Current state of affairs on AR

24 November 2005, 12:54

quote:
Originally posted by Wendell Reich:
Damn 500, warn me before you do that! My brain gets very confused when I scroll up from your picture and I meet with CChunter!

Where is the "throw up" icon .....

(No offense CChunter)

????????? How could I not take offense ?????????

24 November 2005, 13:00

Marterius

quote:
Originally posted by cchunter:
quote:
Originally posted by Marterius:

Christer, the comparison that 500 did was not really in your favour...

Regards,
Martin

Actually Martin we had a great day together....

Has Ulrica seen this post...?

Regards,
Martin

24 November 2005, 13:12

Christer:

They should all see the calendar you sent me>>>

Thanks

GS

24 November 2005, 13:14

cchunter

quote:
Originally posted by Marterius:

Has Ulrica seen this post...?

Regards,
Martin

Ulrica who

24 November 2005, 13:16

cchunter

quote:
Originally posted by GS:
Christer:

They should all see the calendar you sent me>>>

Thanks

GS

GS

I see what I can do, there will be a lot of changes on my wesite so maybe I will have a calendar there and maybe there will be a 2007 issue for sale since I am setting up a webshop.

24 November 2005, 20:39

bwanamrm

quote:
Originally posted by NitroX:
Come on Dan, your girlfriend will get very upset if you post photos of her showing off her twin 40's.

Come on Nitro X, they are big but I am guessing twin 38's at the biggest!

I have to admit though Mark that things have been a bit brutal on the old AR here lately. There are a number of new posters who don't add much in the way of experience or knowledge, just looking for someone to trash.

On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling

Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.

24 November 2005, 20:43

cchunter

quote:
Originally posted by bwanamrm:
quote:
Originally posted by NitroX:
Come on Dan, your girlfriend will get very upset if you post photos of her showing off her twin 40's.

Come on Nitro X, they are big but I am guessing twin 38's at the biggest!

In this case I was going for quality, not size

24 November 2005, 20:46

bwanamrm

Christer,

Well it is quality you got, my friend!

She is nice from the pistols down!

24 November 2005, 22:29

Jaco Human

quote:
Originally posted by bwanamrm:
quote:
Originally posted by NitroX:
Come on Dan, your girlfriend will get very upset if you post photos of her showing off her twin 40's.

Come on Nitro X, they are big but I am guessing twin 38's at the biggest!

38's

40's

What do you mean

THEY ARE NICE.
Good choice Chister

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24 November 2005, 23:52

cewe

Hate to be the one to break the news but my guess is that they are synthetic.

Yes synthetic will hold up well in field conditions but natural materials are better at conducting heat and are less slippery when wet

Give me the old fashioned kind!

25 November 2005, 02:38

Marterius

quote:
Originally posted by cchunter:
quote:
Originally posted by Marterius:

Has Ulrica seen this post...?

Regards,
Martin

Ulrica who

Eh, actually Christer, you are married, in case you have forgotten that. At least you were last time I visited you.

Regards,
Martin

25 November 2005, 02:41

Marterius

quote:
Originally posted by cewe:
Hate to be the one to break the news but my guess is that they are synthetic.

Yes synthetic will hold up well in field conditions but natural materials are better at conducting heat and are less slippery when wet

Give me the old fashioned kind!

How very true! No synthetics in gunstocks or anything else you want to have against you cheek!

Regards,
Martin

25 November 2005, 07:18

NitroX

quote:
Originally posted by bwanamrm:
quote:
Originally posted by NitroX:
Come on Dan, your girlfriend will get very upset if you post photos of her showing off her twin 40's.

Come on Nitro X, they are big but I am guessing twin 38's at the biggest!

True enough, I always over-estimate size, until um ......... the tape measure comes out.

(this thread is going seriously downhill which is great

)

25 November 2005, 07:25

Mickey1

quote:
Originally posted by NitroX:
quote:
Originally posted by bwanamrm:
quote:
Originally posted by NitroX:
Come on Dan, your girlfriend will get very upset if you post photos of her showing off her twin 40's.

Come on Nitro X, they are big but I am guessing twin 38's at the biggest!

True enough, I always over-estimate size, until um ......... the tape measure comes out.

(this thread is going seriously downhill which is great )

quote:

True enough, I always over-estimate size, until um ......... the tape measure comes out.

