Redpill me on these, just eye candy or actually based?
>>62961718Is just use small pistol not small rifle… as I understand it the main difference is that the rifle primers are thicker and take more oomph to set off…
>>62962691>The casting cuts down on machining for no loss in durabilityuh, what?>Speed Six vs model 65 are the same sizeSo same size, but a weaker, less durable gun. Yeah, no thanks.
>>62962691>>62964508Ruger uses investment casting - by far the best casting process. They overbuild their revolvers however because they understand some of the limitations of casting.The Speed Six you posted has reinforced areas on the frame that the S&w doesnt
>>62964587>The Speed Six you posted has reinforced areas on the frame that the S&w doesntThat is probably because it is cast. Cost at scale is the primary reason to use investment casting and you always take a small hit to strength due to imperfections innate on all casting processes. Machining is typically a little more expensive unless you can machine plate, bar stock, or rod on a lathe or 2D machine and then it is usually cost competitive. Forging is always significantly more expensive (think 2 to 5 times) as compared to casting.>>62964508This image for casting is not quite right. There will be some grain flow for casting depending on the way the part is shaped and the way that it is cooled. This may help or hurt the strength of the part.However, normally, the strength from grain flow is not counted in the design of typical consumer products.
>>62961718The CCI 400s had 0 problems with ignition and no pressure signs with 15 and 15.1gr h110(pretty much a starting load). Was a noticeable bit spicier than the range fodder fiocchi or blazer brass which was kinda surprising consider it was a starting load, but hey that just tells you how underloaded range grade .357 is.>Hadn't shot anything >9mm in probably 5yrs +>First bullet went just where I wanted it, every round after that of the first group looked like a shotgun spreadI was printing hand sized DA at the end and 2" SA by the end though I promise.>>62964448My understanding is that small pistol primers won't reliably/fully ignite a lot of .357 magnum loads using slow powders(h110/w296 are classics). This can result in potentially dangerous squib situations. You need to use small magnum pistol primers to reliably ignite them. Where the small rifle primers come in is that they're the same dimensions and within the same power range as SMP primers with the downside/upside of a thicker cup and no other real differences (ignoring 5.56 specific primers like the CCI #41). So you can use them interchangeably with Snaps with .357 loads calling for a magnum primer without any risk. At least that's the idea, there's plenty of back and forth as you'd imagine
I want to buy a knife for self-defense (mostly if I get attacked by a dog for example).I know it's better to have a gun, but I will buy that later, eventually. I wanna have a knife too.I was thinking about the Cold Steel Espada XL but I read that it's maybe more for show and less for defense.What would you recommend me?I live in a country where pretty much anything is legal
>>62961632>I keep reading news about a dog attacking a child in a park or somethingThat isn't your problem. If you choose to make your problem, you get super close and spray the pibble from 6 inches away.>but I can see myself stabbing the dog with a knifeYou don't know where to stab.>and it would just run awayit doesn't work like that, especially not with a pit bull. If you think about what pit bulls were bred for--dog fighting--running away and giving up is the exact last thing they would do. Expecting a pit bull to run away from pain is like expecting a terrier not to chase squirrels.
>>62961830yeah but if you see a dog tearing apart a 4 year old girl you would have to be an absolute pussy to not try and intervene, jail or not. seriously
>>62961632Eh, it's starting to sound like you have some idea of being a hero in a hypothetical. Let's be real for a minute. You're probably not going to run into any 4 year olds being mauled by a dog. If you are, be aware that defending just yourself with your fists is a chaotic and adrenaline hazed mess. Many people who pull a knife end up seriously cutting themselves in the fight without even realizing it until later. Add a kid and there's a very real chance that while you wildly stab the dog, you stab the kid.The size of the blade isn't intimidating to a dog. The size of the blade isn't going to matter as much for incapacitating it as your ability with it and how well you handle stress. You would be wise to go and put yourself into stressful situations and gauge how calm you can be and what you can do to improve that. You should research where the vitals are on a pitbull/Rottweiler and how to get them to let go of their prey.A knife isn't even essential for this situation. Pepper spray might be enough for the dog to let go. Choking it out is an option (a dangerous one). Stomping on limbs and breaking them is an option. Using a hammer and bashing its head is an option.Also, learn first aid and carry a kit. Say you do see this dog attack, intervene, and put the dog down. Town hoists you on its shoulders right? In the meantime, that kid has extensive wounds and is in immense pain. You would be a bigger hero for putting a tourniquet on her and saving her from bleeding out until she gets to the hospital than you would for stabbing a dog. And if you run into the many other situations where having some medical training, equipment, and the desire to help, that will be a lot better than just carrying a knife.This is a wider issue really. So many will carry a pistol and have two spare mags, but don't know the Heimlich or CPR or have an IFAK.
