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Title: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Kingkeoni on July 04, 2012, 06:46:42 AM
I even get to shoot my AK,

I got to say it's a good day.
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: mongoose on July 04, 2012, 06:49:42 AM
See you soon, I think!!
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Post by: SpeedTek on July 04, 2012, 06:55:46 AM
Are you going to mix some tannerite in that too?
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: GreenStomper on July 04, 2012, 07:08:00 AM
Happy Independence day, have fun and stay safe.
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Inspector on July 04, 2012, 07:33:59 AM
I even get to shoot my AK,

I got to say it's a good day.
It's kinda early to be hitting the bottle don't you think KK?  :rofl:
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: ren on July 04, 2012, 08:09:22 AM
I even get to shoot my AK,

I got to say it's a good day.
Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWfbGGZE07M#ws)
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Kevin on July 04, 2012, 08:44:42 AM
That was funny, Ice Cube's good day is when he doesn't have to use his AK. Haha
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: macsak on July 04, 2012, 09:10:36 AM
i'm just impressed that king k knew who ice cube is http://2ahawaii.com/Smileys/extended/afro.gif (http://2ahawaii.com/Smileys/extended/afro.gif)
you know how you have a picture of someone in your mind when you see them posting on an internet forum?
now i don't know how to picture kk any more
http://2ahawaii.com/Smileys/extended/shaka (http://2ahawaii.com/Smileys/extended/shaka)

That was funny, Ice Cube's good day is when he doesn't have to use his AK. Haha
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: macsak on July 04, 2012, 09:17:05 AM
and for those of you who may have been wondering what day was a good day
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=what+day+was+it+was+a+good+day&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=what+day+was+it+was+a+good+day&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)
some people have WAY too much time on their hands

i'm just impressed that king k knew who ice cube is http://2ahawaii.com/Smileys/extended/afro.gif (http://2ahawaii.com/Smileys/extended/afro.gif)
you know how you have a picture of someone in your mind when you see them posting on an internet forum?
now i don't know how to picture kk any more
http://2ahawaii.com/Smileys/extended/shaka (http://2ahawaii.com/Smileys/extended/shaka)
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Pit808 on July 04, 2012, 10:56:26 AM
you know how you have a picture of someone in your mind when you see them posting on an internet forum?
now i don't know how to picture kk any more

picture lil wayne with a slide fire AK  ;D
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Kingkeoni on July 04, 2012, 02:44:06 PM
Who is "Ice Cube"?
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: BananaClip on July 04, 2012, 02:52:47 PM

Who is "Ice Cube"?
:rofl:
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Kevin on July 04, 2012, 02:57:36 PM
Who is "Ice Cube"?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DSjEUFWUMpA/SszmStMLB8I/AAAAAAAAAUw/jLfcrh8-A9A/s1600-h/Ice_Cube_01-783751.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DSjEUFWUMpA/SszmStMLB8I/AAAAAAAAAUw/jLfcrh8-A9A/s1600-h/Ice_Cube_01-783751.jpg)
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: BananaClip on July 04, 2012, 03:08:34 PM
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DSjEUFWUMpA/SszmStMLB8I/AAAAAAAAAUw/jLfcrh8-A9A/s1600-h/Ice_Cube_01-783751.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DSjEUFWUMpA/SszmStMLB8I/AAAAAAAAAUw/jLfcrh8-A9A/s1600-h/Ice_Cube_01-783751.jpg)
LOL! Got that pic saved as one of my screen savers........ The 90's was GANGSTA O0
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: SpeedTek on July 04, 2012, 03:29:47 PM
Tannerite is the shiz!
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: mongoose on July 04, 2012, 04:23:14 PM
IT WAS A GOOD DAY!! THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD WITH MY CLOTHES ON!! THANKS SPEEDTEK!!
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Inspector on July 04, 2012, 05:29:40 PM
Who is "Ice Cube"?
You may not know who Ice Cube is but I bet you LOVE Coco!!!  :love:
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: SpeedTek on July 04, 2012, 07:05:51 PM
IT WAS A GOOD DAY!! THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD WITH MY CLOTHES ON!! THANKS SPEEDTEK!!

It was fun watching you run through the field dodging bullets and tannerite!!!
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: SpeedTek on July 04, 2012, 07:06:26 PM
Too bad we cant post videos!

