mmmmMMMMMuuu HHHhhhaahahahaaa!

[fustercluck]

Some of y'all are aware of my lifelong affair and only guilty pleasure with firearms. Back in 1996 HK developed a super USP .45 for the military AKA the Mark 23 (civilian version). It is the only offensive handgun created. I immediately lusted in my heart for one. At over 2000.00 dollars for the base kit, I choked and waited until late 2001 when I could better afford one.

Since that initial purchase I knew I would eventually want to acquire the whole kit which included an Insight Tech Laser Aiming Module and a Knights Armament sound suppressor; each of which proved to be both expensive and elusive. Yesterday, after nearly ten years of procratination and delay I finally picked up the final component...the Knights Arms suppressor.

The laser module was purchased just as Insight was discontinuing production. The suppressor being a class III item comes with it's own obstacles let alone that Knights is a military contractor and for the past 10 years has been focused on war production; only doing intermittent civilian fulfillment. Which makes waiting even more intolerable. I ordered my suppressor in Apr. 08. It was delivered to my class III FFL in Aug/Sept 09 and the tax stamp was issued in Feb '10. I didn't get the message until yesterday. Now for some gun pr0n...

[fustercluck]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23037.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23036.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23028.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23030.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23031.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23033.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23032.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23034.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23035.jpg

The total collector value of this unit is worth more than my Tundra. :cry:

[randver]

man i so want one. and man do i hate Ca gun laws. i just bought a Remington Model 870 Tactical. today and this 10 day wait is going to kill me

[fustercluck]

Yeah, the ten day wait would be enough to send me out of the State for good.

[Good Times]

you suck.... :)

We need to have a party at your place so I can see all of your toys! Sadly my toys aren't as exciting as yours...

[CJM]

2 years, 200 bucks + cost of suppressor for muffler parts and fender washers..

Isnt it a shame?

[Seanz0rz]

im pretty sure my girlfriend should be very very jealous of that HK.

[oly884]

dude....

seriously, dude....

Well done Fuster!

[fustercluck]

Gun party in Utah? I'm in!!!! I'll let y'all play with mine if I can play with yours...Hehe. It is a shame, given our constitutional recogition of God given freedom to own such things, that our govt. reasons it has control to limit or at least obstruct that freedom; although most of that wait time was my own procrastination and Knight's civilian production cycles.

...and Sean, if you have a girlfriend that appreciates HKs, What are you waiting for? SHE'S A KEEPER!!!! Marry her already! Hehe...or at least bring her along to the Utah gun party :D

Anyway, thanks guys. Lately, I've been refining my collection by selling off the firearms that for one reason or another, have fallen from grace and am focusing on quality and collectability rather than volume. The models I have left are the truly quality and collectable examples.

Sometimes, as with my LAR Grizzly, they are out of production and parts/components are hard to find. It can literally take years to locate what I need. Yesterday, I found a rare caliber conversion kit for the Grizzly. It is the final kit to complete that collection. It's as rare as it is odd. LAR manufacturing went experimental in the late 1980s and early '90s. They developed a 1911 style match grade pistol "on steroids" in 45 Winchester Magnum. It is truly a fine magnum with 4 available conversion kits: .357 Rem Magnum, 10mm, .45 acp and the proprietary 357/45 Grizzly Win Mag. The 357/45 GWM was the kit I just bought to complete that collection. I have been working on that for 6 years now. It's prolly asking too much, but I hear there is at least one more experimental conversion kit in 9mm Winchester Magnumthat was never in production, but there did exist a few. Maybe someday one of those will pop up. I'm not holding my breath though.

So unexpectedly, after all these years, two of my project guns have been finished in one week. NEXT! :D

[fustercluck]

Come to think of it, did I ever post pics of my Sig 556 Classic Swat project?

[oly884]

Come to think of it, did I ever post pics of my Sig 556 Classic Swat project?


Not that I saw!

[fustercluck]

Well, when I finish my Tundra timing belt change, I'll post a few pics of Sig pr0n...

[fustercluck]

So I had a few hours today to give it a whirl. I drove up to an outdoor range where I usually scrounge brass on Sunday afternoons. It was raining so I was the only one there and was able to fire without hearing protection. I didn't know what to expect since I had never been around suppressed fire before. After the first shot I couldn't resist checking the end cap to see if I had a cap strike as some others have had. No strike, so I took a few more shots.

I was surprised at how the suppressor suppressed and changed the sound. It didn't sound like gunfire. It was more of a clicking sound like tapping a hammer on plastic. I've been shooting firearms since I was 10 so there isn't much that's new to me. I'll admit right now that I was grinning ear to ear while I emptied the three mags I brought. If I may be so crass, it was like doing something naughty to spice up a decades old monogamous sex life...

Turns out I didn't need to index it for point of impact. The POI didn't seem to change with the suppressor in place. I'll know for sure when I take it to the indoor range. Won't get time for that for two more weeks I'm afraid. Anyway, thanks for all the comments and interest. This is likely the end of the line for this kit for a while.

[fustercluck]

Sig pr0n still pending...

[oly884]

So jealous....

Dang man, that's awesome! I finally got to the range and found that skills fade, but not as fast as I was expecting! I need to get out more often, and I need to get a few suppressors. I'm thinking 10mm, .22lr, 5.56, and 7.62 would do the trick....

[randver]

well since there is still no sig porn, i will hijack this thread and show you guys the 2 newest items in my zombie defense plan.
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/docadw/gun%20stuff/DSCI0012.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/docadw/gun%20stuff/DSCI0006.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/docadw/gun%20stuff/DSCI0003.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/docadw/gun%20stuff/DSCI0001.jpg

[oly884]

Beautiful!!!!

