So here is my glorious Century Arms AK after a fire and 4 years rusting in a scrap heap. A couple folks i know have been watching youtube and gotten into restoration, they are competing with each other to see what is the worst one they can fix. Well i'm gonna give it a try.As far as i can tell the lower and are fine, however all the sheet metal and most of everything else is unsalvageable. The plan is to whenever possible replace the irreparable components with items from a 'Asian parts kit' aka a Type 58. So what is my first step, put in a 5 gallon bucket of water, dump in some Borax and hook up a battery charger?
>>64707015Brass hammer to the charging handle. If the receiver is pinched it's not much effort to straighten it out. It's only 14 or 12ga steel and usually only hardened at the rivet and fcg group holes.
>>64707051>usually only hardened at the rivet and fcg group holes.Not OP but I wonder how they achieve that? Has me thinking back to gun manufacturing videos I've watched and can't remember any stamped AK ones. Probably just flame applied at holes but still curious.
>>64707266>Probably just flame applied at holes but still curiousThat's it exactly.
>t's only 14 or 12ga steelI have Calipers, once i get it apart i can check thickness to see how much material is gone.>>64707301>>64707266>>64707051Funny that a properly used kiln would see it with a better heat treat that the original.Bolt and piston moving about a inch, bolt still stuck along to it with frozen trigger group. WE HAVE VISIBLE CHROME. Brb, thwacking.
>>64707389Back to soaking, the guide rear is really stuck for some reason and the gas tube split and is stuck on the end of the piston so i can't pull it out. It was cocked with the safety on and that mess is still frozen but i'm confident i can get it freed up.Shit for sun today so i'll be running the generator in a bit, have the set up ready to go for electrolysis. Rust removal pro tip: If it's soaking in vinegar rinse it before you dump it into the baking soda solution.
Good or bad idea? Got really into the modern minute man concept last year and built a rifle around it. >18" Barrel>69gr match points (reloading my own)>1-8x LPVO Great for the range and a lot of fun to shoot at paper with, but when I went to LARP with it, it wasn't what I hoped it to be. A hair below 8lbs fully loaded and long enough to catch on stuff, I realized what I thought and what I wanted were two different things. Now, with SBRs (and Suppressors) having free tax stamps I can do different things. Shortening the barrel as much as possible to save on weight, make it handier, and save space for a can seems the way to go. 300AAC also preforms best in 10" barrels. I also realized min-maxing for targets out to 600yds was kind of stupid too, as it's a bit excessive in the dense areas I play pretend. The shorter effective range a heavier, slower 30 cal projectile would be fine, as well as a non-magnifed/fixed magnification optic to lighten my load. Would 300AAC be the round for fantasies well I stomp around in the local national forest? I'm also interested in not having to get new mags, I acquired the loading dies in an estate sale, and I do like how well it lends itself to suppression.
>>64706286>do you not fucking know why we used SKS's for the classic "innawoods" because it used to be dirt cheap?
>>64706614>future innawoods posts will now be made with PSA ARs
>>64706616i think they already are lmao
>>64706616>>64706990They have been forever. The last "cheap" SKSs were back in like 2019 when we got a bunch of Norinco ones. Even then they were still like $300 and a poverty pony was only slightly more. The good times were a long time ago. Anyone who was under 18 in 2020, sadly, a good portion of this board, missed out completely.
>>64706286>7.62x39 but ARI'd wager .300 Ham'r has more claim on that than Blackout. Fags focused too much on subsonic SBRs.
Listen Here You Little Shit EditionPost wood (furniture)Big RiflesBig BulletsFroppy Frens InsideThread theme ~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HUtwku8R9Q&list=RD1HUtwku8R9Q&start_radio=1As always; No Jannies, No TranniesPreviously, on X-men: >>64608347
>>64706196Probably last a lifetime, if you resole them.
Scar newfag here again - does anyone have any recommendations for slings? Not looking for anything crazy or tacticool (necessarily), just a solid 2 point that would be comfortable to carry it around with.First batch of google-fu turned up BFG Vickers being well reviewed, but the mounts are really throwing me off. Would prefer something that isn't going to unduly scratch shit up.
>>64707029either spend $100 and buy pmm qd accessories plus a magpul dual qd sling. or spend $15 on a cheap Amazon sling that has clips. like pic related
>>64707029I'm using an OG VTAC sling on my L1A1 and like it. It attaches to sling loops by threading the strap back through a ladder lock, which is a silent, scratch-free and simple solution, the sling has about the right length & adjustability and I really like the quick-adjust feature.You can find cheaper slings with the same features, and some weight + potential source of noise and scratches can be shed by choosing a simpler, plastic buckle for the quick adjust feature.
