>>64230877
No. Light strike, broken parts, dirty bitch, bad ammo.

>>64230894
The origin of the argument is something I’m still working out but not the point of this thread. Just arguing semantics.
Institutions like the militaries would probably include failures to fire as “jam”. While a round just sitting in a chamber, easily extracted, ejected and replaced with another doesn’t feel like it falls under that word.

>>64230922
I feel like "jam" implies something is obstructing the cycling of the gun

>>64230934
This. A failure to fire is a misfire. Advised to, if possible, wait before cycling the action because the failure may be due to a slow combustion. You eject the round then "pop". Rare, but possible.

>>64230877
>Is a failure to fire a jam?
Absolutely not. A jam involves some object wedged into place preventing the mechanism from moving. A double-feed is an example of a jam caused by an extra unfired round. A "stovepipe" is a jam caused by the fired case failing to eject.

>>64230877
it's not a jam, it's a malfunction

>>64230877
In some circumstances a jammed gun could present as a failure to fire if it wasn't able to get all the way into battery but you were still able to work the trigger.

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any reason flite-control type wads aren't sold for reloading or regular birdshot is never loaded with one? I want to see if a cylinder bore with FC's can outshoot my choked O/U at clays.

>>64230877
For me a "jam" is a malfunction that prevents the firearm from functioning reliably without extraordinary clearing or disassembly. Obviously, if the gun locks up and cannot be cycled, will not return to battery, or a broken firing pin keeps the round from going off, then you have a "jam". If you have to remove the magazine, turn the action over and shake out a casing, fish a case out of the action, then it is also a "jam." If you can tap-rack-bang, and fire another round, then it's not a "jam." However, like >>64231038 I also advise waiting on TRBs unless you are in a situation that calls for a quick response.

>>64231176
>any reason flite-control type wads aren't sold for reloading
Unslit wads used as-is are even tighter than flite control wads. You can fool around with the length and number of slits to adjust your pattern.

>or regular birdshot is never loaded with one?
small shot has abysmal aerodynamics. Trying to extend range by making the pattern denser doesn't help unless the shot still has enough energy to kill at that distance. That works for buckshot which still retains appreciable energy beyond 50 yards. It's not very useful for small shot sizes which don't.

>>64231167
Definitely but issue here seemed to be light strikes. Not ammo related. It wasn’t old Vietnam surplus or anything. Not dirty. It’s definitely a mechanical malfunction of some kind.
>>64230934
I think this is why militaries would put misfire under “jam”. The concept of the weapon putting lead downrange is jammed, not the weapon itself.
I think that’s dumb to use a word with such a meaning in that manner

>>64231248
> doesn't help unless the shot still has enough energy to kill at that distance
im just trying to bust a clay

>>64231346
>im just trying to bust a clay
Target wads are already optimized for the distances found in trap and skeet. What is it that you think a flite control wad is going to do better than a wad literally designed for clay shooting?

https://www.ballisticproducts.com/Clay-Target-Wads/products/843/

>>64230877
if you pull the trigger on an empty chamber is that a jam?
nope.
it is a type of failure to fire though.

>>64230877
you would say its jammed if there was a rock jammed in the path of the hammer. Similarly, if the hammer is blocked or even slowed down enough via some built up schmoo or whatever, you could consider it jammed. Safety still on could be thought of as a jam. You could consider many malfunctions jams, but having a different word for the different types of malfunction is preferable to calling every problem a jam.

>>64230877
An FTF is more of a jelly, honestly

>>64230877
Tell him to explain to a gunsmith as few words as possible of what the problem you are having with the gun.

You say "Jam" when it didn't go off? It's incorrect.

You tell the mechanical minded person that's going to fix the issue "Failed to Fire". Everything has a designated name made for each situation that are the types of people that hand out degrees on the topic. Not just having a degree. They HAND them out.

Your friend is ill-educated on the topic.

>>64230877
I agree with your brother, not because of semantics, but due to course of action after the failure.
The weapon did not fire. The cause isn't super important at the immediate moment after the failure to fire. This is because the first action of the failure to fire, no matter the cause(jam or light primer strike is the same. If possible by the type of weapon, immediate remedy course of action is to attempt to fire again, e.g. a double action pistol.
If not dual action, rack the slide and confirm complete magazine insertion, and attempt fire again. "Tap Rack Bang" as discussed by >>64231231
Unlike what >>64231038 mentioned with the chance of slow combustion and waiting, the best way to train is as if the situation for firing the weapon was one that calls for a quick response as >>64231231 had brought up.
If it was a jam, the issue may or may not be apparent to the user. If not, the course would be tap, rack, bang. If a failure occurs again, we're fucked and clearing the weapon to check function on an empty chamber. Again, all under the assumption that the situation called for immediate firing of the weapon.
Autism disengaged.

