boots and went into the bargain cave. Found 2 magpul ak mags for $9.44 each due to damaged packaging. Picked them up along with a pair of boots.

that's a good find for cabelas for sure. Palmettostatearmory.com has had magpul mags on sale recently. (AR and AK for $8.99 shipped if you buy 10 or more) They are worth signing up for their email blast, but be warned, your wallet will not thank you.

 

[SHPD_Retired]

that's a good find for cabelas for sure. Palmettostatearmory.com has had magpul mags on sale recently. (AR and AK for $8.99 shipped if you buy 10 or more) They are worth signing up for their email blast, but be warned, your wallet will not thank you.

I have probably bought 40 or more mags from Palmetto State Armory but those are mostly AR mags. These were for my AK.

 

[American123]

I have probably bought 40 or more mags from Palmetto State Armory but those are mostly AR mags. These were for my AK.

Yes, I read your post. I said that PSA was selling AK mags for 8.99 shipped if you buy 10 or more.

Here is the link:

Magpul PMAG 30 AK/AKM MOE 7.62x39mm Magazine, Black - MAG572

They are out of stock at the moment, but they do sales every day on different things. It sounds like you already know about PSA, but I wasn't sure. They sell entire PSA built AK's now also.