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I've considered that. I don't have a drill press. Can it be done with a hand drill, or is a drill press pretty necessary?
Good to know.
Your really need just basic hand tools and a punch set. Buy the upper already assembled the way you want it, and save yourself the hassle. The Lowers go together real easy, its just springs and pins.
I didn’t know those existed. I introduced myself to .243 last year and was impressed, but didn’t even think to look for levers. That looks like a good youth-deer rifle for getting boys started on larger calibers.
Its a family affliction...my dad, in his late 80s, also owns a triple digit number of firearms. My son, once when he was 18, bragged that he was one gun away from having 50 (I think he is at 50 now, about to be 51 next week when I give him that model 66). Heck, even my daughter, currently at 19 years old, has several, and she hardly shoots.
My shooting range in the back yard helps. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably almost never shoot. Not that I dislike public/private ranges (I do go to a club for skeet a few times a year), more just for the time/hassle of it.
I'm lucky, as my neighbors are pretty good (everyone has acreage where I live, so that keeps everyone distant too). It helps that for rifles, I actually set up my range where I can shoot indoors, out the open sliding door wall, to the backstop. It sounds "hill billy" but it actually does a fantastic job of quieting down the booming rifles. I shot a large/loud caliber like this the other day, then later saw one of my next door neighbors and I asked if my shooting bothered him. He was home but he didn't even know I was shooting, and he's my closest neighbor. Only down side is I can only do that when no one else is at my home, obviously.
Back before the previous administration, I went out and bought A LOT of ammo, A LOT of primers A LOT of reloading stuff. Now I don’t worry about running out of ammo. Now might be a good tome to do similar if possible. When ammo was in shorts supply I had plenty. Often I was the only person at the range because I was the only one who had anything to shoot. I made friends by selling ammo at a profit because there was none available.I want some new optics and a bunch more ammo. I don't have *that* many guns; I just need to shoot them all a bit more. Having said that I could always find a deal that I can't pass up on something cool.
Suppressors work even better.
Funny story. I was out shooting with my son and some of his buddies one day. The buddies have, between them, half a dozen suppressors. THey had everything from .223 to .458 Socom. 300 Blackout, WSPR, 9mm, you name it. Anyway, they're blasting away, and I pulled out my old Rossi .357 lever gun. Knocked one into a gong, and immediately hear the yelps from the guys. It never occurred to me to be shooting without earplugs, but they all were. Those ARs, even the .458, were as quiet as popguns. Just amazing. Makes me want to get one or two.
