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.
>>64596000I like white box 193, I've never had a failure to go bang. It's cheap and reliable. Not sure how consistent its velocity has been across all the cases I've shot because I don't have a chrono
>>64596000Youre buying Winchester so just assume its (functional) dogshit. Hornday, Nosler, etc; are where you can start nitpicking performance.
>>64596000I have a personal dislike of Winchester, but that's from a bad batch of ammo almost twenty years ago now. If it's a good price buy it.
>>64596000Is there any difference between this and the brown box stuff? It's 8.99 for the brown and like 10.99 for the white at sportsman's in WYFrom what I've seen the Winchester 5.56 is hotter than the foreign stuff and I hoard it cause I figure people would be more partial to trades/buying it from me over bps or whatever the fuck is cheapest
>>64596129>hoard it"Hoard" has such negative connotations. There is never anything wrong with buying and "storing" ammo.
What is the design reasoning for pistols with optic mounts that replace the rear sights so you can't co-witness? At first it looked like it was only done because of logistics, time and money, but now brand new pistol designs are coming out that still do this.
>>64596000All 556 is shit and will blow up your gun, don't worry about it
>>64596000Lake city is the good stuff, xtac also hits spec velocity but anecdotally it's been destroying guns recently. Most other brands of 193 aren't really 193
>>64596369It's still cheaper to not include sights no one is going to use.
>>64596442Yeah but everybody just stores their gun in their waistband or in a drawer and by the time you need it for a self-defense situation the battery is dead.
>>64596481Also frankly co-witnessed pistol optics just look better on the gun than when they're directly above the grip.
>>64596000As long as it is made to comparable specs it should all be interchangeable. Of course in reality sometimes a rifle will prefer one or another in terms of accuracy or one brand has some annoying feature like an odd smell when fired.With plinking ammo I usually just get whatever is available cheapest in bulk and deal with it for better or worse. With 5.56mm as long as it is brass cased and not steel that has usually turned out just fine.If you really want to be autistic about it get ~100rds of each type you are considering and evaluate them side by side on a range day. If one stands out as particularly good/bad that can influence your decision, but with plinking tier brass cased 5.56mm I've never seen enough difference between the common brands to have a strong preference. Currently I'm chewing through a case of Bosnian-made Igman M193 equivalent.>>64596369Some of the dots have a rear sight built in, sometimes there is not enough space on the slide for both a dot and rear sight, or they want to mill out space to put a bigger dot if desired. A lot of times once a dot is installed the user will zero it and never even look at the sights again anyway.I'm with you though. I am not a fan of that trend.
>>64596558I mean if it becomes standard for the optic itself to have the rear sight it's better than nothing. If the optics held battery better it'd be one thing but I hate having to constantly check if my red dot is on before wearing.
>>64596481Batteries will last years, but yeah I don't like them and run irons on the majority of my guns. Manufacturers have just been convinced that literally everyone wants a red dot.
>>64596620I mean it makes sense to make pistols with red dot capability since if the customer doesn't want it they can just... not take off the covers. Sort of like why I miss hardtop convertibles.
>>64596574I got a used Taurus G3 for basically nothing that came with a Sig Romeo Zero on a piggyback mount with an extra tall front sight. That's a setup where the rear sight is integrated with the body of the red dot itself. It is also shake awake, so the dot only turns on when it senses movement. Battery is still good because it is off 99.999% of the time and I suspect the former owner never changed it either. The sight itself is pretty cheap too.It prompted me to ditch an older Holosun on one of my other guns because I realized that without shake awake the whole concept is useless outside of range or competition shooting. If I don't want to fiddle with a complicated safety in an emergency I certainly don't want to fumble around trying to turn a red dot on either. Theoretically I could just leave it on forever, but I guess I'm too much of a boomer to trust such things.I suppose if you want to swap out the dot on your carry gun that's the feature you should look for to resolve that specific problem. I still carry without dots myself because I feel they are a snag hazard and I'm still more used to shooting with irons but I'm also practically a tactical dinosaur at this point.
>>64596641Hmmm. You're probably right. Maybe the problem I have is I'm just cheaping out too much on the optics. You're right about shake-awake though. While red-dots are obviously an improvement over irons (especially for me, I'm cross-eye dominant) I think people forgot why rifle red-dots can be manually activated is because most soldiers have a little bit of time to prep before going into a battle.
