Does anybody know of a light weight hunting rifle in 300 wsm or 300 rsaum? I'm looking for something under 6.5 lbs-ish with controlled round feed, a synthetic stock, and a hinged floor plate or blind mag(no box mags pls). My current candidate is a Kimber 8400 Montana but I'm wondering if anybody knows of anything else.

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In gun years, Hawkins is still a baby of a company. Humble in origin, they have become famous for eating Badger's lunch in optic mounts and bottom metals - more affordable, equal or better quality in fit and function.

For example, this Heavy Tactical ring set in black, is nominally $380 for all of the popular configurations, and comes with a very solid diving board and integrated anti-cant device.

A Condition One mount is $335 just for the mount - and apologies in advance, there's so much junk on their page it is difficult to figure out how the hell you're supposed to piece this together, but it appears:

• $125 for the matching anti-cant device
• $100-125 for a front ring cap that allows you to attach a diving board
• and then another $125 for the actual diving board???

So total, you're in it $685!? for the equivalent very common functionality from Badger. How the fuck

Or, as we're all pretty aware by now, the BO M5 DBM being objectively inferior to the Hawkins version in form and function, with the Hawkins having both front and rear guide rails and a side/wide latch push latch, vs the Badger's under-lever and no rails on the OG M5 and a front-rail-only and goofy trigger-guard integrated latch on the Enhanced. For 50% more money.

But that's enough about ol' Badger.

Hawkins's rise in popularity came with the rise of PRS as the dominant long range shooting sport.

With excellent support, high quality and innovative products, they've become beloved as some of the 'good guys' in the game.

The Mount

Big dick energy doing mounts in fun colors. In the post Gecko45 era, we somehow are still stuck on LARP instead of enjoying the hobby for what it is - fun and exciting, and expression of ourselves. Not stuffy or haughty like those golfer creeps.

This was a limited run of 'Violet' mounts for us royals.

It's smooth. It's saturated. It's finely machined. It's got the firm sticky fit of tight precision. It's got beefy strong well finished hardware. It locks itself up beautifully.

I really love it as a fine optic mount and toxic punk rebelliousness.

My only criticism is...

It's not violet.

It's magenta, even a little hot-pink biased. A perfectly fine color. A gorgeous and beautiful color on its own.

But Violet is a different color.

I had always planned to use this either on my pink-aligned rifle OR my 6.5 Grendel AR that has no purple or pink parts, and I knew what the real color was from the start because the pictures on their website and twitterbook were accurate representations of the color.

But, had I intended to put it on my other rifle, which IS violet themed with Cerakote's Lollypop Purple and hadn't decided to ignore the description or seen pictures, I probably would have been displeased.

Feature-wise, the bubble level is nice, the rings fit snug even before torquing, they were super easy to tighten evenly because the snug fit meant they didn't 'jump' when tightening. Easy to get equal ring gap and leveled out, and the scope didn't want to rotate while tightening.

Conclusion

Only available for the fancy scopes with 34-36mm tubes, but at ideal heights for both bolt and AR platforms.

If you are interested in one, they make for a gorgeous color piece to your gorgeous rifle. Nice anodizing, solid mounts, well featured, and color saturated to give you some serious and enduring 'pop' to your setup.

My gun doesn't seem terribly picky about ammo and I'd heard it works reliably in Glocks and other similar firearms so I'd taken a chance and ordered a box of 1000 rounds for about $200 shipped on sale. At first everything seems fine and I'm able to shoot 2 16 round magazines worth of the stuff. Then my striker spring breaks (by appearing to be crushed). After replacing it a couple times, I appear to experience the failure within the first few rounds. I've had the ammo long enough it can't be returned (and that's if I could make the argument the ammo was defective which isn't a given) so the way I see it I have 3 options:

-Buy different ammo for my SD9, hang onto the wolf ammo because I was thinking about getting a smaller carry gun maybe a Glock 43 anyways which could likely shoot it just fine, there are brands I have put 100+ rounds through my SD9 without causing this issue.

-Look into experimenting an aftermarket striker spring that may hold up to the ammo better, worst case all I've seen happen is I'm breaking a $5 spring

-Look into getting rid of the ammo somehow to not risk damaging my SD9 or other guns

Thoughts on what I should do?

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So here’s my question for everyone. I’m from Wisconsin like the title says more specifically south eastern Wisconsin and I’m looking for buddies to shoot or train with. Looking for fun people men or women to hangout and shoot, enjoy the outdoors with. People who aren’t fudds and like to not be government clones. I like to experiment with my guns and builds and also get into reloading to make interesting concoctions. So if anyone is looking for a friend who fits that vibe that’s me. I build and tinker with guns and I’m looking for people who are the same and like to shoot and train.

