Itās fab to shoot. The trigger is feather-light and the action time is essentially zero.
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Haha I learned my lesson the hard way on thatā¦ I treated a semi nice mosin for cheap the same as usual
Initial clean and inspectā¦ and then run it till problems
I was young and spoiled on never having had corrosive beforeā¦ fired 2-300 rounds and chucked it in the safe for 6 monthsā¦oops
Make it a point to not buy corrosive ammo unless it canāt be helped, Iām which case I clearly label it as such
Dammitā¦ now youāve planted the seed that I need one of those oddball cartridges in my ammo collectionā¦
haha sory not sory 
i saw it in time that i had corosive ammo and then cleand the shit out of it emidiatly
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I saw my barrel turn all kinds of fun colors
Sometimes lessons are learned the hard wayā¦
And the lesson isnāt to always cleanā¦ itās to know your ammo
I have a box of 10mm Auto somewhere (I think). If I can get my friend abroad to rummage in my stuff and find it, youāre welcome to one 
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this indeed
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I have couple of those, unless your saying itās also
Electronic ignition?
Couple of favorite oddballs are the 223wssmā¦ itās so absurd
I also have some 6.5ish Swedish round that uses a wooden bullet for blank firing adapter purposesā¦ thatās interesting
Nah. Just regular large pistol primer (I think - not sure). Years ago, I scored a Bren Ten with a bunch of boxes of ammo, and I fired them all at the range the same day. I only have the one left because - well just to have one left.
I have more I havenāt put up, I need to make more small shelves
Other fun items, gas sealed nagant pistol ammo
A civil war era minne ball I found and recovered myself
A round from a mp7 that I āacquiredā
Nice!
I have one fun toy that looks almost exactly like a .50 cal that would fit nicely on your shelves (just as a fun conversation starter). Itās that thing:
It would be great if it actually chambered in an M2, but sadly it donāt. Itās not 1:1. Pityā¦
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Also on that shelf but out of view is the round I took,
And the other round I almost took on the range years later
Not sure the pig/hog totem works AFTER the round is fired at youā¦ lol
Thereās a 50 on the very end so it would totally fit,
I like those little shelves I made, only problem is I donāt think a 20 will fit lol
Need you a 12.7x108-millimeter DShK round.
Edit: Not you personally, your shelf.
You guys are making me miss my Nagant 
I used to have an M44 that was refitted with a fiberglass stock. It was a blast.
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So the barrel exploded then?
My fav is an old 16-gauge Lefaucheux pinfire with Belgium-made damasc barrels. It was my first restoration project when I was in gunsmithing school, so I have kind of a personal attachment to the thing. It fires smooth as a babyās bottom, itās light (and - donāt tell 5-0 - the stock is foldable for easy carrying). The only downside is, I have to reload my own pinfire shells.
Funnily enough, I hate taking my own creations out. I prefer taking someone elseās that have more history and more talent than Iāll ever have in em. Those damasc barrels for instanceā¦ I tried many times to forge something similar: I know the theory, and I tried my best to make the same ones, but really thatās a lost art. All my damasc barrel attempts ended up bursting.
Damn, Iām rambling againā¦
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Not the one that was run by PO Ackley?
I donāt know much about gunsā¦ The reason I mention Ackley is that my wifeās grandfather was a friend of his. Her grandfather was a jeweler by trade, but an amateur gunsmith as well. Ackley developed several wildcat rounds that became more mainstream, and ran a gunsmithing school, originally in Beaverton Oregon.
Dev, Was that you doing the install?
Because thatās not what your voice sounds like in my headā¦
More like this
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Yeah was me, well we can say thatās my posh voice 
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All I can say is that Iāve been talking to people from all parts of the UK area during the course of this pandemic, and Devilās one of the few I can always understand no matter what time of day or what state heās in.
Also as an aside, they can all understand me but I often canāt understand them. Sometimes they canāt even understand each other. What does that tell you?
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Go far enough down south and I guarantee you a New Yorker will feel exactly the same way.
In all the countries Iāve lived in, itās the same story - although I will say an extreme example of that is Belgium: there are many villages 10 miles from one another that plain donāt understand each otherās patois, both in the French-speaking southern and in the Dutch-speaking northern part of the country. For a country the size of an oversize football pitch, thatās quite remarkable.
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