I have one of the xps Eotechs on my 9mm SMG and it has been good to go so far. I haven’t put it through hell yet, so I’m not sure if I can recommend it until that has been done. Now with the introduction of the Aimpoint PRO at a lesser price than the XPS it makes the decision even tougher. Whiskey Tang Foxtrot, Rick. God Damn man 34ID needs this info now, not yesterday. You need to run the sight through hell ASAP.
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Remington 870 Stocks Thanks Call Brady at SWFA.com, it is a good place to start as they will price match and or beat the best deal you can find. Bottom line is you should NOT pay over $1000 from a dealer for a NEW TA31RCO-M4. Mine was $992 delivered and was the latest version with [...]
Thanks Call Brady at SWFA.com, it is a good place to start as they will price match and or beat the best deal you can find. Bottom line is you should NOT pay over $1000 from a dealer for a NEW TA31RCO-M4. Mine was $992 delivered and was the latest version with external adjusters like originaly used on the RCO-M150 . Be sure to ask where ever you get one to be sure ti is the latest build with external adjusters. This. Just ordered a TA31F, and the price was right. With the price match, it was several hundred less than the SWFA website listed. Groats5/10/2011 6:30:40 PM HunterKiller86: I just bought an Trijicon ACOG at a VERY good price so I will pass along the goof info. Most sites will place the 3.5x ACOGs at around $1260. But botach tactical lists them for $1049. I havnt heard good things from that vendor and have tried to figure out why they sell the scope at such a low price. Well I went to SWFA and saw they have a 110% price guarantee. I submitted the price match request, and sure enough they matched it. I got the TA11E for around $250 off what SWFA lists them for! I can bet the money I saved its the best price for a brand new Trijicon ACOG from a reputable vendor. That’s interesting, I tried to do the pricematch for a TA-33H and got the reply that Botach is not authorized by Trijicon to sell their products. This was just several days ago. TheMercenary5/15/2011 2:31:44 PM I just submitted my price match form for a TA01 I found it at Cals Sporting Armory for $778 IIRC, I will call Brady Monday and let you know how it goes.
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By Spartan121020: Originally By madmedic: Originally By Spartan121020: Originally By Seydou: Adjust the Aimpoint so the dot sits in top of the front sight post. This will result in a zero the same as your irons. I prefer 50yds. but isnt that for an absolute cowitness? mine will be lower 1/3. Aimpoint PRO on an LT150 mount with troy irons if you look through the irons that are zeroed… the Aimpoint dot is still going to be right on top of the front sight post no matter what. Ever noticed how the dot moves around if you look through it at different angles? this is going to be my first experience with my own optic aside from finger fucking them in stores, i havent really noticed that yet Look through it, and move your head around… You will notice the red dot stays on target. WITH….a HERRING! magicstop Bronze Contributor Team Apr 2011 USA NC, USA 132 : 0-0-0 : 6/18/2011
scope rings – For strictly CQB I would rather have an EOTech or an Aimpoint. A heads up optic is much more useful in a CQB situation.[/quo This I’m aware of, but as stated in the original post it is going to be an all purpose rifle. This, is my rifle. There are many like…
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For strictly CQB I would rather have an EOTech or an Aimpoint. A heads up optic is much more useful in a CQB situation.[/quo This I’m aware of, but as stated in the original post it is going to be an all purpose rifle. This, is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Without it I am nothing, without me, it is nothing. ggee87 Civilian Sheepdog Bronze Contributor Team Jun 2010 USA WI, USA
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A factory dome head screw is shown on the bottom of the stock and a mil-spec cap screw is shown securing the stock to the operating rod block at center. http://www.fototime.com/0BAAF44BE0CB42F/standard.jpg Several flash suppressor sound moderator/suppressor adaptable muzzle devices are available and can be readily fitted to the Army M14 Scope Mounts EBR rifles. Either they don’t know this or choose to ignore this fact. This is the Surefire version, current with Navy SEAL rifles. http://www.fototime.com/CFF22545553FC8B/standard.jpg This is the Smith Enterprise Direct Connect version and I thought the Army was using these along with SEI sound suppressors. http://www.fototime.com/21CDADA95D66DC7/standard.jpg I have devised a cleaning and implement case that provides all the necessary tooling and cleaning accessories needed to adequately service the rifle in the field. http://www.fototime.com/7F8AC5A905E741F/standard.jpg The kit packs into a universal pouch weighing less than 3 pounds. http://www.fototime.com/2EDC2CE639AD659/standard.jpg A detailed packet listing these improvements was sent by me to Department of Defense free of charge, a citizen doing his civic duty. It was apparently shelved and no response was ever received. The fixes are out there, they choose not to utilize them.
