>https://www.galeriedemars.fr/armes-longues/12008-winchester-modele-1897-fusil-a-pompe-shotgun-calibre-16-70-71cm-de-1922-usa-xixe.htmlBuying original weapons from before 1900 is the only way to legally buy cartridge firearms without a license in my country
>>64748510That gun is nowhere near collector desirable condition.
>>64748517Based on the photos, it would rate as a very strong NRA "Fine", arguably "Excellent" based on the pristine wood and the high degree of original finish. I would have to see it in person to grade it accurately. Most collectors would be pleased to have this weapon, especially as it is a less common 16ga. The main detractor is the large bark on the side of the frame, but otherwise this is a very nice weapon.
>>64748551pump handle looks refinished, screw slots look bubbaed, the wrist is almost certainly broken which is why it's been wrapped with string. It's not junk, I bet it's a fine shooter, but it's not some high grade piece that collectors would drool over.
>>64748575OP's picture is not the firearm on the listing. If you follow the link, you will see that it is a much nicer example. The OP picture is a low "Fair".
>>64748615My bad, I assumed it was the same gun. Yes, the one in the auction link is a lot nicer.
Are the marines losing their magic? Seems less and less appealing to join the marines compared to every other branch nowadays. Was it ever good?
>>64747552Depends. If you actually want to do field stuff, they're more likely to get deployed in the near future than the army.
No war, military is a jobs program in peacetime. Army and Navy let you choose whatever you want if you score for it and have faster advancement and better schools. Air Force treats you much better if you don't mind not picking your fate. Marines are stuck with slow advancement and being given fuckall to do or put on their resume
i think before the 90s and 2000s, most people didn't know shit about the 75th/seals/SF/etc so they just figured marines were the hardest of them all. in reality they're just another branch.
>>64747602>it was either deal with draftees or join the marinesThere were volunteer army units and draftee marines. It's not quite that simple. Even a volunteer unit might receive draftee replacements if losses were high enough, but the fact is that it was a relatively small amount of draftees who were even sent to combat units. Most draftees were in the rear with the gear because it has been recognized since at least WWII that draftees are often only warm bodies and might even cause more problems than they solve. You really preferably just don't want people fighting who don't want to fight.
>>64747552I think word got around that USMC has the lowest QOL of all branches thanks to social media. Everyone knows Air Force is the cushiest branch to join now when it used to be one of the most selective branches back in the 50's. There's no reason to join the Marines unless you want bragging rights and like the idea of dealing with the most military BS, i.e. doing PT, rucking, getting yelled at, and prancing around singing stupid songs to build esprit de corps.
Taiwan might be alright.
Yeah like the F-35 was literally created to avoid detection even by American radar, that's the principle of a stealth aircraft, the Chinese have equivalents
>>64722411Joking aside the Shahed is the best low-cost missile available
>>64748645Impleassive. Vely ching khu lung
>>64748657I don't get it myself because the transport and launch logistics just seem really bad and we'd be better off with something that costs 5x as much but goes 3x faster and can fit in 3x the same logistical footprint but idk
Over the past century, technological changes have come about which would actually make the Ratte a viable platform.>miniaturization of nuclear reactors>miniaturization of nuclear warheads>lasers for defense against drones and missiles>improvements to computers for fire controlThere is no better time than now to build the Ratte.
Okay so the ratte doesn't work. Design me something better that does the same thing.
>>64739883>They were tricking Hitler into not sending them into the meat grinder >sending military engineers to the frontlines as a gruntI've been seeing this bizarre statement phrased more or less the same here over the past year. This is either one sole retarded anon or this is some weird meme from liberal reddit circles.
>>64748025Because regular-sized tanks can't siege an entire army by themselves
>>64739407Ask OP for skin color and it'll tell you which.
>>64746593That thing would be such a fucking sitting duck for air support.
>3D Printed GunsWhat are the best filaments you guys are using for frames and gun parts? Is it still PLA + or are the different carbon/glass infused filaments better?What are you guys printing?
>>64748182>Needs a MAC 11/9 No one is selling parts kits for either version, best you are going to find is just a MAC 11 or 9 on GunBroker. Even the site that they point to for parts is almost entirely sold out of everything.
>>64747170I've downloaded and analyzed a lot of RONI/BWC and other pistol PDW concepts. I have a dot on my pistol and want to use that sight, which means an open-topped design.