>>64707234>>64707379Not looking to really cheap out on anything because I intend this to be my sort of "ride or die" gun. Between what yall listed the VTAC looks pretty nice, might look into that a bit more in earnest. Thanks for the advice anons.
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>>64707252If it’s the same incident mentioned on his Wiki article, it’s from January 2025, and I don’t think AI was that advanced back then
>>64705367>that painting of an owl carrying away a batthis fucking guy, I wish I could be even 1% as based
>>64706217>1. Blow up the Kherson Bridge or have better plans for blowing it upcompletely retarded with russian air superiority>2. Rotate Soviet-era officers who most likely arn't loyalalso retarded and pointless>3. Background checks and vetting of said officersalso retarded and pointless>4. More mineson the highways??? stop sniffing glue>5. Better control and structure for influx of foreign volunteers/aidthere wasn't any aside from few US packages
>>64705302Footage of RDK commander
>>64705304>total screen time: 30 sec>you don't even bother to do it in person, just send some random ersatz guy>still get paid half a million for your performanceThere must be lot of Hollywood minions who are green with envy now...
That container ship only displaces 4000 tons, and It can already carry more VLS cells than most frigates or destroyers that are larger, on top of having the capability to launch CAA and UAVs from EMALS catapult: https://youtu.be/wyvJF9fmo0g?
Hello, has anyone seen my grandson?
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>>64707370Have you checked the ends of all the bayonets?
CAM ships with chinese characteristics for when they're all eating each other a week after food imports are stopped.
>>64707319I mean the two obvious niches it fills is being very easy to conceal, especially if you don't mind getting a little war crimey.And the other is about war economics. If China finds itself in a prolonged naval conflict, converting civilian ships like this is worlds cheaper than building purpose built military vessels.It's also inline with the whole dual purpose thing they have for their civilian ferries being able to work as landing ships
What is /k/ favorite type of glock?
>>64707260Nothing of value lost, MOS a shit.The COA A-cut is good but the dumb fucks have clearly gone in on some exclusivity deal so it's going to die on its arse.
I've become fascinated with just how many gen 3 Glock clones exist. Which are the best ones?
>>64707344The Shadow ones are probably "the best". The Ruger seems pretty good, but if you just want a fuck-around gun to dremel on get a couple of PSA Daggers instead.Real shame they fucked Poly80 out of business, those frames were sturdy as fuck.
>>64707288The mos# were direct cut from the factory for specific optics
>>64706935As someone who loves glocks(but not a 'fanboy'), I hate/don't care about the gen 6 at all. New optic system isn't well thought out. The plates are plastic and don't have fences at the front and back to cushion the optic so it falls to aftermarket like FCD to fix the problem. The gas pedals are ugly, and unnecessary for me and most other shooters, really only a positive for competition guys trying to get the gun flat as possible for fast splits. Having the beaver tail be an integral part of the frame and not an add on option with a grip panel was a bad choice. I like the look and feel of the beavertail but it isn't necessary and others may not want it. I don't care about the new trigger shoe, it'll get swapped for something better anyway. And imagine the biggest complaint many people, not me though, had for glocks was how bulky they felt so glock decided to add palm swells to the grip. Idk what they are thinking. Trigger gaurd undercut is gay and retarded. People will talk about how it makes the gun feel so much better but they removed only a whopping like 1 or 2/16's of material, not enough to matter. Seems like they got caught up in trying to throw all the flat range youtuber things onto it and mark the price up $170. I think the only good change they did was go back to the single spring assembly of the gen 1-3 glocks. They also changed the extractor system and the barrel geometry I heard, either in a ben stoeger or mr gunsngear video. Concerned how that will, if at all, affect reliability.>tl;dr Not thrilled and I think it was overall a dumb move.
Last one dead. These threads need to be more common.Between a Mossberg 590 and a Remington 870, which should I keep? Recently was given an 870 and I don't really care to have two shotguns.
I acquired one of these on a labor day sale. Man, I don't think I could ever go back to pump action unless I really had to. This thing rocks.
>>64704829Forgot pic.
>>64677717Well, I bent it out a bit more and shot it today. It cycled the whole tube fine, plus one because I short stroked. Next up is trying the dove shot that had the problems to begin with but I gotta give it a few weeks so the neighbors don't get too pissed.
>>64704829They're awesome, aren't they? I love mine. My only pump action is my Ithaca now.