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Didn’t handle it but it did look pretty good- Thought at first he had a FAMAS! “I pledge allegiance to the ideal left us by men wiser than I, having the forethought to gift their children with the power of being free.” User Info IM User Email User Reply Quote Report Pushrod_Paul Bronze Contributor Joined: Aug 2007 WV, Military Offline Posts: 522 Link To This PostI posted this in the SKS Rifle Stocks forum but haven’t heard anything so I’m trying here. I’m looking for a threaded barrel for a chinese sks. Anybody know of any reputable dealers or am I just gonna have to roll the dice on gunbroker? “I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubble gum.” -Nada User Info IM User Email User Reply Quote Report monstercat79
Do you think waiting until Spring and stopping Mid-summer would mess anything up? danish [Member] 11/11/2011 6:35:38 PM It’s Jo Daviess County, don’t worry about it. I wouldn’t worry about scaring off the deer either. I shoot on my 40 acres in Stephenson County all the time and have had deer no more than [...]
Do you think waiting until Spring and stopping Mid-summer would mess anything up? danish [Member] 11/11/2011 6:35:38 PM It’s Jo Daviess County, don’t worry about it. I wouldn’t worry about scaring off the deer either. I shoot on my 40 acres in Stephenson County all the time and have had deer no more than 20 yards from me grazing while I am shooting. Hell, they have even been down range while I’ve been shooting, not a care in the world. They get used to it and the douche neighbor should realize it… trackstar55 [Member] 11/13/2011 8:46:29 AM Originally Posted By makintrax73: If the law pertained to any private property for any reason during deer season then shooting ranges would have to be closed to rifles during deer season. I have had DNR called on me for shooting on private property by a neighbor that wanted to cause trouble. The DNR came out, checked our FOID cards, saw that we had a bunch of shot to hell soda cans in the back of the truck, told us to have a nice day and left. THAT ABOVE! I know for a fact (wink wink, FBI calls that a clue) that you can shoot rifles on your own private property, gun club, or public range during deer season.
Not only does the LT Scope Mount offset the light, but it also gives you 4 positions for mounting the light. The YHM does NOT give you these options.
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So you can stock replacement Surefire Batteries indefinately and that would be a good idea. I’m wondering if deep cycle batteries, golf cart sized, etc, are readily available dry charged as well. As a kid I re ads for dry charged car batteries. ColonelHurtz 12/7/2007 9:55:03 PM When I worked for Exide we commonly installed [...]