I know everyone wants to see keoni do the happy dance!

No pigs today they went on vacation!
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: mongoose on July 04, 2012, 07:29:32 PM
Yeah, that initiation was rough!!
Title: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: sirkaiks on July 04, 2012, 08:23:01 PM
You may not know who Ice Cube is but I bet you LOVE Coco!!!  :love:
that's ice-t bro... lol :thumbsup:
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: GreenStomper on July 04, 2012, 11:20:02 PM
I'll take what is watch the movie "Friday" for $200 Alex.
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: 230RN on July 05, 2012, 07:34:52 AM
I figure any day my eyeballs are 5' 8" above the ground is a good day.

For those of you interested in tannerite, I've posted this one before, but here it is again for those who may have missed it.

The Best Tannerite Bomb Video Ever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxlx8TYWoKM#ws)
]
In one of the slo-mo cuts you can see the tracer heading toward the target and the shock wave moving out.

I love America!

Happy Independence Day!... even though it happes to be the 5th.

Terry, 230RN
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Inspector on July 05, 2012, 07:37:42 AM
that's ice-t bro... lol :thumbsup:
Oh, uh, yeah. I see you were paying attention!  :D  I posted that just to make sure everyone was paying attention and you passed!  ;)  Yeah, that's it. Yeah.  :oops:
Title: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: hnl.flyboy on July 05, 2012, 11:32:32 AM
That tannerite vid was pretty awesome
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: SpeedTek on July 05, 2012, 11:51:37 PM
Next Time....

Bring at least 1 Rifle with scope!  I can't believe 10 guys show up and no one had any guns with a scope. only red dots!!!
Hitting a 1/2 lbs can of Tannerite at 100 yards with open sights is like well...challenging. (3" round jar 3" high)

Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Kingkeoni on July 06, 2012, 01:38:22 AM
Haha, I hit those 3" cans just fine.

Kaboom, kaboom, smile...  :D
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: mongoose on July 06, 2012, 03:05:50 AM
Meh......I couldn't hit anything with my AR. Skipping shotgun hulls with my .45 was fun though. O0
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: crazy cat on July 06, 2012, 10:31:54 AM
Anybody who can't hit a 3MOA target with a on iron sighted rifle...needs to practice more.....
Title: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: hnl.flyboy on July 06, 2012, 11:49:13 AM
Anybody who can't hit a 3MOA target with a on iron sighted rifle...needs to practice more.....

Lol
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: ren on July 06, 2012, 11:55:03 AM
 :sleeping:
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: SpeedTek on July 06, 2012, 06:43:49 PM
A lot of the guns were not sighted in. Plus half of us old futs
With bad eyesight. LOL
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: mongoose on July 06, 2012, 07:11:46 PM
Anybody who can't hit a 3MOA target with a on iron sighted rifle...needs to practice more.....

 :shaka: Sorry, no iron sights. Just a red dot that wasn't dialed in. Plus, I didn't say I was good, I just said I had fun.
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: SpeedTek on July 06, 2012, 10:26:16 PM
Anybody who can't hit a 3MOA target with a on iron sighted rifle...needs to practice more.....

Was testing a lot of customers guns. Function testing. Not my job to see if they sighted in.

All guns with scopes that were sighted in were 22LR which dont set off tannerite.

Also you do not want this stuff close to you. 1lb shakes the groung already!

But live and learn!  next time.   

Next time....we will lay out 50 cans of tannerite and have a 8 man slide fire shoot off!!!!!!!
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: SpeedTek on July 06, 2012, 10:28:46 PM
Haha, I hit those 3" cans just fine.

Kaboom, kaboom, smile...  :D

Yeah 1 out of 5 shots. 
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: 230RN on July 11, 2012, 05:33:04 AM
A lot of the guns were not sighted in. Plus half of us old futs
With bad eyesight. LOL

I hear ya.  Glass is my friend.  I'm debating whether I should drill 'n tap an ancient Remington Sportmaster for scope mounts. I picked that gun up just 'cause it was like the very first .22 I ever shot back in 1946.  Rifle cost me $65, so I won't be "destroying its collector value," but tapping it for scope mounts will probably cost more than the rifle did in the first place.  Even with my old eyes, the thing shows a good potential for accuracy.