>>64596000>d I'm struggling to figure out what brands to buy for both M193a lot of M193 isn't actually loaded to M193 specs but also you probably won't notice unless you're shooting out past 200 yards
Is /k/ a GDI or Nod board?
>>64596331>"Hoard" has such negative connotations.Only if you let it, fren.
>>64596637>since if the customer doesn't want it they can just... not take off the coversBut the customer still has to pay for the extra machining, which is dumb.The convertible example is even worse: convertible cars have flimsier chassis than ones with solid roofs, and the removable roof is also a bunch of leaks waiting to happen over time. Buying a convertible if you don't plan on removing the top is fucking stupid.
>>64596620I assume this bubble is popping in the next few years? Seeing as the industry itself is fucked right now. Pistol dots are fun but after several years of getting my index merely OK with them I still prefer irons on either a ccw or a duty carry.
>>64598247That very recently became not true anymore about the chassis thing.And I always maintain my gaskets to prevent leaks.
>>64598220Depends on if I'm feeling shooty or sneaky at the time.
>>64598252It won't be, outside of maybe guns intended specifically for non LE/mil markets. More and more agencies are requiring the ability to mount an RDS for the handguns they buy. Larger contracts tend to determine what features manufacturers offer on their guns in general.
>>64598836Wolverine is the only reason to play GDI (I nearly always play GDI).
i don't wanna bother gear queer circlejerking session, so I'll ask here: depating between Lindnerhof Advance X pants and Arktis C222 as they have same kneepad functionality, but I have only access to try Arktis in person. Anyone have Lindnerhof or experience with it to share thoughts on it?
>>64596000I like the M193 because it's cheaper and it's gud enough for whatever you need 5.56 for, even if it is not the "best". It works in everything. M855 is if you have a 1/9 or 1/7 barrel, so it won't work all that great if you have a M16A1 clone or something. It doesn't matter that much otherwise.>WinchesterPeople hate on it some reason, but it's cheap, basic ammo that works well enough. It's kinda dirty, but that's the worst thing I have to say about it. I shoot a decent amount of Winchester. I shot their 9mm, .45, 5.56, and 7.62x51 and I haven't had issues with those calibers. It's fine for plinking and hoarding.>rebateIt's a lot less generous this year. I got around $120 from them a couple years ago when I bought a case of 5.56 and a bunch of 7.62 NATO. >>64596641> I still carry without dots myself because I feel they are a snag hazard and I'm still more used to shooting with irons but I'm also practically a tactical dinosaur at this point.Sames. There is something very satisfying about hitting something with ironsights, even if it is harder to do or not the meta right now.>>64598220Partial to GDI myself. They have decent infantry and air force, with the best armor units.I can see the rest of /k/ going either way.
How dumb is it to buy a bolt-action in something like 5.56 so you can get the bolt-action feel without destroying your shoulder with a heavier caliber?
>>64601188I wish there were more bolt guns in intermediate calibers with more traditional features. I just want a 7.62x39 bolt gun with both irons and a threaded barrel for backyard quiet plinking.
OP trips checked.Are there any gloves I can buy that look somewhat like flight gloves, being thin, tight, and with a leather grip, but with something on the first knuckle to help with punching someone? Sort of like combining brass knuckles with flight gloves.
>>64598220Flames tanks are always fun, and in TW3 the upgraded Venom is my favorite unit to spam. Like others have said, GDI has better armor but overall KANE LIVES!
>>64601188>without destroying your shoulder with a heavier caliber?Man up and embrace the ache of a good day's shooting.
>>64598836>>64600346>>64602112Just a reminder that GDI did NOT get an effective artillery unit till the Firestorm Crisis and their main approach to dealing with Nod was to send wave after wave of their own men at them!
So this is a bit stupid, but does anyone have a use for stock surefire scout 1913 mounts after swapping them for literally anything else? They're just another item for the junk drawer by the seems of it.
>>64602062https://tacticalgear.com/5ive-star-gear-tactical-hard-knuckle-gloves-ranger-greenhttps://tacticalgear.com/oakley-factory-pilot-2-0-gloves-coyoteThen there are the edgy options if you want to join a multi ethnic 80s era street gang
>>64596641>snag hazardWell with my old dot I got a custom kydex anti-snag holster, so there's that, but yeah, I have a Walther PPQ Q4 Tac and since there's no option for backup irons I probably should find something higher quality that has backup rears on the dot itself and shake-awake.For fun, let's see if AI can find one for me.
