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Pavka007 · #1 05-13-2012, 02:30 PM

HK USP Compact for me

I own two of them and they are perfect (for me)
I still have my first Browning BDA380. I love this gun as well, very nice balance and easy to point and shoot.

retmil46 · #2 05-13-2012, 02:43 PM

Unfortunately, by posting those links to FPS Russia back when, you've got me lusting after one that will cost dearly - an FN 57.

Pavka007 · #3 05-13-2012, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by retmil46

Unfortunately, by posting those links to FPS Russia back when, you've got me lusting after one that will cost dearly - an FN 57.

You mean this one?

retmil46 · #4 05-13-2012, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Pavka007

You mean this one?

Oh stop it, you're going to have me drooling on the keyboard.

Would love to have one of those, especially for taking potshots at the local coyotes.

But the Scot in me is howling bloody murder at the thought of paying that much money for a gun.

Not that I don't have a few long guns that are worth more - like a Browning 20 gauge BSS SXS with gold trigger and engraving - but I picked those up better than 20 years ago for a mere pittance in local pawn shops in the Bremerton WA area - once again Grandma Abernethy's legacy.

Pavka007 · #5 05-13-2012, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by retmil46

Oh stop it, you're going to have me drooling on the keyboard.

Would love to have one of those, especially for taking potshots at the local coyotes.

But the Scot in me is howling bloody murder at the thought of paying that much money for a gun.

Not that I don't have a few long guns that are worth more - like a Browning 20 gauge BSS SXS with gold trigger and engraving - but I picked those up better than 20 years ago for a mere pittance in local pawn shops in the Bremerton WA area - once again Grandma Abernethy's legacy.

Good girl Granny Abertnethy

JiveTurkey · #6 05-13-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by retmil46

Oh stop it, you're going to have me drooling on the keyboard.

Would love to have one of those, especially for taking potshots at the local coyotes.

But the Scot in me is howling bloody murder at the thought of paying that much money for a gun.

The pom in me paid the price for a 5/7 FN, should be here Monday or Tuesday. I'm also going to put together an AR5\7 with my ATN genII optics and a magpul prs stock for coyote plinkin. Will definitely make sure to post an Albanian shooting video.

Hatterasguy · #7 05-13-2012, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by retmil46

Unfortunately, by posting those links to FPS Russia back when, you've got me lusting after one that will cost dearly - an FN 57.

My friend has a green and black one. Nice pistol, not crazy about the plastic fantastic its made out of. But that's a personal thing and very subjective.

It shoots like a dream, has very little recoil and the 5.7 round is pretty much a mini 5.56.

I recommend saving brass and reloading the civilian 5.7 ammo to military only full juice rounds.

I also recommend getting the matching P90...

retmil46 · #8 05-14-2012, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

My friend has a green and black one. Nice pistol, not crazy about the plastic fantastic its made out of. But that's a personal thing and very subjective.

It shoots like a dream, has very little recoil and the 5.7 round is pretty much a mini 5.56.

I recommend saving brass and reloading the civilian 5.7 ammo to military only full juice rounds.

I also recommend getting the matching P90...

I'm not crazy about the designer color schemes myself - good old-fashioned black-on-black will do nicely, thanks.

Yep, reloading was going thru my mind, just based on the price of the civilian ammo!

Meeh, I've got long guns out the ying-yang right now - shotguns and rifles. Looking to get rid of some of the less desireable before I look to pick up any more.

Any word floating around as to which of the two factory sight options is preferable on the 57?

Went digging thru the closet yesterday, to find an old single-shot 20 gauge my father had picked up somewhere - neighbor with a dairy farm, looking for a cheap knockabout gun to keep handy in his barn when the coyotes get after his cows - and found one gun I didn't even realize I still had -

A Marlin Glenfield Model 75 22 LR semiauto carbine, with a cheap adjustable 3X to 8X scope on it, that I'd used for squirrel hunting - BACK IN THE 8TH GRADE (ie, 1972)!!!!

Bloody thing's in remarkably good shape, looks like I stuck it back in that closet yesterday - not 40 frakkin years ago!

Scope still looks to be sighted in. I went thru the whole cleaning drill on it, and went over to Richard's Sporting Goods and picked up a full-sized brick of 22 LR - needed to anyway, my grandfather's old High Standard 9-shot revolver takes 22 LR - tomorrow we'll see how well it still works after all this time.

Reckon it'll do for now, as a cheap way of annoying the vermin, until I decide to get a 57, or get my 45/70 cleaned up - whichever comes first.

That's got the bedroom smelling of RemOil and Hoppes No 9 - ahhh, perfume....