Send me a dm if interested Thanks in advance- Sam

I have a used P365 I'm looking at buying from a lgs. He just got it on trade and hasn't priced it yet. LGS owner is a former military armorer and Sig Armorer and a gunsmith. So competent gun guy.

Here are the modifications he did to it for the customer over the past few years and the price I'm seeing for those upgrades, new.

Icarus Precision Grip Module/Frame (it is the ACE Hybrid Aluminum Grip Module) $259

MCARBO Flat Trigger $80

3 Mags with NDZ baseplates

I know the aftermarket stuff isn't worth a ton. But the gun appears in pretty good condition.

What do you think is a fair way to value this thing?

Edit: forgot the most important part, the gun was modded by the owner/gunsmith of the gun store and has basically no wear on it at all.

It looks like a gun that someone bough, shot once, and put back in the box.

Looking to buy one from academy for 620$ pre tax, 700$ after tax. Wondering if I should wait till Black Friday but it says they only have 2 in stock so might be sold out by then. Thoughts?

Thinking of getting a zanotti gun safe. My only option for where to put it is an unheated barn. It's secure and locks up tight and has power. Is it reasonable to expect that I could use a heater/dehumidifier in the safe to prevent rust? This is in western NC, so can be fairly humid. Thanks for any input!

What's your opinion on this specific piece? I've got it for a crazy low price.

I have a couple of bullets lying on my shelf at home and I wanna throw them out and unsure how.
For some odd reason I picked those up about 6 years ago when I got released from military service.
I know I can pull the front part out of the shell and empty out the gunpowder, but I'm a bit scared to do that.
also as I said these bullets have been sitting on my shelf since six years ago, collecting dust. idk if it's enough time for it to detiriorate but I'm concerened they might go off one day.

I think I'm overreacting and could just open them with pliers then throw them in the trash, but honestly my only experience with guns is brief and from 9 years ago at basic training, so I wanna hear professional advice before I do something stupid.

Looking for an optic to put on my 5.56 ranch rifle, budget is $250, unsure if I should go red dot, LPVO, or full rifle scope. Mainly shooting within 100-300m.

With Trump in office and Republicans in control of both houses is it going to be really slow in this thread for the next 2 or 4 years?

Looking to get a firearm on Black Friday and was wondering if tariffs starting next year will affect prices of arms and ammo

Basically the title, I lost vision in my right eye and it’s legally blind, is it hard to switch to left handed or is there a way to shoot right handed but sim with the left eye? Kinda lost here

I'm looking to purchase my first rifle (I grew up around guns and I'm familiar with them, and I don't own any handguns) I'm looking for something that's classic, and old. I've been looking at trapdoor Springfield reproductions, but I'm afraid that the ammo was gonna be too expensive, although I don't plan on shooting it that much. I'm also interested in Military surplus. I know Carcano's are cheap, but I've seen a couple and I've watched a couple YouTube videos about them and they kinda look like rickety pieces of shit. (I still think they're cool) Anyway, I'm open to suggestions, but I'm really only interested in something with good old-fashioned wooden furniture and shitty economics, something your Grandpa would point at, and say "back in my day we..."

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I’m looking to grow the collection soon and I’d really love to get some older guns. The history that comes with them, the stories they could tell, it all fascinates me! So far I’ve been able to snag an all matching numbers SKS in pristine condition for $300!

So what are the options out there? What can I find without needing to spend $1k? Thanks in advance and I look forward to seeing your suggestions!

As of now I keep a sig p365 by my bedside as self defense but I'm entertaining the idea of getting a SBR or rifle cartridge "pistol" to replace this. Input?

I’ve been recommended the Holosun 507k quite a bit now, but I was also looking at the Salvo Optics - SRC - Micro Red Dot. Has anyone used Zaffiri Precision before? Are they a reliable company?

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So i went to an indoor range and sighted in my 223 wylde 16in the max at the range was 27 yards would i be able to shoot out to 100 with mild ajustments or no adjustments at all? 2nd gun ive sighted in so help would be appreciated

Hey don’t post much on here. Have an old 1943 mosin all parts still matching and in good condition except for the stock. The finish is all messed up from hard use and previous owners. Would it be in bad taste to strip the stock down and restain/ re finish it? Any advice helps !

Top to bottom Fn-15 Patrol carbine Mlok Mossberg Maverick 88 folding PSAK 47 GF3 Starter collection, any recommendations? Ik I need Pistols but besides that what would be your recommendations on new members of the family or accessories?