# Some gun stuff.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-gun-stuff/362655>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 29, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-gun-stuff/362655 "2006-06-29T18:48:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-gun-stuff/362655/21 "2006-07-03T03:22:21Z")

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Gun stuff. I just ordered a cheap [BSA Red Dot scope](http://www.bsaoptics.com/productdetail.asp?ID=515&Prod_Code=RD3022SIL) for my [Weirauch HW40PCA air pistol](http://my.tbaytel.net/~coopers@tbaytel.net/HW40Review/).

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-gun-stuff/362655/22 "2006-07-03T13:29:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Exgineer]  
I have a Citori Lightning Field with 26" barrels that I bought about fifteen years ago, and I’ve never had a day of trouble from it. That thing absolutely murders skeet targets all on its own - I hardly have to do anything.

I still think that Browning OUs are the best value on the market. A lot of people prefer Berettas for cheap shotguns, but their customer service sucks.  
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Yep. Me, I think I’m gonna with until the old gets senile. When I take away his BMW, I’m gonna grab his Citori Lighthing. And his Beretta Gold Pigeon. And his Winchester 21.

> [@Scumpup](#):
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> The .17 HMR craters the steel more like what you see from a centerfire rifle. The cartridge is a hot little number. The rifle is very affordable and very accurate. Get yourselves one.

Speaking of the .17 HMR, didn’t Ruger make a few MkII’s in that caliber just a couple years ago? I’m think _that_ should prove to be a very collectible pistol.

> [@Martini Enfield](#):
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> If I had the money (ie, not saving up for a holiday later this year), I’d be getting myself one of the new Lever-Action 12ga M1887 shotgun clones that have just come into the country (Pump-action shotguns are almost impossible to legally own, lever-action shotguns are fine).

Hah! I’ve got one of the originals stashed away - in 12 ga; the 10 gauge guns are more collectible, though, so I’m told. Belonged to my Grandfather’s dad. He traded a squirrel dog and a couple bushels of corn for it in the early 1890’s.

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**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-gun-stuff/362655/23 "2006-07-03T14:18:39Z")

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[QUOTE=UncleBeer]

Speaking of the .17 HMR, didn’t Ruger make a few MkII’s in that caliber just a couple years ago? I’m think _that_ should prove to be a very collectible pistol.

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I think those were in the .17 MII, not the .17 HMR. .17 MII never took off like the .17 HMR, I guess because it costs nearly as much and doesn’t produce the same velocity. It’s sole virtue is that it can be used in weapons designed for .22lr with just a barrel swap. (And a heavier recoil spring if you are using it in an autoloader)

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