So you can stock replacement Surefire Batteries indefinately and that would be a good idea. I’m wondering if deep cycle batteries, golf cart sized, etc, are readily available dry charged as well. As a kid I re ads for dry charged car batteries. ColonelHurtz 12/7/2007 9:55:03 PM When I worked for Exide we commonly installed and filled dry charged cells. I never saw one that was for anything but an UPS battery but it wouldn’t suprise me if they are available in other applications. You’d have to find and store the H2SO4 and an acid-resistant pump. Colonel Hurtz Gammagoat 12/8/2007 9:09:55 AM We used them in the Military (big ones). They have to still be out there for purchase somewhere. That would be the way to go for long term storage, hands down. Now you have me interested in these. Thanks. I’ll search about as I get time. Waldo [Moderator] 12/8/2007 12:20:31 PM ColonelHurtz: When I worked for Exide we commonly installed and filled dry charged cells. I never saw one that was for anything but an UPS battery but it wouldn’t suprise me if they are available in other applications. You’d have to find and store the H2SO4 and an acid-resistant pump. Colonel Hurtz I’ve bought auto sized dry charged battery in the past. Came with a “box” of acid. It was a long time ago though. EXPY37 12/8/2007 6:44:39 PM Waldo: ColonelHurtz: When I worked for Exide we commonly installed and filled dry charged cells. I never saw one that was for anything but an UPS battery but it wouldn’t suprise me if they are available in other applications. You’d have to find and store the H2SO4 and an acid-resistant pump. Colonel Hurtz I’ve bought auto sized dry charged battery in the past. Came with a “box” of acid. It was a long time ago though. I re the same thing. I must be an old timey person too. Foxxz 12/8/2007 6:51:22 PM I’m a youngin’. Never heard of this and I’m usually knowledgeable of things like this. You have a curious fox here. -Foxxz EXPY37 12/8/2007 6:55:29 PM Foxxz: I’m a youngin’. Never heard of this and I’m usually knowledgeable of things like this. You have a curious fox here. -Foxxz I re buying a battery at the auto parts stores next to the buggy whip plant that had just gone out of biz. You had to buy athe acid separately at times and IIRC it was in a brown box in some sort of plastic container. Did it more than once. Airplane wet Surefire Batteries still come with the acid separately. I seem to re Sears? advertising “dry charged bats”. ar-jedi 12/8/2007 8:19:17 PM EXPY37: So you can stock replacement Surefire Batteries indefinately and that would be a good idea. high quality sealed lead acid Surefire Batteries commonly used in telecom applications have 15-20 year lifespans. they ain’t cheap but they do last. www.batterystore.com/Hawker/0820-0020.htm ar-jedi EXPY37 12/9/2007 2:07:47 AM ar-jedi: EXPY37: So you can stock replacement Surefire Batteries indefinately and that would be a good idea. high quality sealed lead acid Surefire Batteries commonly used in telecom applications have 15-20 year lifespans. they ain’t cheap but they do last. www.batterystore.com/Hawker/0820-0020.htm ar-jedi That’s out of my price range for a truck or ATV….So I have an eotech 557 and 512. A few months ago I went to get the 512 out of my safe on my 16 inch middy. I went to turn it on and would not opened up the battery compartment and the battery had ruptured. I cleaned it out and put new Surefire Batteries in and worked fine. I went to get my 557 put on my sbr today and the same thing had happened however when I went to replace my Surefire Batteries and would not work. I called eotech an they Asked if one of the battery connections was black. I replied yes they said I have to pay 60 bucks and they will fix it. ( note they warranty any products that have been purchased within the past two years mine was manf in2004) So my question is have you guys had your Surefire Batteries do this in your eotechs? I have ha two and both have done this do I just have bad luck? Both guns ran duracel batteries
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The EOTech XPS2 is what it was specifically designed for. Policetacteam Nov 2005 USA IA, USA 948 : 0-0-0 : Today 4:50:17 : Today 4:50:58 by Policetacteam] Without sounding too negative why would you spend a ton of money on a mount that almost completely obstructs your sight picture. In addition, if that is what you really want…just buy a Yankee Hill MachineEOTech riser (typically $36.00) and add your own folding or fixed rear sight. You will save a ton of money and by adding a folding rear sight instead of the fixed you now have a clear, unobstructed sight picture which allows for faster target acquisition! The 512 and the XPS would work on that riser as well. Cheaper and better!! Dashterry
I want an SKS Rifle Stocks that is not a norinco and one that will shoot when I want it to I just dumped my shitty norinco off for 200.00 What should I look for and what should I be expecting to spend ? User Info IM User Email User Reply Quote Report dwinecof Bronze…
I want an SKS Rifle Stocks that is not a norinco and one that will shoot when I want it to I just dumped my shitty norinco off for 200.00
What should I look for and what should I be expecting to spend ?
