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f.n.g hello's and questions
14 years 6 months ago #3991
by Kennethl
f.n.g hello's and questions was created by Kennethl
Greetings,
a little background. (maybe a little too much actually)
My name's Ken. My family is currently living in Mississippi and I'm enjoying several run and cokes, so I apologize in advance if my extensive dependence on hooked on phonics fails somewhere along the course of our conversations
. I med retired from active duty Army, W.O.C-D back in 94.
A couple months ago we had a pack of coyotes come in our yard, we had to stand by, helplessly, and watch them -in front of our picture window, destroy three of our family pets, with my 2 and 6 year old daughters screaming as it was happening. My wife was religiously anti gun right up until that moment. It rang home and I think my wife realized, it would have been even worse, the kids could have been in the back yard instead of the house, and what if it were armed intruders instead. After cleaning up the mess, the very next morning, as a family we went and purchased a S&W MP,AR-15, along with an inexpensive Turkish made 20 semi auto shotgun. Determined to take back the night, I also ordered a couple ATN gen 1.5 nvg's, some IR floods & started downloaded electronic calls.
I purchased the AR based on my military training (certified just shy of hawk eye out of brm). I bought the shotgun for my wife, we joined the local gun club. I had the local club members intro/teach my wife shotgun on the trap range. The following weekend, I gave my wife an hour lesson on the AR.. six shots in -she called out.. "it has way less kick, way more control" "I'm shooting this one, not the shotgun, you'll just have to share it." After getting her centered at 25 & 50 yards, with her shooting .5 min, I mentioned that sharing guns isn't like sharing a bed, its more like sharing a toothbrush, we'd have to move everything, and it wont be quick especially if the situation were to demand speed, we need another wep.
Having been on army range duty, and seeing only dimples in 450yrd targets surrounded by lots and lots of fully formed bullets along the target bases, I started looking for an equally accurate, semi- auto, with more reach and impact. After almost being suckered at the local pawn shop into a Rugar mini 30, I found the AR-10. It seems like it hits all the sweet spots but then found older blogs(3yr old posts) with info that casts it with a history of issues.
After lurking your website for a week and looking into allot guns that I have no training with, I thought it might be time to ask for some clarification from the folks that really shoot them frequently and are up to speed with the facts.
I'm assuming -in every sense of Benny Hill's definition-, that the new generation of magazines have fixed the jamming/reliability issues? is it safe to say that they no longer require allot of specialized tweaking? a new gun should be as reliable as my wifes new S&W mp ar15?
I'd like to hold down costs so I can afford quality scopes for both rifles and still afford a start in reloading. So far, ranked on cost I've tentatively narrowed my choices which I'll list fist to last, based only on price.(I'm wife approved to buy but I don't want to abuse the blessing)
R-25
DPMS SASS rguns
armalite 10TBNF (forward assist?) :huh:
armalite Super SASS Rifle, .308 sniper country px (-no flip up iron?)
Springfield M21 Tactical Rifle, douglas Barrel, adjustable stock-impact guns
quick optics question.
are these real or real junk.. they claim army surplus
link
Nice to meet you all
ty for your patience in advance
Ken
a little background. (maybe a little too much actually)
My name's Ken. My family is currently living in Mississippi and I'm enjoying several run and cokes, so I apologize in advance if my extensive dependence on hooked on phonics fails somewhere along the course of our conversations
. I med retired from active duty Army, W.O.C-D back in 94.A couple months ago we had a pack of coyotes come in our yard, we had to stand by, helplessly, and watch them -in front of our picture window, destroy three of our family pets, with my 2 and 6 year old daughters screaming as it was happening. My wife was religiously anti gun right up until that moment. It rang home and I think my wife realized, it would have been even worse, the kids could have been in the back yard instead of the house, and what if it were armed intruders instead. After cleaning up the mess, the very next morning, as a family we went and purchased a S&W MP,AR-15, along with an inexpensive Turkish made 20 semi auto shotgun. Determined to take back the night, I also ordered a couple ATN gen 1.5 nvg's, some IR floods & started downloaded electronic calls.
I purchased the AR based on my military training (certified just shy of hawk eye out of brm). I bought the shotgun for my wife, we joined the local gun club. I had the local club members intro/teach my wife shotgun on the trap range. The following weekend, I gave my wife an hour lesson on the AR.. six shots in -she called out.. "it has way less kick, way more control" "I'm shooting this one, not the shotgun, you'll just have to share it." After getting her centered at 25 & 50 yards, with her shooting .5 min, I mentioned that sharing guns isn't like sharing a bed, its more like sharing a toothbrush, we'd have to move everything, and it wont be quick especially if the situation were to demand speed, we need another wep.
Having been on army range duty, and seeing only dimples in 450yrd targets surrounded by lots and lots of fully formed bullets along the target bases, I started looking for an equally accurate, semi- auto, with more reach and impact. After almost being suckered at the local pawn shop into a Rugar mini 30, I found the AR-10. It seems like it hits all the sweet spots but then found older blogs(3yr old posts) with info that casts it with a history of issues.
After lurking your website for a week and looking into allot guns that I have no training with, I thought it might be time to ask for some clarification from the folks that really shoot them frequently and are up to speed with the facts.
I'm assuming -in every sense of Benny Hill's definition-, that the new generation of magazines have fixed the jamming/reliability issues? is it safe to say that they no longer require allot of specialized tweaking? a new gun should be as reliable as my wifes new S&W mp ar15?
I'd like to hold down costs so I can afford quality scopes for both rifles and still afford a start in reloading. So far, ranked on cost I've tentatively narrowed my choices which I'll list fist to last, based only on price.(I'm wife approved to buy but I don't want to abuse the blessing)
R-25
DPMS SASS rguns
armalite 10TBNF (forward assist?) :huh:
armalite Super SASS Rifle, .308 sniper country px (-no flip up iron?)
Springfield M21 Tactical Rifle, douglas Barrel, adjustable stock-impact guns
quick optics question.
are these real or real junk.. they claim army surplus
link
Nice to meet you all
ty for your patience in advance
Ken
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