Pistols (or revolvers), rifles, or shotguns?What do you find most fun and why?For me, it’s shotguns. But revolvers are a close 2nd.
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Post gear, discuss gear.Camo chic: Operator modeOld: >>64611658
>>64636533>He needs drug money or something?Well it's a fresh ebay account and he's got more than two so I'll let you be the judge. The price is super low and the presentation is quarter-assed so he clearly needs these to move and fast.>What are these?The Velocity Systems PBZSA, which is a 0.52" thick, 4.15lb SAPI M plate rated to defeat M855A1, 7.62x51mm M80, or 7.62x39mm BZ API. It's been the dominant "M855A1 + M80" plate on the market for a few years if you have $2k. It's like a slightly upgraded Tencate CR6450SA and competes favorably against the LTC 28791. The only plates that compete with it are the LSAPI (3.5lb, same rating but raised BFD limit to 62mm) and LTC's replacement for the 28791, which is projected to do the same thing but 4lb. Last competitor is the Hesco SC3812, which drops BZ API protection but weighs 3.8lb SAPI M and is much thicker. This guy is selling the PBZSAs in a cut like pic related VS-PXULV meant for a covert carrier. These are very likely SOCOM issue.The PXULV is a featherweight all-PE plate rated for just 7.62x39mm MSC. 1.5lb and under 0.4" thick.
>>64636545I have one in my car. I don't need to haul around an ifak. I don't live in a 3rd world country.
>>64636545If you have a daily backpack, that's a great place for a real kit. The tourniquet, if you're going to have on, belongs on you somewhere. I carry mine in the back pocket with the red tip exposed because it's not a gun, it's not weird, and there's a band saw right over there that any one of us might lose a finger on if we're too complacent.
Patiently waiting for 4600 anon to give us the results of his shoot test of the $180 4600s he got from Botach.
>>64628389I had pic rel queued up but op is a ninja.
The shills say you'll definitely buy one.
>>64629913Gen 4 is the only glock I want
are they going to put a steel insert in that trigger guard undercut? I just see that breaking if someone uggas or falls or drops on that at the right angle
>>64636553I know, you already told us you don't shoot
>>64631735>>64631982I have a fat fetish
>>64636593I was wondering the same thing, it's possible that they tie a steel insert into the magazine catch spring area but I doubt it. Wouldn't hurt anything weight wise since they're cutting the recoil spring down by more than half
It's been 2 months...https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/hidden-hangars-navys-fa-xx-could-decide-china-fight-trump-moves-now
>>64636167They're going to be flying along subsonic UCAVs anyway, the speed doesn't matter. The F-47's range and payload requirements make it nearly a bomber already, It's going to be more like a stealth F-111 than a stealth F-15C.
>>64636235We don’t know what the exact CCA CONOPS look like currently. It’s very possible they end up forming more of a picket line while the F-47 runs around at high speed playing fire brigade wherever there’s fighting on the front. Even if that isn’t the case if they base F-47 at Guam high speed is very useful just to cut down transit time and increase sortie generation. We have no good public information on payload, but if the variable cycle engines deliver their claimed efficiency increase and the 1000nmi combat radius is taken as closer to the upper bound it won’t need to be a 100k MTOW monster like the F-111. If, and admittedly it’s a big if, Boeing is bidding a similar design for both NGAD and F-47 then the MTOW is probably in the 80k range similar to the F-22, as that puts it in the right size class to more or less max current carrier cat and trap weights. With the USAF focusing on combat mass there’s no reason to cancel a program that hasn’t hit major developmental stumbling blocks and would be more able to deliver on that mass, in favor of forcing a larger, more expensive, and very in demand platform into that role. Even with the missileer concept only being talked about as a supplement the strategic bomber command is already pushing hard against it, as they’re looking down the barrel of a major bomber shortfall as the B-1s approach the end of their useful service life and have no interest in sharing their production lines until that shortfall is addressed sometime next decade.
>>64636351>If, and admittedly it’s a big if, Boeing is bidding a similar design for both NGAD and F-47 then the MTOW is probably in the 80k range similar to the F-22, as that puts it in the right size class to more or less max current carrier cat and trap weights.Assuming you meant FA-XX, my understanding is that it's planned to use mature 30,000 lbf F110 engines, which suggests a smaller and lighter aircraft compared to the 40,000lbf XA102/XA103.>strategic bomber command is already pushing hard against it, as they’re looking down the barrel of a major bomber shortfall as the B-1s approach the end of their useful service lifeSAC/GSC can fuck right off back to the 60s. Their role is no longer necessary, SLBMs can handle 100% of nuclear deterrence. There's no need for the overhead if their job is to spend 99.999% of the time jerking off and 0.001% on Midnight Hammer type shit.Perhaps the right call would have been to cancel B-21 rather than F-47, but they're examples of convergent evolution and the B-21 is here already.