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There are recently imported Yugo’s out there for around $279. Knowing how cheap they used to be I balk at the price but I’ve never heard anything bad about them.
ETA: Just found VG Yugo 59/66s at Samco for $259 and Excellent for $299. SOG may have some on their site, I don’t have time to look right now.
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I’ve had 3 different SKS’s. A type 56 Norinco, a 59/66 Yugo, and a type 45 Russian (Tula). The only one worth anything was the Russian. I sold the other 2 and kept the “52 Tula. Russian SKS’s are in the $450 – $600 range here in SW Florida. At the last fun show, July ????, a guy had a ’54 Tula for $450 that was pretty nice.
My Russian goes bang every time. It’s reliable and accurate. Save your money and get a Russian. You won’t be sorry.
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I’ve had 3 different SKS’s. A type 56 Norinco, a 59/66 Yugo, and a type 45 Russian (Tula). The only one worth anything was the Russian. I sold the other 2 and kept the “52 Tula. Russian SKS’s are in the $450 – $600 range here in SW Florida. At the last fun show, July ????, a guy had a ’54 Tula for $450 that was pretty nice.
My Russian goes bang every time. It’s reliable and accurate. Save your money and get a Russian. You won’t be sorry.
wow…450$ to 600$ i would buy an ak before i ever spent that much for an sks.
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The Yugo 56/66 model is ok and right now Cabelas has a bunch on sale for $199.00, but I have never been a fan of them. Now if you can score a Yugo 59, they are sweet shooters but may cost you a little more. The Russian and Romanian I think are some of the nicest out there and I just put a Russian on layaway for $319, which is a decent price, but not great. I bought it to replace my other Russian that has a mismatched mag/floorplate.
Typical russians in the midwest are going in the $400 range with Romainians in the high 3′s.
Check the equipment exchange often for deals as Christmas is coming and people will start unloading some stuff.
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Posted: 10/28/2011 10:03:49 AM EST
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There are recently imported Yugo’s out there for around $279. Knowing how cheap they used to be I balk at the price but I’ve never heard anything bad about them.
ETA: Just found VG Yugo 59/66s at Samco for $259 and Excellent for $299. SOG may have some on their site, I don’t have time to look right now.
I had a hell of a time with mine, until I got all of the gunk out of the gas system.
After that, NOTHING stops it. It’s also reasonably accurate, for what it is. I’m perfectly happy with it.
While I’d love to buy more at prices from several years back, $250-300 is still a pretty good deal for what you’re getting. A reliable, 10 round, semi-auto rifle that is built like a tank.
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Russian all the way.
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I was thinking we could have one that was dedicated to the SKS. I bought (layaway) a Yugo SKS Rifle Stocks today, I paid $251 (is that a good price?) total. It has the flip up grenade sight, and long muzzle device. Stock was dark (possibly dirty?), all numbers matched (don’t know if that’s a big deal?) and the pad on the butt plate was intact. I don’t know much about the SKS, but I’m betting someone here does. I’ll post up some pics of it next week.
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SKS are good simple reliable rifles, hard to beat.
Order up some spam cans of ammo on stripper clips.
The stippers are resuable, and make loading fast.
Price, not bad these days, when SKS’s first started to get imported many years ago they where around $75 – $100 wholesell. Ammo was about that same price for 1100 on stippers and 1500 loose.
Should have put away a case of the russian ones. I like the looks of the older Russian ones, they are listed as C & R’s nowadays.
Its been reported, but I’m not sure if 100% fact, that China imported more SKS’s in a 3-5 year span then the entire production of Win. Model 94′s.
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Posted: 10/16/2011 3:30:11 AM EST
Originally Posted By USMCRONIN:
SKS are good simple reliable rifles, hard to beat.
Order up some spam cans of ammo on stripper clips.
The stippers are resuable, and make loading fast.
Price, not bad these days, when SKS’s first started to get imported many years ago they where around $75 – $100 wholesell. Ammo was about that same price for 1100 on stippers and 1500 loose.