I want to carry a suppressed handgun. Don't tell me not to do it, I'm aware of all the reasons not to do it, this isn't my first rodeo. However, my question is, since lubricated/wet suppressors are quieter than dry ones, is it possible to keep it lubricated while carrying?
From the angle of competition hyper autism doing everything in your power to increase accuracy, should a scope be mounted on a floating barrel?
Assuming its for FRT usage, is there anything wrong with getting a brake for my AR? I dont care about making other people next to me miserable.
>>64603698What reasons are there to not do it?
>>64604332A suppressed handgun is obnoxiously large making it very impractical to carry. The suppressor, being an NFA item, is subject to all the various NFA restrictions like not being able to take it across state lines without doing paperwork first. Suppressors on handguns often cause malfunctions. It's also going to paint you as a mega autist, at best, in the light of the law if you ever have to use it.
>>64603698Just cum in it every hour. You can produce 10ml on demand every hour right?
>>64604128In any sort of hyper-accuracy autism the barrel is going to be thick as fuck and is going to be very solidly mounted to the receiver, so it really doesn't matter. The most hyper autistic benchrest target rifles are called "rail guns". They are not electric rail guns, they shoot normal cartridges, but slide on rails instead of being hand-held. They usually mount the scope to the receiver rather than the barrel.
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>>64600032>Lindnerhof Advance X pantsNta, adding is there a Temu knockoff line.
>>64603698Yea, just use a thicker wetting agent like a gel(wire pulling gel is popular iirc) and seran wrap it, I'd think doing the bike inner tube thing might be a better idea but it could cause reliability issues too. You could also try a condom and a high temp zip tie for the lolz but that might stay on too well and melt to the suppressor with enough rounds
>>64604332Well...
How were patrols and whatnot actually structured and performed in afghanistan or any of the other sandbox adventures? I want to use the trappings of a unit out on patrol for the start of a story, but i want to get it somewhat correct procedurally.
I'm the guy who started the last thread. This is my AR
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>>64604515Routine patrol/presence patrol from a company sized outpost in the mountains: Dismounted only, vehicles could only use the single main road and even then it was slow. Patrol consists of a single platoon along with any non-platoon embedded elements like dog handlers, EOD, local or U.S. interpreters, intel guys, etc etc. Patrol may or may not include a partner Afghan National Army platoon. ANA were dead weight in combat but the idea was to patrol with them to both teach them and give them some legitimacy. A second platoon inside the outpost is 'on call' to be scrambled if needed. Mortar guys similarly in standby mode.
>>64604909Larger outpost where vehicles made more sense it would usually be mounted route clearance patrols a lot- a convoy driving at 1mph with IED detecting/sacrificial Husky vehicle in front.Patrol may or may not dismount in town to patrol through it for presence. Drivers and gunners stay in the vehicles. At FOB there will always be at least one quick reaction force of a platoon in MRAPs on standby, along with artillery and possibly helicopter close air support. Usually it is not set aside specifically for a specific routine patrol, but if air is available when called it won't say no. Different operations all the way from "small kill teams" (SKT) and some of the more cowboy tier recon using a small number of lightly kitted guys existed though for regular army the practice was basically over by 2010. Special operations still did some of this stuff. Up to Focused Target Force guys who rolled in platoons but much more aggressive and focused with missions on specific HVTs
>>64604903>slob owns retarded riflemakes sense
>>64604943You don't even know how bad it really is
>>64604490Saran wrap doesn't melt?
>>64604495Based TurboGrafx16 enjoyer.
>>64604450With a suppressor you need a pretty light recoil spring to keep it cycling, yeah?
What's with all the bullpup shotguns all of a sudden?
How long would somebody needed to have been in the service to join SOG or the Army Rangers in vietnam?I've got this writing project that's set in the mid to late 80's , and a couple of the characters were in said units so I am trying to figure out relative ages
>>64604909>>64604936Interesting, thanks anon. So that's some 40 dudes plus auxilia out of a base of 180+, with another 40 at the ready? Were there smaller outposts, and did they also send patrols out and about, or was that something to be avoided? I'd ideally want it set for a smaller group, a squad or fireteam or so, of regular infantry encountering some spooky shit in the deep mountains, but if that sort of thing wasn't really done outside of special ops I'll have to adjust.