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Is there a point where "you GOTTA have irons on a rifle." just becomes autism? I get having backup irons if I have a red dot and can just slide the irons in without them interfering with anything else, but if I've got an ACOG, especially on a non-QD mount, all the irons options are either intrusive or kinda shitty.

It's weird to me seeing people concoct outlier scenerios about my primary optic getting destroyed and forcing me to backup irons, yet they never concoct those same scenerios for people simply running irons. There's never "What happens if your primary irons get mangled huh? Thats why you need backup irons!" even though an ACOG is more resilient to being dropped or wacked than a lot of folding irons.

>>64231574
>Is there a point
Point? No. Application? Yeah. If I were going safari hunting you bet I want irons, and irons only.

>There's never "What happens if your primary irons get mangled
Because the chance of that happening is vanishingly small. Old-school irons are nearly indestructible. Some fold-up ones are delicate but only when deployed. Also, keep in mind that stuff can happen that doesn't destroy your optic but makes it temporarily unusable. I've had a wet leaf randomly stick to the objective on a hunting rifle before. That didn't matter one bit for hunting but in a combat scenario that would have been pretty shitty, it took me a moment to figure out what the heck was going on when I tried to look through the scope.

>It's weird to me seeing people concoct outlier scenerios
They're making up bullshit to justify the spend. Notice how none of the people discussing this--including you--bothered to state what their use case up front.

>>64231627
>Because the chance of that happening is vanishingly small.
Inherited a JM 336 that had the hood collapsed over the post. No idea when it occurred or how. Wasn't regularly used for hunting. On the plus side, it could easily be removed in the field and was replaced.

>>64230934
I think jam applies. The unfired cartridge is indeed obstructing the cycling of the firearm as the firearm will only cycle properly if the cartridge is fired.

Is there any evidence (photos or first hand writing) of US troops in WW2 removing the buttstocks of their Thompsons? I was just thinking of this in the context of a tank or armored car crew being tempted to do this to reduce the length.

>>64231574
I just really like irons and don't want to buy rifles that don't have them. I still put optics on stuff but I want there to be irons for purely aesthetic reasons.

>>64232032
Tank crews were given M3s for the limited space

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On the subject of malfunctions and jams, I just bought 1000 rounds of blazer 45acp and a few of the rounds have the bullet seated deeper than the rest of the bunch.
See pic related.
Is this safe to shoot in my 1911? I'm a relatively new shooter.

>>64230877
No but it is a malfunction.
To me a "jam" implies manual cycling does not clear the malfunction and may require field stripping the weapon.

Looking into Centurion Arms' 18" barrels and have some questions.
-is there a difference between a MK12 gas block and a normal one?
-should I bother getting a cerakoted barrel?
-is there a point in getting an adjustable gas block if i dont plan to use a suppressor on this gun

>>64236225
Absolutely not, it creates a massively over pressure cartridge and is unsafe to fire. Your 1911 could possibly tank it, but why would you risk it when you can just report it to Blazer and get a replacement/refund

>>64236225
its called bullet setback. its mostly safe to shoot though may cause feeding issues or jams. in extreme cases of wow its really in there it could be unsafe.
there are 2 causes of bullet setback.
if a case or pallet is dropped during shipping/transport all the bullets on that edge get fucked. yellow box umc is notorious for it.
the other cause is chambering. everytime a bullet hits the feed ramp it gets pushed in a little. generally this happens once the bullet gets fired no big deal. however if you are manually unloading and rechambering the same bullet it becomes an issue.
if everything on you gun is in good condition it should be fine. though a good rule of thumb is if its questionable toss it. the cost of one bullet isnt worth thousands in medical fees. this applies to excessive rust or large dents. even if those would be fine in a warzone you probably arent that desperate for bullets.

>>64236377
>even if those would be fine in a warzone you probably arent that desperate for bullets.
Get a load of Andrew Carnegie over here.

>>64230877
colloquially, failure to feed can be called a 'jam'. if we're getting technical it's a generic 'failure to fire' or malfunction. however unlike with clips and magazines, i dont think there's many people who'll bite your head off for fucking up that term in the moment.

