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July 5, 2016, 09:13 PM | #1 |
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Let's see your safe queens
Let's see those safe queens that you bought but refuse to shoot. Give them some daylight. ... :P
My collection is small but they are my babies. Top to bottom... 1951 Russian SKS - All matching non-refurb 1954 Russian SKS - All matching non-refurb 1956 Type 56 Ghost/Sterile - All matching except the stock. |
July 5, 2016, 09:35 PM | #2 |
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I have no safe queens but have to say those are pretty
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July 6, 2016, 03:08 AM | #3 |
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My' racks and safes contain about 150 rifles and pistols....although some are fairly rare there is not a "Queen" amongst them, some are not shot often but all are shot .
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July 6, 2016, 04:04 AM | #4 |
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I have no room for a safe queen. Should have bought a bigger safe.
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July 6, 2016, 07:19 AM | #5 |
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My Chinese SKS is my safe queen, it was unissued and rarely gets shot. I bought it as more of an investment rather than a shooter, although it will ring some steel at 200 quite readily.
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July 6, 2016, 08:11 AM | #6 |
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I don't take pictures of guns, cars, livestock, or farm equipment. It seems sort of weird. Dead deer and/or big fish-maybe.
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July 6, 2016, 08:33 PM | #8 |
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Not shoot a firearm? No way. Some get shot more than others but everything I buy gets shot. I just wish I could shoot them more often.
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July 6, 2016, 10:38 PM | #9 |
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And what's the difference between shooting a 1977 Yugo SKS and and 1951 unissued Russian? No difference in the shot but the Yugo isn't going to lose much value.
I understand and repect how old the rifle is and how rare they are becoming; I refuse to shoot it just so that I can have a hay day. No offense meant but that is that. Actually, I am going to put a Tapco stock, a Tasco scope and a 30 round mag on her. I'm gonna go shoot some trees! Last edited by Rich_357; July 6, 2016 at 11:01 PM. |
July 8, 2016, 02:23 PM | #10 |
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I will nominate my M1898 Krag purchased in 1972. Never fired it.
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July 9, 2016, 12:56 PM | #11 |
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"How rare they are becoming". Not really rare, they are all becoming safe queens.
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July 9, 2016, 05:43 PM | #12 |
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No safe queens here. If I own it, it gets shot. Maybe a few years between shooting some of them but they all get shot. Wait, I do have one of my Colt Series 70 guns which supposedly is still new in the original box. Never did shoot that gun but claiming new in box unfired is a hard challenge to meet. Anyway, I never shot that one. Obviously it isn't a rifle. No safe queen rifles here.
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Nice !!!
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Say, aren't those some of them Assault-Rifles ????? Be Safe !!!
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July 9, 2016, 08:06 PM | #14 |
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I shoot all my safe queens. they don't remain queens very long...
there's my american safequeens The Japanese safe queens and the fancy homemade safe queen.
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July 9, 2016, 08:11 PM | #15 |
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Those are nice.
That's a nice stock set on the ar. I haven't seen one like that before. Last edited by surveyor; July 9, 2016 at 08:41 PM. |
July 9, 2016, 09:29 PM | #16 |
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most of the people that made wood furniture have since discontinued it. you have to cut the wood too thin to fit the AR platform and you end up with a really fragile product. the stock split from end to end, the handguards chipped and splintered and the pistol grip started separating... it's excellent for a safe queen but any amount of field use destroys it. I've since had to replace it with something more durable.
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July 9, 2016, 09:54 PM | #17 |
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I have had sucess with the lucid stocks on mine, but they are a bench/prone rig and don't get used hard. they are more a A2 profile though.
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July 21, 2016, 09:30 AM | #18 |
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tahunua001 thanks for sharing your experience regarding wood stocks on ARs. I had considered purchasing something similar to that, but now I'm glad I didn't.
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July 25, 2016, 01:46 PM | #19 |
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Oh God. Safe queens.
Gewehr-43 from Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik (they only made 20K). Never shot it. CMP M1 Garand (Springfield Armory) with low serial number. Shot it 2x. Great shooter. 1903A3 Smith-Corona. Shot 1x. French MAS and Vichy France MAS. Never shot. SMLE in amazing condition. Shot it maybe 3x total in 15 years. Arisaka with perfect chrysanthemum. Can't even find safe ammo, TBH.
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July 25, 2016, 02:57 PM | #20 |
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Snappo - A fellow shooter at our range uses necked-down 30-06 hulls for his Arisaka.
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July 25, 2016, 04:48 PM | #21 |
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Is the barrel band on the wrong side of that Arisaka? 6.5 or 7.7. Reloading for it would get you safe ammo. PPU brass is available.
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July 25, 2016, 08:35 PM | #22 |
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hornady still releases limited runs of the stuff, you can find it from time to time at grafs and cabelas(both 6.5 and 7.7).
BTW, Snappo, your SC 1903A3 looks an awful lot like a Finnish M39 to me.
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July 26, 2016, 06:24 PM | #24 |
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July 26, 2016, 08:07 PM | #25 |
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Intrac Maadi & Mak90 both imported around 1993. I bought these a couple yrs ago, test fired and put away in the safe. I have a Yugo parts kit Ak I use as a beater.
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