>>64636428Yeah I meant F/A-XX, my bad there. F110 for that is the rumor I’ve heard also, though I’ve also read they intend it to be a “more strike than fighter” kind of deal, so I’ve found it hard to estimate what performance specs they’re targeting. I think it’s possible they end up in a similar weight bracket, but with F/A-XX having much lower top end flight performance. The Navy at least acknowledges they have a lot less room in the budget for it and don’t seem to intend on gold plating it to Air Force level. Ultimately I expect F/A-XX to be a very heavy bird though, cat limited probably, as bay size will largely determine weight and it will need to have fairly large bays if they want it to be a better striker than the F-35. IIRC those can already do a pair of AARGM-ERs with a pair of AMRAAMs internally, so to justify the expense of the new program I’d imagine we’re probably talking about a bird that could haul 4x AARGM-ERs. But at that point the bays would be so large they’re bordering on internal carriage for a pair of JASSMs, which is a tall order. As far as strategic bomber command goes, I get their position. I agree their nuclear role isn’t very important these days, but it’s the conventional missions they’d be called on for in a war with China that would really tax them, and I think they should have first dibs on B-21 production for that, as they do face a major airframe shortfall next decade. Plus I’d imagine a missileer conversion of a B-21 is probably a 5+ year project so I don’t think it’d be the worst to top them up first and start looking at that seriously in the early 2030s once we have a better idea of how CCAs will fit into the force structure in practice.
>>64636554I also think the FA-XX will be very heavy by Navy standards, but I'm certain that the F-47 is targeting increased range and payload rather than increased energy-maneuverability. There may have been questions about the relative value of aerodynamic performance vs stealth in the 90s, but by now it's clear that stealth is the absolute measure of an aircraft's combat performance, dogfights now are lucky to last long enough for the loser to realize he's not alone.As far as strategic bombing goes, I'm not even sure how it differs from tactical bombing in an era of precision munitions. What's the difference between dropping a JDAM on a radar and dropping a MOP on an underground enrichment facility? Just the range and the payload? But if even air superiority fighters are prioritizing range and payload these days, that would seem to push attack and strike aircraft into bomber territory.We're at a junction here where all aircraft want the same things: stealth, range, payload, and powerful radar/EW. Unlike any point before this in history, none of those things are mutually exclusive. There's no longer any compromises to be made, no longer any roles. How good of an aircraft you have for (X) is purely a matter of how much it costs.
>they added half MOA adjustments to the A4/M4 carry handle for camp perry/KD qualificationsA2 sights and A4 carry handles both have the same zero clicks. it's like 1 3/8th inch or whatever fucking weirdo shit for the front sight and half MOA for the rear sight windage. On an M16A2/A3 the elevation drum on the rear sight is 1 click per MOA 300-800 meters and on the M16A4/M4 its 300-600 meters 1/2 moa per click. The Z for zeroing is present on both the A2/A3 and the detachable carry handle and it's for zeroing a 20 inch barrel and it's 1 moa off from 300 meters. So, 100% chance the reason they fucking did this is because the come up from 300 to 400 m is 3 moa, from 400-500m is 3.5 moa and then 500-600m is 4.5 moa. on an M4 it would be 300-400m is 3.5 moa 400-500m is 4.5 moa and 500-600m is 5.5 moa.half an MoA wouldn't matter in combat, assuming you even switched the drum so they were 100% doing it for their KD range shooting to make it easier to hit the bulls eye at certain ranges
>>64635848Being wrong. Seems to be a constant for you.
>>64635888you got proven to be gay, retarded and a samefaggot
I just read this retarded thread and imo it stands at post guns.>Anon claimed he owned 3 specific rifles during debate>Gets called to post>Doesn't post>Anon is faggot
>>64636600nice samefaggot, troon
>All this squabbling about A2/A4/M4 rearsight settings>The humble "zero at 25 and forget about it" A1
Could it work for home defense?I am from a country where firearms are almost impossible to get but these are not regulated
>>64635742>>64635777Spears fucking suck indoors.
>>64635990Lmao, the round occupies half of the barrel
>>64635829do you seriously have to ask? there's places where nunchakus and butterfly knives are banned, even though they're obviously inferior to a regular ass baseball bat or pocket knife but since they're used in movies by evil people they obviously have to be banned since that alone makes them a million times more dangerous.
