u/Mkilbride

Looks like a nice rifle, but I don't know these things too well and I've been reading about the lifespan of 6.5CM barrels and that got me antsy.

Cheapest I found is Northeast Munitions, but apparently they charge a 25$ fee for not using silencer shop. Which I find a little annoying

The Cat Mob had been on my radar, but I really, really, really dislike their marketing. Like a lot. Great can from what I can hear though.

The Milkman is kinda funky looking, but that's fine. People are saying it's only slightly louder than the Cat Mob, has a way better warranty and less back pressure and the company is nice. Right now it's about 100$ more to get the Cat Mob over the Milkman, so it's not even a money issue here. Also Milkman is a joke nickname people have used for me online for a long time so it feels kind of right.

PTR from what I can tell, are douchebags all around, but their Vent 1 is kind of in a class of it's own. I don't do dedicated suppressor hosts and swap mine around, the Vent 1 is great on Bolt Actions, 308 or 6.5 CM I hear, and does a moderate job at 5.56 and the like, something I'd want to try dipping my toes into.

However when I was out at a FFL today, I met someone there who turned out to be...a suppressor manufacturer and he turned me onto his website, Northreach MFG. They have the Whisper Pickles. Much, much affordable, at half the price, double the weight, but I don't really see any reviews. It intrigued me. He has videos on the website, but it's really hard to tell a suppressor from videos due to so many variables in recording, a lot of them all end up sounding the same. They also have like a 2 month+ wait period.

Also planning to Tri-lug the 9mm PCC can, wondering what adapter to buy for the Milkman?

Thanks.

Almost 5 days ago I ordered a Chiappa Rhino 60 DS 44. Magnum, Nickel plated. Stock finally showed up. On a ton of vendors. It was available for like over an hour on a lot of websites.

Naturally I went to gun.deals and found the cheapest place after shipping. Battlehawk Armory. I submitted my order before it even showed as listed on the gun.deals website, I was checking OoS vendors to see if they were in stock.

I managed to secure an order on another website, but after seeing it 50$ cheaper at BHA, I cancelled that order, and went with BHA.

Fast forward to today:

> We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Unfortunately, the item(s) from your recent order are currently out of stock at our main facility and across all of our distribution and fulfillment warehouses. Because of this, your entire order has been canceled and fully refunded.

>A full refund has been issued immediately from our system; however, please allow 1–7 business days for the funds to appear back in your account, depending on your bank or credit card provider.

>If you’d like to be notified when this product becomes available again, please sign up for a Back-In-Stock notification by adding the item to your wishlist on our website.

I feel very upset by this because I could've ordered from the other half dozen vendors and actually gotten it. But no, I went with BHA. A recurring theme I suppose, after googling them, all over reddit.

I have been hunting this gun for months, since I first saw it in March or so, and was so excited, only for this kick in the teeth.

https://cfnparts.com/product/Swivel-Base-Original-783?path=366

This is what I got on both ends.

https://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Mikes-25200-Magnum-Swivel/dp/B002E6T1NU?ie=UTF8

This is what I was looking into so I could use my Harris Bi-Pod. However it looks like I'll need to drill, which makes me hesitant to modify the gun.

Thoughts?

Googling around I found some on ebay to match it, but they're all in various states - hard to say. As for cleaning it, well, not sure it's worth taking a 50-60$ scope to a Gunsmith to fix when for 100$ you can get much better scopes these days.

I was looking at some Leopold Weaver rail rings for 11mm, and perhaps the Athlon Telos 4-16x40mm, which I've found currently on sale for 120$ shipped. The rings are 25$. So 145$ and bam, newer, better scope. I figure it's good on a budget, as it's just a plinker really.

Any suggestions?

Looking online, I can find replacement barrels in the 100$~ ish range, and I've read Gunsmiths can change the barrels for like 150-170$. Mosin Nagants are no longer the 140-160$ price tag they were, but seem to be creeping at over 500$+.

The stock on mine is Mint, receiver as well, just the barrel is borked because of my own ineptitude. What are your thoughts? Get a new barrel, let my cousin have it for spare parts for his own Mosin, or just buy a new one?

What would you recommend? I can return the Vortex rings, I thought they fit the weaver rail directly, but that's my mistake. A EGW rail is cheap enough and well regarded, but Talley rings direct mount which is nice.

100-200 yards is my Ranges limit, there may be some hunting eventually.

I'd put a budget of 500$ish with a little wiggle room depending on the reason.

Thanks.

There's just so much information out there, I keep thinking I know what I want, but then I become unsure.

The plan is to use the Tri-lug, but I suppose I also have the option of direct threading it, which I've heard there are benefits of. What are your thoughts? In a unique position since most AP5s don't have the option of Direct Thread. I think I know I'd need one of those uh, smooth thread protectors that help lock suppressors in place if I use direct thread, but oh well.

I also need to get one of those Tri-lug wrenches to tighten the muzzle device down, but it's such a specific, one time use tool and it's like 25$ - what are your thoughts?

Also - Rocksett. Should I use it? Y/N? On both devices?

I have the 2 magazines that came with it, and 3 extras I bought, so 1 15 round, and 4 22 rounders. It seemed random when it happened, didn't always happen.

Gun is not modified in any way, no optics and nothing been changed, stock.

I tried CCI SV, CCI Mini-Mag and CCI Quiet-22 Semi Auto. It seemed random, but not had a brand new gun fail to lock back the slide with so many new magazines.

I can find a few posts about it, with mixed results. I can't find a real Definitive answer if it's worth the little bit extra for the Clean 22, some people are saying it's a lot less accurate and "smells" of burning plastic.

I ordered a OCL Titanium 22 and got it coming in a few days, mostly have SV stocked, so was curious.