Been procrastinating on this for far too long. Needed to test the new eforms this morning, so decided it's time.
you may call mandatory military service slave labor but I call it a great first experience with guns.
>>64706807All societies depend on 'slave labor' and always will. A 50% tax burden is close to the same as everyone working half their life without tax and spending half their time directly conscripted into mandated jobs without pay.I think a few years of slave labor that applies to everyone rich or poor and is in the cause of defending the country is pretty based.That said it would also be pretty based to make everyone rich or poor pick up trash or work a customer service job for 1 year, if there was no pressing need to defend the country.Most countries doing mandatory conscription have a bordering geopolitical threat that makes the military angle necessary.Except for the the Swiss, who are surrounded by the world's most peaceful countries and still larp conscription and pretend to fight dragons or something. But still the Swiss don't get rid of it, so even the side benefits of military conscription must be doing something wonderful for them.
>>64707024desu I don't think it'd be a bad thing to have a "learn your fucking place, trash" mandatory community/national service that everyone has to do. I often find myself wondering how much better the world would be if the people with the power and wealth knew what it was like to lack those specific qualities for a year or two. Kinda like the same way that someone who's worked a shitty retail job won't be as much of a fuckass to employees as someone who hasn't.
>>64706937Sounds like you got a good experience from the gig
>>64706807>great first experience with gunsMy first experience with a gun was shooting a nylon 66 with my grandpa. That's a much better experience if you ask me, slave.
>>64706807I call it cattle being sent to the slaughter
wouldnt it be dumb to not double the manpower available to a given army in a time of war?
>>64704463and for the homefront
>>64703112From experience, ~90% of women in the military are a detriment worse than dead weight, and 10% are very effective hard chargers. If a woman voluntarily signs up for a difficult job and she makes it past all the selection filtering, she's going to be good to go. Any job where there is a high and gender neutral standard and the women make it will normally filter out the shitty ones. A long selection pipeline gives them opportunity to get bored/stressed and quit. Those that don't are respectable. The overwhelming majority of women slink into whatever the easiest, safest job available is and even then they have a high rate of malingering including intentionally getting pregnant to get out of danger if it looks like they might actually go anywhere near a combat zone. These women are disruptive, materially wasteful (jesus christ they waste so much water), and in combat totally unreliable. They attention whore in photos especially when put into some PR role where gucci gear is piled onto them.
>>64704244>You can't be subjected to both CBT and cunnilingus.i beg to differ :3
>>64704586FUCK this is so true.You hit the good/shitbag ratio right on the head too.
>>64687677Played while tripping with headphones and the lights out.
>>64703674euro servers
>>64675599>Rainbow SixBeen reading the book. What's a Beretta .45?Also, Advance Wars.
>>64706965Based Sami poster
>>64706965Beretta cougar in .45 I think
Post gear, discuss gear.Maximalist edition. Let's go all out, just this once.Old: >>64671717
I have purchased 30ft of tubular nylon what screw lock biner is the most aesthetic for my larping needs?
>>647071234S17M also meets DEA requirements above NIJ, so it's built to a higher spec, BUT the 10x12 is really 9.25x11 with bottom corner cutouts and the SAPI M is a lot heavier than the 4403 SAPI M.Also the 4S17M is more expensive.>Apex were right all along and Hesco really are trash.The guy who lies and says XSAPIs from 2008 can handle any AP threats under .50 cal? Who lied and said the 4S16 has drop protection when it's really got jack shit? Really? >>64707141>when even Gilliam makes plates that seem way better.Sample size. He also changes plate specs daily. 9969 has changed specs three times in the past month. Test reports are way behind. Remember how the old 8002 ran over 44mm BFD? >Shitting the bed and failing on the first shot vs. slightly overspec M2AP is a really big deal, IMO.It is, I agree! Why the hell do you think I went out of my way to get 2230s?If .300 winmag M2AP is out of rhe equation, the 4403 is fine. Big if though.>Hesco also has a troubling history.From five years ago and they cleaned up.>very very rareAn anon's RMA 1155 failed against two .308 Tulammo, at 100 meters, even though that was an, as advertised, multi-hit Level IV. Bombed a third of the Level III test for an 8.3lb plate. Buff is probably getting better QC'd plates from certain companies than regular joes are. We know his 1192's were 10oz heavier, and according to him that was all ceramic! That's why the NIJ is so important. The 4403 is certed.
