New guns!!!

[Jay G]

Figured I'd make everyone jealous and post pictures of my three new guns:

Top to bottom:

Remington Model 511 Rangemaster .22LR bolt-action rifle
Harrington & Richardson "Sportsman" .22LR 9-shot revolver
Craft Prod. Model K-25 .25 ACP

Here's a close-up of the H&R:

And the .25 ACP:

Yeah, the .25 is a little on the rough side. I couldn't resist the price, though...

FREE!

All three were extremely generous donations to the "Jay Likes Guns" Fund by a friend of my dad's who is retiring to FLA and didn't want to bring them with him... So they have a new loving home...

 

[JuergenG]

These are my acquisitions of the week.
Not exactly free, but relatively cheap.

Beretta 1935 arrived on Wednesday

FN 1910 should arrive today/tomorrow

as should the Dreyse 1907

About time that I'm looking into 9mm's and bigger as I seem to be stuck with 32's lately.

 

[dreppucci007]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!

 

[SiameseRat]

It must be nice to have enough money to buy a few guns at a time... [sad2] Why don't you boys buy ME a gun next time?

 

[Twigg]

Very nice, all of them !

 

[flotter390]

I like to go shopping and come home with a BAG OF GOODIES!!! VERY NICE !!!!!!
FRED

 

[C-pher]

Sweet!

 

[Dirtypacman]

Just got my M1 Garand delivered today to the office.. will post pics as soon as I can.

Nice finds for you guys though!

 

[Rockrivr1]

My Dad has that exact same H&R Sportsman model. It's a great 22lr plinker. Very reliable and fun to shoot. I've shot it many times and really like the top break on it. You'll have a lot of shooting it.

 

[SKS Ray]

I still kick myself for passing up a nice Remington 22 like that at a gun show where a guy had some plinkers for as low as $30. Of course when I went back it was gone.

 

[Jay G]

It must be nice to have enough money to buy a few guns at a time... [sad2] Why don't you boys buy ME a gun next time?

Jen,

First off, I didn't need any money to buy these guns - they were given to me...

Secondly, my wife gets mad enough at me when I buy ME a gun. I have a feeling her reaction would be markedly more severe if I were to buy a gun and give it to a lovely young lady such as yourself...

 

[SiameseRat]

Jen,

First off, I didn't need any money to buy these guns - they were given to me...

Secondly, my wife gets mad enough at me when I buy ME a gun. I have a feeling her reaction would be markedly more severe if I were to buy a gun and give it to a lovely young lady such as yourself...

Well, see, if you gave me a gun, we'd be even. Besides, I thought your wife liked me...

 

[The Goose]

Congrats Jay G. I have an H&R like that. Fun shooter.

 

[JuergenG]

Latest acquisition

Here's another one, catch of the day:
Mauser 1914

 

[Dirtypacman]

Yippie

 

[jhrosier]

JayG,
Spiffy H&R. I've wanted one of those since I was a kid (and that's a long time).

 

[Executive]

Nice stuff! A story and a history lesson with each piece. Good luck.

Chris

 

[JuergenG]

Next in line to arrive on Sat or Mon.
She's missing the fnh code for the maker but, by
the inscription, she has been made after Germany
occupied Czechoslovakia

 

[Jay G]

Range Report!

Let's see... The .25 ACP was a POS. If I get motivated (okay, okay, stop laughing) I might replace the springs and see if it's any better, but for now it's a paperweight.

I put an inexpensive Tasco 4X20mm scope on the Remington:

and took all three new guns to the range.

Since I only put two magazines through the .25, and was more concerned about it firing out of battery than getting shots on paper, there's nothing to report on that one.

The H&R revolver was a sweet plinker, certainly not in the same league as my S&W model 17, but it will be a lot of fun to blast cans with. The sights are seriously off - the guns shoots strongly to the left - so I will need to bring some tools to sight it in properly, but for this round I adjusted. Not too shabby:

All nine shots were shot double-action and wound up (more or less) in the center. Can't argue with that.

Now... How's the Remington 511 shoot?

In a word: BEAUTIFULLY. Here's the offhand 50' target:

and here's the 25 yard target shot from a semi-rest (I was leaning my left elbow on the shooting stand):

That's a quarter for comparison.

This gun is sweet. I am going to have to take it to a longer range for 50- and possibly 100 yard work. Most likely I will have to put a better scope on it, though...

 

[dreppucci007]

Great report, Jay!!!

 

[SKS Ray]

What type of Tasco scope did you use? Is it one of the airgun style diameter tubes?
Looks like the BSA scope I picked up from Wal Mart that fits my Romanian M69 trainer in 22lr. The BSA came with rings and was only about $15. Reason why I chose it was because the clamps actually fit the machining base of the Romi receiver, something that most mounts don't do unless the'ye the oddball airgun size.

 

[Jay G]

It was this scope: http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=214876

I wish I'd waited until I had my C&R license to buy it - I could have saved over $4!

 

[JuergenG]

And another one added to the growing collection:
FÉMÁRÚ-FEGYVER_ÉS GÉPGYÁR RT.37 or P.37 (u) for the Wehrmacht,
where they were carried, too

Stay tuned for pics of another one, a 1938 Walther PP .32 ; catch of the day.