That's what I figured. My buddy bought a Barrett and took a safety class and that's where he heard the "keep mouth open" rule. It was probably just a liability thing.
I've never shot a 50bmg before but have heard that you should keep your mouth open when you shoot so the compression wave won't blow out your ear drums. Not sure how true it is though.....
My first ever ar build. Probably my favorite.
It all started with a good shooting barrel. Used to have a dpms tubular hanguard until recently. Replaced it with a Yankee Hill. Replaced the Harris bipod with a atlas.
I see nobody has mentioned Fulton armory. I don't own a side charge ar but I do own some Fulton armory stuff and its top quality. Looks like they are making a ar10 side charger too.
http://www.fulton-armory.com
Oh and they are located in MD if you like supporting businesses in your backyard.
Does it have to be. 308? For long distance and shoulder friendly look at the 6.5 Creedmoor or. 260 rem. With. 308 you are going to have many more options though.
Very nice. You have a date when it was manufactured?
S&w offers a pretty cool service on thier website. They can send you a authentication certificate for a few bucks.
http://www.smith-wesson.com/firearm-history-request
I have alot of family out of state and I've done my fare share of driving through Western PA. I pass alot of gun store but always been in a rush to stop. There is a large one near breezewood I think in the town of Everett that I've been meaning to check out. I'm gonna have to keep my eyes open...
It's gonna be a little bit until I can smooze the wife again into letting me get another gun. I just picked up another sks a couple weeks ago. I want a Fn49 to be my next addition. The more I learn now the less chance I'd be overpaying when I decide to pull the trigger. Now if I see another all...
About all I know about this rifle is that I want one. I've never seen one in person. What should one look for before buying one. Do these rifles have any real historical significance or are they just a cool old gun. I have a feeling that the prices are going to start to increase like I've seen...
Make sure you have multiple forms of ID. Unopened pieces of mail to further prove you live where your ID says. I've bought a few times at the dulles show and I'm from md and everytime they wanted multiple forms to prove who you are.
Wow. Sorry that happened. I was under the impression that the 99 actions were one of the strongest of the ww2 bolt guns. But I guess in full speed wartime production quality control can be overlooked. I'm sure the same thing can happen with a war time mosin or mauser.
Ha thanks for bringing me back down to earth. when I normally buy anything c&r I try to find something with a good bore because I intend to shoot it. This 99 was Aquired with a pretty cool back story. And really I'm just pissed that the bore is chrome lined but it's pitted in a section.
Gotcha. That's the main answer I was looking for. I was just looking and saw that good surplus barrels are relatively easy to find and cheap. Then there raised the question.
It's a mid to late war production. It shows the first signs of last ditch. No aircraft sights, no front sight ears and ugly safety knob. But the mum is intact. My main concern was if I was really going to hurt the value if I were rebarrel with a good 99 barrel. Mainly my ocd.
I have no intention to sporterize it. A some point before I had gotten the gun I believe something had gotten jammed into the barrel like dirt. It's definitely pitting. The barrel looks like a mirror until you get close to the muzzle. Actually used barrels are relatively cheap and easy to find...