Isn’t CBC/Magtech/GGG/Federal Lake city M193 true to or at least hotter than PMC XTAC “M193”? I have to run my giggle switch on adverse otherwise it’ll stovepipe occasionally on normal.
>>64605427Yeah, it will melt when the suppressor gets hot but that won't harm anything.
Bought my first SAA recently. 5.5" barrel in .357. Where should I look to buy a holster? A lot of websites look old as fuck or sketchy as fuck, and everything on amazon looks like it's just for costumes. From what I can figure I should expect to pay around $600 for a decent belt and holster rig. In the mean time I have an old ass black leather holster that currently houses a now non-functioning west german .22 SAA clone I inherited from my grandmother. Both guns are basically the same size so it fits nicely, but I want something more purpose-made with bullet loops to really get into the whole six gun thing.
>>64605633TurkiyeYes
>>64605928You'd have to engineer it a little. Examples would be recon or small kill team elements. Conventional units did this with their guys. 4-8 guys overwatching a road or other place with high traffic/IED incidents. Earlier years are better than late because as the occupation went on the tactics were considered too high risk but increasingly conservative decision making. Normally there would still be a platoon at the outpost ready to back them up, but you can create a way to cut them off. Similar situation would be platoon sized observation elements, especially is a mountainous area with a blind spot that threatens the main company outpost. You can have a doctrinal break by making a company commander have the idea or approve of subdividing the platoon post into smaller squad sized posts to cover more perimeter and theoretically mutually support each other.
>>64607049For story purposes you can fuck this up by for example making the isolated platoon or squad posts be designed to be backed up by the outpost's QRF in vehicles that come down roads to reach them. But the commander has never been in Afghanistan before and doesn't understand that winter makes road impassable. Make the commander hard headed that even when snow is coming in he doesn't want to shift positions because he wants overwatch of somewhere (maybe he think it will be a good bullet point on his promotion sheet)
Sorry, don't know how bullets really work and all that. I know 5.56 is basically trash below 10", but what if you had a suppressor on at all times? Of course they aren't rifled on the inside so length wont be 1:1 in terms of how much more velocity you'd get, but could you go shorter any shorter and still be effective?
>>64607168suppressors do not act as extra barrel length. They do add velocity on paper, but it's a negligible amount
>>64607049>>64607061Awesome, thanks. I'll probably be going for earlier in the occupation as you suggest. Platoon observation post, plus small recon/watch element being sent out to check somethint and oops suddenly comms no longer work and night came too quickly. Thanks for the help.
So some pistols have systems that mitigate recoil without a compensator right? Are those better or worse than a compensator?
>buying a handgun below 21 is illegal>owning a handgun at 18 is legalHow and why is it like this
>>64607337There are lots of ways that handguns fight recoil. Adding mass like heavy-pattern barrels or removable weights, different grip shape and material, keeping the bore axis as low as possible, porting (really just a built-in compensator), and so on. Also different action types end up having differing amounts of recoil. It's hard to say which are "better" or "worse", it really depends on the specifics. Some compensators are too small and lightweight to have much of an effect while others are very effective. The same applies to any of the other designs. Compare a ported airweight snubnose revolver with a full-size target model and the airweight will have much worse recoil despite being compensated: the full hand grip and the heavy barrel and frame of the target model make it much lower recoiling. On the other hand, a GI spec 1911 will recoil much more than a fancy 1911 race gun with a well designed comp.
>>64596657Winchester is one of the brands that actually makes spec m193. I always buy a couple boxes when I go to Rural King.
>>64604893>>64604903but why?
>>64608493he wants validation and attention.
>>64606850https://www.galcogunleather.com/You can get both for less than half that. Galco is good shit.