>>64748239You can make a legitimately decent barrel by ECM rifling a good piece of steel tube, then cutting a chamber in it.You can 3D print a jig which will make it VERY easy to make consistent rifling, I believe that's the preferred method they use in Khyber Pass these days, and those guys have benefited a lot from the 3D printing revolution.https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/02/18/rifling-barrel-electrochemical-machining/It's not gonna be like, super mega match grade or anything, but it's not gonna be last ditch tier either, it'd work and hold up as a passable commercial grade barrel.
>>64747841SV06 is more than enough for basically anything. The only thing you don't have is an enclosure and filament runout sensor.
Ivan developing the DIY ECM rifling process is probably why the German glowies murdered him btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b52tVlHc84Is that a fucking pistol real sight in the red dot cut out? Is PSA inventing a shotgun that can't be used as a shotgun because it has pistol sights for some reason? the receiver is objectively the worst place to mount a red dot on a shotgun. the best option would be if you could get it low profile on the barrel or as a qd on a side rail like an AK, though the barrel, especially if you can get the bottom of the red dot below the receiver would be great because then you could have a red dot mounted for HD or turkey or if you're in one of the like 3 states that still require slug guns for durr and then you can take off the barrel, the red dot remains zeroed and you can put on a different barrel for birds or clays I really don't understand this psa 570 thing. it looks like they just designed a gun to compete with turkshit and the mav 88 to be a ghetto blaster for blowing up trash on blm land
You're all sick people. I hope you all get cancer. Fuck youse all. I put a curse upon you all. Fuck ya mudda
>>64748612>still no time stamp>fat>no gunz>tranny handed>>64748597>no, buy a shotgun that's not good for the one singular thing shotguns are good for
>>64748624>still no gun>swarthy>third worlder>terrified of HD shotguns>advises the use of a hi pointJesus dude, you're blacker than vantablack. You're so black that your skin absorbs 99.9999% of light.
>>64748628>still no time stampyou lost fatso, give it up
>>64748624>is... is that a shotgun...>THAT ISN'T HYPEROPTIMIZED FOR CLAYS?!>AHHHHH HELP ME NIGGERMAN I'M GOING INSANE AHHH I'M INCAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SHOOT CLAYS AHHH SAVE ME!!!
how do you defend yourself from homemade flame throwers and other rudimentary incendiaries?
>>64748519He is the last Zoroastrian prophet.
>>64748288Russians have no self-awareness, they'll do whatever Putin tells them to. An Israeli (or anyone for that matter) can say whatever I want about them and it wouldn't effect anything in the slightest.Look at how chechen enforcers treat Mobiks
>>64748553>Fag canes another fag's ass
>>64745178>>64745204>>64745218They have to march because they have no job to do a general strike with, and they have no organization even if they did. Skill issue.
>>64741992without nose surgery, lip filler, eyebrow plucking and tons of makeup they would look like uglier turkjews
Canadian firearms General>Newfag? Read this:https://pastebin.com/Ndb2jSAuhttps://howtogetagun.ca/>Want to hunt? CFG Hunting license info:https://pastebin.com/nC8RpYb3>Want to spend your shekels?https://almostprohibited.ca/>Recommended /cangen/ vendors list (patched 04.25.2024):https://pastebin.com/SwhJDpkc>Want to help firearm rights?https://firearmrights.caComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64747774That’s a prot fag though, not catholic, which is what anon was talking about, weaponsly speaking.
>>64747986Nah we are /bant/ with extra steps
>>64747992I miss when we would put them in our poopers
>>64748440plastic receiver kills the look
>>64748543The look of the Bren 2 has really grown on me.
/rg/ Revolver general IIpreviously on /rg/ >>64648104
>>64748635Cover it with grip tape and that problem's solved.
>>64748631what I'd really want is some sort of metal cap to the butt of the grip so your revolver would make a better club
>>64748644You want a reichsrevolver
>>64748643That's just as tacky looking as a shitty 3d printed grip.>>64748654He wants a Merwin & Herbert.
