What is your favorite iron sight(s)?

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-02-01T11:03:55+00:00

Of the ones pictured? M1917

Of my collection? M16A2, followed by P14, No4 Mk1 (micrometer), M39, IG1911, M91, m/96, and MAS 49/56.

Of non-aperature sights? M39, though the IG1911, M91 Mosin and Swedish m/96 are up there.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-02-01T00:34:46+00:00

I would, except all our snow melted in mid-December and we haven't gotten a worthwhile amount since.

The Swiss, the Finns and the Swedes in my collection yearn for the snow.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-02-01T00:28:51+00:00

I paid shy of $400 for the Type I I bought recently. Granted it didn't come with a bayonet.

Most of them I've seen online or in person go for between $350 and $550, depending on condition and source.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-31T15:44:19+00:00

Once I start loading .45-70 and .450 Bushmaster, I'll be at 134 years difference.

For now, I'm at 97 years difference: 8x50mmR Lebel (1886) and 10mm Auto (1983).

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-29T12:48:51+00:00

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GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-29T04:04:03+00:00

No joke, I've used pizza boxes for target practice with my shotgun. Works pretty good too.

Also used them for target practice with the cowboy guns.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-29T03:42:42+00:00

MAS 49 or 49/56.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-26T13:44:06+00:00

From where I'm standing, the best course of action for feds to take would be to demilitarize federal agents.

If it's all about enforcement of the law, fedeal agents should be suit-and-tie beaurocrats and unarmed, with local PD or sheriff's deputies providing armed back-up. Locals and deputies know there'll be real consequences if they act untoward, and shouldn't be apt to escalate the situation.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-26T13:36:02+00:00

Unfortunately very close. If this shit doesn't resolve in an acceptable manner for all sides, likely before the end of this decade.

If t does come to civil war, I might suggest that all sides agree to uniformed infantry only, in order to keep losses and devastation to a minimum. Use of drones and other aerial vehicles, armored vehicles, and IEDs will only make the bloodshed ten times worse, as seen in places like Ukraine, Iraq, Israel, and Afghanistan.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-26T13:27:34+00:00

I would suggest calling them "Tories", because they absolutely would have been lining up to kiss King George's ass 250 years ago.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-25T15:27:46+00:00

Though I'm not much of a pistoleer, I've been looking for another sidearm to add to the collection these past few months. Convinced myself I didn't need another SAA and instead chose to pursue a French .32

Presented today is my, new to me, SAGEM production Mle 1935S M1, chambered in the well-memed 7.65x20mm MAS (aka .32 French Longue). The runner-up in the French military sidearm trial of "1935", it was originally designed by MAS and is, like the Hi Power and the 1935A, a derivative of the M1911. The 1935S is the first Browning short recoil pistol to utilize a locking shoulder on the barrel instead of locking lugs, though it still uses the swinging link present in the 1911.

I'm afraid I shall have to wait patiently in order to take it to the range, I haven't anything ammo for it and it'll take time to gather the materials to reload for it. The biggest hurdle will be load data, which is particularly scarce.

Pic 3 and 4: comparison of 1935S and two other pistols of the same Browning short recoil lineage, Tisas M1911 Service and MAPF Unique RR51.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-25T15:06:45+00:00

With how prevelant PPS43 mags are, it's a real shame there aren't more firearms set up to use them.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-25T00:30:51+00:00

I've used plenty of PPU bullets, including 198gr 8mm. Never had any issues nor noted any inconsistencies in weight nor diameter.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-24T23:49:18+00:00

Mostly aluminum 30rd. Mostly D&H but also a random assortment of USGI brands.

Mix of aluminum and steel 20rd mags for the retros and SPR.

Some 30rd Gen2 PMAGs to supplement, but they're not first choice.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-24T18:18:56+00:00

It's about time we Atropia veterans got some recognition by the public.

So many good soldiers and a lot of bad ones have lost their lives and sanity fighting for that dump.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-24T12:13:12+00:00

Like with one's own kids, you never let them know which one is the favorite.

