What is this? How could you use it?

[skippythwndrdog]

Here's your hint: It's part of what has caused a very popular surplus rifle to be banned in CA.

[Worst Username Ever]

1. AR15 extended barrel??

But it also looks kind of like an action... makes in full auto? dunno.

[skippythwndrdog]

2. No cigar yet. n/t

[slackmaster]

3. Grenade launcher and sight from a Yugoslavian Zastava SKS rifle

http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/zastava.htm

Funny thing is, I have a French MAS 49/56 that had a functionally similar grenade launcher and sight on it when I bought it at a gun store. Thousands were imported and sold in that configuration.

I took the grenade launcher off of mine so I wouldn't have to register it as an "assault weapon" in 2000.

To answer "How could you use it?" - You'd need a grenade. Grenades are highly regulated as destructive devices by both the state and federal governments. So, I guess you could make an adapter to enable it to launch potatoes or golf balls.

[skippythwndrdog]

5. Close, but still no cigar. n/t

[DonP]

4. M 59/66 SKS Grenade launcher and sight

Probably a Yugo, they seem to be the most common ones out there now.

Of course the grenades they are supposed to launch are nowhere around and, from what I've read, were as likely to blow up on the end of the rifle than launch as planned.

Another cosmetic restriction for the feel good crowd.

[skippythwndrdog]

6. Still close. Still no cigar. n/t

[skippythwndrdog]

7. Too true on the cosmetic issue. n/t

[skippythwndrdog]

8. Another hint.

It can be bought legally in most areas for $19.97 + shipping.

No, mods. I'm not selling them, nor am I going to tell where they are for sale.

edited to correct the numbers

[skippythwndrdog]

9. Since I gotta leave for a bit, you'll have to wait for the answer.

[UpsideDownFlag]

10. oh dear. I thought this was DU. let me check the URL real quick...

nope. for a second i thought i'd accidentally stumbled upon glocktalk or something. way to keep it real, guys.

[Name removed]

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[UpsideDownFlag]

12. it's only rthe "gungeon" because it got hijacked by a buncha RKBAers

that rarely post anywhere else but here. the official name is Justice/Public Saftey.

[skippythwndrdog]

13. And the item pictured is essentailly a test.

It's a part of the AWB language. It's also part of the reason some firearms are banned in some states and cities. It's also about as harmmless as a firearm component can get.

Sometimes it's kinda nice to prove that many anti's speak with emotion rather than reason.

Why ban, or attempt to ban, something you can't even identify? (rehtorical question for legislators there.)

Thanks for helping me to make my point.

[FeebMaster]

14. Posting threads about guns in the forum

set aside for Crime, Drugs, Death Penalty, Guns, Etc. is hijacking it? That must be something like skirting the Assault Weapons Ban by complying with it.

[library_max]

26. They think they own the forum and make up their own rules.

This has nothing to do with justice, nothing to do with public, and nothing to do with safety. It's gun porn, pure and simple. Those who appreciate gun porn think that those who do not have no business arguing about gun laws, but it's possible that there might be a hole in that logic somewhere.

[skippythwndrdog]

27. It has everything to do with justice.

People have been prosecuted and/or had their personal property seized for having such things attached to firearms. It doesn't matter that it's useless as tits on a boar. It just looks scary.

From the grabber viewpoint, the elimination of grenade launchers has a great deal to do with public safety. Unlike frearms, grenades truly do have only one purpose - unless they're the tear gas or smoke type. No. I didn't forget flash bangs or incendiaries. Different grenades for different purposes.

Frags are made to kill. That was my thought one the one purpose statement. I figured I'd better cover all the bases "just in case."

[library_max]

32. You can superimpose all that stuff on the thread if you want.

I notice that you don't support any of it, but never mind. The original post showed a picture and asked if anyone could guess what it is. That's got dick to do with justice, public, or safety, no matter what ex post facto justifications you try to paste over it.

[gatlingforme]

28. It's intersting reading your posts when you start a thread, and

actually post to someone elses thread. WHAT A DIFFERENCE. You ride the fence when you start a post and when you want to respond to a thread , you say what you mean........... LOL

[UpsideDownFlag]

29. yep. nobody else does that either.

"stop the governator..."

3 paragraphs later "tell the liberal dems" appears 5 times.

[UpsideDownFlag]

30. additionally, i wouldnt say that threads like these...

"why are there so many freeper-esque threads here"

"yes, guns only have one purpose"

or

"after watching the RNC, i Dare you to talk crap about dems"

are on the fence. you may consider me extremist thru and thru if you want, i dont care. but im not on the fence.

[Retired AF Dem]

31. In the gungeon guns sell

go ahead and start a thread about anything else, prision reform, drugs you name it and you might get 5-6 posts tops in the thread. Sorry pal if it wasent for the progun and the antigun folks there would be no need for a gungeon at all.

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15. Grenade launcher for...

British SMLE MK1

(edited to add: just did some Googling and came up with the same picture B-)... price is much higher though)

[skippythwndrdog]

17. You win the Kewpie doll!

Close enough for grenades. No. 4 Enfield grenade launcher.

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18. I had to go back and re-read the question a couple of times...

just to be certain I understood it correctly (how could an easily detachable grenade launcher result in the banning of a bolt action rifle that's been around for some 60+ years ... then I just accepted the fact that it was California).

:shrug:

[slackmaster]

19. Only the grenade launcher is banned in CA, not the Lee Enfield

A fine rifle it is, too.

[skippythwndrdog]

20. I noticed my unclear wording to late to fix it.

The CA statute specifically bans the Yugo SKS with the grenade launcer attached. Sorry 'bout that.

If you've read the thread, you now know why I posted it.

[slackmaster]

21. CA law bans grenade launchers in any form

The Department of Justice has expanded the statutory ban on grenade launchers in general to include any device that attaches to a firearm and launches anything resembling a grenade, including the 37 mm launchers that are considered exempt distress signals under federal law.

Because of our abundance of commercial and sporting activity on the water, California allows possession of 37 mm signal flare launchers but not ones that are designed to attach to a firearm.

The Yugo SKSs sans launcher are perfectly legal here.

[TX-RAT]

22. What about exploding 12GA rounds

We used to get calls from the airpark when the Sandhill Cranes were out on the runways. We would fire a round called twin shots. They would go out about 200 yards and explode like the old M80's.

[slackmaster]

23. 12-gauge bird-scare bombs are legal in CA

But only if you use them to scare birds or varmints.

They are quite effective at getting your neighbors to stop their drunken, screaming fight at 3:00 AM if you live in an unincorporated area.

:evilgrin:

They're available by mail order.

[TX-RAT]

24. Don't know about neighbors, but they work great on birds

Just don't be under them when it go's off. WET SHRAPNEL.

[slackmaster]

25. LOL - Wet shrapnel

The Miramar Landfill here in San Diego has a full-time employee whose job is to scare off birds, coyotes, etc. He walks around the dump (which covers about several hundred acres) and fires off 12-gauge bangers all day long.

It looks like it would be fun for the first couple of hours, but I doubt that he makes much money at it.

[Kenny the Croat]

33. kind of like this one

Well, it's definately a leaf sight. I've never seen one like that before.

here's the one our military uses:


It goes on this (although that one shows an attachment rail, but it's the same kind of sight.):

[FatSlob]

16. A flash-hider attached with set screws?