Until the recent bans on normal-capacity magazines, the Saco Crossfire may have been the ultimate long gun for California shooters in the late 1990s. Consisting of a 4+1 round 12 gauge shotgun superposed over a 5.56 carbine fed by AR magazines, the Crossfire deftly dodged semi-auto gun bans because both actions were manually cycled by its sliding pump fore-end . . .
The idea of a combination rifle/shotgun is nothing new, of course. Billy may have bought the farm fairly early in Predator, but who can forget his combination M16/Remington 870 rifle/shotgun? Savage sold piles of break-open rifle/shotguns for decades; after a long hiatus they’re finally making new ones in .22/.410.
Somehow the Crossfire never capitalized on the utility and popularity of simpler combo guns. Maybe it was the high price tag, or the clunky looks, or the mechanical complexity, or the obese size and weight. Or the recalls.
Few were built and fewer were sold, and the remainders and recalls occasionally hit the market for liquidation. If you’re really interested, a batch of them has landed at www.cdnninvestments.com for $1000 each. But don’t say I didn’t try to warn you.
Well,
To all you naysayers, I trust him because he said he “did not have sex with that woman!”
On the other hand, he is a sack of s**t!!!!
“Priapic one”! Outstanding Nick!
Greetings all. I scored big the past seven days. It’s been my habit to stop by Wallyworld on the way to work in the Chicago area. For months I’ve come up empty-handed for 9mm and .22 LR, other than an occasional 50-round box of 9mm. So a week ago, there were 100-round boxes of Federal FMJ 9mm. I bought my three. This morning to my surprise and delight, they had 500-round boxes of Federal .22 LR. I bought 3 of those. I feel as if I found the Ark or something. Not going to read into this… I think I just happened to be the first one there after a shipment. Still pretty bare shelves overall. In addition, compared to prices online, this is about as inexpensive as it gets.
Here’s what I don’t get… If “assault weapons” are so ineffective against human targets, why ban them? Shouldn’t they be trying to ban shotguns, since in the words of our VPOTUS, they are much more effective weapons?
Or is it possible that progressives just don’t know what they’re talking about?
Be advised, Cinco de Mayo parade is Saturday morning next door to the convention center. It forms up east of Minute Maid park and travels a loop west and then back to Minute Maid. 10 am to noon. See you there!
WHOA!! WTF??? I was reading Rifle762’s post, and WHOOSH… I was directed to the Cinco de Mayo Festival website!!! HOW CREEPY IS THAT?
Honestly. I swear!!!
That blows my mind.
(Cue Dean Martin): “Well it’s lonesome in this old town. Everybody puts me down…”
People who live in gated communities, spend how much on security and have the secret service protect them and their families are going to tell me what I should do for protection? Foad
If a shotgun is better, then is an assault shotgun the BEST?
Too many dots.
Maybe if the center dot was a different color…maybe
I weigh 140 and can dump 5 rounds of 12gauge high brass with the best of them, people that think the weight of the shooter matters need to learn proper stance.
Nice. Out of my league. Sob…
Why all the knife posts all of a sudden. I thought there was a new blog for that. Or is this a promotion campaign for the new blog?
Once again I say crime is the Progressive’s first first choice for maintaining control. The underlying purpose of the Berkley law professor’s NYT article was to reinforce the notion that a citizen resisting crime creates more violent offenders. His message is give the enforcer his fair share and you will be ok. Progressives fully intend to turn over the streets to the thugs.
It no different than their attitude about piracy (self defense will make them angry) or don’t offend Muslims because they will have just cause to bomb the Boston marathon.
How does Chicago compare to the Big Easy? Last year New Orleans racked up 193 murders for a population under 360,000. That’s a much higher per capita murder rate than Chicago, and it’s in a state with some of the freest gun laws in the nation.
What’s going on there, or in cities like St. Louis and Detroit, which also have a higher per capita rate than Chicago and easier access to guns (CCW, etc.)?
I am 78. Have hunted and collected guns, drillings included. Semi-auto
fire in thew woods is stupid, and guys who attach themselves to assault
weapons and resist background checks are childish. I have seen a couple
of ytoung guys in the deeer woods with semi-auto 30-06 blast away at
a running deer. One guy actually hit the animal, destroying the haunch
meat and anus. I was trained not to shoot at running animals, to place
one shot, or let the animal pass if it didn’t present a clear target heart
shot. Sportsman do not use semi-autos. Jerks do. I am a downeast
Mainer. Think guys. Background checks are a good thing for many reaasons:
misdemeanors, domestic violence, DUI’s, drug use, hell, half of TX.
Sorry about that. Yes, I am a redneck as you are. But I think for the common
good, not for the guys at bar.
You have to remember that ALL ammunition was corrosive until the 1950s, and military ammunition, depending on the source, was still using corrosive primers into the 1970s and 1980s. The US and NATO had mostly changed to non-corrosive primers by the 1960s. Using corrosive ammunition is not like pouring battery acid down your barrel. Anyone who uses old military ammunition in service rifles will be well versed in the proper cleaning processes.
There is a reason why service shooters will have a thermos of hot water in their car and it is not to make a cup of tea or coffee. It is to pour down the barrel after the match. And then follow up with your cleaning solvents. Alternatively, Sweets 7.62 Solvent is very good for cleaning up after corrosive ammunition. Note that you should clean up at the range. Cleaning up at home afterwards will result in your partner screaming “What’s that smell?” and “Get it out of the house”. Sweets has a level of ammonia that makes windex almost drinkable.
The problem is with gas operated firearms and where the gas is vented to. An example is the SKS. While the barrel was chrome lined, the gas tube and piston were not, so the the gas tube and piston required careful cleaning. And note you should NOT use Sweets solvent in chrome-lined barrels. Copper is used to bed the chrome layer to the steel and Sweets eats copper for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! If there is a scratch in the chrome or a port in the barrel, the sweets can get under the chrome and remove the binding layer of copper causing the chrome to peel off the barrel.
In civil use, a non-chromed barrel is fine. There were endless discussions on the surplus rifle forums about this.