>>64635751>A spear? To throw it?To stab the criminal guy who lunges you after you've shot at him but missed.
>>64635736>Could it work for home defense?Indoors bows are very cumbersome, if the limb slaps a door frame or wall or whatever on release it will pull the bow out of your grip
How effective were these things? Obsidian is said to be extremely sharp and multiple edges instead of one straight blade might be extremely painful.
>>64634753The Vast Expansion Of Flesh.I still remember the sick realization something was wrong here
>>64636184It's very lethal though
>>64634477They ate the sacrifices.Without refrigeration, long pork needs to be alive not to spoil.
>>64634946>he needs more than one swing to end a fightskill issueblade placement is the only thing that matters
>>64634465They're pretty effective and great for training attack and strength too. I prefer a rapier so I can use my Avernic defended though
>Flapper Locked
>>64631919>faggot
>>64634608That entire show is stuffed full of amazing characters and story arcs and Harrow's is fucking peak. It's one of the best shows I've ever seen. It will make you a different kind of gun guy though, be warned.
>>64632020>Boardwalk EmpireI was going to say Jordan in Great Gatsby.
>64635980>64635980It's a great aesthetic.
>>64636675I'm drunk and fucked that post up.>>64635980Anyways, the 1920s had some hotness to it. Makes me wanna buy a Colt 1903.
What will this thing do that a $500 one won't?
>>64635727>bestSo good the US military dropped it immediately and went back to the SR-25 they hated lol
>>64632176All of this is cope aside from the subjective>looks good>spark joyYou're literally getting ripped off if you buy something like that for any reason other than "I like this specific one and none other will do"
>>64635232>UMP is better than the G36Better in fulfilling its design role.G36 sucks at accuracy under sustained fire UMP is a submachine gun it doesn't need to be accurate past 50 yards(as mentioned upthread, the 'tolerable' G36 variants are the short-barrel ones because they don't even have to be sustained fire accurate past 100 or so yards)>UMP was badMaybe compared to an MP5 or whatever boutique submachine gun they had but it's perfectly serviceable reliable tough indestructible and fulfils the design submachine gun role perfectly. (You) may not like the UMP, I want a select fire one in .45 ACPOrder of the three HK designs remains 1. MP72. UMP (submachine guns suck and are gay anyway)3. G36That's the order of how 'good' the HK polymer 1990s wonders are.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64636608The UMP is an awful gun and you're a retard. Fortunately for everyone you'll only ever touch guns in videogames.
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QTDDTOTHow much of a serious difference is there in between various brands of 5.56? Assuming same grain weight, bullet type, whatever. I'm trying to buy ammo in bulk and I'm struggling to figure out what brands to buy for both M193 and M855. Currently looking at Winchester for both just because it's cheap and there's a rebate for them. Both will just be for plinking and hoarding.
>>64635633I like my Chinese SKS FWIW but putting a dot or scope on it isn't straightforward if that's what you want. Mostly full rear sight replacements to give it a rail rather than any other options. The safety isn't modern, that's for sure, but it isn't horrible.>Have an AKMThat's really vague; there's so many makers, unless you mean you hate the AKM design entirely.
>>64632507I can give a few more details:>Rifle is from LaRue>Comes with a can>.308 comes with one of the best rated semi auto cans on the market>6.5 creedmoor comes with a 6mm canThat's all I know for now. I have no been told more by my boss until tomorrow.
>>64635737Yeah, I don't really care for the AK platform in general. I bought it years ago, went through the trouble of having it converted (its a Saiga and was in a sporterized configuration originally) and spent who knows how much money on furniture but I can't make myself like it. Made my original post since I saw a SIG 553R on gunbroker and I kind of liked it. I'm considering just getting an AR in x39 but I hear a lot of those have problems with the bolts
>>64635805556R* rather
>>64634080>California?Yeah sadly >Hopefully not the latter because it would re start the waiting period.yeah thats my biggest fear since the earliest i can pick it up is December 23, if it gets delayed it would be after christmas and thats just an unfortunate inconviniencei'll go and call them up on Monday and hopefully have it fixed without incident
>Attacking an enemy who has a superior capacity for procuring resources, manpower, and advanced weaponry, while you're largely stuck with the army you start with and any outdated legacy equipment lying aroundHow the hell was Russia planning on beating Ukraine again? Pic unrelated.
