Firearms Section

[73camarolt]

Ok so me and my dad have been looking to buy an AR-15 lately. We mostly shot old WW2 guns like garand and carbines and 1911. We were looking to buy an Rock River with the comp 20' barrel solid stock. But a friend of mines dad works at a gun store and can get us a good deal on the same gun but a bushmaster. Any input?

[11BEE]

Bushmaster is a great gun. You will love them, but start saving for all of the extras you are going to want to put on it.

[73camarolt]

Alright thanks for the fast response. I am going down there with my dad and see what kind of deal we can really get.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by 73camarolt

Ok so me and my dad have been looking to buy an AR-15 lately. We mostly shot old WW2 guns like garand and carbines and 1911. We were looking to buy an Rock River with the comp 20' barrel solid stock. But a friend of mines dad works at a gun store and can get us a good deal on the same gun but a bushmaster. Any input?

Bushmastewr are great and pretty resonably priced

[TripleX]

Nothing wrong with a Bushmaster...

Like was said before, set some money aside for the furniture you are about to purchase for it..

What optic you going with?

[73camarolt]

For right now it will be Iron Sight. Will most likely upgrade in the future. I plan on buying this and then doing a few mods to the SS before the Oshawa trip.

[rdblan2]

For all your AR questions to be answered, head over to the forums at ar15.com. Do some reading. Stay out of the picture threads unless you want to go broke very quickly.

[Milk 1027]

Originally Posted by Redemption

It all depends on what county you are in... Here in my county, FORGET it, not gonna happen.

But up in the Sierra's, where I have a vacation home, its super easy (file the paper work and check, then the sheriff hands you the paper). But gotta prove that I live there.

Do some research on your county. Its actually getting a bit easier in CA...

Cool. I live in Kern County right now. But my permanent adress is in LA county. They offer 4hr CCW classes here in Bakersfield so I'm going to ask about it. I might need to change my adress to Kern County.

Originally Posted by Synergy1911

Check out a great forum for everything you want to know about CA gun laws, CCW, CA legal AR/AK variants, hunting, long range precision and a huge classified section, along with many other sections. Its C5 for CA gun owners. It is free to join. I encourage all CA gun owners to join.
www.calguns.net

The Calguns Foundation is actually fighting really hard to overturn a lot of the idiotic CA laws. The have also fought against unlawful arrests or seizures for CA legal guns. All CA gun owners should know the laws for their guns and these guys may support you. In addition to NRA and CRPA http://www.crpa.org/
http://calgunsfoundation.org/

For all questions about CA gun laws, such as high capacity magazines, removable mags on a AR/AK or how to own a SBS check out: The CalGuns Wiki:
http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Main_Page


For more specific info on CCW look here:
www.calccw.com

I am Synergy on both forums

Nice! Thanks for those links. I've already been reading up on CA restrictions, but those really help too.

[Scrappy Doo]

Originally Posted by 73camarolt

Ok so me and my dad have been looking to buy an AR-15 lately. We mostly shot old WW2 guns like garand and carbines and 1911. We were looking to buy an Rock River with the comp 20' barrel solid stock. But a friend of mines dad works at a gun store and can get us a good deal on the same gun but a bushmaster. Any input?

No complaints on Bushmaster.


I prefer DPMS or Colt because I have a lot of "time" in with them. lol.

But it's kind of like a Ford vs. Chevy thing.... They are all good guns.

[SirMike]

Originally Posted by Milk 1027

Cool. I live in Kern County right now. But my permanent adress is in LA county. They offer 4hr CCW classes here in Bakersfield so I'm going to ask about it. I might need to change my adress to Kern County.


Nice! Thanks for those links. I've already been reading up on CA restrictions, but those really help too.

Just wanted to add that Calguns is GREAT!!! Very good resource and overall very good people.

[92rscamaro]

any one know of a decent cheap tactical .22 rifle. looking to get one for plinking.

[helmincamaro]

Originally Posted by 92rscamaro

any one know of a decent cheap tactical .22 rifle. looking to get one for plinking.

check out the S&W M&P 15-22.... its a .22LR AR15 basically.... but its built as a .22 specific (not just a conversion). They're around $400-450 if I remember right... all kinds of cool goodies too

[92rscamaro]

yea i was looking at that one. a lil on the high side of my price range. lol but its by far almost the exact thing that i want. hmmm maybe il just have to suck it up and dish out the cash haha.

[helmincamaro]

Originally Posted by 92rscamaro

yea i was looking at that one. a lil on the high side of my price range. lol but its by far almost the exact thing that i want. hmmm maybe il just have to suck it up and dish out the cash haha.

well, with S&W.... you get what you pay for. Their service is top notch... if it ever breaks or anything.... send it back to them and they'll fix it (goes for anything they've ever made). I got a semi-auto .22 that's given me fits since day one.... they won't do squat about it . The magazines are cheaply made (bought nicer ones, so it feeds now). It also had trouble with the bolt release.... it just hangs open and won't close back without reaching inside it and jiggling the bolt stop.... total pain. If I was gonna buy a new .22.... that 15-22 is the way to go! If your thinking about a pistol .22.... that new Ruger 22-45 is pretty cool. Very accurate and reliable... I've kinda thought about picking one up myself... I've already got enough "small" stuff though.... but you always need more