>>64604450>The suppressor, being an NFA item, is subject to all the various NFA restrictions like not being able to take it across state lines without doing paperwork first.NTA; IIRC silencers are the one NFA item exempted from this but I could be wrong.>>64604893>>64604903I would absolutely swap those around lol. Also, again, why the fuck are these a dead scope mount technology?>>64606850Probably won't be as easy to find but also look for local guys. Flea markets and certain (ie. "real") craft shows sometimes have belt and leather guys who make just about anything. Usually the thicker or stiffer the leather the better with some exceptions. Especially true for belts as they tend to get that rainbow-shaped sag when worn for long periods of time, especially with weight on them like a gun. The work those guys do are somewhere between cheap online stuff and the $$$$$$ stupid priced guys; quality IME is more towards the higher priced guys, decorations/embossing can be anywhere in-between. Hardware varies wildly I'm sure but if they have all the nice gear they should use decent hardware as well. But the price is much closer to "mystery meat amazon" prices, or was. Can pretty much take a gun to one of those guys and they'll take some measurements and knock out a holster by next week, or even maybe that day if they have all their gear set up on-location.
>>64608542>Local guys2nding this. I'm a lefty so it's hard to find holsters. I get mine made by the local saddle shop. Quality is awesome, prices are very reasonable. I show them a pic of what I want, discuss any details like color, decoration, modifications to the design, etc.
>>64608510Wrong, faggot. >>64608493Wanted a scope for far away, wanted irons for up close, didn't want to remove FSB, so this orientation was the least amount of work for me to have what I wanted
>>64608814irons suck. there is no reason to have irons over a red dot and you can't see the fsb in the scope. my AR has a fsb and I've used both an acog and red dot with it and both have been fine with the fsb. it literally doesn't block your view at all
>>64608845>iron sights suckmaybe if you suck cocks but Irons are great if youre a normal straight man
>>64608845>it literally doesn't block your view at all
dbal-a2 on SIG516 rail gas block. Is it going to get to hot for the unit with a regular firing rate, no super safety.its only a 10" barrel, so rail space is pretty short
>>64608883>t. no gunz. You literally can't see the front sight through an acog and if you both eyes open with a red dot the fsb is a non issue>>64608873I have irons on 2 of my 3 rifles and one of my rifles doesn't have any red dot at all. irons suck compared to red dots. you are gay and retarded. just look at how gay and retarded your rifle is
>>64608883NTA; I have a 3-9x scope on mine and I literally can't see it. Even my old cheaper scope I used before the one I have now I couldn't see it outside of shining a light directly on the FSB (from above my head) at certain zoom at extreme (unusable) viewing angles (ie. unrealistic situations) and even then it was barely a vague shape.
>>64608905You can see a FSB if youre looking thru an ACOG... It just isnt obtrusive cause its so fuzzy.
>>64608917you can't see it at all. there's a slight shadow at most, but you really can't see it
>>64604893You are left handed, right?
>>64608905You can for sure see it dipfuck. Of course at higher magnification you wont because your FOV is low as fuck anyways.>and if you both eyes open with a red dot the fsb is a non issueSo you already agree you can fucking see it you just think its not a big deal you can see it. Why disagree when you already knew you're wrong?
>>64608926>cant see it AT ALL>you can actually see it thookay
>>64608942>>64608946you can't see it in the acog you gay, no gunz, retard. seriously buy an acog and a gun and try it, faggot. you can't see the fsb through an acog and if you use a red dot with both eyes open the fsb is a nonissue. you're gay and retarded and fat
>>64608953>Childish insultsYes you can lmao, you've conceded this point about 3 times now. Plus you have no idea whats on my AR (Hint, its an ACOG)
>>64608979you don't have an AR or an acog. I can't see the fsb through my acog
>>64609000Seems pretty visible to me
>>64609015fake temu Cogmy acog is 4x32 with the red chevron and I don't see a fsb. maybe don't get your weird acog off wish dot com
>>64609015what magnification?
>>64609033
>>64609042I assume the pic is 4x. Mine is 1.5x and I can see the entire flipped down front sight when I look thru
>>64609050there's no way it's 4x. you can't see the fsb in 4x and those targets don't look far away>>64609044sure thing there, temu fakecog haver
>>64609057lmao
>>64609057when the picture is labeled "TA31" I would figure its 4x. heres another example https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bG6MBtHQR9c
A dear friend of mine passed away a few weeks ago, he was in the Army in Vietnam, and I kept some of the empty 30-06 blank casings from the 21 gun salute. I want to turn them into jewelry or a pendant of somekind, preferably some kind of necklace, for his wife, his daughter, and myself. I'm not a jewelsmith, but I have a dremel and a lot of time. Looking for ideas/recommendations, and how I can clean it enough to ensure I don't lead poison anybody.
