Gun Porn

I've stayed away from that side, I've seen a few over the years and I find them fascinating and that's probably a good thing because I know I'd be totally consumed. They command pretty decent prices for the few I've seen at shows. For that being stock choice wood it's pretty darn nice and I agree that would suit me fine.
 
I've got nothing to call gun porn, except maybe some stories.

I came in to say how much I liked the looks of that Sharps.

My gun porn story of the day,...
Two ground squirrels perforated so far today with my old Crosman .177; one long distance at 70' or so, iron sights. The other came up fast, and then stopped in this small window in the view of my squirrel sniping blind. He was close, and, intimate.
So, it might be a day of piling them up like cordwood, as the magic after-dinner hour is still a few away.

I ordered a new .22cal air rifle, due on friday, because the ground squirrels are staying a little further out lately. Its hardly gun porn though; but high fives around, nonetheless.

thats my bit of gun porn.

well, on second thought, i can add this,...
I built this gun cabinet for a gentleman who displayed his collection in it. We awaited his prize for it, which was a Sharps rifle (I think original?)
This is a picture from a 1988/89(?year?) Architectural Digest exposé, a featured article, and cover shot, on the house. This photo is of right side of the gun cabinet, and about a third of his collection.
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Mike,

I like your approach to the "gun porn". Squirrels and such varmints not only require something adequate to make a clean kill but the shooter has to know what they are doing too!

Your "gun porn" fits right in.
 
Yamaki said:
Squirrels and such varmints not only require something adequate to make a clean kill but the shooter has to know what they are doing too!.
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Back in the late 50s or early 60s I was driving my uncle around on the ranch in his '59 El Camino. There was always a rifle behind the seat of any vehicle he drove. We were passing by one of our cattle pastures when he spotted a coyote crossing about 1/4 mile away. They had been terrorizing and killing some of the neighbors sheep, so he told me to pull over. He reached behind the seat, pulled out the rifle, set it on the window sill and whistled. The coyote stopped to look, my uncle aimed, and squeezed of a round. The sound almost broke my eardrums. He could only see out of one eye, but he was deadly with his aim. The coyote never moved - just fell over on it's side. We opened the gate and drove out to take a look. I got out first, and it was laying there with just a small hole just behind it's left shoulder, with just a trickle of blood. I looked at my uncle and said, "Jeez, for all the noise that damn thing made, it sure didn't do much damage!!". He smiled, grabbed one ear and flipped it over - the whole right side was missing - scattered on the mound behind where it was standing.\

It's been so long, I don't remember if it was a 22-250 or his favorite 220 swift. Regardless, it sure did a job on that coyote!!
 
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It's been so long, I don't remember if it was a 22-250 or his favorite 220 swift. Regardless, it sure did a job on that coyote!!
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Those calibers are both solid varmint pills and would indeed smear a coyote. I recall a friend's dad with a .222 Rem, a much lighter round than either of those. On ground squirrels about all that remained was mist.
 
Either of those calibers would definitely blow a hole through a 'yote.

Talk about having nothing but mist left. We used to target practice on whistle pigs with our deer and elk rifles prior to hunting season using calibers ranging from .25-06 up to and including .375 H&H. You'd look out at the pig mound after a shot and all you could do was go :eek::eek::eek:
 
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The case-hardening and stock figuring is, um, well, spectacular! I mean "Wow!", "Gosh!", "My Golly!" spectacular.

There is a local museum with a great early firearms collection. In it is a set of mid 1800s, apparently unfired, as new condition cased Colt revolvers. Their finish looks like that.
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Shiloh will do a traditional bone and charcoal pack hardening too, but it's $350. Don't know if that option is worth it since the case hardening is so beautiful.

I'd like to visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West museum in Cody WY, I hear that's quite the 1800s firearms collection.

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I've stayed away from that side, I've seen a few over the years and I find them fascinating and that's probably a good thing because I know I'd be totally consumed. They command pretty decent prices for the few I've seen at shows. For that being stock choice wood it's pretty darn nice and I agree that would suit me fine.
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I'm sure there's some good long range shoots around Vegas, you should get a Sharps. :D Shiloh or C. Sharps Arms will build you one under $2K, even their base models are still works of art. Pedersoli 1874s shoot nice too.