[DHC6twinotter]

I need to get some guns so I can fend off zombies.

[slosurfer]

I need to get some guns so I can fend off zombies.


Me too! But then again, I figure when the zombie apocolypse hits, I'll just raid the gun store. :) Till then it will be hand to hand combat and running them over with vehicles. :) I usually have enough empty beer bottles, gasoline, and rags, that I can fend them off with Molotov cocktails too.

[DHC6twinotter]

Running over them with vehicles sounds much funner than shooting them. I should add some of those spiked ice tires to my list of zombie weapons to buy. :D

[04 Rocko Taco]

You guys should really read more, fire and vehicles and definitely hand to hand combat are all VERY subpar and relatively poor choices when considering zombie warfare....

http://unicornparade.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/zombie_survival_guide.jpg

[randver]

the real trick to survive any attacks is chainmail. they cant bite through it.
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/docadw/sca/TaftGWW201.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/docadw/sca/TaftGWW203.jpg

[slosurfer]

LARPing won't get you anywhere with zombies! :lol: :P :flipoff:

RockoTaco, the vehicles and hand to hand combat are just to get me to the gun storer, big 5, walmar, etc... :) I've read most of that book because I pick it up everytime I go to the bookstore. :laugh:

[04 Rocko Taco]

It's a pretty decent book. I just figure with zombies, just like socialist presidents, you should prepare ahead of time, by the time it comes that you NEED a gun, its already to late.

[fustercluck]

well since there is still no sig porn, ...

Nag, nag, nag... :D

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23012.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23013.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23015.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23016.jpg

I'm still working on which optic and reticle option to get. So far I'm about settled on a Trijicon ACOG green chevron and BDC but my stock sits a bit low for proper eye alignment. May have to swap the stock out... Still researching options for that. Have about resolved the issue with my bipod choice and the Sig bayonet lug conflict. On these 556's, the bayonet lug prevents any picatinny component from removal by sliding it off the rail. To remove any sliding component, the user has to disassemble the forend; whichis annoying becasue to do that, he must first tap a roll pin out and separate the two forend halves by prying at the trunion thingy. Sucks!

I want an easily removable bipod so I have to use a rail riser to elevate the bottom rail plane by 1/4 inch. Then I can slide the bipod off. I found a riser made by GG&G in AZ., but it interferes with another component. I may have to modify it.

Anyway that's my Sig 556 swat project... with all of the issues, it may be a while before I can complete this build.

[fustercluck]

While I'm at it, here's so 1911 pr0n...

LAR Grizzly with 4 conversion kits.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23017.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23021.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23019.jpg

Conversions are: 45 acp, 10mm, 357 mag, 357/45 Grizzly Win Mag (wildcat)

[04 Rocko Taco]

VERY Nice!

[randver]

since you have a folding stock you should get one of these. and you dont have to slide it all the way off to take it off.
http://ustacticalsupply.com/productimages/GPS02.jpg

[fustercluck]

I have considered that one. I tried it on another rifle I have. I want the rail grabber feature of that one combined with the stability and durability of the GG&G extreme duty bipod.

http://www.bhigear.com/productimages2/bh-1219.jpg

[4x4mike]

While I'm at it, here's so 1911 pr0n...

LAR Grizzly with 4 conversion kits.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23017.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23021.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/azimyth/mk23019.jpg

Conversions are: 45 acp, 10mm, 357 mag, 357/45 Grizzly Win Mag (wildcat)


Very nice. I bet it is nice having all those choices.

[DHC6twinotter]

If zombies attack, I'm moving next to Fuster.

[Crinale]

If zombies attack, I'm moving next to Fuster.
:good: :good:

[04 Rocko Taco]

Hate to break it to all of you, but from a purely tactical standpoint, if you're not bringing much to the party in case of zombie apocalypse or social collapse, I wouldn't expect many people to let you move in.
Fuster don't want no extra mouths to feed... 'specially mouths that showed up with no gun. :)
I've only got 2 rifles and a handgun, but I've got a fair amount of ammo for them... maybe he'll let me in. lol

[Crinale]

i have little ammo, but i have 2 12guages and a compound bow :P

[fustercluck]

Hehe. When it's TEOTWAWKI, I have enough guns for twenty or thirty of y'all to hunt for your keep. We have enough food for two years for six people and enough water for two months. We have 10,000 rounds of ammo (various calibers). That ought to get us started. My neighbor has more guns and ammo than I do but no food. Soooo, we'll have to share for gun access.

Y'all better start moving to Utah before STHF :hillbill:

[4x4mike]

Damn dude. It sounds like you're set. Utah it is.

[Crinale]

Hehe. When it's TEOTWAWKI, I have enough guns for twenty or thirty of y'all to hunt for your keep. We have enough food for two years for six people and enough water for two months. We have 10,000 rounds of ammo (various calibers). That ought to get us started. My neighbor has more guns and ammo than I do but no food. Soooo, we'll have to share for gun access.

Y'all better start moving to Utah before STHF :hillbill:


:thumbup:

[04 Rocko Taco]

Y'all better start moving to Utah before STHF :hillbill:


STHF? Shouldn't it SHTF?

[fustercluck]

Y'all better start moving to Utah before STHF :hillbill:


STHF? Shouldn't it SHTF?


Sh__ the hit fan....lol.

[bamachem]

LOL... you guys crack me up.