serbu has landed!

[CJB]

I spent 16 hours today on my Harley retrieving the Serbu SUPER SHORTY.

Got to meet and converse with Mark Serbu got to meet Bunny Hunter.

More later. All good.

[Bawanna]

Ok, who's Bunny Hunter. I'm feeling a severe need for lots of pictures.

16 hours on a Harley, now you must know how I feel everyday from the waist down. Nothing!

[CJB]

Lookup Bunny Hunter on you tube.... hell she might merit her own forum section....

Drives a bright red vette too.

[gb6491]

Ok, who's Bunny Hunter. I'm feeling a severe need for lots of pictures.
....
A start...firearms related:
http://i60.tinypic.com/4lsj5z.jpg
Photo from https://www.facebook.com/bunnyhunterUSA (https://www.facebook.com/bunnyhunterUSA?fref=photo)

[yqtszhj]

That right there was worth waking up in the middle of the night to see.

[Scarywoody]

Googled Bunny Hunter, will now have to divorce wife of 28 years to make room for her. :)

[berettabone]

Did I see a bit of fur???????????????????

[CJB]

Only in ypur dreams.

[CJB]

Now that I'm at least semi lucid, drawing in air regularly...

The visit to Serbu was amazing. I did not get the cook's tour, but get a nice look at some interesting things - beside the esteemed Ms. Bunny Hunter.

Mark Serbu, I can tell is shrewd thinking, with an affable and gregarious demeanor. Dressed in shorts, t-shirt and sneakers, he looked like he was taking time from machining operations to come out front and have a few words.

Bunny - I don't know what to say. She was dressed in a rather provocative manner for office work. Looked like she was about to hit the town bigtime on a Saturday night. Not my office, so ... who am I to judge!

The other gal - I think her name was Stephanie, cant recall. She was pleasant and reserved, laid back and relaxed in her job. She said she'd only been there a short time.

As a matter of wager, my riding partner and I tried to discern who, of the three, drove the bright red Corvette out in the parking lot. There was no wager. We both agreed that Mr. Serbu looked the part of an F-150 sort of guy, while the gal I'll call Stephanie was more the VW Jetta type. Leaving that 'vette to the only other person. No surprise.

I was not under NDA, so I will say there is an outrageous .223 SBR that I was shown. Of AR type, but no recoil spring behind the bolt carrier. Instead, it had the recoil system above the barrel. Could not tell if it was gas or piston, but I'm going to surmise (perhaps incorrectly) that it was of typical AR gas design. Complete folding stock, nothing in it to get in the way. AR trigger group as far as I could see, with a unique lower and extruded aluminum upper. Yup, a one piece extrusion, not a casting, and that extrusion was full length of what appeared to be an 8 or 10 inch barrel. Very handy to hold, even when folded. I have no idea if its going to be produced.

Now imagine.... BFG-50 rifles standing three and four deep in corners of a room. Imagine what I think was a Boys rifle on top of some safes, with another interesting 50cal receiver up there. Imagine crates full of Super Shorty shotguns in various configurations.... and lots of other goodies. I did see a few BFG50a rifles, giving Barrett a run for its money no doubt.

So that was that. An interesting visit, interesting folks, very nice folks too I'll be quick to add, and a rather long ride..... taking every backroad imaginable.

~~

The Super Shorty is a real gem to handle. Very very nice to point but... I've not been able to shoot it... yet.

Needs a nice oil down, but new Parkerizing always does.

~~

Now imagine, a 17 inch overall length, three shot 12 gauge pump gun in my little bag tied to my sissy bar. Continue in thought to yours truly wearing leather vest, nasty boots, ripped jeans, and obligatory sweaty black t-shirt, with knuckles full of stainless steel sharp rings and a dew rag. My partner, a lady, was similarly dressed, and on her own bike. Now imagine both of us pulling up to an establishment that did not seemingly make the majority of its business from the sale of alcohol to be consumed on the premises, untying the little bag full of 12 gauge charm, and walking inside, setting said bag on the counter and enjoying some beverages. At several places. Kind of gives you a warm feelin' inside, sort of like sitting at a bar and ordering ammo online with your phone. Only in America folks....

And thats that.

