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Posted: 5/4/2004 10:40:20 AM EDT
Hah now I'll be ready to fend off the hordes of Ming the Merciless.
Oh and it shoots pretty well for having a fairly crappy trigger. The only time I shot it much was with the Syracuse M1a Mafia, but I got so I was hitting the little pie plates they were shooting at at 50+ yards. I only ran a few hundred rounds through it but it functions well and either looks cool or really stupid (I think cool). It works well with real Beretta mags and is hit and miss with other mags. Some fall out of the mag well but -Absolut- found a page explaining the problem. There is a flip out front rail for mounting a light on it. I think Beretta screwed us by making the top rail optional AND not having them in stock. I can't honestly say that I would ever want one of these over a shorty AR if someone was really trying to kill me, but they are fun little whiz bang carbines. It is very light and balanced well around the center of gravity. If my girlfriend (who is pretty small) gets so he can handle malfunction drills with it it might not be a bad gun for her, plus it's so cute  Edit-funny a guy who owed me on a back bill dropped by out of the blue and paid me the $ 500 he owed me, which was cool (good guy I knew he would pay when he was able) and unexpected but I was actually more excited over the UPS guy delivering this hunk of metal that I can bolt to one of my guns-go figure. |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:01:35 AM EDT
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Something you want to tell us, Aimless?  Glad you liked it. I bought mine with my Xmas bonus but haven't shot it yet. My UZI, ARs, and AKs keep getting all the action and I have several rifles I have purchased over the past two winters I haven't shot yet. Question: Where did you get your rail from? |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:04:54 AM EDT
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I've been dying to get one of those, but I've put the skids on major purchases since the PTR-91
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:05:29 AM EDT
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I couldn't wait for BUSA to come out with the top rail so I paid an arm and a leg for one from KKF - though it is very nice. I ended up putting my 1" Ultra-dot on it and like the compactness of the setup.
The Storm is really fun to shoot. I've let a bunch of people shoot it and they all like it. Yea, the trigger sucks but I've not had any feed issues and mine works fine with those cheapy 30 round magazines sticking way out of the mag well. |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:06:15 AM EDT
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Because you're still trying to get it to work or still saving up for one? The PTR-91, that is. |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:13:46 AM EDT
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Mark got one the same time I did. I sent my PTR-91 back for a new one and traded it to a guy for the Storm and some cash. He e-mailed me and said he was very happy with the PTR-91 so I guess it worked out all the way around.
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:29:32 AM EDT
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I know about getting hosed for the cost of a top rail, I actually bought one on ebay and paid out the ass for one. My Storm is quickly becoming one of my favorite firearms. I wouldn't hesitate to use it for personal defense around the house. I'm not crazy about my choice of red dot sights (HAKKO) it sits a bit too high on the rifle. I'm going to update it with something that allows use of the iron sights without removing the red dot. The HAKKO sits a bit too high for this. Accuracy is quite good out to 25 yards (the longest I've tried so far) with the red dot, I'm sure I wouldn't be disapointed out to 100 yards. Money well spent as far as I'm concerned. |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:31:44 AM EDT
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THAT'S the appreciation we get for letting you reset ALL our bowling pins for us? Maybe some day you'll get a real gun....kee-rist, glocks and Storms.......NEXT you'll show up with a Bushmaster Lady! 
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:35:26 AM EDT
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I almost bought a Storm but went with a Auto Ord. 27a1 semi-auto Thompson instead. I got it fixed up with some M1 Thompson parts so it's more battle ready. Things like a horizontal forearm, rear sight,paddle safety, mag catch so I can use un-modified F/A mags and a new rear pistol grip that's shaped better. I guess I've got about $1100.00 into it so far but I really LOVE my Thompson.
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:40:18 AM EDT
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drjarhead- I got the rail from Beretta, I think I ordered it 2 months ago. You call and get on a list then when another shipment comes in they ship it out. I had no idea what it was when it arrived today.
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:46:36 AM EDT
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I began to experience problems with my Storm after approximately 1400 rds. About once every 2-3 mags, itfails to throw the empty brass clear of the ejection port. The bolt comes back far enough to catch a live round. It then drives both the live round and the empty forward. The empty casing cuts into the plastic body and sticks there. To clear the jam requires dropping the mag. locking the bolt back and allowing the live round to fall down thru the mag well. Then pulling the spent casing away from the plastic body.
I contacted Beretta and was told to send the gun in for repair. I have not done so yet. I let a local gunsmith look at it, but he felt the extractor and ejector looked fine. Jon |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:47:40 AM EDT
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What kind of magazines does it happen with, or does that make a difference?
PS-Since I like ya I ain't telling her what ya said about her 
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