new guns

[bhazard]

No new pics, but I'm sellin' my Springfield XDm 3.8 .40cal. & gonna but the new XDs sub compact .45cal. I love .45s!!

How much you selling the XDM for?

[windy1]

guns and cars

ive been collecting old guns a long time with my C&R liscense . then trading them,every so often. u,do nice stock work.my favorites are my AK, russian sks and 2 spanish destroyers.u,ever shoot a tokerav pistol? 762.25 will go thru armor plate. mdoyleufo@gmail.com

[navdoc101]

No new pics, but I'm sellin' my Springfield XDm 3.8 .40cal. & gonna but the new XDs sub compact .45cal. I love .45s!!

[HondaSlayer]

Good stuff. I'm a glock man myself.

[stefan]

My newest toy, Glock 23 in 40S&W. Also got the stuff to shoot 9 out of it

[HondaSlayer]

more new guns

I figured since everyone used this as the new guns thread I would continue. I picked this up today for 570 dollars. It is a Taurus pt1911 in .45 acp. I haven't shot it yet but can't wait.

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j352/Hondaslayer1/IMAG0259.jpg

And I picked up some defence ammo . I couldn't resist. They were free.

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j352/Hondaslayer1/IMAG0260.jpg

Anybody else have any more to add. I love looking at guns.

[Christ]

I put about 50 rds through my C9 pistol, and had 2 feed errors. Then, I fixed the mag guides... haven't had a problem since.

I haven't put anything down range w/ the .45, but I imagine that it won't have any problems, either, and if it does, I'll just keep tweaking it until it doesn't. I've got time, but I'm not willing to spend egregious sums of money on name brand steel when it's unlikely that my HP equipment will actually fail.

For reference: Lycanthrope abuses HP .40, gun works flawlessly.

And the video, in case you don't want to read the (amusing) thread - http://youtu.be/N50eNXZqhys

[HondaSlayer]

I had a hipoint 9mm carbine and I loved that thing. Best gun I ever bought under 300 dollars and it was new. I didn't have a single problem with mine and I shot a lot of rounds through mine. And customer service is top notch. The only thing I didn't like is the mags only come in ten rounders. Not that fun for rapid fire . I would say for a cheap gun go buy one. The new ones have last round bolt catch and everything.

[Safety Guy]

I have no experience with Hi Points, but multiple gun people I know and trust say not to rely on them. They may do just fine with ball ammo and at the "square range," but you need to be testing them in foul weather, in the dirt and in rapid fire with minimal cleaning to simulate hard use. Good military spec weapons will do this. Many "civilian spec" weapons will not.

I'd never trade an Enfield for a Hi Point!! Enfields are tried and true, run through the history of the 20th century! All you need to do is to put a couple hundred rounds through with no malfs or misfires (due to the gun) and then you're about as assured as you can be of having a combat ready weapon. Doughboys (I'm including the M1917 here), Tommies and Ghurkas can't all be wrong!

I think I'd run an 870 or a 500 in any gauge (or even .410 caliber!) with slugs as a carbine before I'd run a Hi Point, and yes, I'm including the ones with five shot tubes and even hunting length barrels!

I have no problem with Hi Points as "fun guns" if you want one. But there are better used alternatives for those who need a serious defensive piece, whether talking rifle or pistol. Maks in either caliber, Tokarevs, used revolvers, all are better options.

For example, Fobus holsters are widely considered junk, but I even bought one. Mine is adjustable for cant, etc., but I got it for experimenting with different positions and not for defensive carry or even a serious training course. It's only purpose is as a cheap adjustable holster for trying out new positions. That's it.

The lowly single shot shotgun is often the best choice for someone who has no money, compared to the cheap pistol offerings out there. SS shotguns of almost any decent "medium" brand will always go "bang" when you need them to, and they have enough power and accuracy to get the job done from across-the-room distances. Any money you save with one goes for practice ammo, and a couple good quality dummy rounds to practice quick second shots. And after that they make a much better club than any .25 auto!

