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[CSACANNONEER]

AFAIK, buybacks will only accept FUNCTIONING firearms.

[CCWFacts]

Excellent point!!

Thank you!

Rather than losing one of the ~100k RAWs in this state, wouldn't it be so much nicer to instead convert your ordinary-level evil paperweight into a hyper-evil 50 BMG baby seal killing death ray?

[fairfaxjim]

I'm pretty sure that kittens are safe - for the time being at least. What is in great jeapordy are our rights to own and have reasonable use of our firearms. EVERY firearm, junk or not, that ends up in a buyback is another nail in the coffin of gun rights. It's not about taking their money, it's not about buying more guns, it's about making them fail at their goal of making guns look evil to the general public. A big turnout is a win for them - it's a headcount. You give them a gun, you are their tool!

Bravo to those who will try to buy the guns out from under them!! To be truly effective, we should be out there buying all the guns out from under them (junk guns too!) and making sure the world knows that those guns are being bought because guns are valuable, useful, not evil, and are not junk!

The best result for gunowners is for the buybacks to end with all their cash and empty garbage cans - no guns, no kodak moment, no press, only fail!

[Sinixstar]

I'm pretty sure that kittens are safe - for the time being at least. What is in great jeapordy are our rights to own and have reasonable use of our firearms. EVERY firearm, junk or not, that ends up in a buyback is another nail in the coffin of gun rights. It's not about taking their money, it's not about buying more guns, it's about making them fail at their goal of making guns look evil to the general public. A big turnout is a win for them - it's a headcount. You give them a gun, you are their tool!

Bravo to those who will try to buy the guns out from under them!! To be truly effective, we should be out there buying all the guns out from under them (junk guns too!) and making sure the world knows that those guns are being bought because guns are valuable, useful, not evil, and are not junk!

The best result for gunowners is for the buybacks to end with all their cash and empty garbage cans - no guns, no kodak moment, no press, only fail!

15-20 years ago, I think this might have been a valid argument. Problem is, i just don't think anybody pays attention anymore. This is another one of those 'dog bites man' news stories that people breeze right past without a thought.

[McCrown]

No, I think that is wrong, dangerously wrong!

The SKS mags use a screw to "permanently" attach to the rifle. If I attach one to a rifle (any semi-auto rifle, including Yugo or whatever) I have created a rifle with a high-capacity feeding device built in. I believe that converts the rifle itself into an AW.

If the mags didn't use this screw attachment, I think it would be fine. But they do have a screw attachment, and it's necessary to use it for them to function (they are a crap design, and the SKS was never designed for such things).

Can someone confirm if my logic is correct there? If that's right, then it means that these SKS mags are just ugly paperweights, unless I happened to have an SKS-RAW, which I don't have.

I am not an expert on that type of weapon system, but I believe that it can be made to accept detachable mags, and if yours are not a detachable type, what about a parts kit to some that are. Just some food for thought.

ETA: I am assuming that a Yugo is not listed as an SKS and is therefore similar to an OLL.

[CCWFacts]

I am not an expert on that type of weapon system, but I believe that it can be made to accept detachable mags, and if yours are not a detachable type, what about a parts kit to some that are. Just some food for thought.

These are SKS mags with a long "nose" with a screw attachment on it. They don't work as detachable. Maybe someone made some modified AK mags, or a modified SKS magwell, that would work as detachables, but not mine.

Anyway, the SKS design is meant to work with its own built-in mag. The dynamics and forces are different in a "banana" shaped mag, and the information I have is that they don't work well under any circumstances. I believe the built-in SKS mag uses a pivot point to control the follower, something which is different from the design of a banana clip. In addition, the pressure in a fully-loaded 30-round mag is a lot higher than in a 10-round built-in mag. It doesn't seem possible for the SKS design to work reliably with a pressure that's so much out of its normal range.

Beyond that, I think SKSs are cool and look best in their original configuration. I have an AR-15. I don't need to bubaize an SKS.

And yes, a Yugo is pretty much an OLL. My understanding is that the bulk of "SKS"es which have been imported from various countries are not actually stamped SKS.

[woodey]

Would a 26ga Flare pistol with a 12ga insert & Agulia minni shell?

[CHS]

Would a 26ga Flare pistol with a 12ga insert & Agulia minni shell?

I don't know.. Would it?

[CSACANNONEER]

Would a 26ga Flare pistol with a 12ga insert & Agulia minni shell?

It would qualify as a zip gun under Ca law. Can you say FELONY to possess? As far as the buy back goes, pay your money and take your chances.

[unusedusername]

Would a 26ga Flare pistol with a 12ga insert & Agulia minni shell?

Would it do what?

Most flare guns I've seen are made of molded plastic. I think it would just blow up if you put a 12ga shell in them.

Besides unless you are getting them used, a flare gun is gonna cost more then the $50 they give at a buyback.

[B Strong]

While I'm sure someone will try and talk me out of it, I've got a reciever thats machined wrong in many places, and I am just not going to put hundreds of dollars into the thing to fix it. I have a couple RAW's, and this thing just is not that important to me. I was wondering if I brought it to the gun buyback, with the letter stating that it's a RAW, if I might get anything for it. While not a complete gun, It could easily be turned into a legal baby killing weapon of mass destruction.

Bringing in anything other than a crap firearm to a gun "buy-back" does nothing but feed the monster.

If the receiver is registered, keep it - it can't take up that much room in the safe to make getting rid of it a priority, and I'd rather see you use it for a friggin' paperweight than turn it in.

[loather]

Bringing in anything other than a crap firearm to a gun "buy-back" does nothing but feed the monster.

Fixed it for you.

[CSACANNONEER]

Would it do what?

Most flare guns I've seen are made of molded plastic. I think it would just blow up if you put a 12ga shell in them.

Besides unless you are getting them used, a flare gun is gonna cost more then the $50 they give at a buyback.

Most surplus and commercial grade flare guns are made of metal. Some of them have conversions available which are intended to shoot 12g flares. Then, there are those who have made flare gun conversions to shoot standard shotgun shells. They work in some flare guns but, it is illegal to use or even possess them here. I'm not sure about other states though.

[CHS]

Most surplus and commercial grade flare guns are made of metal. Some of them have conversions available which are intended to shoot 12g flares. Then, there are those who have made flare gun conversions to shoot standard shotgun shells. They work in some flare guns but, it is illegal to use or even possess them here. I'm not sure about other states though.

I've got a very high-quality german-made flare gun that would absolutely work with low pressure pistol rounds if someone were to machine an adapter for it.

That would be wrong and illegal, so I won't do that. But it's pretty creepy what you can do with a $60 flare gun

[loather]

I guess I'm gonna spred seeds all over it and make a Chia Reciever, or sink it in the fish tank with a little diver and bubbles comming out of it. It would make a nice door handle, or gear shift knob. I could stick a bulb in it and make it into a nite light. Hmmm, art it is.

haha, the lost city of AR15lantis.