>>64761624
>>64761626
Is there a reason they have never dabbled in solar assistance? Quite a few optics out there use solar panels to supplement battery power. "Fiber optic EoTech" has a cool buzz to it.

>>64762424
The reason Eotech has a shorter battery life is because it needs a higher powered laser to work

>>64761441
>>64761490
The magic trick is that the point of aim is extremely tiny, but it looks bigger than it truthfully is at 1x magnification because our eyes have trouble perceiving very small points of light. Everything gets magnified under the magnifier, but our perception of the point of aim's size doesn't change much at all because we were perceiving it at too large of a size when at 1x.

>>64761595
You've obviously never used an eotech with a magnifier. It enlarges under magnification, but it doesn't appear to enlarge because the dot's size at 1x is an illusion and it's actually smaller than it looks.

>>64762424
>Is there a reason they have never dabbled in solar assistance?
Laziness and lack of incentive.
All the legacy optic companies (aimpoint, eotech, trijicon) have not had any decent, original, or cool ideas for like 15 years now.
They just repackage the same basic legacy dot/holo/prism they've been making for 20+ years in a new model with more battery life and still charge you $700+.
The Changs make a bunch of gimmicky air-soft quality shit, but to their credit at least they try to be original.

Optic market has been mind numbingly boring for a decade now.

>>64762212
Schizoposters are a truly strange breed. I've always wondered if people like ACK on /a/ or Barneyfag ever actually leave their homes or if they've just been consumed by autism and spend all day searching for their triggers. Presumably they're all on disability because I can't imagine any of them working a job.
Do you think this guy starts frothing at the mouth if he goes out for groceries and sees a Chinese girl with any other race?

>>64761169
yeah that's the guy, but also a lot about CBT war crimes in the Yugoslavia break up.
sad thing is, he could probably get funding (maybe not anymore under Trump) to write this shit for women's study academic journals

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>>64755063
>there was a bank robbery where the guy took hostages and killed several people in 1979 and the SAT raided the building and killed the man
>The guy shot up the place because he watched Salo that one time
Sure why not.

>>64755052
3rd world later syndrome, looking cool does not equal practicality + can’t invade gaijin

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>>64762255

>>64746609
Powerful lasers outside of visible spectrum are the best civil unrest weapon.

>>64762267
>Enemy uses lasers that are outside the visible spectrum
>Use lenses that blocks out everything but the visible spectrum

>>64762271
Hence me saying civil unrest. Piggies would never be ready for that. In a military conflict it's pretty much useless.

>>64762284
The moment cops start getting blinded is when police robots will be mass adopted. I expect fpv drones with less than lethal options as well to be adopted. Eventually it will be very very hard to riot in person.

>>64747202
>MARAUDER
Total meme.
Get new material other than the same >10 year old shitpost material from /k/.

>>64762095
With forward tube ejection and downward ejection, you run into issues when the gun malfunctions and you don't have an election port to clear it. With DT's system, you could remove the forward election mechanism and clear it. You'd actually end up with a very wide election area, more than a standard election port because the mechanism covered a wide area. It was even better on their prototype, where it latched down easily like an election port cover, so it couldn't get lost and could easily be slapped back on.

They gave up on it because they listened to demands of dumb consumers who didn't see the benefit, because they have no actual experience and don't know what building clearing tactics are so they always shoot with the same hand. If they had some thay work, and it's clearly a cheap little thing to make, just send any user that complains a free one (within reason) until they get a good one. Eventually when they get all the kinks worked out they'll have to send less out. It was a bad decision to get rid of one of the best and innovative things about that rifle. The wlvrn version makes up for that by being reportedly very reliable and accurate. They finally got it right, but without one of the best features which they only dropped to appease a dumb market. It should still be an option for those that want it.

