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Old 02-14-2011, 9:00am   #1
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Default Here's what I got at the gun show.
These are stock photos as I have yet to upload the pictures of the specific ones I purchased, but:


Smith and Wesson Military and Police 15x

To which I mounted a forward grip and an EOTech EXPS3-2:


...which has this reticle (1 MOA dots with 65 MOA circle):


Plus, I also picked up a Polish AK-47 with folding stock:


Plus 500 rounds of ammo each and some PMags for the AR. The AK came with three magazines.
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How were prices? I know things went crazy in '09, but have they come down from there? Ammo was pretty ridiculous then as well.
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Very nice toys. That EOTech is the sweetness, what do they go for like 600 bones?
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I have EcoTech on my M4. Mine was free.
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How were prices? I know things went crazy in '09, but have they come down from there? Ammo was pretty ridiculous then as well.
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Very nice toys. That EOTech is the sweetness, what do they go for like 600 bones?
The EOTech was $550, the AR was $1,119, and the AK was $550. I picked up 5.56mm ammo at $160 for 500 rounds (Winchester), and 7.62mm for $100 for 500 rounds (Wolf).
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Where do you shoot long guns around here?
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Where do you shoot long guns around here?
I either head over to the parents' farm in MD , or go to the NRA range.
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The only guns I've ever owned/held/fired are shotguns and simple rifles.

I've never actually taken a gun apart.

How hard are AR-15s to handle, modify, etc. for someone like me? I was good with the Lego's as a child, but typically I'm mechanically incompetent.

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Legos are more complicated.
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I got so spoiled with outdoor ranges in CO, I lost interest when I moved back here.
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The only guns I've ever owned/held/fired are shotguns and simple rifles.

I've never actually taken a gun apart.

How hard are AR-15s to handle, modify, etc. for someone like me? I was good with the Lego's as a child, but typically I'm mechanically incompetent.

It took me a few minutes and some browsing of the manual to re-remember field stripping the AR, as I'd been the second fastest at doing so 15 years ago in Boot Camp with the M-16.

The AK, on the other hand, is the easiest weapon in the world to field strip. If you can unhook a bra, you can field strip an AK.
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It took me a few minutes and some browsing of the manual to re-remember field stripping the AR, as I'd been the second fastest at doing so 15 years ago in Boot Camp with the M-16.

The AK, on the other hand, is the easiest weapon in the world to field strip. If you can unhook a bra, you can field strip an AK.

Just do not try and pull the hammer and then replace. What a PITA.

I had the Hammer on my Saiga reworked. Banged up the fingers a little getting it back in.
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That looks like one I saw yesterday at a local place. The gun guy was putting a scope on it for a customer. It could be 2 completely different guns seeing as I have basically zero experience with them.
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These are stock photos as I have yet to upload the pictures of the specific ones I purchased, but:


Smith and Wesson Military and Police 15x

To which I mounted a forward grip and an EOTech EXPS3-2:


...which has this reticle (1 MOA dots with 65 MOA circle):


Plus, I also picked up a Polish AK-47 with folding stock:


Plus 500 rounds of ammo each and some PMags for the AR. The AK came with three magazines.
Looks cool, I wonder what Old Kenmore would look like after crossing you.

Post so pics
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The AK, on the other hand, is the easiest weapon in the world to field strip. If you can unhook a bra, you can field strip an AK.
Can you strip and AK with your right thumb and index finger?
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Old 02-14-2011, 7:43pm   #20
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That's the exact AR I bought in 08 just before the elections. I paid virtually the same price you did. I would have thought the prices would have come down a bit by now. Good prices on the ammo.
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