That was your wife's statement, wasn't it?

,

Down...Down....Down we go.

25 November 2005, 10:24

surestrike

I just wonder how well regulated those doubles are.

As far as synthectics there is only one way to find out for sure. I'm just the man for the job. For you guys, I'd jump on that grenade.

No need to thank me I do it becuase I love my job.

Greg Allyn ..Double tester.

25 November 2005, 11:30

cchunter

quote:
Originally posted by Marterius:
quote:
Originally posted by cchunter:
quote:
Originally posted by Marterius:

Has Ulrica seen this post...?

Regards,
Martin

Ulrica who

Eh, actually Christer, you are married, in case you have forgotten that. At least you were last time I visited you.

Regards,
Martin

OOOOOOPPPSSS

Thanks for reminding me Martin, I will try to keep that in mind ! Do you by chance have any pictures??

25 November 2005, 11:57

Christer, you are the only guy I've ever watched make shooting a 460 Weatherby look like a 308, or 223. SCARY!

25 November 2005, 17:02

cchunter

GS

Here are somne other small guns I tried not so long ago in Mohjave Desert

cchunter with 50 BMG, N'gagi and Shumba

25 November 2005, 21:58

NitroX

That's not Ngagi, that's some little thin fellow. Well done Ngagi!

Looks like some gunpowder may have been burned that day.

26 November 2005, 03:05

Shumba

quote:
Originally posted by cchunter:
GS

Here are somne other small guns I tried not so long ago in Mohjave Desert

cchunter with 50 BMG, N'gagi and Shumba

Acutally, we are practicing for our next safari. On my first safari I used one gun for everything, an AK-47. What it lacks in knockdown power, it makes up in fast follow-up shots.

However, after reading many of the posts on the African Hunting forum, I have decided to go with a two gun battery for my next safari. This time I will be taking my 50 BMG as my heavy rifle (the one Christer is holding) and my AR-15 as my light rifle. I know it will be tuff to take down an eland with one .223 bullet, but I plan on using 20 or 30. The real advantage of taking the AR-15 is you can take quite a bit of ammo since it is so light.

Tim

26 November 2005, 03:13

Afrikaander

quote:
Originally posted by Shumba:
[ .... I know it will be tuff to take down an eland with one .223 bullet, but I plan on using 20 or 30.....

Tim

26 November 2005, 05:02

cchunter

quote:
Originally posted by Shumba:
I know it will be tuff to take down an eland with one .223 bullet, but I plan on using 20 or 30. The real advantage of taking the AR-15 is you can take quite a bit of ammo since it is so light.

Tim

And I am ok with being your one shot backup with the 50 bmg.

btw thanks a lot for letting me try your safari rifles

26 November 2005, 05:31

For some reason, I don't think either of those calibers are real popular in Africa.

Seems the 50 cal might make a good Mugabe round, and
likewise the 223 equally good for large numbers of vermin.

SA doesn't like either round, either.

Christer: What sort of .50 is it? How well did it work?

gs

26 November 2005, 12:47

cchunter

quote:
Originally posted by GS:

Christer: What sort of .50 is it? How well did it work?

gs

GS
It was a single feeder!? and it was fun to shot, I shoot about 8 rounds with it and both freehand and on the ground with the bipods. Other technical questions I pass on to Shumba.

27 November 2005, 07:17

Shumba

quote:
Originally posted by Afrikaander:
quote:
Originally posted by Shumba:
[ .... I know it will be tuff to take down an eland with one .223 bullet, but I plan on using 20 or 30.....

Tim

Arikaander,

Don't frett, I'm just foolin around re: the AR-15, Ak-47, & 50BMG for African hunting. I acutally used a Ruger RSM M77 416 Rigby on my eland. Oh yeah, the AK-47 I am holding is obviously (to those that have hunted Zim) the Govt. Game Scout's rifle.

GS,

The 50 BMG is a Serbu:

http://www.serbu.com/bfg50.htm

Basically a .50 cal pipe with a trigger and scope mount. However, it is very accurate. They use a Lothar Walther barrel. Also, the rifle is heavy and has a large muzzle brake so there is very little recoil. Just a lot of noise

I only bought it because they banned them in California so I had to get one before the ban went into place. Mark Serbu basically said that they shipped more 50 BMG's to California in 2004 than they thought they would throughout the foreseable future of his company.

Tim