>>64230877
Anyone have experience with Tristar's shotguns? I'm thinking of getting the Cobra III.

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Has anyone ever come across counterfeit peltor EEP-100s? I found an offer for half the usual price, and the guy claims he got a large batch from a store that was closing for good.

>>64230877
If you are a strikerslop fag, yes. Tap rack bang.

If you are a DA/SA chad just pull the trigger again.

>>64236356
>>64236377
Thanks, I'll set them aside. Seems 8 out of 1000 are affected, and all from the same (50)box.
I'll see what customer service can do.

I made some very stupid choices money wise and I'm very short this month. realistically how much do you get for used guns? I was thinking of selling a couple if I could get enough.

>>64236922
30% at a gun store or pawnshop
40-50% if your desperate
70% if your are smart/willing to wait
if its out of production and you are willing to wait for a sucker you can usually profit.

>>64230877
No, both FTF and jams are under the broader umbrella of weapon malfunctions, but the phenomena are distinct from each other.

FTF means a cartridge is in the chamber, striker or hammer drops, but there is no bang for some reason.
A jam means that a cartridge either fails to feed into the chamber, extract or eject.
A jam can potentially cause an FTF, but that's uncommon because most modern firearms don't allow the firing sequence to happen if not in battery. Theoretically this could happen with an open bolt firearm, since it fires as a result of dropping the bolt into battery against spring tension.
>>64231574
I think it's the same concept as having a bayonet lug. You don't really "need" it strictly speaking, but it isn't really difficult or expensive to add some flip up backup sights and they don't particularly get in the way when not in use. Everything can break, on a rifle meant for heavy use having backups is always a good idea. Sucks to have the effective range of a rifle cut to almost nothing just because your glass took a hit, the mount got knocked off zero or your battery overheated and fried your red dot. Having some flip up sights to fall back on can get you out of that situation.

Even if it isn't a combat rifle, I've seen people get screwed at a match because their scope came loose or while hunting because the rifle got dropped and the scope cracked. No backup sights in both situations meant the user had to switch rifles. Not the end of the world, but it would be a significant problem if they didn't have a backup rifle to switch to.
>>64236225
No, that can cause a pressure spike. Check all the cartridges, write down the lot number(s) off the boxes and reach out to CCI. This happens when the machine that seats the bullets goes out of whack, and it's something they really want to know about.

If you have a receipt from where you got that ammunition and what you paid for it, they usually cut you a refund check.

>>64236497
Don't.
They are generic Turk slop, which is fine on a pump action but at the prices they ask for them you can just get a Mossberg 500 or Maverick 88 which is going to be far more reliable.
>>64236623
You can usually ask the manufacturer (in this case 3M) if they know of counterfeits of this particular item and how to spot them.
>>64236630
Get the lot number off that particular box, if all the bad cartridges are from there then something must have momentarily gone wrong.
>>64236922
Depends on what guns you are thinking of selling and how urgently you need the money. Usually faster options to sell will get you less money. Harder to find/more desirable guns in good condition are worth more than a cheap gun in a saturated market.

For instance budget AR-15s are worthless right now, but a nice milsurp gun that used to be cheap 10 years ago can be quite desirable.

>>64230877
No. Nothing is jammed in case of a failure to fire. A jam is when something gets jammed, a failure to feed, extract, eject.

How similar are air rifles to light caliber rifles like 22?

>>64237098
Depends on the air rifle. There are air rifles that are significantly more powerful than a .22lr.

>>64237098
nothing alike until the pcp airifle starts hitting the thousand dollar pricepoint. the extreme outlier guns.
even when you see something like a 22cal pellet gun thats 1000 fps
it is not the same as 22lr
that pellet is roughly 1/4 or 1/3 the weight going significantly slower.

