Thread: Gun Porn, show off your new toys

Yes well , she still doesn't know about the 590a1 buried in the deep dark corner of the safe and never used when she's around . Unfortunately she now has her license and her own rifle in the same safe but I have hidden the keys and whenever she wants it I retrieve it for her " let me get it for you my dear , and have I told you lately how much I love you" .... Hehehe
Had to front up with this one though as will be a carry rifle.

A kind forum member lent me this to try out.

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Always bring new guns home in the dark and get them into the safe without the wife seeing them .......... then when asked you be saying "what, that old thing........ it's been in the safe for ages .........."
Tip - never leave the safe door open when your wife is around, otherwise she will take inventory, and then you are screwed!

Good advise, but what do you recommend when your wife has a licence and knows where the keys are?

Originally Posted by Got-ya

Good advise, but what do you recommend when your wife has a licence and knows where the keys are?

Arrive home, say "hi honey, look what I bought for you............. (us)"
or, there is always the "look what I got on special ...... you won't believe how much I saved!"

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Arrive home, say "hi honey, look what I bought for you............. (us)"
or, there is always the "look what I got on special ...... you won't believe how much I saved!"

This is my exact approach to spearfishing gear.....

Picked up a couple of the bayonets on my wishlist and couldn't resist taking a family photo.

My new (CHONKY) toy.
4.7 Kgs of .22LR awesomeness!

@tommygun Makes me miss my old PARA-FAL very much

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Arrive home, say "hi honey, look what I bought for you............. (us)"
or, there is always the "look what I got on special ...... you won't believe how much I saved!"

Yeah that second one is what I get told when she turns up with a new Handbag.

Pretty impressed with the Backlanz carbon bipod QD system �� Well thought out and very light.

Finally got a new stock to replace the noodley Hogue overmoulded thing on my Rem 700 300 Blk..



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Originally Posted by ishoot10s

Pretty impressed with the Backlanz carbon bipod QD system �� Well thought out and very light.

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I have been seriously thinking about them for a while now.
Apart from the obvious weight saving are they as sturdy as a harris and do the legs have a good adjustment range and quiet to operate?

Originally Posted by fernleaf

Finally got a new stock to replace the noodley Hogue overmoulded thing on my Rem 700 300 Blk..



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I have one of those stocks. Good value. Mine has every spare accessible void filled with No9 lead shot

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

...are they as sturdy as a harris and do the legs have a good adjustment range and quiet to operate?

@veitnamcam you can’t flick both legs out at once like you can with a Harris, each leg has to be unlocked with a push button and rotated. The leg extension adjustment is easy though, easier that the fiddly wee thumbscrew on the Harris. No spring assistance on this part of the arrangement means all these setup movements are quiet. The combo leg option gives you a third stage alloy extension with detent locks. There’s a small spring that gives the alloy legs a shove when you press the release, and this action can generate a bit of noise.

I think the carbon work is well done, we’ll see how the 3D printed Titanium parts hold up in time. I shot the 7RM as pictured last weekend off the bipod and had no problems at all.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I have been seriously thinking about them for a while now.
Apart from the obvious weight saving are they as sturdy as a harris and do the legs have a good adjustment range and quiet to operate?

It seems a bit of a paradox - bipod used because the range tends to be long - yet a silent operation is required?
Have I missed something?

I’ve got one of those bipods with ‘twangy’ springs on my Sako 22 but haven’t had issues with game fleeing from the noise. (which can be minimized with a bit of care)