>>62961830Shitbulls aren't fucking immortal zombies. Just stab it in the neck or through the ribs and it will fuck off and die. Spraying one with pepper spray isn't a guarantee it will stop attacking either.
Whats point of most nations having a military if no one invades one another and if one does they will be fucked uo by some super powers air superiority
>>62963733christ anon that sounds horribleI'm sorry you had to see stuff like that, and that that poor old lady lost so much.
>>62963548$90 (pre-tax lol) a week means you're eating beans and rice every day just to afford the gas for the car you're sleeping in for your full time commitment.Volunteering work typically doesn't mean you're also agreeing to get fucked in the ass. This just means they're selecting for either people who can't think of or find a better alternative, or well-off kids who don't care about money.>>62963491I guess there's also a bit of cash they throw your way for tuition if you finish the 10-12 month term of 35-40 hour weeks. To me, $7500 for tuition when you can make $30k stocking shelves at Walmart sounds dumb as hell. And you get time off at a job too.
>>62958082>nation with a shitty military>nation with no militaryWhich is a bigger pain to invade?
>>62957255To hold off the enemy long enough for your friendly superpower's own air superiority to even the odds. The defender is still favored over the attacker, or else urban warfare wouldn't be such a daunting proposition.
>>62957255>you'll just get fucked by a superpower so what's the point of a militaryPreventing being fucked by anything less than a superpower, and superpowers don't have any interest in attacking you with military because it's far more profitable (a self-reinforcing power) to soft control you politically/economically with non of the material or personnel losses of combat.
>be designed in the early 30s>Be mobile>Be mass producable>Be Effective against most targets>Be upgraded midway through the war to increase your firepower>Be used against enemy tanks, infantry and defenses, both in close quarters and in range>Be simultaneously loved and hated by both your side and the enemy combatants >See your country to the end of the war>Be Pak36, pic unrelated Also im sick of people saying the M4s were shit because they couldn't fight against tigers and panthers without the latter being manned by literal children. It's not actually analogous to the panther, that would be the M26, with the 76mm if you are autistic; M4 shermans were designed in 1940 from france with M3 stopgap while the panther was developed in 1941 from Barbarossa with Panzer 4-F stopgap. American autism on mass production and m26 not "being ready" meant that Krauts were fighting shermans instead of slowly being overran by some form of m26 after D-Day. Yet another proof that Patton did nothing wrong and "his" "mistakes" were largely due to washington and bureaucrats who should have been given an M1 and sent to the respective theatres of war for a tour before being listened to.
>>62964464>Second point if independent of the first is retardedBut it's not independent, which is the overall point people here have been trying to make. A tank duel and the strategic reality of a world war are much different in terms of priorities
>>62963677Who even bullies the M4 these days? Like, 13 year olds bombarded with fashwave edits and 60 year old tankies?
>>62964568No they were saying that the sherman is the best and the M26 wasn't preferable, it wasn't "preferable" because of the Navy being un-american and failing to deliver the best equipment. M26 is the best american tank of the war and should be compared to the likes of panthers and tigers instead of the M4.>>62964602 60 year old history channel enthusiasts and some up-tiered war thunder players. From this thread i also glean that there is a sherman cartel that's probably funded by the Navy as a cover up
>>62964105>>62964245>>62964464All of these were captured and defeated by decent DPRK infantry tactics as were Cormwells and Centurions. While North Korean armor did a decent job in the Korean war it was always their infantry that captured UN tanks.The US/UN forces had serious issues coordinating their armor and infantry in the early stages of the war while the DPRK adapted to a early hybrid of combined arms/infantry support roles. Late night Norktard DJ mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrMwxe2ya5E
Spearhead is a good book about the Pershing crew featured in the famous Panther duel in Colonge. Very much worth a read.
Seems Irans new aircraft drone carrier is out to sea today
>>62962654waited 15 minutes to tell you the simpsons did it first https://youtu.be/E5_Sem03i4Q?si=aFtQ8roA6xM9BZjG
>>62963530Damn
>>62956140Ukraine is kicking Russias ass retard
>>62957907Because that definitely worked the last time somebody attacked American boats
>>62964590LmaoLolFuck off to your threads
The Chengdu J-20 "Mighty Dragon" (NATO reporting name: Fugly Salamander with Down's Syndrome) is the only contemporary stealth fighter to ever utilize a canard design. Every design after this used a standard layout resembling an F-35 or F-22. Literally every single one, including China's J-35. This suggests that there must be significant disadvantages to using a canard design for stealth, or that whatever benefits that are gained are not worth it. Also, it looks ugly. I hate its retarded bulbous nose, tiny cockpit, and massive blocky air intakes. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they should have flattered more. If it looks stupid and it works, it's not stupid, but does it? Because if not, it's both ugly and stupid.