>>64707197> From five years ago and they cleaned up.Not sure it looks like it. I have serious doubts about the 3801 and 3811 now.The 4403 deserves a huge asterisk for sure. And it's going to be interesting to see if there's any fallout from this video. Like Hesco sends Buffman a C&D or something like that.
>>64707243Well, they've got infinitely more certified ceramics than Gilliam, Militech, or RMA. I've got no problem conceding the 4S17M is a tougher plate, but 8.6lb is a hard bargain when the tougher still Protech 2230 is 7.5lb.>3801Will get its ass kicked by M855, and I mean badly. It's 1.95lb though.>3811NIJ-certified for six M80, concedly no idea on post-drop M855 until 0101.07 is in play and it gets recerted. IMO, it's just the 3810 with better PE. It's considerably more expensive.>C&D Last I checked, Buffman allows all mfg's a "veto" before he uploads videos, this is post-4SUS4 fallout stuff.
So as an additional point, keep in mind anons that Level IV is M2AP at 2,910ft/s. The Hesco 4403 pretty conclusively fails if dropped and then shot with M2AP 80ft/s over that. Sucks, but it still meets Level IV specs and then some.Think of it in real world circumstances. Out of an M1 Garand, M2AP loaded to WW2 spec has a velocity of 2,715ft/s. Even modern .30-06 165gr still pushes 2,800ft/s out of a 24" barrel. Buff usually uses a .300 winmag to get to NIJ velocity and then some.At what distance and out of what gun do you reasonably anticipate getting hit by that kinda M2AP or above? Even if the above test applies to all 4403s, this ain't a panic button moment like the 4SUS4 or 4400. The 4403 still handles all reasonable CONUS threats. M993 will probably beat the fuck out of it even at standoff, and I'm leery on M995 out of a 20".
Has anyone donated more low-background steel to the bottom of the ocean than Germany?
>>64703057disassemble them, chuck m on a train and rebuild them in romania
>>64701327Before the first test in New Mexico.
>>64701327What's meant by donating?>>64700734What's meant by Germany?
>Has anyone donated more low-background steel to the bottom of the ocean than GermanyThey couldnt have done it without the allies thats for sure.
>>64700773Pretty much, opium is the primary ingredient of morphine and Germany was cut off from most sources of it upon the outbreak of war. The Japanese had far more extensive access to it thanks to their conquests in Southeast Asia. I-52 was also carrying three tons of quinine (anti-malarial medication) and 54 kg in caffeine so the ship was legitimately loaded. In exchange the Germans would have loaded it with>T-5 acoustic torpedoes>Jumo 213-A motor>radar technology>vacuum tubes>ball bearings>bombsights>alloy steel>optical glass
Saudi Arabia released footage captured using Chinese CH-5 drones of UAE loading MRAPs and other tactical vehicles onto ferry ships destined for Yemen:https://x.com/i/status/2005824068096786491
>>64706499>>64706399The digits insist there is 99% of Russian blood in you though
>>64694274man... I hope Saudis would lay seige yo Dubai and Abu dhabi
>>64706517Fucking kek. In that case, trips and I buy an FAL
>>64694279Lol not happening
>>64696620Both nations signed the Abraham Accords. They'll sooner TAD than TKD
AK General /akg/New Year, Same Shit Edition>Thread #2085Old thread here >>64623820
I can pick up an Atlantic bfpu PM md65 build for $800 w/ 2x chink flat backs and 3x yugo bho mags for $800. All matching except for the reverse dong which is numbered to a different gun. Minimal barrel component cant and all rivets look good. Okay deal, right?
First for POLAND FEAR THE AMERICAN HARDNESS. Happy new year too.
Riley ak74 and Tela ammo? Thoughts?
hope all my ak bros have a comfy friday
Bulgaria now has F-16's. Does this change the balance of power in the Black Sea region?
>>64707045Pretty sure Radev would have wanted for us to get new Nig-35s instead, I'm just a price oriented buyer who shops at Lidl >>64707061Oh yeah, the value really shows. We couldn't find a couple of guys to put a fresh coat of paint on our billion dollar shack? Ape бe мoмчeтa!
>>64707091Apparently it doesn't work that way. You dont take out the Ferrari for air patrol missions. It will make sense to a price oriented buyer.
>>64706932Any significant coastal gains would require it, yes. Their navy is pitiable at the moment sparing the nuclear submarines and the black sea fleet even more so, but necessity would demand signifiant investment. >>64706951Jej. I forgot about that.
>>64707272>but necessity would demand significant investment.Russia should build a lot more ships, and bigger ones; but can they?No.
>>64707022t. Ganyo