I'll snap some pics later (hopefully).

[GROTMAN]

Okay.. so I googled bunny hunter and this was all I got.:confused:
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3hzEMnyHfI9wOm_q0jn3sab8y5ByCp 94rqAUh_15q7XHlSriHGA (http://www.gpforums.co.nz/threads/403623-Elmer-fudd-cartoon)

[knkali]

this thread is killing me....." I'm feeling a severe need for lots of pictures" ---hilarious

[GLOCKROCKER]

I think itxi would like Bunny Hunter - definitely not too big!:) Congrats on the new Super Shorty CJB. I'm not sure you should be telling everybody that you have a "super shorty", some folks might take that the wrong way.:)

[CJB]

I tell all the ladies that. Always have. Just for eventual evil grin fodder mind you...

[Barth]

http://cdn.eteknix.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/terminator-2-hd-screencapture-shotgun-movie-prop-17.jpg

[CJB]

Ithica-esque movie prop.....

[Bawanna]

I have one of those shotguns in 10ga.

[berettabone]

Okay.. so I googled bunny hunter and this was all I got.:confused:
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3hzEMnyHfI9wOm_q0jn3sab8y5ByCp 94rqAUh_15q7XHlSriHGA (http://www.gpforums.co.nz/threads/403623-Elmer-fudd-cartoon)

Wasskally Wabbit...........................

[gb6491]

Okay.. so I googled bunny hunter and this was all I got.:confused:
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3hzEMnyHfI9wOm_q0jn3sab8y5ByCp 94rqAUh_15q7XHlSriHGA (http://www.gpforums.co.nz/threads/403623-Elmer-fudd-cartoon)
Wasskally Wabbit...........................

I tried that search engine and got this for PM9:p;):D
http://i59.tinypic.com/30cr409.jpg
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."

Regards,
Greg

[Bawanna]

Itxi ain't gonna like her. Too big!

I like her alot! I'm totally bad and nobody has ever drawn me.

[Barth]

Ithica-esque movie prop.....

According to http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1887 -
"Since Winchester had stopped producing the Winchester 1887 shotgun before the film,
the armorers had to find pristine condition guns which were no longer in production!
The guns in the film are indeed genuine Winchester shotguns."

"The sawed-off Winchester 1887 (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1887) with large-lever loop used by Arnold Schwarzenegger (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger) as The Terminator
in 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgement_Day) - 10 Guage."
The report of the shotgun is said to be two cannons firing at once.

http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/b/bd/Win1887shotgunT2.jpg/400px-Win1887shotgunT2.jpg
http://www.imfdb.org/images/3/3f/T2JDWin1887-7.jpg

[Barth]

I have one of those shotguns in 10ga.

The Terminator used a 10 gauge too old friend - LOL!
http://www.imfdb.org/images/3/36/T2heroShotgun1.jpg

[GROTMAN]

[QUOTE=gb6491;328668]I tried that search engine and got this for PM9:p;):D
http://i59.tinypic.com/30cr409.jpg
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."

I was inspired by your effort to try again..but this time I only could come up with this :p
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTbRwcgNJFD4ixxwepYic2O4QzB0_zqW C7xlE3ToQ_dj7-EId6u (http://yosemitesamquotes.com/yosemite-sam-sayings/)

[CJB]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/bandersnatchreverb/IMG_20141230_081937_zps2777eab2.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bandersnatchreverb/media/IMG_20141230_081937_zps2777eab2.jpg.html)

[edit] sorry for the bad image post... the Col. got it, but it was from my phone while at the dentist office... FIXED!

Serbu update: The barrel nut was TIGHT. I mean no man I let try it, including myself, was able to get it undone. A wrap of leather and gentle but firm employment of "Mr. Channellock" got it undone. There was no thread locker on it, it was just a tight motherf'er.