Putting a scope on a defensive handgun is ridiculous, but I put Crimson Trace lasers on both of my main carry guns, a 5-shot snubnose (summer) and my 1911 (winter).  One advantage with the laser sights is that one can shoot from down low, almost like hip shooting, so the flash won't temporarily blind you if (G-d forbid) the need to defend yourself in the dark ever occurs.

I don't know if you guys can use your ranges in the dark, but I can turn off the lights at my indoor range, and the first time I did this I was amazed at the brilliant fireball that comes out of that snubby when you get dark-adapted.(http://gunrightsmedia.com/images/smilies/shocker.gif)!

Terry, 230RN

Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Inspector on July 11, 2012, 05:55:04 AM
I hear ya.  Glass is my friend.  I'm debating whether I should drill 'n tap an ancient Remington Sportmaster for scope mounts. I picked that gun up just 'cause it was like the very first .22 I ever shot back in 1946.  Rifle cost me $65, so I won't be "destroying its collector value," but tapping it for scope mounts will probably cost more than the rifle did in the first place.  Even with my old eyes, the thing shows a good potential for accuracy.

Putting a scope on a defensive handgun is ridiculous, but I put Crimson Trace lasers on both of my main carry guns, a 5-shot snubnose (summer) and my 1911 (winter).  One advantage with the laser sights is that one can shoot from down low, almost like hip shooting, so the flash won't temporarily blind you if (G-d forbid) the need to defend yourself in the dark ever occurs.

I don't know if you guys can use your ranges in the dark, but I can turn off the lights at my indoor range, and the first time I did this I was amazed at the brilliant fireball that comes out of that snubby when you get dark-adapted.(http://gunrightsmedia.com/images/smilies/shocker.gif)!

Terry, 230RN
Hey Terry,

I too debated about doing $200 worth of mods (not scope related) and upgrades to a .22 I paid $48 for. After a year of debate I finally took the plunge and did it and I couldn't be happier! Now I want to put a picatinny rail and better rings and scope on it. Looks like at least another $200 worth on it. I think it is worth it.  ;D
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Kingkeoni on July 11, 2012, 07:35:12 AM
Yeah 1 out of 5 shots.

I'm 4 out of 5.

I've got video evidence to corroborate the story.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: SpeedTek on July 11, 2012, 08:40:06 AM
I'm 4 out of 5.

I've got video evidence to corroborate the story.  :thumbsup:

Where?   :worship:
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Inspector on July 11, 2012, 05:46:13 PM
I'm 4 out of 5.

I've got video evidence to corroborate the story.  :thumbsup:
No video and it didn't happen!!!  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Kingkeoni on July 11, 2012, 06:20:15 PM
Where?   :worship:

On your phone

Your video is clearer than mine
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: 230RN on July 13, 2012, 02:04:52 AM
Inspector remarked,

Quote
I too debated about doing $200 worth of mods (not scope related) and upgrades to a .22 I paid $48 for. After a year of debate I finally took the plunge and did it and I couldn't be happier! Now I want to put a picatinny rail and better rings and scope on it. Looks like at least another $200 worth on it. I think it is worth it. 

What model .22 are you talking about?

That's sorta the way I'm headed on that Remington 512 Sportmaster, but just for a scope and a sling.  I can't abide any long arm without a sling.  It's got a bead front sight, too, which I don't like, although some old-timers swear by a gold bead front sight.  I prefer Patridge-style iron sights, although I did pretty well with the peep rear when I was shooting a Garand in competition.  Moot, now, since I really need a scope nowadays anyhow.

Illustrations:

http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/5656153121/9360763/c1812c5db85fd88ebf20496252659b01.jpg (http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/5656153121/9360763/c1812c5db85fd88ebf20496252659b01.jpg)

http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/attachments/powder-keg/32559d1276124650-remington-sportsmaster-512-rifle-questions-guns%2520006.jpg (http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/attachments/powder-keg/32559d1276124650-remington-sportsmaster-512-rifle-questions-guns%2520006.jpg)

http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/2017949/8761499/acf1706.jpg (http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/2017949/8761499/acf1706.jpg)

http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/2138213604/9711559/f8d77adc369ad70402ede4c53281cccf.jpg (http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/2138213604/9711559/f8d77adc369ad70402ede4c53281cccf.jpg)

Somebody at the Remington company up in Ilion, NY, knew what the hell they were doing when they designed that gun.