>>64236922
Private sales will most likely net you more cash if you're desperate. Put up a post on tacswap or ask some friends

What sick fuck out there is giving rifles Brazilian butt lifts

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did i go too far?
i bought so many mags that i can carry 25 pounds' worth with them all full
however... i still want to buy 4 more mags

>>64237644
No. Magazines, for me, fall into the "semi-consumable" category, depending on the magazine. AR-15 mags are $8-$25 each so no real reason to not have a big stack. Also, materials can crack, bend or shatter, springs can wear out, followers can get mangled etc. all of which could cause a magazine not to function properly. In some cases that means you're better off tossing the mag in the trash. Other mags might be a different story. Some magazines can be $60 a pop so it's harder to justify trashing one if replacement springs, followers or baseplates are available. Plus it's harder to justify having dozens of mags when they're that expensive but it's definitely a nice luxury if you can afford it.
>25lbs of loaded mags
In the case or AR-15 mags, thats about 25 magazines. Pistol mags, that could be 40-60 magazines. In the grand scheme of things, that isn't that many. I'm moving to a new state and filled a few 27 gallon totes with just magazines.

Bottom line, you've not gone nearly far enough in my opinion.

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I accidently put my Glock 21 slide on my Glock 19 frame and now it's stuck and won't come off. Do you think a gunsmith will be able to get it off? I tried for for an hour before giving up. It's unironically stressing me tf out.

>>64237800
anon, 4 of those magazines i'm carrying are $65 drum magazines, and my box mags are $25 each

>>64237098
Breakbarrel 22 cal pellet rifles like the Swarm should make around 15 foot pounds of power (see: https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2019/12/gamo-swarm-fusion-10x-gen-ii-air-rifle-part-2/ ). Copy/paste because I already researched:
>Mostly expect airguns to have maybe 22 short-tier power at best. [...] You can always go with the absurd 1-5 shot Airforce Texan you can hunt deer and shit with in .357 cal but do not expect many shots per tank. You can go with the very common Crosman 1322/1377 10 pump but expect like 6.2 foot pounds of power (about on par with Aguila colibri
According to Aguila that's 8FPE@muzzle, 6FPE@100yds
>but out of a 10" barrel and much quieter). I believe the Crosman and Daisy full length 10 pump guns actually make [closer to 10 FPE] which was a surprise when I looked into it for what felt like the 15th time over many years and finally came up with some data. Gamo makes the Swarm which makes 15 foot pounds (as seen above).
That's about on par with Super Colibris according to Aguila's numbers: 16FPE@muzzle, 12FPE@100yds
>CCI Quiet 710 [is] 44-45 foot pounds of energy for reference. The biggest upside to the swarm is that it's a pretty decent power breakbarrel pellet rifle that's rather quiet and takes a 10rd rotary magazine. For the price you won't find much better unless you want to get into super low end PCP (&hand pump to pump up to 3000PSI). HOWEVER, the EdGun air rifles (really stocked pistols) get pretty impressive power. Looks like their mid-size rifle in 30 cal makes 64.4 FPE.
>They [EdGun] also make a 9mm rifle @ 120 foot pounds.
You're not going to get much over 22 Short or midrange 22 subsonic loads. Maybe I'm wrong but unless you go for something nuts like the Texan (which gets like maybe 5 shots from a tank IIRC) you're not getting the power you think you can. Nor the velocity; it takes lead free pellets to get 1100 FPS out of the Swarm and that's a pellet weight a whole 5.1gr; Aguila colibri bullets are 20gr @ 420/590FPS.

>>64238835
Get it to the goddamn gunsmith, genius.
Shouldn't be the end of the world, but expect that 19 slide to come back on a little loose. Not catastrophically, but you will notice a fraction of a mm of play.

>>64237098
A particularly high $$ air rifle can have comparable performance to .22lr or even slightly exceed it, but at the expense of being bulky, expensive and a bit clumsy to operate. There are use cases where such a thing makes sense, but for most people an actual .22LR rifle is going to be more practical.
>>64237644
Depends on the magazine pattern. If it's AR or Glock mags they are so cheap that there's no reason not to get spares. If you are stacking dozens of expensive/hard to find magazines for a gun you don't shoot much then you are wasting your money.
For some guns it really only makes sense to have one or two spares.

I want to buy some D60s. How reliable are they really? And what pouches can actually fit them?

Best shotgun that can handle extra spicy 3.5" magnum rounds that may or may not be loaded with brass shells with custom loads?

>>64241280
I’ve never had mine jam or misfeed or whatever, and any double mag pouch should work.

>>64236922
Post what you got and people can get you better price estimations, or make an offer to you.

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What is the best/original 100 MPH tape?

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Which grips look best?
>black bakelite
>brown bakelite
>white maple
>amber resin

>>64241611
Black Cherry IMO.

>>64241611
waifu

>>64241611
To clarify: I'm not buying new grips, I have like five sets already and I kinda hate 1911s
Which of those four look best?