>>64609084it's fake. please buy an acog and look through it. I can't see the fsb when looking through the eye box of my acog>>64609076legit try looking in an eyebox for an acog, you can't see the fsb
>>64609089Just use a brush + some soapy water and scrub, and then drill small holes through the cases and run your string/beads/chain through. Use a chamfer/deburring tool to clean up the holes.Even if you never cleaned it and stuck them in your mouth you would probably never get enough lead to get any health issues, unless youre about 1 yr old
>>64609097It looks pretty real to me. please see >>64609044
>>64609117the reticle is wrong and the guy even says it's not visible in the video. please buy an acog and a gun and try it, no cog
>>64609137>the reticle is wronghow?
>>64609137"m16a4 clone, which means the fixed front sight post is always visible through the scope""just in focus enough that you can use it to align with your reticle"
>>64609146mine doesn't have the windage lines to either side of the chevron, just the chevron, bdc and then the model thing at the very bottom if you try to look into the scope shadow >>64609153he's got a fake cog. I can't see the fsb on my 16 incher.
>>64596331If you're a boomer buying out all the ammo on the shelf yeah
>>64609162>mine doesn't have the windage linesmine does.>https://www.trijicon.com/products/details/ta31rco-a4cp
>>64609162https://www.trijicon.com/products/details/ta31rco-a4cp
>>64609137I posted my ACOG, I can see the entire folded down front sight.>>64609050
>>64609179>>64609182mine doesn't I think you have no coghttps://www.trijicon.com/products/details/ta31-d-100288>>64609247you have a 1.5x retard cog. everyone's talking about the 4x
>>64609285See >>64609044>>64609285Still an ACOG,
>>64609285Why are you acting like 4x acog is the only thing people put on ARs? Take the L FSB are visible obviously
>>64609285are you blind or just retarded?
>>646092971.5x is temu gaycog>>64609307have you never used an acog? you can't see it in the fsb>>64609305I'd venture to guess you can't see the fsb with other similarly magnified scopes if you can't see it with the 4x acog. unless you think the acog is magic and atypical
>>64609333https://www.trijicon.com/products/product-family/trijicon-acog-TA44
>>64609333>atypicalIt is most people use 1x red dots
>>64609333>have you never used an acog?yes>you can't see it in the fsbmost of the time. sometimes I can.
>>64609348if you shoot with both eyes open the fsb doesn't block your fov >>64609335yeah the temu cog >>64609352only if you pull your head back so far you're out of the eye box
>>64609359>if you shoot with both eyes open the fsb doesn't block your fovIt does take up some of your FOV holy shit dude get a grip
>>64609363learn to shoot with both your eyes open you fucking faggot. you see around it with your left eye you one eyed troon
>>64609366you know, you're the only one here who hasn't posted an ACOG. why don't you do that?
>>64609366I shoot better than you and understand what being able to see something means.
>>64609374you have no gunz and you should like a bitch. fucking 89 moa>>64609373literally what would that solve? we're still going to argue. you can't see the fsb through a 4x acog
Do you think a design for a revolver that allows you to dump the empty shells with your trigger hand is possible? I feel like being able to manipulate the revolver with just one hand would make reloads a lot faster.
>>64596000Maybe not the right place for this, but I remember years ago seeing a video in some webm thread that was operator kino-I don't remember if it was a cartel drug raid, or a roadblock/ambush, or what. The one detail I remember for sure was that the camera guy on the ground glanced up just in time to see a helicopter fly directly in front of the sun, like it was choreographed.
>>64609559Sir, this is a questions thread, not your blog.
>>64600346>>64599358>>64602355>>64598836>>64598220>Command & Conquer I used to modify the .INI file to give myself $5 Flame Tanks for GDI or NOD that shot Obelisk of Light beams or Core Defender lasers and could carry 5 infantry (usually Engineers to occupy buildings).Did I cheat to win? Picunrel
I lung shot a doe at 150 yards with a .357 levergun with 140gr Leverevolution rounds. It ran about 150 yards and then died. There was a real tiny entry wound and no exit wound, fuckall for a blood trail because it was all inside the chest cavity. I would've definitely lost it if it ran into the woods instead of an open field. I think I need to use a more powerful caliber. I'm thinking I'd like a flat shooting straight wall cartridge (straight wall state lol) with enough power to create an exit wound. How does .350 Legend compare to .360 Buckhammer? Or should I be looking at something more like .400 Legend?