It was a sleek, sexy, well-designed, well-balanced rifle for the middle-class rifleman, with a nice long sight radius (barrel = 25 inches), a nice wide open trigger guard for sunny-day winter squirrels with gloves on (the hunter, not the squirrels), and a tubular mag which held 15 .22 LRs or a couple of thousand .22 shorts (kidding!),  Talk about high-capacity magazines!   The sights were, ahhhh, kind of fundamental, but several folks have put scopes on them.

As I mentioned, it was the first powder-actuated gun I ever shot in that long-past day in ~1946-1948 and even unto today, the exhaust smell of a .22 brings back a vivid memory of that first shot at an empty .22 box.  Yes, I hit it, having had a lot of prior practice with my BB guns.

When I bought it, I had phoned the gun shop ahead of time to find out what they had, and when I went down there to look it over I brought a borelight and a bore snake.  The guy said it was OK to wipe down the bore, and when I looked into it, the bore looked like a friggen mirror.  It had a piece missing from the plastic butt plate, but what the hell, for $65 I couldn't count the money out fast enough.  Since this was Denver, I had brought along a gun case to carry it back to my car about a block away.

One other thing about it is with that long barrel, it's pretty quiet.

Pardon the ramble, but I sure love that gun.

Still thinking about mounting a scope on it.  I wishy-washy back and forth on that decision, though.

Terry, 230RN

Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Inspector on July 13, 2012, 05:55:25 AM
Inspector remarked,

What model .22 are you talking about?

That's sorta the way I'm headed on that Remington 512 Sportmaster, but just for a scope and a sling.  I can't abide any long arm without a sling.  It's got a bead front sight, too, which I don't like, although some old-timers swear by a gold bead front sight.  I prefer Patridge-style iron sights, although I did pretty well with the peep rear when I was shooting a Garand in competition.  Moot, now, since I really need a scope nowadays anyhow.

Illustrations:

http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/5656153121/9360763/c1812c5db85fd88ebf20496252659b01.jpg (http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/5656153121/9360763/c1812c5db85fd88ebf20496252659b01.jpg)

http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/attachments/powder-keg/32559d1276124650-remington-sportsmaster-512-rifle-questions-guns%2520006.jpg (http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/attachments/powder-keg/32559d1276124650-remington-sportsmaster-512-rifle-questions-guns%2520006.jpg)

http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/2017949/8761499/acf1706.jpg (http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/2017949/8761499/acf1706.jpg)

http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/2138213604/9711559/f8d77adc369ad70402ede4c53281cccf.jpg (http://picturearchive.gunauction.com/2138213604/9711559/f8d77adc369ad70402ede4c53281cccf.jpg)

Somebody at the Remington company up in Ilion, NY, knew what the hell they were doing when they designed that gun.

It was a sleek, sexy, well-designed, well-balanced rifle for the middle-class rifleman, with a nice long sight radius (barrel = 25 inches), a nice wide open trigger guard for sunny-day winter squirrels with gloves on (the hunter, not the squirrels), and a tubular mag which held 15 .22 LRs or a couple of thousand .22 shorts (kidding!),  Talk about high-capacity magazines!   The sights were, ahhhh, kind of fundamental, but several folks have put scopes on them.

As I mentioned, it was the first powder-actuated gun I ever shot in that long-past day in ~1946-1948 and even unto today, the exhaust smell of a .22 brings back a vivid memory of that first shot at an empty .22 box.  Yes, I hit it, having had a lot of prior practice with my BB guns.

When I bought it, I had phoned the gun shop ahead of time to find out what they had, and when I went down there to look it over I brought a borelight and a bore snake.  The guy said it was OK to wipe down the bore, and when I looked into it, the bore looked like a friggen mirror.  It had a piece missing from the plastic butt plate, but what the hell, for $65 I couldn't count the money out fast enough.  Since this was Denver, I had brought along a gun case to carry it back to my car about a block away.

One other thing about it is with that long barrel, it's pretty quiet.

Pardon the ramble, but I sure love that gun.

Still thinking about mounting a scope on it.  I wishy-washy back and forth on that decision, though.

Terry, 230RN
I know what you mean about having some admiration for a particular long gun. I love my Marlin/Glenfield Model 60. I bought it in 1988 if I remember correctly. It is a 1982 model. The store I bought it from was going out of business and had it at a discount. It is accurate out to 100yds with that cheap ass scope I have on it. My only complaint is the trigger. I did a little work on it getting it to about 5lbs. It shoots best with CCI Blazer which is not expensive ammo. I couldn't tell you how many rounds have gone through it.