>>64241696
It's your gun you pick

>>64241696
get waifu grips to fuck with people

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>>64241720
>>64241650
This doesn't seem very practical

>>64241738
>This doesn't seem very practical
just the sight of it could kill a fudd

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>>64241611
Guadalupena

>>64241787
No thanks, I'm not an idolatrous Mexican
Also, filename

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>>64241809
It isn't idolatry if it ain't latria, heretic.
And yes, I'm aware you have a 1911 and those are for a hi-power, I just grabbed the first vintage grips for anything Browning. All that being said, the maple looks great and brown bakelite is at least classic.

What's the best gun to melt down and turn into a large cross necklace?

>>64244208
Some piece of shit zinc alloy .25 pistol or something, that way you aren't destroying an actual valuable gun with your little art project. Plus I think zinc has a lower melting point and you can get a janky Raven for like 80 bucks.
Are you doing this because you think a gun cross is badass and will look good next to your butterfly knife and nunchuck collection, or is this some faggy peacenik art piece?

>>64241913
I want one of these quite badly

Turdie spam indicates that something just blew up again, anyone in the know?

>>64245440
Russian drones went into Poland

Does the "internal" AR piston count as a "piston" or no
I say no even though the patent calls it that because there's no reciprocating motion from the gas block

>>64245961
There's no piston, Stoner just called it that to make his patent sound more substantially different from extant systems.

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>>64246240

>>64245961
>Does the "internal" AR piston count as a "piston" or no
OFC it does. It even has piston rings.

> there's no reciprocating motion from the gas block
What does reciprocation have to do with the definition of a piston? Granted that pistons often reciprocate, but that detail isn't a defining characteristic. sometimes a piston is stationary while the cylinder moves. An example is a spigot mortar. Other times a piston moves once but never again, like a prefilled syringe.

>>64246394
But that just moves the bolt itself, not the carrier assembly

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WTF is the right term for this style floor plate?
I always like them but searching for them as an aftermarket addon is annoying as fuck. Just pinkey extensions and such all day

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What are /k/ approved states in regards to legislation and open land to hunt and shoot on? I need to get the fuck out of my city.
>inb4 fuck off we're full

>>64248056
I'm in the blue shithole of Minnesota and I can hunt and shoot on state land.

>>64247996
Pinky rest, but most are listed as "extended" even though that term also includes expanded capacity base plates.

>>64230877
Does anyone have personal experience with/opinions on the gen 5 Glock 22?

>>64248210
That's what makes it so annoying to look up. All the replies are for extended capacity or wotnot.

Give me the QRD on M1 Garand ammo, what is actually unsafe to shoot out of the rifle? The only consistent thing I’ve read is nothing too high FPS/pressure, but the fuddlore seems to be all over the place with the bullet weights and types that the gun gets along with.

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when will the mods do something about all these obvious spam threads
i fucking hate feds

If you have nothing else is hand sanitizer or soap and water enough to clean a wound? I know alcohol damages the clotting process for wounds but on the other hand it does get rid of crap.

>>64249632
soap and water for cleaning wounds, sanitizer for lighter cuts or scrapes and for sanitizing any medical equipment

>>64249666
tyty

Is anyone else exhausted already by the online discourse about the Charlie shooter skill level? I swear half the comments I see claim only a CIA Mossad SEAL sniper could have made the hit, while the other half are like a babby who has never touched a gun before could do it. To me it seems like, somebody moderately comfortable with shooting with a rifle they know is all that it probably was.

>>64246697
>But that just moves the bolt itself, not the carrier assembly
The first thing that happens is the carrier assembly moves back. The bolt head can't start to move backwards or even rotate to unlock until the carrier moves far enough back for the cam track to engage.

>>64250218
I haven't seen any discourse about it, but that doesn't surprise me. Most people are clueless retards and internet arguments tend to extremes, especially if the issue is even a tiny bit political. I'd bet that 90% of those people who do have experience shooting a rifle and therefore might not be complete morons have probably not bothered to educate themselves about the exact circumstances of this shooting so even their opinions are flawed.

>>64249208
>, what is actually unsafe to shoot out of the rifle
Original mil spec if the rifle is 100% factory. If you get an adjustable gas plug you can shoot anything.

>The only consistent thing I’ve read is nothing too high FPS/pressure
That's the answer to the safety question you asked.

