The Dark Mountain "Stowaway" Take-Down Rifle 5.7x28mm

SilentKnight said:
Thanks a lot, I appreciate the info!

I've never heard of Ramakkos. Is it a reliable store to order from?
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Yeah it’s a legit fishing/hunting store in Sudbury. More of a hipster fashion catering place now.

Denis over at the shooters den is way better. Not sure/don’t think he ships thought. Edit denis doesn’t deal with guns anymore.
 
m1008 said:
Yeah it’s a legit fishing/hunting store in Sudbury. More of a hipster fashion catering place now.

Denis over at the shooters den is way better. Not sure/don’t think he ships thought. Edit denis doesn’t deal with guns anymore.
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Yeah. I'm after a specific rifle they have so I can't really shop around
 
SilentKnight said:
Did you make that?
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I did, it’s literally a piece of aluminum tube I had laying around. Will paint it black soon. I used some black electrical tape to take up the small gap between the barrel nut and the ID of the aluminum tube, it’s a tight fit. And I can easily take it off with no damage to the barrel nut. It’s pretty sturdy too, I’m going to put a sling stud on there so I can mount a bipod at the range.
 
Donkin said:
I did, it’s literally a piece of aluminum tube I had laying around. Will paint it black soon. I used some black electrical tape to take up the small gap between the barrel nut and the ID of the aluminum tube, it’s a tight fit. And I can easily take it off with no damage to the barrel nut. It’s pretty sturdy too, I’m going to put a sling stud on there so I can mount a bipod at the range.
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That is awesome! Nice work.
I am very tempted to pick one of these little guys up as a backpack survival rig. I was wondering if anyone made a longer handguard or something for a bit better ergos, so this gives me something to think about
 
I've used a couple of firearms that had a separate cocking piece, and made the interesting discovery that if you drew it most of the way back and let go it would drop onto the primer and fire without any need to bother with the trigger. I wonder if the Stowaway is good for that trick too.

(This could be a problem if your grip on it slipped while pointed over your backstop, so always take prudent care with these things. Fortunately I thought this was probably how it worked and did a controlled experiment rather than discovering this by accident!)
 
I kept closing the bolt and then pulling the trigger only to remember I had not c@cked it. I do wish it was c@ck on closing.

Just something to get used to. It’s meant to be simple after all.
 
Donkin said:
I kept closing the bolt and then pulling the trigger only to remember I had not c@cked it. I do wish it was c@ck on closing.

Just something to get used to. It’s meant to be simple after all.
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I did the same a few times in the beginning. Such is life when you've grown up on and used select-fire, self-loading weapons most of your adult life. And suddenly, under Lieberal rule, any and all semi-automatic firearms are too dangerous for use by the Canadian public. The very notion is ludicrous, given that we have been safely and responsibly using them for sport and hunting purposes for many generations now!

Muscle memory forms pretty quickly for the loading/manual cocking sequence. If nothing else, the system is pretty intuitive...
 
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