>>64748662Its actualy Hulbert, though I find myself typing Herbert as well. The fact that you could buy them with both barrel lengths and hot swap them is the coolest thing
>Rheinmetall is supplying Ukraine with additional systems for national defence. The country is set to receive its first Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicles as early as the beginning of 2026. A contract to this effect was signed in December 2025. The order value for the first five combat vehicles is in the mid double-digit million euro range, with the systems being financed by the Federal Republic of Germany.>The decision in favour of the Lynx KF41 was made after extensive testing of the next-generation infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). The IFVs will feature the two-man Lance turret and be configured specifically for Ukraine’s armed forces. The next step is to procure additional batches, including production in Ukraine.
>>64748276Civilized people. (You) wouldn't understand.
>>64748097Every dead zigger is well worth the money spent. The Ukranians give great value on that. 12.01.2026Tanks — 11541Armored fighting vehicle — 23892 (+7)Artillery systems — 35973 (+21)MLRS — 1598Anti-aircraft warfare — 1270 (+1)Planes — 434Helicopters — 347UAV — 104421 (+353)Cruise missiles — 4155Ships (boats) — 28Submarines — 2Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64748097Ah revenge is sweet thoughhttps://www.google.com/search?q=russian+hybrid+warfare+mass+immigration+eu
>>64748098Probably. It takes time to integrate a new vehicle, not just the crews but you need maintance people trained up on it and you need the parts supply chain in place to maintain them, in addition to getting leadership to understand the strengths and weaknesses of their new toy.
>>64748276
Pic related inside the wreckage of the glorious ORESHNIK missile
>>64748422Talk to me when Trannyville actually dissolves and is taken into Moldova proper
>>64746559Beautiful kot, but those eyes show a deep desire of world domination :3
>>64748022You meant >impressiev, rightYou globohomontranny auuughfhghhghgg
You know it's not really a modern Russia weapon because then it would have had Texas Oblast Instruments in it)))))))>>64745916It's more likely a baseplate that holds the warhead or stage with the thrusters or something. The warheads themselves don't have anything in them supposedly.
>>64748640yeah. it's the warhead bus, which holds and releases the reentry vehicles. its reentry will be quite a bit more sedate. considering how steep the descent of the kinetic kill vehicles, it likely wasn't found too far from the target than what you'd find with a more shallow descent.the missile was likely lofted to achieve this angle of descent. the short range allowed for this.
what's the point in hiring mercs who aren't at all familiar with your language, culture, or geography/climate?
>>64745607>1999 Operation Get Behind the Darkieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-w154yHis
>>64747634Many such cases.
>>64745750You got pretty much nothing right there.
>>64745750>most of the times it was the exact opposite.That's a bit of an over-generalization. Depends on the location and era.For example, for centuries during the late medieval and early modern period, lots of small nations and city-states in Europe would just rent out entire armies. Those were technically mercenaries, but they were trained professional soldiers in a standing army. So in terms of skill and competency they were leagues above any given collection of levied peasants.
>>64745607The answer is given to you in your own image OP: they die instead of someone you care about.
https://www.aeronewsjournal.com/2025/12/uk-open-to-germany-joining-gcap-future.html?m=1Frenchbros...c'est fini
>>64745688No you misunderstand jet engines, my statement is saying compressors sets the pressure ratio. But the hot section must be able to withstand it. It is build a compressor that it is to build the hot section that withstands with pressure temperature. So there is no way at all that the engine could be a derivative/based off of the XF9. They would not at all use the ratios from the XF9, the ratios will be dictated by the tolerances of the hot section. You fundamentally do not understand engines.>Therefore their internal digitally designed variable cycle engine OBVIOUSLY isn't the basis for the GCAP engine. Utterly superfluous, that doesn't mean anything at all. To confound that with it must be a derivative of the XF9 is a retarded leap of logic.>The XF9 size (diameter) is very similar to the XFP30 ground based test engines for GCAPDo we have the size/weight dimensions of the XFP30? I've not seen them.All you've got is a misunderstanding of engines and very loosely related statements that provide no proof.>>64745801>Your claim that it can't be based on the XF9 unless IHI leads the hot section is a bit of a logical fallacyYou've not explained how so. Because the tolerances in the HPT and combustor will determine what the compressor is able to feed them as they are the most stressed part of the aircraft. >IHI has already perfected the aerodynamic profile and sizing of a core that produces the 15-ton thrust class GCAP needs (the XF9), it would be a waste of billions for RR to design a brand-new core of the same size.It isn't, and they most certainly haven't perfected anything. Their engines are a worse version of the F119 which came out in early 1990s. And we've not got confirmation on the size. RR will design a new core, because that's what has been contracted out to them, which will mean the compressor can not be identical to the XF9.>Rolls-Royce's in the hot section means they are taking IHI's physical designThat's an insane assumption.