>but the fuddlore seems to be all over the place with the bullet weights and types that the gun gets along with.
What the rifle "gets a long with" is a different question than safety. If the gun is in good order then milspec ammo should work. Anything other than that is a guessing game. It depends on your exact gun. The reason you see so many conflicting reports is because the answer is different for each different gun. You have to figure this out yourself for your gun, nobody can spoon-feed you the right answer like in a video game. Or you can get an adjustable gas plug and then run whatever you want by adjusting the plug.

why didnt spiderman stop 9/11?

>>64250886
He can't fly. The real question is why any hero who can didnt

>>64241611
>>64241696
Amber resin, then white maple, black bakelite and brown bakelite.

>>64249463
>when will the mods do something
Lol
Lmao, even

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Not firearms related but still a potential weapon question.

I recently got a Bear Authority compound bow and I'm wondering why this attachment point has a triangular cutout. Is it meant for a specific accessory like a back bar, or is it a standardized compound bow thing? The opposite side is a round cutout

>>64251128
those are for mounting a quiver

>>64251311
There's already a quiver mounted higher up

>>64251408
I'm not sure what else to say. That is what they are for. It sounds like someone might have mounted a different type of quiver that doesn't use that particular type of attachment on your bow, but since you didn't post a full pic I can't really comment on that.
I can just tell you what they are for.

>>64251128
It's a cutout for an anti-rotation nut. Without a larger pic of your specific bow I couldn't say exactly, but given how close to the upper limb it is it does look like the other Anon is right. You could just, you know, go on their site and see for yourself.
https://www.beararchery.com/collections/compound-bows

>is it a standardized compound bow thingy
Most companies have slightly different setups, but multiple anti-rotation mounting points for different quiver brands, a fishing reel, and harmonic dampers are all very common on multipurpose bows. To put it in gun terms, it's like already having a bipod attached to the Picatinny rail on your handguard and wondering why someone sells a bipod that mounts to the MLOK on it instead

>>64251033
I asked 3 different people IRL and got three different answers
Brown bakelite is out of the running for sure though, it looks like greasy poo poo

Anything I ought to know about bolt action shotguns if I'm a young retard without any shotgun experience?
I see enough wood and steel old shotties in shops often enough that I think about them. Is there any disadvantage compared to a pump action shotguns, other than the need to take your hand from its firing position to chamber a new round?

What is the legality on "building your own gun safe"? Do you need some "approved" market model safe? Or can I cobble some shit together myself (wood and sheet metal from home depot) and slap a padlock on it? I live in a fairly safe area and am more concerned about having a safe for legal than practical reasons.

It's not so much about being a cheap fuck, I've been a firearm enthusiast for 15+y and have had many safes, it's more of that now when I have a foreseeably indefinite residence, the size and shape of safe I want is kind of strange, very wide, not too deep, and with a limited height. So can I just make some kind of wooden "locker" or thin shin metal coated if necessary and that'll legally qualify as secure storage or whatever? It's really more of the appeal of the ability to customize it myself that makes me want to do this vs buying something off-the-shelf or online and changing the layout of the room because it's too big to be where the old one was

>>64252901
if your state or euro country requires a safe they generally list what is and isnt a acceptable safe.
if you just want to call what you built a safe go nuts.

>>64252907
thanks man, that's incredibly helpful wasn't aware. Just googled my locality's requirements and hell yeah I can make this work, I currently have some kind of 14deep,17wide, 54 tall that is brimming full to the point that if you want to get to the things deeper inside you need to remove things. when the space I got to actually work with in the room without changing anything else is 20deep,44wide, 60tall and then I can put in a pegoard on the back to actually hold rather than strew around rifles and shotguns, and maybe some pistol racks on the top instead of the current pile, maybe some holes to string some christmas lights through, tried some magnetic motion session lights in the past but they just need to be recharged so often that I just get lazy and stop using them entirely

>>64252937
if you are building a safe and want it to actually be fireproof, bear in mind that you can home-brew fireproofing with several layers of drywall.

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>>64252764
>Anything I ought to know about bolt action shotguns
Yeah, they're terrible
>Is there any disadvantage compared to a pump action shotgun
Lower capacity, slower rate of fire, unreliable feeding
Pros: looks kinda cool, like a postapocalyptic fantasy rifle. They're usually cheap (mine was free because the stock was split and the magazine was missing). That's it

>>64253029
>Lower capacity, slower rate of fire, unreliable feeding
Do the tube fed ones suffer from the same issues? I know that box magazine shotguns were only solved recently.

