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Kouralia wrote:

Puzikas wrote:
Some sort of steve erwin esque former operator who fights them.

"OI! Look at the size of that T-72! These beasts can weigh upwards of 40 tonnes and boast nearly 220mm of armor!
*Pulls out AT-4*
We need to tranquilize her to tag her, and see their natural migration patterns!
*Fires at T-72, knocking off tread as it flips on its side, turret spinning wildly and shooting*
*Operator steve operates up to the T-72 and places a tag on its underbelly*
We got my wife, a licenced engeneer, to fix em up.
*Cut to the guy from orange county choppers guy in a bikini and blonde wig with a welding torche pulling on a welders face plate*
We got the tank all fixed up and away she went!
*Tank rolls back to its treads, a large bandaid visible on its left tread. Smoke blows out of exhaust as it speeds away*
Nature is beautiful, aint it?

David Attenborough = Superior

Kouralia wrote:

Puzikas wrote:
Some sort of steve erwin esque former operator who fights them.

"OI! Look at the size of that T-72! These beasts can weigh upwards of 40 tonnes and boast nearly 220mm of armor!
*Pulls out AT-4*
We need to tranquilize her to tag her, and see their natural migration patterns!
*Fires at T-72, knocking off tread as it flips on its side, turret spinning wildly and shooting*
*Operator steve operates up to the T-72 and places a tag on its underbelly*
We got my wife, a licenced engeneer, to fix em up.
*Cut to the guy from orange county choppers guy in a bikini and blonde wig with a welding torche pulling on a welders face plate*
We got the tank all fixed up and away she went!
*Tank rolls back to its treads, a large bandaid visible on its left tread. Smoke blows out of exhaust as it speeds away*
Nature is beautiful, aint it?

David Attenborough = Superior

Immoren wrote:

Virana wrote:Dey liek ur helis

San-Silvacian wrote:I'm trying to get my parents into buying a 91/30 and an SKS, but my dad wants something semi-automatic with a 20-30 round magazine even though I keep telling him you can up the SKS from a 10-round stripper clip to a 20-30 round magazine but I think we'll just get some crappy AR-15, at least hes gunning for automatic AR-15, so its not ALL that bad.

My 18th though I'm buying a 91/30 and 300 rounds of surplus ammunition. If I can I'll get a carbine with the flip-out triangle bayonet.

San-Silvacian wrote:I'm trying to get my parents into buying a 91/30 and an SKS, but my dad wants something semi-automatic with a 20-30 round magazine even though I keep telling him you can up the SKS from a 10-round stripper clip to a 20-30 round magazine but I think we'll just get some crappy AR-15, at least hes gunning for automatic AR-15, so its not ALL that bad.

My 18th though I'm buying a 91/30 and 300 rounds of surplus ammunition. If I can I'll get a carbine with the flip-out triangle bayonet.

Spreewerke wrote:

San-Silvacian wrote:I'm trying to get my parents into buying a 91/30 and an SKS, but my dad wants something semi-automatic with a 20-30 round magazine even though I keep telling him you can up the SKS from a 10-round stripper clip to a 20-30 round magazine but I think we'll just get some crappy AR-15, at least hes gunning for automatic AR-15, so its not ALL that bad.

My 18th though I'm buying a 91/30 and 300 rounds of surplus ammunition. If I can I'll get a carbine with the flip-out triangle bayonet.

Hahaha.

That AR-15 will cost about $1,500.00 if it's sub-Colt for another few months, and any detachable magazine for an SKS isn't worth the trouble. If you want a combination of historic and semi-automatic, WASRs are still going slightly under sub-$1,000.00.

What range are you guys going to be shooting at, though, anyway? That can help determine a lot. I rarely ever shoot beyond 200m, and all of my rifle-cartridge firearms were basically purchased for their historic value rather than their ability to perform at long range.

Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:Ukraine, watch my marksmen shoot your privates to pieces with M1895/90.

-The Ukrainian SSR- wrote:

Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:Ukraine, watch my marksmen shoot your privates to pieces with M1895/90.

You can make assumptions after the fact, not before, obtuse little Austrian.

Benomia wrote:Lever action is best action

10 gauge is best gauge

M1887 is best 887

Puzikas wrote:

-The Ukrainian SSR- wrote:
You can make assumptions after the fact, not before, obtuse little Austrian.

Settle down, the two of you. Do not make me being out the Winchester 1895.

Immoren wrote:

Benomia wrote:Lever action is best action

10 gauge is best gauge

M1887 is best 887

Lever action's not good if you have to shoot from prone. (IIRC).

Benomia wrote:

Immoren wrote:Lever action's not good if you have to shoot from prone. (IIRC).

To solve that, you put the lever on the top of the gun.

Kouralia wrote:

Benomia wrote:To solve that, you put the lever on the top of the gun.

Or just do bolt action b/c bolt action.

Benomia wrote:

Kouralia wrote:Or just do bolt action b/c bolt action.

Bolt action is much harder than lever action.

San-Silvacian wrote:

Spreewerke wrote:

Hahaha.

That AR-15 will cost about $1,500.00 if it's sub-Colt for another few months, and any detachable magazine for an SKS isn't worth the trouble. If you want a combination of historic and semi-automatic, WASRs are still going slightly under sub-$1,000.00.

What range are you guys going to be shooting at, though, anyway? That can help determine a lot. I rarely ever shoot beyond 200m, and all of my rifle-cartridge firearms were basically purchased for their historic value rather than their ability to perform at long range.

Pretty much home defense. My dad wants to be able to shoot someone multiple times and make sure those rounds work.

Kouralia wrote:

Benomia wrote:Bolt action is much harder than lever action.

Harder in what way?

Kouralia wrote:

Benomia wrote:Bolt action is much harder than lever action.

Harder in what way?

Samozaryadnyastan wrote:

Kouralia wrote:Harder in what way?

Presumably in what the action entails. Various different movements and rotations of joints, plus having to manoeuvre your hand and arm close to your face. A lever-action is much more natural is posture and simple to operate.

Benomia wrote:

Kouralia wrote:Harder in what way?

With bolt action, you have to go up-back-forward-down. With lever action, you only have to go down-up.

Benomia wrote:

Kouralia wrote:Or just do bolt action b/c bolt action.

Bolt action is much harder than lever action.