>>64762138
>They gave up on it because they listened to demands of dumb consumers who didn't see the benefit
Anon, I own an FE MDRX. The first one I got from them broke after a single shot and had to be sent back to DT for repair. Which to their credit they had gold standard perfect warranty support on, they paid shipping both days, they did it in a couple of weeks despite it being xmas/new years holiday season, but still that stung. And even afterwards it choked and had cartridges jam in it pretty easily. Yes, it wasn't a big deal to pop the plate and free it but it was still irritating vs the SE which always works. It was significant weight too.

From talking with other owners FE problems affected a big percentage of customers. Not everyone, plenty had it work perfectly, but lots didn't. Nobody had any problem with the concept and benefits anon, the problem was just that DT was never ever able to manufacture them with enough consistency. And MDRX was already v2, and then got tons of iteration afterwards. They had SEVEN YEARS to get it worked out anon, and they never seemed to quite be able to get it.

So I don't agree with you on "appease a dumb market", people like cool stuff and stuck with the MDR through a long period of refinement, but at some point you want your $2500 rifle to like, actually run through more than 10 rounds reliably?

>>64762183
Didn't they create a new generation and call it the WLRVN now? I don't know what the major differences are but usually a company sticking with a concept bodes well for its reliability.

>>64761591
is it a normal AR bolt or some proprietary shit?
if it's proprietary, design it to be reversible.

>>64762258
Yeah, that's essentially MDRv3 (MDRX was v2). They made a lot of changes during each version though as well, mostly improvements though in some cases like the ejection system (though smaller) it was more "giving up on a cool feature because it's too hard for us to do consistently" like the wing charging handles, they swapped that to a much simpler fixed set that was also sturdier. WLVRN has some of its own changes too but to some extent also just finally iterated the major version to put a line under all the MDRX stuff because it was getting to the point of being hard to figure out what you were buying unless it was brand new.

And the concept itself isn't bad, it's definitely comfortable and ergonomic with some niceties. But there were a bunch of stupid choices too as well as struggles with manufacturing, and yeah in fairness tons of military rifles have gone through massive teething troubles over the decades and taken quite a few revisions to get fully solid but of course those were backed by military budgets too not a small private niche.

>>64762122
Also, hurry up and fucking wait, applicant. Go see a recruiter right now or suffer waiting even longer.
Air Force is selective on who gets in and on top of that, there is a backlog of applicants still from last year waiting to go to basic training. The sooner you see a recruiter, the sooner you can start the process of waiting.
And make sure you go on a day off because answering all the pre-screening questions and doing the initial documentation takes atleast 3-4 hours.
>>64761542
Same guy? Yeah just dont smoke from here on out. You got this.
You take two drug tests, one with your recruiter, one with MEPS. Dont fail the MEPS one.

>>64755265
>>64759687
>post-service employment landscape is like for officers who join at an older age
It's fucking fantastic.
>I posted here a while back asking if it would be a mistake to join the army
Have you considered other branches as well?
>as an officer at 33 as I’m working at a university and struggling to advance
It's like this, once you go Officer you are hopefully never going to consider going back to the same Uni you are working at now.
You will be bound for bigger and better things.
>I see veterans with otherwise similar backgrounds to me getting accelerated career tracks because they are veterans but they all served right after college or right before
Totally irrelevant.
>I’m really having a hard time figuring out if I can still get the same boost at this point
If you were 40 or something, way past the age of entering without a waiver then no but you're still able to join without an age waiver.
>FWIW I’m working in research, no PhD, a lot of this stuff is DoD funded
>All of the department heads and supervisors are vets

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>>64762478
>99% of you guys giving a huge spiel on here, just go fucking see a recruiter. It's really not that complicated. I don't get why people start planning out their next 40 years of life trajectory ITT, like jesus fucking christ JUST GET ON A PATH AND GO SOMEWHERE. ANYWHERE.

As a guy who spent the last 14 years getting on a path and following it, the reality is you might never get to the end of that path. Which; that isn't an excuse to get on or off a path but if you think about it the path might be more of a dead end than you would like.