>>62960015What are the chances the missile is stuck now and trying to fire it will turn into giant fireworks?
>>62958425>Canards are visible in fronal aspect unlike rear horizontal stabilizers.horizontal stabilizers are visible from forward hemisphere anon.1. Aircraft's fuselage and wing shadow them only in small angles range. With radar been slightly of directly ahead they are not blocked.2. Radio waves go around things. Back edge of the wing is visible from the forward hemisphere.
>>62960877I'm only familiar with the way sound waves propagate. Does radar diffraction work similarly, creating an apparent source where it wraps around a corner/edge? Wave passes over the top/bottom of the fuselage, then repropagates from the other side, ultimately back towards the emitter?
>>62953209Judging by all their current and future designs omitting canards and only other canard designs are concepts that never fly, its a safe bet they either can't figure out how to make them stealthy or they are inherently less stealthy.
>>62955332No, dumbass. Even if you made a purely radar transparent canard, the canard root would still be visible on radar.
does one really need to carry around an extra barrel into combat? is the few hundred rounds you carry on you gonna make the difference between a good working barrel and one you need to swap?
>>62956728If you're on patrol who cares.If you're expecting to set up fighting positions for an extended fight with lots of ammo, then yes carry it.So in essence yes probably carry it so you don't loose it.
>>62960537That's just peacetime equipment preservation.You can go 200 rds holding down the trigger and the barrel doesn't give a fuck, much more if controlled bursts.
With new XM7 system with 6.8 effective ammo, you don't need to spray and pray and call air support.
>>62961249500 rounds at a sustained rate is fine. 500 rounds in one long burst is not, especially with a light gun like the Negev. The nuance with barrel changes is that they depend on both rounds fired and fire rate.
>>62956782lots of bullets going through metal make it hot. hot metal weaker and get messed up a little. mess up a little mean shit accuracy and maybe barrel explode. change barrel. keep firing
Just bagged a prairie chicken; my compliments to Benelli. How's everybody doing?
thank goodness i found the right threadI need help fellow /k/ommandosmy stepdad is making me get a kill on a deer before new years or hes kicking me out for goodi've been lurking A LOT of /hunt/ generals on /k/, he seems pretty serious about all this so and i dont think there is any talking my way out of this oneim going to hunt in the park in town after dark, i see tons of deer there all the time and im hoping i wont need too many shots to take one downill be bringing a large spotlight with me too so i can seealso, i plan on bringing two guns, one for long-range deer and one for short range deermy loadout>10.5 palmetto state AR w/100rd drum mag, for follow up shots, lpvo, offset reddot incase the deer goes into the housing additionandComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>62964101If you're willing to step up to the magnum length action and you're concerned about power then 300 win mag totally smokes 30-06. Hence what I mean about 30-06 not being "better-enough". If you desire enough power that you want to push 30-06 to its limits why are you ignoring cartridges with higher case capacity?
>>62964335you better make sure you have an appropriate sidearm if a horny-ass buck decides to go after you. They're handy for the park geese as well, those can get mad as hell. You want nothing less than a .500 S&W. Make sure it's a really small one though, so its easy to carry and you can draw it fast.>any rounds that will penetrate lvl4 armor at 350yds from a 10.5 ar?they don't want you to know this, but if you get M855 and suck on the bullet a little bit it 'primes' the cartridge and makes the bullet leave the case easier. It sounds dumb but it's good for a few hundred fps more velocity.
>>62964374>They're handy for the park geese as well,i practiced getting kills on those near the retention pond at my stepmoms neighborhoodit was so loud i had no idea guns were that loud but i got 2 geese but had to leave their meat because i thought i heard copsalso the flash was crazyi couldnt see for like 30 entire seconds straight all white i think i need a silencer
also i have read that shotgun shells have dangerous amounts of lead in them, therefore its >"best to aim for the head"when taking a deerknowing this to be a fact^i have decided im going to run a full 20rd mossberg mag of these:>https://g2rammo.com/r-i-p-shotgun/i was going to alternate in the dragons breath every 3rd shot as a tracer, but with the spotlight i wont need itcan you tell me anything about salt licks?my stepdad says "im doing it all wrong" and to use bait, like a real man
New Cyber Monday ThreadGeissele complete uppers under $1k shipped
Rosco MFG selling barrels and shit for legitimately good discounts. Monday only.
>>62962063Speaking of, DSArms has their m-16 shelf lowers for $50 instead of $85
>>62962608Stripped uppers are $30 too, I've paid more for worse ones.
