Recent content by DangerStove

5.56 from the 80s

I'll take item #2

if you don't mind, I would appreciate a weight without the optic.

Have a weight on the rifle?

My buddy works for UP and says all the trains going north from southern CA are looted like this. Every day. They have cops who sit and watch it happen. He isn't allowed to do anything per UP policy.

I posted a video of this

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You're welcome. I haven't seen any vids of these guys getting hit at ranges further than 100yds so I figured I'd see for myself then share my results.

Got me a couple of the heads and shot them with my SO. Had a 12-15 mph crosswind changing directions from 1-2 o clock at the shooting position and changing L-R and R-L on the way to the target. She hit hers at 440yds and I hit mine at 857yds. The device we were using to record ran out of...

Just an update, that lab my SO works at is being pretty shitty about the vaccine mandates, not giving her direct answers and all that. So this project is having to be put on hold until we know what her employment is going to look like in the future. Once we can figure that out we will pick...

Thanks for the tip.

We got some of the story for gramps: he was in the 555th artillery support as a sniper protecting the battery and got out as 1st sargent. When he was in the hospital(end of life) he had a tough time with the asian nurses. It looks like she wants to go with the modern barrel as there is a...

Hello all, My girlfriend was recently gifted her grandfather's m1903 03-a3 that he was issued during the korean war. The stock/barrel are missing and we were given a box of parts. Does anyone know of a good resource for finding the small parts/pins...

Thank you everyone for the information, we will be visiting her parents tonight for dinner so I will ask about grandpa's history in the war. I will keep this thread updated with our progress with the rifle and grandpa's history.

We have seen sale prices but she is wanting to keep this in the family and shoot on occasion.