sailfish
Master of Karate and Friendship for Everyone
My lower body from the waist down would be done for.
Non-Political Gun Talk (On topic)
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oldngray
nowhere special
That route was a ballbuster. You had to start picking up that paper at 2 so you would have it all loaded by 2:30 when you were supposed to start pickups. No time to take it easy because you picked up about 1000 pieces. Not envelopes either.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
100 pounds you mean?
oldngray
nowhere special
Yeah, 100 pounds per gallon. I estimated about 1000 147 grain bullets per quart and 4 quarts per gallon gives (147 x 1000 x 4) / 7000 = 84 pounds per gallon. I added a bit of a fudge factor and rounded it off to 100.
100 x 55 = 5500 pounds per barrel as a WAG.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
I get the feeling that barrel was not completely full.
sailfish
Master of Karate and Friendship for Everyone
@silverbullet2893 I can get an Israeli surplus FN Hi Power right now if I wanted for a few hundred less than a new one. Very temping but I think I might just hold on and wait for my new backordered one to come in.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Guy offered to sell me an Uzi back in the 80's for $500 ... turned it down.
sailfish
Master of Karate and Friendship for Everyone
That's pretty pricey in the 80's.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
What's the point if it doesn't rock 'n roll?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
First time I ever saw an Uzi was when I flew in to the airport in Rome (Italy) in 1983.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Not if you don't buy it ... I had no use for it.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Still a nice pistol.
I have no idea if it was real.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
Security at Frankfort had MP5s in 1984.
sailfish
Master of Karate and Friendship for Everyone
I've had the chance to shoot the MP5 a couple times. While full-autos are something that's fun to try from time to time, going through a box of ammo in three seconds and not hitting jack
isn't really something that interests me enough to want to have one.
sailfish
Master of Karate and Friendship for Everyone
Not really. If you like the look and design of the gun but don't want to drop several grand and jump through all the Class III hoops then it's a great alternative, especially since you can't actually hit anything with a full-auto anyway.
silverbullet2893
KILL KILL!!
Nice. I'm going to a big shoot today. Breaking out the old 8mm Mauser and the 7.5x55 Swiss today
oldngray
nowhere special
I really like the 7.5 Swiss. Something I don't have.
silverbullet2893
KILL KILL!!
Top 3 pictures are of my Mauser. It's an m48/BO. Not a single marking on it other than serial number and import marks. I've done some research on it and found out the BO means "bez oznake" meaning unmarked. Kind of cool if you ask me. I got it for a steal.
The first one is the action of my k31. Bottom 2 are from the name tag that was in the butt stock underneath the butt plate.
This one is the two side by side. Two awesome firearms
silverbullet2893
KILL KILL!!
It's crazy how well that k31 shoots