>>64620211Iron Brigade was better
>>64632967>the only country in the world to produce 100% of military equipment in-houseActually I think China does too (if you ignore the handful of Sukhois that aren't Chinese-built). The point still stands though.The USA is close to being in the club but we are missing a few crucial elements (e.g. we don't make our own TNT anymore)
>>64632967>the only country in the world to produce 100% of military equipment in-houseIran, North Korea, and China beg to differ
>>64633058Neither Iran nor NK can make their own fighter jets
>>64610248nah
They are coming for your leadhttps://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5599539/hunters-encouraged-to-trade-lead-bullets-for-copper-to-protect-scavenging-animals
>>64635593Yep, and as a practical matter I don't there's any downside in something normal like 308 or 6.5 either. SAAMI COAL only starts to become more limiting as you get into older magnum stuff like 300wm. That's got enough vroom to throw really high bc high precision stuff, but the spec doesn't let you go as long as you might like nowadays without uncomfortably deep seating. So it's become pretty standard to just go out of spec in well experimented with ways, though then you have to stick with that going forward. I think medium term better solution will just be to jump to 300prc, which is basically "how reloaders have altered 300wm anyway, without the belt and a few other misc fine tuning, standardized" and seems to be getting traction ok for a new cartridge so maybe it'll actually succeed.
>>64634790>Being able to make your own lead bullets should never be controlled.Do you also feel you should be able to quarry your own asbestos to insulate your home?
>>64636342nta but there is a spectrum of harm/value tradeoffs here dude. Asbestos or running a home PCB plant with waste dumped into a stream behind you is pretty fucking different then making your own lead bullets for an antique. Someone making their own boutique stuff is so damn niche and so specific to them that the balance falls the other way.By all means regulate some external effects, proper disposal of by products etc, and if you're really concerned could set some really high ceiling to prevent commercial abuse, "maximum 5000 bullets per year and no selling them", but juice doesn't seem worth the squeeze in trying to ban something that individual. Plus I really oppose laws that are effectively unenforceable or only enforceable with a immensely evil panopticon police state.
We need to get rid of the environiggers
>>64636667Go back to india.
This is a literal combat ship.
>>64636199says the guy who tried to get the f35 shutdowngilmore can eat dick
>>64636376There's nothing proving him wrong on this issue unless you have evidence showing they've been upgraded to level 2 standards. To do so requires a totally new hull.
>>64636407theres nothing proving his concerns right.>unless you have evidence showing they've been upgraded to level 2 standardsnice goal post shift.make a statement your own or eat a dick yourself
>>64636414The author was not stating concerns but describing features. What he is doing is describing level one and then compared it to a level two class vessels. So it is not shifting the goalposts, but describing them. Basically you're just low IQ and don't understand what you're saying.
Did the Ruger bx1 kill tube magazines for 22s?Also should Ruger make the 96 again or should people just get a Volquartsen?
>>64634394>>64634459>>64634841I don't have a trigger group with the paddle, my 10/22 is older with an aluminum construction vs the newer plastic ones with the paddle. I've got the flap you push up.Maybe it is skill issue, but I can't fucking figure out how you're supposed to "push button, receive mag" correctly.I can try it a hundred times, and three or four out of a hundred it pops right out. I have no problems with higher cap mags that protrude, so I just use those most of the time instead.
>>64635016Definitely a skill issue
>>64634579they made them for a few years, the receivers all eventually cracked, so they had a recall where the owner could send the gun back cracked or not and receive a different ruger of their choice
>>64634579>>64636527If you've got a drill press there's a guy who makes 80% receivers, barrels, and bolts out there so you can roll your own. No idea if they're any better re:cracking however.
>>64635016Press button with strong hand index finger, drop mag into off hand. If you're trying to do it with one hand on the older trigger housings, you wind up pushing the mag forward onto the front pin with your thumb.
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>>64636225AFAIK you can only replace your boots in BCT if your feet get fucked up by issued boots and you get a new boot profile from sick call. Regular blisters won't do it, you have to have some kind of huge issue wearing the standard boots, like the heel cup cutting your heels open.RASP is absolutely worth it as a POG. You will work with some of the best people in the Army in your MOS and will become one of them if you stay there long enough. It's challenging, even if you aren't doing as much stuff as an infantryman, and even if your job primarily takes place in an office. I highly, highly recommend trying for it if you are at all motivated to do so.
so the air force recruiter hasn't been there the past 3 weeks i've triedthis week i'm gonna try the army recruiter and maybe the other branches.how bad is the army actually? i can't decide between waiting for the air force or just going army.
>>64636616Why aren't you looking at the Navy or Coast Guard as well?
>>64636616Depends on what you mean by bad. You might go to the field and get wet and cold in the army but you won't do back to back shifts and hot bunk like in the navy.
>>64636620I don't like boats. MAYBE the cg but unlikely.