My Cheap Home Defense choices:

-H&R Topper in 12 or 20 gauge with a fabric stock ammo sleeve and standard 2 and 3/4" 00 buck for main load (if cost is REALLY critical, then a box of large birdshot high brass shells provides 20 practice shots and 5 for the gun)
-Ontario short machete (12" blade and sawtooth spine)
-Spyderco Delica in pocket (waved version if possible)
-A well chosen improvised weapon in each room (usually heavy blunt objects with good handholds)
-Round it all out with at least one "Old Hickory" brand full tang butcher knife or cleaver for the kitchen. BTW, I have both.
Karl

[kumalaba]

speaking of hi points...are they good or ar they cheap. I was going to buy one from the manufacturers website, but they just seem cheap or something.

can anyone enlighten me?

im not familiar with them but i like what they are offering to do to get it right!

[TominMO]

and what exactly is a carbine?

is it just a long gun that shoots short ammo or pistol ammo?

So simple to do..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbine

[pyrothehitman]

and what exactly is a carbine?

is it just a long gun that shoots short ammo or pistol ammo?

[pyrothehitman]

speaking of hi points...are they good or ar they cheap. I was going to buy one from the manufacturers website, but they just seem cheap or something.

can anyone enlighten me?

[kumalaba]

hipoint =

[Christ]

Ok, so as I mentioned before, I sold the NEF 20g, rather traded it, to the dealer I've been doing business with lately. He gave me a great deal, I feel. I'll lay out how the deal went in full here, then of course, show off the (crappy) pictures I've taken so far.

When I thought of this deal, I'd been looking pretty heavily at a "Thunder Five" .45/.410 5 shot revolver. The tag on it said "$385", but he'd kept telling me to make him a reasonable offer... I also owed about $150 left on a Mossberg Tactical .22LR (A4 Carbine copy) which had been on lay-away for almost 2 months, and earlier that week, he'd gotten a pair of shotguns as a part of another deal he'd made for a .45/70 side by side, which were the Mossberg 16G and Marlin 20g bolt actions that I got.

In total, I picked up the Thunder Five w/ 5 silver bear slug and 5 remington express slug, paid off the Mossberg .22, and walked out with both shotguns. Total price was $605 cash and The NEF, which was only worth about $50 trade, but he gave me $70 on it (and is now selling it for $75). I feel like I made a pretty good deal there, especially considering the deals that followed it with other people.

So here's what I have:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/417122_2606879341014_1525840049_31861887_1579757114_n.jpg

Mossberg C-Lect-Choke 16G bolt action

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431006_2473114836985_1525840049_31819176_1167545476_n.jpg

Mossberg Tactical .22LR (A4 Carbine)

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/394729_2401438125112_1525840049_31795079_947120868_n.jpg

MIL, Inc. Thunder Five .45/.410 5 shot revolver

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/395696_2606870580795_1525840049_31861874_129933539_n.jpg

Marlin 20G bolt with qwik-point red dot.

Ok, the breakdown - Out of the $605 cash, I figure I paid as follows:
$75 for each shotgun
$305 for the revolver
$150 for the remainder of the Mossberg (which was a total of nearly $300 out the door)

Now comes the follow-up deals:

My father wanted a shotgun... I offered him the 20G for $150. He had a .303 Enfield, so I offered to give him the 20G and $50 cash for it. He obliged, knowing that he'd only paid $75 for the gun several years ago, and the stock wasn't original, and was cracked.

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/401022_2606939422516_1525840049_31861981_713089194_n.jpg

.303 Enfield

I had a friend that was looking for a .303, so I swapped him this .303 and $150 cash (which is a total of $125 cash out of my pocket, now) for his .45ACP HiPoint Carbine with tactical sling and laser, and foregrip, including 8 mags and about 325rd.

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/403147_2581037814992_1525840049_31854854_353072953_n.jpg

HiPoint .45ACP Carbine.

I called HiPoint, they said to "send it on in" and they'd check it out, test fire it with all my mags, repair the front lower rail, replace the foregrip or repair it, and throw in a free mag to make up the cost of shipping it to them. (Doesn't quite make it up, but hey, it's a free mag.) So of course, I'm going to do this, because they're going to re-blue the receiver, fix the rail, and generally clean/buff the gun back to new specs.

This concludes my latest run of deal making.