Alphecca

BFG-50, A First Look

I'm due at a wedding this afternoon or I'd already be gearing up for the range. Hopefully tomorrow. But I thought I'd share some initial reactions with you.

You know, just something to do a little plinking with, get rid of the squirrels... Seriously, and the Serbu BFG-50 Carbine is definitely a serious gun, this affordable rifle is much more compact then it's competition. It's about 3 1/2 feet long, 19 pounds with the scope, and while I'm not sure I'd want to tote it any great distances, is certainly managable. Mark Serbu included the IOR Valdada 4-14 X 50 illuminated tactical scope. He said it wasn't his favorite, just what he had around at the time. For my purposes it will do just fine!

Incidentally, when I say that "even my cats have guns", you'd better pay attention. Here's Crispy muzzle-to-muzzle with the brake:

The shark fins actually angle at about 45 degrees. Combined with the ample padding on the buttplate, recoil won't be too bad...

The bolt locking mechanism with the extractor at the end of it. It appears (not shown) that the firing pin is fully recessed which would prevent (mercifully) any chance of a "slam-fire".

I'm thinking that one day after work this coming week a bunch of us will be heading to the range to blow stuff up. My local gun store, the Shooter's Shop, has ordered more ammo for me. There will be cameras capable of short videos and I might take Countertop up on his offer to host those, since I already exceed my bandwidth at Hosting Matters every month. Of course, he's busy angling for his own.

By the way, I also put a deposit down on the Taurus. My thanks to you folks for that. They're on back-order, or actually not yet released but are due to be shortly. And I only have four payments left on the Alphecca Limo. That will free-up $355 bucks a month. Life is good around here!

Posted by Jeff Soyer at August 20, 2005 10:13 AM