Merry Christmas to everyone. A funny story to pass on from today. My neighbor stopped by with some gifts for the family. He is a good shooter. He just hit grand master in steel challenge even though he has only been shooting for a couple years.
He gave me a package that was obviously two boxes of blazer 9mm. I pick it up and give it a small shake and then another and boldly stated 149grain? I was joking as we usually shoot 115 or 123. He gets that astounded look and said no way. And asked me if I can really feel the weight difference. I lead him on a little bit but have to admit eventually that it was a complete guess.
Made for a great Christmas laugh.
Anyone get something for Christmas?
In reply to dean1484 :
Didn't get anything from others for Christmas but I did get myself a couple.
I bought a 5.7 handgun because it was on sale ($290 after tax!) and a Stribog SP in 10mm because I wanted a roller-delayed 10mm PCC.
However, the most exciting is a stupid, stupid gun that's been in project status for about 10 years. I finally got my Obrez pistol! It's a dumb gun that I'll only ever run a few dozen rounds through, but it's an homage to an interesting piece of history. 7.62x54R in a 3" barrel. Why not?
Wow!! And I thought a carbine length Nagant was loud!
In reply to madmrak351 :
There's a really interesting history of ad hoc weapons throughout history, and the Obrez is a particularly neat one. A short barrel doesn't come close to stabilizing the bullet so it's just going to tumble and have poor accuracy, but that's not the point - most didn't even have sights anyway. The idea was to take a firearm that was commonly available (i.e. a Mosin Nagant) and turn it into a firearm that could be carried under a long coat. You have one good shot and four mediocre shots, as working the action becomes much more awkward: However, if you make that one shot count it's better than none.
Plus there's the psychological impact of a massive muzzle blast. And maybe being set on fire from powder burning outside of the barrel. :)
In reply to brandonsmash :
Yes, I looked up a little bit of history on it, very interesting gun. My older son is a historic military weapon collector and part time gunsmith with a local shop. He was telling me yesterday that he had purchased a Remington built Nagant. Apparently the Czar was having them built under contract just before the revolution. I will have to ask him if he knows about the Obrez!
And here I was thinking an FR-8 was too silly to pursue...
Why am I thinking that it went something like this..
/start Russian accent /
Comrade I need gun.
No you need pistol.
Ok hold my vodka.
(10 minutes go by)
Ok hear is your pistol
/end Russian accent/