>china taking steps inside the 6th gen territory with multiple working prototypes>the west can't output even one (1) cardboard mockup
>>64747702*5th
>>64747695In modern "agile" engine development, you don't redesign the entire compressor just because you increased the turbine's heat tolerance. You adjust the stages or the blading angle. The IHI XF9-1 was already designed for a 1,800°C Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT) which is world-class. It was built to be pushed. RR leading the hot section means they are likely taking that 1,800°C "skeleton" and using their superior Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) to push it to 2,000°C+. If the IHI compressor already provides the necessary mass flow and core pressure, RR's higher-tolerance hot section simply allows that same compressor to operate at a higher efficiency. You don't throw away a perfectly good aerodynamic design; you "tune" it.>Do we have the size/weight dimensions of the XFP30? I've not seen them.Official consortium updates from late 2025 confirm the XFP30 is a "slim-line" high-power engine. RR and IHI have explicitly stated they are moving forward with a centerline engine. In aerospace, "centerline" means the core architecture is fixed. Since IHI had a physical, running 15-ton core (XF9) and RR had a "digital" concept (XG240), the industrial logic to use the physical XF9 core as the centerline is overwhelming for a 2035 deadline.Also, trying to throw shade on the XF9 that it's a "worse version of the F119" is just proving the overall argument further, the F119 was the "skeleton" for the F135. The XF9 is the "skeleton" for the GCAP engine.If you honestly think they're using another engine besides the XF9 as the basis for the GCAP engine, what engine are they using? It literally can't be a clean-sheet design based on the timeline for the program.
>>64747695>RR will design a new core, because that's what has been contracted out to themYou really are retarded.There is no time for a new core, they need to have the engine running later this year or next year if they want it installed in a prototype by 2030-32 in order to hit the target in-service deadline of 2035.It would be genuinely impossible to hit that 2035 in-service date if RR is starting from scratch instead of upgrading the XF9.
I am about to import 80,500 of these indian hesbee 22 short single shot handguns. They are currently in transit being shipped from India.They have sat in storage as they were built in 1959 as gunlaws became more restricted in India. If you were in my shoes, how do I make this business venture successful. I purchased each pistol at 2160 rupees (around 24$) and they cost me ($1500 for import and $5000 in shipping) so i am in for abit under $2mil. Do you think people will actually buy these or should I put my house for sale ASAP?
>>64747327But how's the trigger sear?
>>64747461This business ain't textbook kid, try again.If he wants to start sky high they're $75 for a $60ish gun.
>>64747479Bro that market is like the 10/22 adjacent guns. Yeah they're dollar store but they're Gucci compared to this. You're selling some Savage 10/22 forgery with this shit.
>>64748144Unfortunately, Im probably older than you.The final selling price is governed by the gunshop and the distributor, not the importer. If they're comfortable with smaller margins or want to sell these at cost as a promo to get people in to the store, thats on them. He needs to make at least ten bucks a gun, which is definitely doable I think. Unfortunately, you picked the worst time of year to bring these in. Gun sales are very seasonal. September to december is the hot season. Things slow down in January substantially.
>>64748158>The final selling price is governed by the gunshop and the distributor, not the importer.He should engrave the MSRP alongside the import markings, like they're cans of Arizona iced tea.I'm still suggesting $69 as the right target.
What's the coolest fictional sword?
>>64718539Blizzards early 2000s female leotard and bikini armors with loincloth were peak old school gooner art
>>64748185And those were just cheap imitations of Conan comics.
Ugliest motherfucker ever, but cool to use.
>>64718147>tfw faggots are too young to know about soul calibur
>>64747167Variable swords were monomolecular wires rigidified with a stasis field. Non-stasis uses did exist but tended to be variations of the same theme: really thin wire is unthinkably strong, so use it to cut things. One variant was a set of guided bolas in space, which could not be destroyed quickly because of course superconductors do not melt even when bathed in lasers. (Sure, the whole wire "instantly" heats to an averaged temperature, but that should still be many times the melting point. Niven seemed to put a miraculous superconductor of heat in any setting he could.)