Ok, a few interesting things. It was easy to see how the Remington 870 was shortened. Almost certainly, the original magazine was cut as close to flush with the receiver as possible. They must have a nice bit made up to mill/ream the stub of the soldered in magazine out of the receiver. Old tube cut to length, and soldered back in. It is the old tube, not a newly mfg one. The other thing I noticed was that the original barrel lug was utilized. It has the little captured detent ball still in it, and pointed in the right direction. They must cut the old one off, and I imagine they have a jig.. perhaps an adjustable jig, to recut a radius on the old lug to match it to the larger radius of the barrel closer to the receiver, where its welded into place. The old action bars aparantly cut and rewelded to the original slider with modified ring to accept the Serbu made folding foregrip. And finally, and I'm not sure why, there is a Serbu made cap on the magazine tube, and it has no detents for that ball to fit into. Held by friction only. I am guessing that the orginal Remington cap could possibly be used. Lettering on the barrel, cut in mid enscription. No attempt to erase any of that (not hard to do, its shallow). The original Remington serial number was used, no new Serbu number was given, except... perhaps the letter on the end as a suffix.

All the welds, soldering, fit, finish.... perfect. Zero complaints with anything really.

The foregrip is very slick. STRONG spring action holds it in place. The storage position features shallow slots, while the extended position features deep slots. I didn't take it apart, but... I'd not be surprised if the inner surface is a cam, to increase spring tension when extended. The foregrip is notably easy and quick to deploy, yet rock solid and hard to fold once extended. Good design.

The Fed's did screw up my stamp. They literally forgot a digit in the middle of the serial number! But the paperwork is correct otherwise. You can ask for a duplicate, and it comes with no stamp (only one stamp is issued, ever), so the stamp itself is more of a receipt of the five bucks paid, and the form (and its signed approval and numbers and such) are the verification, if ever needed.

So thats that. It will need a new grip. The shape of the OEM grip from Remington is terrible, and its hollow so I can't easily reshape it. It needs about 3/8 inch taken off the swell in back, to make ok for the web section to fit an actual human hand. It was designed by a gorilla in a grey suit.

[Bawanna]

That's sweet, I believe I could find a nice spot to hang that on the chair pretty easy.

[GLOCKROCKER]

Don't think you're gonna win any turkey shoots with that, but it should be a real crowd pleaser. How long was the process of getting the stamp and what is the price difference between the Rem and the Mossberg model?

[CJB]

Wait was almost four months - to the day. One day short of four months.

Price difference is almost nil. Maybe $35-$50 at most.

Pattern would do ok on turkey shoot. Short barrel doesnt mean wide pattern

[marcinstl]

I saw a picture of this gun with a magazine stuck in it. didn't look like room to pump the handle. there is a company that makes a conversion for tube to mag. I'm not buying one so didn't go further with research. my pistol grip experiment was enough for me, went back to the wood stock. good luck. (ya gotta pull that thing out at the skeet range, maybe next April 1.)

[CJB]

The mag fed you see on the net is a Russian Baikal conversion. A company in Louisiana did those, only made very few. Looks like a Serbu. It isnt. AFAIK there is no 870 mag feed conversion, or Serbu would be offering it.

[Bawanna]

Don't think you're gonna win any turkey shoots with that, but it should be a real crowd pleaser. How long was the process of getting the stamp and what is the price difference between the Rem and the Mossberg model?

Oh I don't know, I took my little coach gun side by side and got my first two birds shooting trap doubles with one barrel each from the hip.
My kid nearly fainted, I nearly fainted too.
Ok it was just blind hog luck and I'm sure the feat could never be duplicated but never say never ya know!

[CJB]

After doing that, you just clear the chambers, sneer like Lucas McCain, and calmly go about your business, like it was usual fare.

Hey one time, I was asked to shoot a really pesky crow. All I had was one of my Garands. I was in a tree mounted hammock, took the Garand, and while folks was sayin "Don't shoot the bird feeder!" I nailed that crow and it flew off about 20 yards. They said I missed cuz it flew off. We went to where it appeaered to drop... and it was dead alright. No head. Clean off. No fanfare..... I acted like I meant to do that.

[Barth]

Very nice shotgun.
Excellent addition to your collection!

I'm jealous, haven't bough a weapon in a while...

[CJB]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/bandersnatchreverb/Firearms/IMG_20150106_204059_zps0e9345a0.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bandersnatchreverb/media/Firearms/IMG_20150106_204059_zps0e9345a0.jpg.html)

There's some KSG & Serbu Super Shorty goodness. Both are real fun to shoot!