>>64609980henry sells .360 buck breaker in both lever action and single shot and .350 legend in single shot, since you have a henry rifle
>>64609980>fuckall for a blood trail because it was all inside the chest cavityThen you didn't get a good lung hit. A good lung hit means massive amounts of blood coming out the mouth. It's possible the bullet failed to expand properly though I've never had that problem with Leverevolution before.
>>64609542Break-action revolvers did exactly that. You could open them with your firing hand remaining on the grip and most of them would self-eject.
>>64610010I'm more asking about effectiveness between the two, not necessarily just in Henry rifles.>>64610930Well it also was about 150 yard shot with a .357, which is probably the max effective range. When I gutted it, the esophagus was full of congealed blood, I guess just not enough of it escaped the mouth.
>>64611438Did you recover the slug? I'm curious what it looked like.
>>64609980.360 Buckhammer is more powerful than .350 Legend but not by a whole lot. Either one of them will be significantly more powerful than .357..357 out of a rifle usually makes about 1200 ft-lb. .350 Legend is around 1800-1900, .360 Buckhammer is about 2200.
Maybe a dumb question, but has anyone ever gotten an AR receiver bronze plated? I really want to have that done to one of mine. I assume the additional material would prevent all the small parts from fitting in place though
>>64612814You're going to have to consult with a local place that does plating. IIRC there's some kind of odd compatibility when it comes to plating different kinds of metals. When I looked it up, I got galvanic corrosion charts which makes me think that's the actual reason for what I had remembered, which was that years ago, AvE mentioned compatibility of plating different metals and that you can only plate some metals with some other metals and you have to use metals like a "stepping stone" if you want metals that are outside of that compatible range. Like if you've ever seen a cheap cast part plated in copper, then chrome (or thinking about it, that may be nickel these days), that kind of thing. Can't say how accurate this chart is but it gives you an idea of what you may need to do, if anything. Also not sure how anodizing would affect that. Might have to get a bare lower.
>>64612814I don't think it is possible to plate *anything* with bronze because bronze is an alloy, not a pure substance. It is possible to plate copper over aluminum which would probably be the closest you could get, though it's not known to be easy. Aluminum is difficult to plate in general.Also, you may not want it bronze even if you think you do. Everywhere you touch it will show fingerprints, and if you hold it a lot it will turn your skin green.
Going beyond red/green, to blue and purple lasers, what are their advantages?The only thing I can think of is that you're unlikely to point your gun at something neon purple.
Okay /k/omandos, what do you think of bedding a stock with bits of scrap leather, I just did it with my sportsman 15 to get the barrel and action tight in the stock and between the magazine and stock to have a bit of packing in there for when I add the front sling stud (clamped to the magazine).I'm going to stick with it until something goes wrong with using it.
>>64611309Yes, but break-action revolvers are no longer feasible due to round pressures. I'm wondering if it's possible with a swing-action.
>>64596000PMC XTAC is the gold standard, then probably old dated Federal (before Shitester took over the plant in 2022), then PPU (Czech I think) milspec M193Winchester is fucking dog shit do not buy literally any ammo from them, casings are shit, no sealed primers, absolute trash primers, hard as fuck, don't go bang.
How long do silencershop back orders usually take? I don't mind waiting but I'm wary of the eternal back order lie.
Books on aircraft engine overhaul/repair? Historical records are also appreciated. Records in another language are also appreciated.
>>64608521I already have one galco holster for my S&W Model 27 N Frame, but I wanted something a little more authentic looking. I ended up ordering from a company that specializes in period-correct reproductions. I just hope I got the sizing right.
>>64613795Absolutely retarded. The whole point of "bedding" is that you want the parts to be firmly joined together so that nothing moves. Leather is soft and flexible, and it absorbs moisture. It's absolutely silly to use that for bedding, and I'm puzzled why you would even think that was a good idea. Do you even understand the purpose of bedding and how it works?Bedding material needs to be inert, hard, and certainly not moisture-absorbing.