A300 for $900 once you add it to your cart at Palmetto.https://palmettostatearmory.com/beretta-a300-ultima-patrol-12-gauge-shotgun-19-1-semi-auto-gray.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=daily_deals&utm_campaign=pm&utm_term=12-02-2024&utm_content=51655132218
Underwood ammo is 30% off if you need any screwdrivers or hardcast zingers.
Is there any documented case of this specifically
>>62963756Or you can skip all of that and test it when it's unloaded? This is also something engineers do.
>>62963807The car still has more failure modes than the stepper. With or without ammo in the weapon.
>>62963799>Its funny how the mind fills in the blanksIt's one of those psychological tests.For example, consider the following story:>At her father's funeral, a woman meets the man of her dreams, but she never manages to get his number. Six months later she is arrested for murdering her mother. Why?Most people are puzzled by this question. Schizos will instantly give the same answer:>She murdered her mother hoping to meet the man again
>>62963852that depends on whether the person setting up the stepper is competent. I think we can assume OP is probably not competent. someone with problem-solving and engineering skills have many prospects in life, even if those skills are basic.
>>62963917The operabilty of the device itself is dependant on competent setup. Which the selection of an RC car brings into question. Especially with an undefined floor.
>protal gun but no grav guntime to fix this>pick some random 1 ton rock off the ground>fling it at something at 60mphit does not matter what it is its dead
>>62960672>mmm soup
>>62959026>Attacked by skeleton >game over
>>62943775Wargame lasguns hit for S3 AP- while heavy stubbers hit for S4 AP6. In the RPGs, lasguns hit for 1d10+3 Pen 0 while heavy stubbers hit for 1d10+4 Pen 3. The lasgun is most definitely not on par with a .50 caliber machine gun. Bolters and autocannons also have different damage ratings and special rules in both the wargame and RPGs.
>>62963408I'm part skeleton myself, so I would be fine
What sorts of attachments, optics, etc., where standard issued during the Iraq War for each branch? Was there a difference between what the Marine Corps got vs the regular Army? Could you just buy your own attachments and use it?
>>62956512>buy your ownYou could, but you had to keep your issued "carry handle" and the easiest way to make sure you didn't lose it was to slap it on the rail.
>>62956512>The standard for the Marines was nothingunimaginably based as usual^
>>62956512Damn bro you're really asking for that right here? Fucking dumbass zoomers.
>>62962200The whole issue with the carry handle was only for the Marines in 2004 when they were first getting the ACOGs.
>>62962461whats a matter
The exercises spooked the soviets and there are russian and east german hordes rushing B(onn)You can be commanding one of the 2>German Jager regiment situated in the forest with whatever air support is left/available >US tank regiment in either first armoured or the blackhorseWyd?My pick is>Jagers with trying to establish a Atgm/manpad hell with air support on my sector, CQC and forest ambushes/raids if it fails
>>62963736>my pick isIt doesn't matter. You are dying on a nuclear first strike. 1980s Soviet doctrine believed in a winnable nuclear war as their best bet and making tactical use of several nuclear weapons to clear the way through the Fulda Gap, it was to become one of the most irradiated areas on the planet.
>>62963736Bah, wake me up when we in the Futa gap
>>62963757>>62963779The duality of fa/k/kots. One reaches the gay conclusion of being fucked by forces incomprehensible despite other methods of entrainment/porn . and the other directly wants to be in an area where he is assaulted by unfeasible fuckery
>>62963736I prefer wgrd. Warno divisions are gay.
What happened to /k/ radio? Does anyone have any pics, or soundclips for it?
>>62953006here's the old play listingshttps://pastebin.com/Bj3HD9mN
>>62953618They had to "cleanse" it of questionable content. The biggest issue is most of hosting sites aren't okay with lolishit, gore or zoophillia, all of which are pretty much integral chin culture.Something something mindbreaking deer.
>>62955792One of the most pathetic threads i’ve ever read on /k/, how far we’ve fallen
>>62958633I've been trying to collect the stuff on that list for a little while.Maybe someday I'll go out innawoods and broadcast my own little radio /k/.
>>62963602I will add that about the only thing I can't find are the various bumpers and a few tracks that just don't have names.
Design your own military or fighting force by filling in the chart and post for anons to rate.
>>62944773Soul
>>62944773 Tib Dawn Nod pilled
>>62959346id have loved something like that.
Tried to imagine what the army of a post-apocalyptic independent Texas could look like, here's the resultFeel free to call out my retardation
>>62962537>id have loved something like that.I've got TWO!First I bought when they came out, but it lacked the carry handle for some reason.Second was picked up Second-hand.
