Thread 64221694

Which do I buy /k/:
>Mossberg 46B for $250
>Remington 512 for $300
>both classic .22s
>both in good condition
>both have target sights

If you have no idea why not just go with the cheapest one?

>>64221694 (OP)
Hard to say without seeing the condition of either but i think the 512 would be my choice

>rimfire
you should avoid them all.

>>64221694 (OP)
I think either would make you happy, functionally they're the same so go what you just like most when you look at it.

64221731
Not this faggot again

>>64221694 (OP)
I'm biased because I like that line of mossbergs. But mossberg. Make sure the trigger guard hasn't shrunk.

>>64221712
Some say the Remington is more desirable.

>>64221714
>>64221772
>>64221778
Thanks for the input anons!

>>64221694 (OP)
I haven't bought a .22lr in years, are the prices this insane now? Couldn't you buy something new for that?

>>64221694 (OP)
Buy both, and sell the one you like less a year from now for a $75 markup.

>>64221694 (OP)
>5 hours ago

Prolly way too late now, but I'd do the Remington first. That said, I'd end up doing both and shooting them all. Like the other a on said, just make sure the grip on the mossberg isn't fucked up (although there are repros available)

>>64222089
Get both.
You'll find as you get older that having a stable of vintage .22LR bolt actions is desireable

>>64223261
Very nice looking collection. What's that tube fed bolt action there?

>>64221694 (OP)
>bolt action
>tube magazine
hell yeah brother

>>64223297
Yep. As I get older I more and more appreciate old .22s, and beater shotguns

>>64221694 (OP)
I have both and each is desireable. I just got the Mossy.
>>64221714
Agreed. Condition, condition, condition. My Mossberg is nearly perfect.
>>64223261
Nice brace.

>>64224002
>As I get older I more and more appreciate old .22s, and beater shotguns
I sorely miss my old Win Model 12.

>>64224058
Sorry, that pic is awful.

>>64223986
Marlin model 81

>>64224002
They're not a cheap as they used to be, but they're still fairly affordable and cheap to shoot.

Knowing Remington, I would buy Mossberg any day.
Same goes for the shotgun cattegory,

>>64225009
These were made well before Remington went to shit.

While there are no flies on the Mossberg, I would lean towards the Remington personally. My 512 has been an excellent training rifle for new shooters and I thoroughly enjoy every outing I take with it. Ultimately I believe you would be well served with either.

>>64222564
You absolutely could source a new rifle in that price range, but it would likely be full of plastic and bargain bin components. Still serviceable, but nowhere near the quality of either rifle OP is looking at.

>>64223261
>(although there are repros available)
FWIW mine I got for a 46...something or other (B?) was fucked up. Not tall enough to fill the cutout meaning I had to shim it. Had to shim it so much that I could see the top of it side-on. And it didn't fill the inletted slot for the guard either (short in the front). And IIRC overhung the bottom of the grip. Not sure if I just got bad luck but between that and the awful beadblasted look I think there's HUGE room for improvement on repros. Actually might get me off my ass to get into that market if just because shitty repros with high effort (CNC'ing an injection mold only to fuck up basic things like fitting and beadblasting the mold for a repro of a semi-gloss part?) pisses me off. The Savage/Stevens gill gun bolt handles are another that bother the fuck out of me. They have huge disc charging handles and the guy who had repros made had these tiny little ones made from smaller bar stock to save material in a completely different style. Now those were functional good parts AFAIK but for all the machining work that went into those only to save a couple bucks on machine time/materials cost? The fuck?
t. maybe autistic about detail

>>64226055
That grip piece seems like the sort of thing 3D printing would be ideal for. Vapour smoothed ABS would get the look right. In fact I bet there's a huge untapped market for little cosmetic bits like that on old guns.

>>64226300
Could work but frankly I'd just get a very good/NOS condition guard, clean it with soap, copy it in silicone, and pour resin copies. Working on that last part right now; trying to find resin with the properties I want (or additives/filler to give it better properties). It's not a hard search but when 2 pints of resin costs $45 it gets expensive very fast. Copies details down to the last scratch (for better or worse, can be a PITA). Apparently silicone captures literal microscopic detail; pretty wild. Unfortunately for me that means I need to buy a second v good condition gun for every fucked condition gun I have lol.

>>64221731
hello, 5.7 schizo

>>64221778
>Make sure the trigger guard hasn't shrunk.
Shrunk?
Please explain?
I mean, it seems pretty obvious what you're saying. But I don't see how a trigger guard shrinks.

>>64229630
Old types of plastic we stopped using long ago do old outdated plastic things. Can't really explain it; I think sometimes it's a bad reaction with gun cleaner that got on it long ago, sometimes it's storage conditions (temperature), sometimes it's bad plastic batch. Kinda like how old zinc/ZAMAK parts can go crumbly if the mix was contaminated with the wrong metals. Or how tin, like on a tin roof, can develop tin pest. Hell, Stevens Tenite shotgun stocks are wood based polymer and can actually go moldy. Old plastics (~pre 1960s/1950s) are wild things and not the most predictable, even if they are very very durable (I've dug up some of it that was thrown away in the 50s/60s/70s, I'm sure).

I wouldn't worry about it if your gun has a good trigger guard and you know to keep cleaners off it (as you should any wood), but mine was bought already "shrunk". Maybe it's just the oils coming out of it causing it to shrink, I don't know. Like how silicone molds can lose their oils and deteriorate. Mine actually "shortened" and straightened out and pulled away from the grip and trigger. Around the screw it was its correct thickness because it couldn't compress the screw so it bulged back out to correct thickness at those spots. Never saw anything like it and I've never found out what kind of plastic they used.

>>64231415
>Old types of plastic
Ah. I wasn't thinking of old plastic. But those two words explain it. At least it's not nitrocellulose plastic... right?

>>64231871
I don't think it's nitrocellulose but that'd be pretty funny. I think nitro is probably more stable...if a little more flammable. Probably a bad idea for a trigger guard lol.