The military as an institution is full of dead end paths.

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>>64762501
>The military as an institution is full of dead end paths.
my favorite being blown-out-back-man-with-handicap-placards-and-a-dodge-ram who is on the phone with the VA every week because they won't approve of whatever medical shenanigans he needs.

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I wish Hardcore Henry didn’t pass by so quickly. So many great shootout scenes.

>>64762110
she literally said she was 18, she's legal

>>64762174
>throw the fookin catfood

>ctrl+F
>no Lord of War
>no Dog Soldiers

>>64762174
His way of wearing the beret is abhorrent.

Cool movie though, much recommended.

>>64762359
There is no correct way to wear a beret, because no matter what you look like a fag.

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>>64759287
>>64759295
Beef jerky made by your beloved

>>64760216
[spoiler]did you get it at the medina show? are you going to the one this weekend up in berea? I always wondered if there were any other /k/ommandos at these things. Also, nice score. International models are cool. I hope to find a ruger m77 international at some point.[/spoiler]

>>64761921
Yeah, I got it at Medina, lol. I probably won't go to Berea since I got some plans this weekend. Truth be told, I haven't been out to that one in years, it's a bit more of a drive for me. Last time I went, I saw a dude with one of those Robinson Arms Stoner 63 repros, that thing was sweet.

>>64750200
>Muncie
haven't heard that name in awhile. My uncle's Camaro's transmission was made there. I'm a few hours away but might be able to swing it. Do we want to do an impromptu meetup?

>>64762153
It's a small town, not as bad as other small towns in Indiana. The show itself is held at the fairgrounds where the auction off cattle and also do a flea market it's one building not very large maybe 20 tables and a bunch of old men. Some stuff makes no sense like half the firearms are actually not for sale because it's just old men showing off to other old men like a lemon party

>>64743611
>This kills the cat

>>64759577
>>64759955
Dubs confirm for Tokwalker.

>>64742984
>It'd be funny as fuck, but I assume OP doesn't have unlimited money.
Sell it in bulk to Herrera or some other guntuber idk and let them clog some buyback. Jokes write themselves.
>We clogged the buyback with SHITTY indian guns!

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>>64742736
>He's a retard, can we meme him a success so he does something next level stupid with his artificial confidence? He won't quit after one... think of the melty.

>>64759476
>sheltered city fag
so you? ive killed so many fucking hogs and pigs to know that isnt pig skin.

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>>64761614
I'm not OP but I think its the type 81M from Parashooter gear. I don't think they exist anymore but Parashooter was selling both Type 81 and 56 style rigs that had modernized flaps, molle instead of grenade/oil pouches, and modern harness attachment points. They sold placard style rigs and standalone types so I can't place the exact model this might be

>>64762340
>>64762357
whoops I'm wrong. Please forgive me

>>64762357
Parashooter changed their name to "Wetwrx", and they've still got their AK rigs

>>64761429
Only buy, never sell

>>64762428
Not them. But fuck off.

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>>64758058
That shit gets blended today whennibdrive to the company in 30min. Was at metall injection expo in Nürnberg yesterday and somehow ended up giving Zeiss a full load of samples (Coom, cleaner, Gold Guard and a reformulated WD40 for the bore and reloading dies). Good week but its alot of walking.

>>64754416
I concentrate and distill my ball sweat into an oil product
Oh no I don't lube guns with it. It goes on the bullets in my home/carry defense mags.

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>>64758069
Great. We still have some cold so I should be able to get some testing in

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>>64754416
You can always go for some Krytox of Braycote
If you have money to spend
you'll probably have to buy some Shit coins on /biz/ then dump them to afford the krytox though

>>64762399
what the actual fuck

>>64762434
It didn't fly so good.

>>64762434
Guy up top dumped the load.
Rule 1 of lifting is save yourself.

Shouldn't have cheapened out on the cables.

