I love guns, but blades are quickly taking my love. I guess between the price of ammo and the lack of cheap kits made me loose some of the love. I don't remember off the top of my head how many FALs I put together back in the good day. At one time I was even into the Valmets, but after not being able to find parts readily available I got out of them.
I love the STG-58 and Izzy Carbine, the M1A is nice but I have to say that the G-43 is the piece that speaks to me the most. If that thing could only talk.
She's a shooter too. Groups well with both Romanian and Greek surplus. Of course I've installed a Waffenfabrik Apfeltor adjustable gas system and Wolf springs in her, just to be safe. I got the G43, one of my "Holy Grail" rifles from a friend in trade for a Swedish AG-42b Ljungman and a couple hundred dollars. I had a spare Ljungman and he had a spare G43. It was a match made in heaven <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
I don't shoot it as much as I used to, as it's gotten so valuable I'm afraid to break a part!
As to shooting in general, I'm hopeful that the "ammo shortage" will subside somewhat, as I still love to shoot, but it has become expensive. I may actually have to start reloading, something I've put off for years despite haveing numerous old military rifles in "odd" calibers.
Milsurps are my first love, but I could see where knives could sneak in there as well. Like my guns, my knives need to be made to use, not just look pretty, so I guss that's why I like the Scrap Yard stuff so much.