Should have put away a case of the russian ones. I like the looks of the older Russian ones, they are listed as C & R’s nowadays.
Its been reported, but I’m not sure if 100% fact, that China imported more SKS’s in a 3-5 year span then the entire production of Win. Model 94′s.
im not saying your wrong (seriously i’m not)
but i definitly re buying 2 crates of sks’s in 94 (pretty sure it was 94) for a grand total of about 45 dollars a rifle
couldn’t tell you what kind they were, i was all of about 16 and my “cousin” was 18, and at the time it seemed like an awesome idea.
as teenagers coming out of the cold war era we had a serious survivor mentality for some reason, so the crates and ammo we picked up with em went into a “cache” for a lack of a better word. where we “lived” at the time, that kind of stuff didn’t really raise any eyebrows. They guy we bought em from was a serious, old school, country, kitchen table ffl, who had crates and crates of stuff in his garage.
which reminds me, i should prolly go retrieve them from their current location before that property gets sold.
hadn’t even thought about those rifles in years.
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Posted: 10/16/2011 9:01:03 AM EST
Originally Posted By GlockLuvinRedleg:
Originally Posted By USMCRONIN:
SKS are good simple reliable rifles, hard to beat.
Order up some spam cans of ammo on stripper clips.
The stippers are resuable, and make loading fast.
Price, not bad these days, when SKS’s first started to get imported many years ago they where around $75 – $100 wholesell. Ammo was about that same price for 1100 on stippers and 1500 loose.
Should have put away a case of the russian ones. I like the looks of the older Russian ones, they are listed as C & R’s nowadays.
Its been reported, but I’m not sure if 100% fact, that China imported more SKS’s in a 3-5 year span then the entire production of Win. Model 94′s.
im not saying your wrong (seriously i’m not)
but i definitly re buying 2 crates of sks’s in 94 (pretty sure it was 94) for a grand total of about 45 dollars a rifle
couldn’t tell you what kind they were, i was all of about 16 and my “cousin” was 18, and at the time it seemed like an awesome idea.
as teenagers coming out of the cold war era we had a serious survivor mentality for some reason, so the crates and ammo we picked up with em went into a “cache” for a lack of a better word. where we “lived” at the time, that kind of stuff didn’t really raise any eyebrows. They guy we bought em from was a serious, old school, country, kitchen table ffl, who had crates and crates of stuff in his garage.
which reminds me, i should prolly go retrieve them from their current location before that property gets sold.
hadn’t even thought about those rifles in years.
In ’94, they were probably Chinese.
That’s about the time they were as common as most anything else in the local stores.
I should have bought more and I should have held on the the ones I bought. Have one Yugo now.
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Posted: 10/16/2011 10:59:35 PM EST
Oh yes, the Norinco SKS. I have both the rifle and carbine version. Great shooters and neither have ever failed to go bang. Back in the early 90′s you could get a rifle and 1,000 rounds for under $150 IIRC. Now I see them selling for $300+.
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Posted: 10/17/2011 12:17:25 AM EST
i dont even know what version they are,
all we knew was they were 40$ a rifle in crates of 10 with all kinds of cool shit, and the ammo was cheap as hell. Since we “put them down” we havent even touched the spot where they are, out of sight out of mind and all,
i think we pretty much verified that they were all real rifles, and then we set em up for loooooong term storage.
that old guy was cool as hell, he always had all kinds of crap, i think he went to alot of auctions at the ng base nearby.
we ended up with all kinds of cool stuff everytime we swung by
i’ll be the first to admit that my childhood was kind of different than most other folks, had alot of slightly unhinged vets as role models, who thought that kids should know everything they had to teach about what they learned in the service.
and the local neighbors (ie on the bounds of our acerage) were pretty much all serious survivalists, learned alooooot
and alot of what i learned has paid huge dividends in my military carrer
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Posted: 10/17/2011 11:52:28 PM EST
Originally Posted By bobweaver:
threads and yes, it sounds like you did good
For some reason I didn’t even think to look in the AK threads!