If you go to this post and look at the bottom picture you can see that I did a few mods to it.

http://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=3747.msg36055#msg36055 (http://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=3747.msg36055#msg36055)

I put a nice laminate thumbhole stock on it. I put an adjustable target trigger and aluminum trigger guard on it as well as a new hold open bolt. The stock was about $80 and the other parts were about $90. I also replaced a couple of springs and "c" clips. I bought a Speedee loader for it and that is one great accessory. I have not owned a 10/22 and I doubt I ever will. I already bought the picatinny rail and rings for it. I have a nice Nikon ProStaff scope on my Anschutz target .22. I am thinking of buying a BSA Sweet 22 scope for it and putting the Nikon on the Marlin. The BSA is on sale for only $50 at Natchez. It is a $150 scope. I decided when my eyes started going that I would a scope on every long gun I own. The problem started when I bought the Nikon and then a Leupold as they spoiled me on good optics. Now I can't stand that cheap scope on the Marlin and it deserves better since it shoots so well.

There is my ramble....  :rofl:
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: 230RN on July 13, 2012, 11:13:14 AM
Ooooo, pretty!

http://2ahawaii.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3747.0;attach=3018;image (http://2ahawaii.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3747.0;attach=3018;image)

^ That's a doggoned nice-lookin' shootin' arn you got there, Inspector!

Where'd you get the stock for it?  I would reckon finding a tube magazine stock would be difficult.  So what'd you do, inlet it yourself?

Terry, 230RN
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Inspector on July 13, 2012, 11:44:58 AM
The stock is from Boyd's Gun Stocks. They do a run for the Marlin Model 60 like once a year. So no inletting necessary. But the stock comes unfinished so I had to sand some and finish it myself. They have some stocks that are factory finished. They have some great colors like the camo is great looking. Also look at the evolution stock they have now for the Model 60 with tube feed. The other mods are from DIP Products.

There are a couple of other Marlin 60/70/7x fanatics on this board. And for your rifle I can suggest trying rimfirecentral.com. Best rimfire specific forum on the net.
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: 230RN on July 16, 2012, 05:26:22 AM
^  I may send them an e-mail --their customer request form doesn't seem to want to load right on my machine.  I'm halfway looking for a wood stock for my Remington Nylon 11, which is the detachable-magazine-fed* bolt action version of the Nylon 66 (which was semiauto).

This is the 11:

Remington Nylon 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9b2Rit3GEo#ws)

^That's not my rifle and it's not clear why he had to wait two years for it from the video.  But that's what the Model 11 is.

The "Zytel" nylon stock is supposed to have a lifetime guarantee on it, but I've gone through one already and now this one needs replacing.  Nine lives - two lives = 7.  Good thing I've got 7 lives left over.

I inquired of Remington about a new stock (buttplate fell off) a year or so ago but I got no answer from them.  What I want to do now is get a new Zytel nylon stock and keep it in reserve, but use a wood stock so I can put a sling on it.  I like that rifle (sure is easy to carry around the woods), but it's handicapped by two things --one is you can't put a sling on it and two is you have to remove the pinned-in barrel to take the action out of the stock.

Terry, 230RN

* See, folks, that's what they used to call simply a.... wait for it... waaait...

CLIP!
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: Inspector on July 17, 2012, 05:21:13 AM
Hey Terry,

I would suggest you contact Boyds and ask if they ever do a run of stocks for your rifle. Up until last year they never put the stock for my marlin up on their website even though they made a limited run every year.
Title: Re: I got to say its a good day.
Post by: 230RN on July 17, 2012, 08:27:00 AM
I shot them a regular e-mail, but as of this moment they haven't replied --not that I expected them to so soon.
 I offered to send them my old nylon stock for a pattern if they wanted it and would send it back.  However, I suspect, without doing any research on it, that almost any clip-fed Remington rifle stock would do.  A lot of them are pretty similar due to manufacturing simplicity, but they're the stock experts. I'm not looking for any fancy woodwork, just a pine 2X4 whittled out with a hatchet would suit me just fine. Well, maybe a Dremel tool would help, too.