That wood on mine is a few steps up from standard, Shiloh offers standard, semi fancy, extra fancy, and presentation grade American walnut. You can drool on the custom options here - https://shilohrifle.com/custom-features
 
OK,... I don't know enough about shooting irons to even know quite how to ask this. So I guess I need help.
Is there a scope mount that can also allow for the use of iron sights, in some fashion? A "see-through" tunnel scope mount system?
Point: I've got a new air rifle on the way, and it comes with a scope and, also has iron sights. A lot of my plinking goes on in closer than scope depth. So I'd like to look towards something that allows for both.
I'm sure they're out there, but, don't know what to call them to even research it.
Help, please and thanks.
Budget: not much.
 
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OK,... I don't know enough about shooting irons to even know quite how to ask this. So I guess I need help.
Is there a scope mount that can also allow for the use of iron sights, in some fashion? A "see-through" tunnel scope mount system?
Point: I've got a new air rifle on the way, and it comes with a scope and, also has iron sights. A lot of my plinking goes on in closer than scope depth. So I'd like to look towards something that allows for both.
I'm sure they're out there, but, don't know what to call them to even research it.
Help, please and thanks.
Budget: not much.
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Look up see through scope mounts. Don't go cheap, because air guns really beat up scopes, and cheap mounts will allow your scope to move.
 
We need more info, which rifle model do you have coming ? There are many scope mounts that let you use your irons, I'm not sure on a pellet or bb rifle though wether air or pneumatic.

Jailtime, we have long range at the Boulder Range, in the desert I have lessor known areas where :thumbsup: you can stretch the legs on anything, Miles I'm talking. I've got a few projects in the works right now. I completed my NRA RSO class this past weekend, on the table were 3 black powder rifles. LOL, in my head I was saying keep these damn things away, cause you know :angel:.
 
Mike,

There are a couple of ways this is done and it all depends on the configuration of your rifle.

The traditional rifle configuration has a low profile set of iron sights. With this setup there are "high rise" scope rings that attach to the top of the firearm's receiver and you basically peer through the scope bases to aim using the iron sights.

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Another method is called "co-witness" and one of the more common uses is on the AR platform or flat top rifle with a top picatinny rail. In this case, the rifle's BUIS (Back Up Iron Sights) are flipped up - they are taller than the traditional low profile sights - and the optic is mounted lower than you see in the example above. This allows the shooter to see the BUIS through the optic vs. underneath it.

Here's an optical sight, mounted on a flat top rifle. You'll notice you see through the optic to the front sight.

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There are a couple of co-witness configurations, absolute & 1/3rd. Absolute allows you to see the entire front sight, all the way to the base. 1/3rd means you see the top 1/3rd of the front sight when looking through the optic.

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So depending on the rifle you are getting and its configuration, you will use either the high rise scope mount or the co-witness your sights.

I hope this helps. Holler if you have any questions.
 
Sweet. It comes with the optic and I suspect you can co-witness it. Flip up that sight mounted just in front of the optic and peer through the optic.

If not, then some high rise rings are all you need to use both as you please.
 
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The rifle has a 4x scope on it, not a 3 to 9. It may not co-witness at 4 power but it's worth a try to see.

Or sight it in with the scope off of it, then install the scope and try a co-witness to the front fiber optic sight.
 
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The rifle has a 4x scope on it, not a 3 to 9. It may not co-witness at 4 power but it's worth a try to see.

Or sight it in with the scope off of it, then install the scope and try a co-witness to the front fiber optic sight.
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It says 4x in the specs, and 3x9 in the description. It looks like a 3x9, that's what my crosman came with. Either way, I've shot an ar15 with a 3x9 scope on it, and the front sight is just a blur under the reticle even set on 3. Besides, it looks like the standard mounts are too high for a cowitness setup.
 
Strange how those Amazon descriptions can describe the same thing using two completely different descriptions.

I agree... 4X seems a stretch (most red dots are 1X) but it's worth a try.

If that front sight doesn't flip up then, yeah, I'd use some see through bases to be able to use both sighting methods.
 
Yamaki said:
Strange how those Amazon descriptions can describe the same thing using two completely different descriptions.

I agree... 4X seems a stretch (most red dots are 1X) but it's worth a try.

If that front sight doesn't flip up then, yeah, I'd use some see through bases to be able to use both sighting methods.
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The sights don't flip up, they're not like mbus. I have absolute cowitness on my ar15 with mbus, and an eotech 512.
 
I can't tell from the pics on Amazon or here but I think you are right. If so, then see through bases are the way to go.

I absolute co-witness my Kriss Vector BUIS with an Eotech 512.
 
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