
So my roommates and I loaded up the Volvo for a little weekend fun. I'm sure our neighbors were getting a little nervous at this point. Not like they already didn't know, this street seems to have it's own rumor-mill. The Volvo belongs to my roommate, but my car's in this picture, too, if you look close.
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Actually, it's a semi-auto conversion Izzy 1919A6 in .308. With the price of ammo going up, it's getting expensive to shoot, but I do load a few of my own calibers for considerably less than it costs for loaded ammunition.
I may very well have a .50 BMG rifle in the near future, though. We'll see.
I may very well have a .50 BMG rifle in the near future, though. We'll see.
Yeah, friggin' price of ammo. I collect as many of my spent casings as possible. Sure, the .22LR and the steel-case .223 will go to the scrap yard, but that's still cash. The local gunshop will take the rest. I don't reload, since I don't have space or facilities, and Glocks aren't kind to reloaded ammo.
Well, the 1919A6 is from a dealer a few hours west of where I live now. The case of buckshot there I ordered from AmmoToGo.com, 250 rounds and not a one of them made it back home. The little green box is either some .45-70 handloads I was testing, or some assorted .308 rounds.
As for what's in the cases, I have no idea. I only have about a half-dozen cases or so, and I never put the same guns into the same cases.
As for what's in the cases, I have no idea. I only have about a half-dozen cases or so, and I never put the same guns into the same cases.
I think this trip we picked up a few cans of propane, and brought a few computer parts with us. Also, ran across an old moldy 3d deer archery target, and after shooting a propane tank off of it's head stump it started on fire and burned for hours. We shot the fire until it went out, but it just started back up again a few minutes later.
Yep! It's a Browning 1919A6 built on an Israeli parts kit chambered for .308. The original U.S. light machine gun was .30-06, but Israel changed barrels on many of them for other calibers that were more common after WWII, and later chambered more of them for the NATO approved .308 round.
It's been a while, I don't remember the price off the top of my head, but there's some selling out there now for around $2,000 for the semi-autos. The original pre-'86 full-auto ones are going to be considerably more expensive.
It's been a while, I don't remember the price off the top of my head, but there's some selling out there now for around $2,000 for the semi-autos. The original pre-'86 full-auto ones are going to be considerably more expensive.
Everything here is real. This one's a Browning 1919A6, which isn't so much a turret as it is an old GPMG, meant to be carried into battle and deployed quickly. Take a look at this, which is most of the calibers I shoot, and some of them are even my own handloads.
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