>device made to fly
>falls to the ground
huh

>>64762434
cameraman had ONE FUCKING JOB

>>64747598
>Just because they aren't moving fast doesn't mean they aren't doing damage,
Thank you for proving the point that us Europeans need weapons to kill your dysgenic horde.

>>64762063
>>shutting down reactors
Due to retards and Russian influence.

Shit, >>64762001 meant for >>64761769

>>64762063
>unlike uranium.
Anon, you do understand that Germany has major Uranium deposites and that during the cold war GDR was one of the largest Uranium producers world wide? Just google Wismut.
There are still exploitable deposits in the Erzgebirge region, more than enough to feed any nuclear program, inclusing weapons manufacture.

>>64762417
Australia also has tons of Uranium and it's pretty easy to store decades worth of the stuff. It doesn't take a lot of space.

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>>64761513
You have to never go anywhere there are cameras, people from your country or anywhere that cash is suspicious.
Modern KYC laws are fucking awful for innocent people, they make life pretty challenging for the guilty who are trying to remain anonymous.
You basically have to live in a cabin innawoods, or some beach equivalent.
You can't go to a ski resort, a cafe, a mall...nothing with too many people or anything international.
You can barely go online.

It gets much easier if you have friends or a host nation who'll hide you and won't betray you. That last part is a bitch though.

>>64761513
If he's on your radar then knowing the basics of the time, date and destination of his departure really helps track him. During GWOT, spooks were tracking people through sparse cell phone contacts in remote tribal regions in the middle of nowhere.
>in some rural village there, without having contacts with anyone of his previous life.
Nearly impossible if he wants to maintain a lifestyle above poverty. It's unbelievably hard for people to break habits, traditions and lifestyle. He would have to have no previous hobbies, no children, no parents, no girlfriends, no vices, no business, no bank account, no online browsing habits and no contact with anyone in the outside world.
And the kicker? He would have to maintain this for the rest of his natural life. In essence he would be placing himself in self imposed exile and maximum security incarceration levels of isolation just to maintain opsec. People are REALLY fucking hard to disappear if a government is looking for them, double if they were someone important.

>>64761850
And yes, before someone adds:"What if the host nation is friendly and keeping him comfortable?"

Even worse. Previous relationships are the first thing a targeter establishes when someone goes on the lam. Every email, every text, every piece of SIGINT that they cam get their hands on is analyzed and kept for future reference. It's not just your database you're searching either, it's allied nations and friendly actors in hostile nations that you're working with, How much money would the guy pay to the third world general to stay hidden? I guarantee the amount can be dwarfed by any western intelligence agency motivated enough to find him, the only thing he can do is die uncomfortably or violently

>>64761850
Most critical of all, can you change your gooning habits? The second your old gooning fingerprint shows up in Utah, it's over.

>>64761513
Follow the money.

>>64753365
not even mad that its pink im mad that it looks like someone DIPPED IT IN PAINT what the FUCK is this coating????? is this factory????

>>64757573
People underestimate it yet S&W made an entire gun about catering to griplets that by all reports sells quite well.

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>>64753376
>chastity cage
One of the dumbest forced memes in faggotry just like those retarded dog masks

>>64754078
>>64754208
>>64757531
Women are too stupid to operate handgun controls and clear malfunctions. It's best to give them a revolver and tell them to point and click.

>>64760951
>That cannot be a good cost:benefit
Russia is desperate for propaganda wins/battlefield results. If this AA-UAV configuration can produce any sort of noticeable results than Russia will consider it as a success. There's also the unspoken consideration that the RuAF's combat worthy airframes are starting to dwindle and now they have more missiles than they have flyable planes.

>>64760523
It would be so funny if they just kept strapping more shit on the shahed so that it loses even the advantage of being cheap

>>64760523
damn, i was expecting the Ukis do to this first, it does seem like a good idea, but now that the russians are doing it, maybe it isnt?

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>>64760916
>mfw ill never be as cool as the guy miniguning a shahed

>>64762452
>cope caged shaheds