The official Gun/Firearm discussion/appreciation thread

[Will Munny]

Yeah it's unreal. Even when it's not snowing up here it's like it's snowing cause it's so fucking flat where I am the wind just blows in all over the roads.

 

[The_Jackal]

So alphabet boys paid me a visit yestrday wasn't nothing bad just starting out my application for a ffl

 

[janklow]

So alphabet boys paid me a visit yestrday wasn't nothing bad just starting out my application for a ffl

hello future dealer samples

 

[thephantasm]

I got the 45 s&w black stock 1911

The SK automatic g dep larson

And the chrome Desert eagle.

Plus the loc spinner.

Happy man.

 

[janklow]

just bought my first piece over the weekend.

p320 subcompact.

cant wait to shoot that ho.

i hear good things about those, but personally, i would have go larger since this is not a carry-friendly state. although obviously the P320 is designed for size alterations

hope it is a most excellent trip to the range

 

[janklow]

shoots great man. this was my first time shooting since that 4th of july weekend that mcnair got killed; first 2 clips

between the P320 and the VP9, it seems like handgun manufacturers who could sell based on their name have decided to give us quality pistols at good prices.

*waves tiny German and American flags*

 

[Plutarch]

I have a question. I'm a gun enthusiast but still a novice and relatively new gun owner, so I need some advice about cleaning guns. So is it better to clean you own gun, or to take it to a gun shop to get cleaned?

I'm guessing that it depends, so here's a bit more information: I have a Glock 19 but, for various reasons, haven't used it in many many many months. I found online instructions on how to clean your gun, and I've found out that it costs between $10-$35/time to get your gun at a shop.

I just don't want to risk fucking up my gun if I clean it myself, but I don't know how big the risk is. Do you all clean your guns? Is it as easy as it looks? Do you even have to clean your gun regularly?

 

[The_Jackal]

I have a question. I'm a gun enthusiast but still a novice and relatively new gun owner, so I need some advice about cleaning guns. So is it better to clean you own gun, or to take it to a gun shop to get cleaned?

I'm guessing that it depends, so here's a bit more information: I have a Glock 19 but, for various reasons, haven't used it in many many many months. I found online instructions on how to clean your gun, and I've found out that it costs between $10-$35/time to get your gun at a shop.

I just don't want to risk fucking up my gun if I clean it myself, but I don't know how big the risk is. Do you all clean your guns? Is it as easy as it looks? Do you even have to clean your gun regularly?

Not going to fuck up your firearm by cleaning it. You have to be a very special ial kind of stupid to mess it up. the only risk you have is since I'm assuming you never took one apart is making sure when you take it apart and put it back together you put it back as it shud be and making sure you don't lose any parts. Firing pins are very very small and very very expensive to. Better to learn then have to pay a fee. And yes you regularly have to clean at least after you taken it to the range all that build up could cause it to jam and at worse case and once in a blue moon rare cause it to backfire

 

[janklow]

I have a question. I'm a gun enthusiast but still a novice and relatively new gun owner, so I need some advice about cleaning guns. So is it better to clean you own gun, or to take it to a gun shop to get cleaned?

if you take your Glock 19 to a shop and pay someone to clean it, i will use the internet to find out where you live and come to your house and slap you.

seriously, though, cleaning your gun (in a basic sense, you don't need to strip it all the way down), is, as Jackal notes, easy and hard to fuck up. i've stripped and cleaned Glocks dozens of times (including like 3 different Glock 19s) and i have never owned one. you ALSO want to clean it yourself because:

a. you'll want to be able to maintain it in circumstances where you CAN'T hire the work done;

b. it'll let you get a feel for the gun's parts and function;

c. it'll let you recognize issues with parts that are not apparent immediately if you're handing it to someone else to clean for you.

i clean all my guns after i shoot (although i don't go back and re-clean after a period of time like some people do), but that's just how i was raised. if you don't shoot corrosive ammo you can afford to be a little lazier, but still. it's as easy as it looks when you're talking about your Glock 19; i have some things i can think of being harder (fuck YOU, CETME), but the catch is that what makes it easier is stripping your gun and cleaning your gun.

final note: if this is a gun you use for home defense/carry, then you're going to want to know your gun is clean and functioning in an emergency.

 

[Will Munny]

Got my baby desert eagle today finally.

It's the full frame half polymer model. It is heavy but it doesn't feel super heavy. I don't think I would like it as a conceal and carry gun because the position of the safety is kind of unnatural for my hand at least. Unless I wanted to carry with the safety off.

I'll shoot it this weekend sometime if I don't get a chance to this week. Grown man work hours and city traffic is going to kill me.

 

[Will Munny]

I grew hunting I always keep a safety on until shoulder my gun basically. Maybe someday I'll take a conceal and carry course.

 

[janklow]

Got my baby desert eagle today finally.

It's the full frame half polymer model. It is heavy but it doesn't feel super heavy.

excellent

mine's older so it's all metal but, TBH, i like a full-sized metal handgun if it's basically a range toy. this concept was accidentally violated once and i always regret it.

 

[banginscrew901]

Glocks are the easiest to clean had a glock 21 short frame sold it and picked up a Springfield xd sub compact 40. I purchased a universal gun cleaning kit included oil, rods and wire brushes for like 20$. Try like sportsman warehouse or other outdoor sport spots for cleaning. Also you tube can help with cleaning as well

 

[janklow]

Glocks are the easiest to clean

call me nuts, but i feel like i can strip and clean a SIG a lot faster. but then again, i actually own SIGs, so...

 

[Will Munny]

Fuck I got gun fever. I wanna buy a conceal and carry pistol now. Probz a single stack of some kind that's really small.

I also wanna buy an AR.

I also wanna buy 7mm-Rem Mag because I have an elk hunting fantasy.

 

[janklow]

I also wanna buy an AR.

honestly, everyone with a gun collection ought to have an AR. even if there's some semi-auto rifle they like better.

if i were gonna get a single-stack joint, id get that glock 43.

not up on them because, you know, GLOCK, but do they have teething issues like the 42s did?

 

[janklow]

i've yet to shoot a glock. i plan to shoot a couple here soon, namely the 43 and the 26.

they're generally reliable but they have never captured my heart. i mean... i own a couple of guns and yet a GLOCK has never made its way into my safe.

but people seem to love them for carry so there's that.

 

[janklow]

I didn't like the way the Glock felt in my hand. I think it had something to do with the way the grip was.

never been a fan of them myself. but this is also why choosing between reliable semi-autos is heavily personal preference based.

unrelated note: top-notch comfortable handgun grips include HK VP9s and Steyr M9s/M40s

 

[janklow]

Also on an unrelated side note,what I'm finding is that there aren't many guns with ambidextrous slide stop levers...

likely true

but as a right-handed guy, i think it all works out

 

[banginscrew901]

Some head shots.

How far away?