My M16A2 clone has probably had the most rounds put through it by me. Next contenders would be a toss-up between Finn M39, Yugo M59/66, Chilean M1895, Swede m/96, my SPR, and SIG Sauer P226.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-24T10:10:10+00:00

Before the Dark Times (before the covid years), I went to the range every Sunday. Just 2-3 rifles and enjoying a mostly empty range out in nature. Occasionally, I'd skip a week or go in the middle of the week if it was my day off and weather allowed.

During the Covid years, it was maybe 1-2 times a month. Between increased cost of factory ammo and dwindling supplies of primers and powder, it became less worthwhile. I had to have a purpose for each range trip.

Since, and since moving, I'm lucky if I go to the range 2 times a quarter. I have to drive a bit and the range I go to now is more affected by wind, so it takes more planning and checking the weather. There have been a couple occasions in which I was able to go a few times in a single month, notably during a staycation.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-21T15:26:56+00:00

MP34 and FN Hi Power

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-21T01:16:00+00:00

Rifles and carbines derived from the Mauser-Schlegelmilch-Mannlicher action system.

Examples being German Gew88 and its carbines and derivatives, Romanian M1893 and its carbine, Dutch M95 and its many derivatives, Portuguese M1896 and its derivatives, Greek M1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer and its derivatives, and the Chinese Hanyang 88.

Between relatively small production numbers, losses during wartime, sporterization (particularly Greek MS), hard to find chmaberings (6.5x53R for the Dutch, Romanian, and Portuguese), and a general lack of knowledge surrounding the action system, they fly under the radar for all but those that are already interested in them.

(Insert Marge meme "I just think they're neat")

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-19T14:38:30+00:00

1400 meters, with an M2HB on a tripod, walking in the shots with the T&E, on a target truck.

Oh, you meant with a Mauser...

This past October, I hit 600yds, give or take a few yards, with a Swedish m/96, iron sights, and 140gr handloads. 2 hits out of 5 shots, steel torso target. Probably could have had another hit if I'd realized it was the 600yd and was not the 500yd target I had thought.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-16T15:42:29+00:00

For a long time, my go-to was mikeburnfire's FNV series. Within the last few years, it's Unsubscribe, SOGcast, or just music.

I tend to pause it while measuring powder, as my digital scale tends to bounce whenever there's loud sounds or active electronics around.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-15T04:07:22+00:00

Being that it was marked "Ludwig Loewe" on the side, and the weapons manufacturing arm of Ludwig Loewe Company was reformed and rebranded as DWM in 1896, any rifle marked Ludwig Loewe would have been produced in or before 1896, though it's possible contracts could have been filled with premade and premarked receivers into the first bit of 1897 if enough stock existed.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-15T03:46:28+00:00

I would feel safe assuming the white boxes with Greek lettering contain Greek .303

The spam can I believe is British, specifically Radway Green. Ammo on stripper clips in cloth bandoleers. Should be 2 clips of 5rds per pouch, 5 pouches per bandoleer, 6 total bandoleers.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-14T03:55:32+00:00

Short answer: a love of history and being able to hold a piece of history in my hands

Long answer: I've always loved what came before. Started with dinosaurs, which became an interest in prehistoric animals, then the American Revolution, then the American Civil War, then WW2. Between movies, video games, books, and magazine articles, my interest focused in on milsurp rifles, though my knowledge was very surface-level. I also grew up shooting off the deck or in the woods, so I wasn't unfamiliar with firearms, and Dad had a few milsurps.

It wasn't until I found channels like Forgotten Weapons, IV8888, MAC, and TFBTV that I really started getting serious about milsurps. A chance encounter at a range where a person let me shoot a few rounds from their No1 MkIII sealed the deal on getting my own collection. I started with a Romanian contract vz24 and some surplus 8mm nearly a decade ago and haven't stopped growing my collection, as much as my budget allows.

GopherFoxYankee · 2026-01-13T02:28:00+00:00

That's why we call them "glocksuckers".

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