A Really Good Gun Day!

[1srelluc]

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1985 Remington 541X US .22LR Training Rifle.

1936 Winchester Model 62 "gallery rifle" in .22 Short.

1988 Winchester Model 70 Sporter/Varmint in .223.

1943 Underwood M1 Carbine.

I also picked-up another $25.00 "junk" pistol (SCCY 9mm) in need of repair....I fixed it.

The M1 Carbine is in a post war pot-belly "holding stock" till I can get the WW-2 stock set it came with up to snuff. It had a gloss finish on it that I removed and it's now going through a boiled linseed oil refinish.

 

[toobfreak]

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I have to wonder what you need with or do with all these guns? You must have hundreds; where do you find time to shoot them all? I hope you have a private range and can just go out back and plunk off targets with them.

 

[1srelluc]

I have to wonder what you need with or do with all these guns? You must have hundreds; where do you find time to shoot them all? I hope you have a private range and can just go out back and plunk off targets with them.

Happiness is your own range property.

Some I keep, others I use as trade fodder.

I'll likely keep the Model 62 and M1 Carbine.....The rest will be either consigned or traded-off by and by.

 

[Grumpyolman]

I'm trying to decide which rifle would be best for an apocalypse type situation. The .223 or the old Carbine. I initially thought the carbine, but there's a crapload of ammo for the .223. floating around.
Both. That would be best...both! And a Glock 17 as a sidearm.
The Carbine is, of course, a classic. Does it show clean, crisp rifling in the barrel?

 

[1srelluc]

I'm trying to decide which rifle would be best for an apocalypse type situation. The .223 or the old Carbine. I initially thought the carbine, but there's a crapload of ammo for the .223. floating around.
Both. That would be best...both! And a Glock 17 as a sidearm.
The Carbine is, of course, a classic. Does it show clean, crisp rifling in the barrel?

Oh yeah but most carbine bores are OK unless it went through the hands of the Koreans then you have to look out for excessive muzzle wear.....Mostly those will be import marked.

During the 80s when we got thousands of them back from Korea I saw muzzles that were almost oval due to excessive cleaning from the muzzle with steel cleaning rods.

The good thing back then was there were plenty of GI barrels out there both new and used and you could have the barrels switched out or simply counter-bore the existing barrel.

As for SHTF the 5.56/.223 AR is the way to go simply due to parts/ammo/mag availability.

And yeah, as far as foolproof goes the G17 or G19 is heard to beat.....Still ugly though.

Oh, I got the carbine up to snuff:

The birch is not as pretty as the walnut but it's a late-ish WW-2 stock.

I'll find me a correct walnut Underwood stock for it by and by.