Thread: Dead wood on the tree of firearms evolution

Originally Posted by csmiffy

unicorns are real aren't they?

Yes, but I find they disappear when I don't take my medication.

Re slotted screws ( and phirips for that matter or pozi)
When god invented the square drive i was nearly converted.

MOA, should be a thing of the past.

The gyrojet.

A whole new proposed branch of firearms which looked to replace bullets as we know them with miniature rockets (.50 cal-ish from memory). A whole lot were privately purchased to take to Vietnam apparently, however, being a rocket, their launch velocity is incredibly slow and they take a while to get up to speed - not so useful in close jungle, not to mention issues with moisture and rocket fuel.

Apparently they were just a lemon concept. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Chainsaws attached to Ar15s

ill have one of those please

Originally Posted by csmiffy

unicorns are real aren't they?

"Which again is great as I used to find the only thing that would reliably fit the slot was a coin, and I never had one when out shooting." @Beetroot I used to put a 5 cent coin under one of the turrets on my 22 for just that occurrence. Still there

YES ! The curved screw slot. NONE of your 20 screwdrivers can fit & turn it without gouging. And its dimensioned to take a nickel or shilling or the rim of a .303 Brit. Only Din Collings himself could ever have turned it cleanly.

Originally Posted by 40mm

ill have one of those please

Yeah well, there are conditions.
You must have at least 2 of the following:

1 A continual facial twitch.
2 A hair trigger temper.
3 Tourettes.
4 A halitosis forcefield of not less than 2 metres radius.

safety catch on a lever action with external hammer....doah
moly coated projectiles

Some laughs here

But I will go out on a limb and say I LIKE Sakos scope mounting system!
Can you readily get cheap Chinese produced crap mounts for cheap?no!....ok probably but I am bloody rough on gear when it comes to hunting guns and the Sako tapered mount with either the Sako mount or Lupy mount has NEVER caused me an issue in the field despite massive abuse!

Dead wood on the tree= Rossi lever actions.....just give up... AND Rossi single shot break opens...

wash thy mouth out......they both have a niche..... pig hunters love the levers and the single is about as safe as you can get for teaching young fella.

Remington Accelerator Ammunition A sabot with sub calibre light weight projectile.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

wash thy mouth out......they both have a niche..... pig hunters love the levers and the single is about as safe as you can get for teaching young fella.

Yea I spos they are safe if they just wont load or fire!

Sabot hunting projectiles.
Got the bullet up to incredible velocities for long range varmints but were never accurate enough to be useful.
Beat me to it @Dermastor

hmmmm havent heard of issues....have used both and know of guys with both without issues.