>>64253036
Honestly dude I totally forgot tube fed bolt actions existed
Reliability's probably better, but it's still way slower than a pump. You can get a couple shots off at a clay pigeon with a pump, but you'll only get one with this.
It'll be a sorta fun novelty range toy, but a pump is better by every metric. I'd get a pump first if you don't have a shotgun yet.
Whatever you do, don't get a Browning Auto 5 / Remington Model 11 as your first shotgun. It's the funnest shotgun ever made and every other shotgun will seem lame by comparison.

>>64253096
Well, you've done a bad job of convincing me not to get a Browning Auto 5. If I see another one the next time I have an excess of capital, we'll see if you've failed.
I was leaning more towards a manual action, but the browning has a great reputation and they look very pretty, or perhaps handsome. They're handsome guns.

>>64230894
>>64230877
no

I have had tons of FTFire with my '95 production USP .40, v1, fullsize. maybe 1 in 50 before i cleaned it (purchased this year on GB, arrived dirty)
had EXTREME buildup on the extractor,
moderate around firing pin spring. first range trip since deep clean it ran 175/175 flawless. May be due for new springs too, and maybe a new firing pin if its eroded at atll

>>64230877
>>64230877
>>64230877
>QTDDTOT
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my question, what is best/only acceptable/no /k/ompromise TQ?
drunk and my head is blanking and I can't think of the resources to reference that have listed such a thing in the past. if available through amazon esp lmk so i can get it soon

Why aren't adjustable gas blocks standard on ARs nowadays? They'd be amazing to have right off the bat

>>64230877
Yes, any failure to function properly is a "jam" in slang or layman's terms. It still means your gun is a piece of shit. Striker fires are prone to light strikes, hammer fires hit the primer a lot harder and are less prone to such failures.

If handguns could be made smoothbore, would the .410 Rossi Brawler be a decent gun?

>>64252764
The other anon is right, they're terrible. They only reason why they exist is because there was a time when they were cheaper than pumps, they were basically the hi-point of their day. If you look closely at one you'll see that they tend to be very cheaply made, everything is stamped sheetmetal.
If you're on a budget get a pump. If you can afford it then you might consider a semi or a decent double.

>>64253514
It would be a lot better than it currently is, but it's still just a mediocre single-shot. Now don't get me wrong, single shots do have their niche uses, but something like a T/C Encore or Contender mogs it. It's a fun budget blaster but that doesn't make it all that practical.

>>64253440
Advantage: There really isn't much of one. 99% of customers will never run the oddball ammo that needs one, and at 1% that does will be modding the fuck out of the gun anyway and don't mind installing their own. Hell they'd probably prefer their own over whatever the manufacturer used anyway.

Disadvantage: Fucking massive financial costs. Retards would adjust the gas block incorrectly, find their gun doesn't run right, and then bitch and moan about it needing to be repaired. Imagine how many people are going to dial the gas setting up to max "for more power" or "better reliability" and then have the gun batter itself to death because it's 900% overgassed. Or how many people will turn it down too far because they don't like gas in their face or they read online that makes their suppressed rig even quieter... When you design a mass-market product you don't want to put too many adjustments in there because the average person is a moron and will fuck things up, then blame you for it.

>>64254431
Fair point. I guess it'd just be nice to have the option for those certain vendors that allow you to customize stuff, not for the base models being sold.

>>64230877
The weapon is considered jammed/nonoperational is it cannot function without further intervention. A wheel gun, no, just a misfire, pull trigger again and try next round. On a semiautomatic, it's jammed and will not function until you intervene and manually cycle. On the revolver, God help you if that misfire delay detonates after you rotated the cylinders...

>>64253195
>what is best/only acceptable/no /k/ompromise TQ?
https://www.narescue.com/combat-application-tourniquet-c-a-t.html
the CAT TQ is the gold standard. don't buy medical equipment from amazon.

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>>64256599 (me)
also, here's a list of ones approved my the military.

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Probably overthinking this but I've got a dead air xeno mount for my supressor but I've never messed with muzzle devices before. I torqued it down and have a little gap between the barrel shoulder and flash hider. It looks concentric but it that gap normal? A friend said I should get shims.
I can post a pic of the barrel threads but there's a short unthreaded section at the base tha I guess is causing this. The flash hider threads are longer than the barrel's so it isn't bottoming out.