Poor man's photoshop, or I just rattlecan'd my VX.

[Joe_Black]

LOL! Well, you know, if you can get an order over 500 lbs. UPS gives one heckuva bulk discount.

[MustangO4]

Heck, that's just restocking after a weekend of plinking. You know you have an issue when you and your buddy take 2 trucks to the range because the guns and ammo won't all fit in one. I think I need to find a VX style trailer.

[Joe_Black]

Heck, that's just restocking after a weekend of plinking. You know you have an issue when you and your buddy take 2 trucks to the range because the guns and ammo won't all fit in one. I think I need to find a VX style trailer.

You're kidding, right? What the heck are you shooting to burn that much brass? Yike! My last order, which just tipped over 1/4 ton had 4K rounds 7.62X51, 1K rounds 7.62X54, 1.5K rounds 7.62X25 and 1K rounds 30.06 in 8 round Garand clips.

Are you one of the 18 with a mini-gun?

[MustangO4]

Yea, just kiding, I wish. However when I was with 3rd LAR, in 29 palms we'd go to the range with the LAVs and have 2 7tons bring us 25mm and 7.62x51 for just a 2 day shoot, 1 practice, 1 qual, and have nothing but casings at the end. Thanks taxpayer. In one firefight in Iraq, on my vehicle, with my pintle mount 240g and the coax 240g we went through 1200 rounds of 7.62 in 45 minutes (25mm main gun went down) Alas, I cannot afford to shoot that way myself though. Now I just buy components and reload myself. Since the wreck though, I have neglected the reloading and spent a lot of time under the VX.(see we're on topic) Well, If you get out to SoCal and want to burn through some ammo, drop me a line. I shoot at a buddy's ranch where I give the VX a workout too. This winter:

[Joe_Black]

Bet that was hairy when the Bushmaster went down!

I collect a lot of European military arms from the 30's and 40's, plus I'm an HK G3 (and variants) fan. Currently have just an old rock-chucker RCBS so most of my ammo comes from bulk surplus purchases, but I'm planning a holiday treat to myself in the form of a Dillon XL 650 reloading package. At almost a 1000 rounds an hour it keeps the costs down and lets you get out to the range more often.

We have some great local machinegun shoots with big ones quarterly. Several local collectors have vintage armor with live ordnance ranging from 5.56 minis on cupola mounts to 90mm HV turret guns. Always a blast!

Since we've totally hijacked this thread to zombified destructo-toys, here's a link to a vid of me playing with something really cool. Can y'all identify the weapon on the table in front of me and it's historical significance?

Joe with Zombinator

[MustangO4]

Nice M60, but of course I would love to play with the sturmgewehr being the first so caled "assault rifle" that may well have turned the tide of the war had the nazis invented it sooner. You're gonna have to try harder than that. Now the real question, is it yours? I may have to get down to FL someday.

[Joe_Black]

Good call! Very few know the StG-43 and how Mr. Kalashnikov copied it to build the AK-47. Unfortunately, I missed the early days of the "Investment Firearm" era and those toys belong to a good friend. I may eventually convert one of my HK trigger packs to select fire, but HK auto sears recently skyrocketed to over $10K. All the government restrictions and bans actually did was create a very lucrative and profitable weapons market.

One friend is building a single-shot 20mm based on a Vulcan barrel (as pictured earlier) and a custom receiver. Think I'll wait till it's broken in before popping a few rounds through it though. LOL!