>>64600032Just get some rothcos
>>64596016I've had a squib from WWB M80 and failed to recognize it before blowing out my gas rings on the next shot
>>64611463I really should have but I was cold and the chest was a soupy mess and I just wanted to get it gutted and hung up. The wound was literally "icepick" on the outside but the rib was pretty smashed up so I'm guessing it expanded fine.>>64614683What company?
Anyone have a free shipping coupon for PSA?
What does this gear thing do?
>>64615848Unscrew it and find out
>>64615857I was about to but I figured I should ask you esteemed gentlemen first
>>64615848It's not a gear, it's the head of a bolt. It's shaped like that so that the screw above it can lock it into place and prevent it from unscrewing. You first have to remove that screw, from the opposite side, before the "gear" can be removed.
>>64615881And what does it do though? Just hold the handguards on or something? My other rifle just has the basic ass plastic a2 handguards.
>>64615910Yeah, it holds the handguard onto the upper by clamping it onto a special barrel nut.
>>64615913Thank you very much. Merry Christmas.
>>64613887>silencershoplmao
>>64596000I shoot anything M193 and hoard anything M855, once you get to long distance shooting then you really start seeing a very obvious quality/ accuracy difference but for casual shooters just find whatevers reliable which is mostly anything on the market.
>>64614832righto, what about keeping the leather oiled? uhhh that's a fire hazard right?
>>64596000M193 NATO spec will all be fairly comparable. PMC from Korea, MEN from Germany, Prvi Partisan from Serbia, RUAG from Switzerland, GGG from Lithuania. They’re all good. Just get the deal you need and shoot happy.
Why did the nvg ratchet strap get fazed out and why does every helmet have a permanent nvg mount now? Seems to be that option 1 would be alot cheaper in the long run since not everyone is gonna be carrying around nvgs anyways.
>>64617097because it's not the most secure system ever. and the mounts are pretty cheap, so it doesn't really matter.
What's with every company claiming to have the lightest handguards? Whose actually are the lightest? Assuming the rails are the same length and type (pic or mlok)
>>64596000if I need to adjust the diopter on every prism and LPVO I use am I pretty much screwed when it comes to acogs
Thinking of buying a Springfield XDM Elite for $550 to EDC. Tell me why this is a dumb idea
My grandma used to tell me that guns aren't toys, and that we should be careful around them.Unfortunately, mine looks and feels like one, and it's perfectly fun to play with whenever my brain shuts off.How do I suppress the urge to dry-fire?
>>6461799get 40 snap caps and mix a live round into them, suddenly youll learn
>>64604982Oh shit gaunt is still alive
>>64596000What would be a decent handgun for someone in the late 1990's facing aliens and other horrors that may or may not be chitinous? Something shooting 7.62x25 Tokarev for its light armor penetration properties?
>>64618355A comically large Thompson Encore
>>64618423So just a punt gun?
>>64618431I was thinking more like .450 Nitro Express
>>64618355>handgun>shooting 7.62x25 Tokarevthe Tokarev, or the CZ 52.
>>64618439I guess I went a tad too comical with my sizing. Not crazy about the whole single shot aspect though.>inb4 carry multiple>>64618442The caliber was mostly just thinking out loud. The CZ 52 definitely seems to be the nicer of the two.
Why doesnt DD offer a RIS III model with a front sight cutout. I don't want to have to take off my fsp just to put another rail on
>>64618919For a mk18 barrel length* I meant I see that other one and im kinda tempted to just buy it and cut it down
Went shooting today. Just brought the 380. I've shot so far around 200-250 rounds through it. Today, my groups were low when I was shooting two handed but pretty well centered when firing one handed. What gives? I typically fire fullsize plastic frame firearms.
>>64613887varies wildly for me, anecdotally. It took them 18 months to get me my GSL Pheonix in 2021-2022, but this year I got a Saker ASR in under a month.
>>64619055Thanks anon!
>>64617170>What's with every company claiming to have the lightest handguards?it's a major selling point, especially if you don't have anything you need to hang off the handguard to hold zero. front weight on a gun suck and is only kind of ok on target rifles
>>64619753Even if we're talking a benchrest or varmint rifle where a heavy rifle is advantageous you'd want that mass in the barrel, not the handguard.
>>64619847people put lead weights in high power handguards for some reason. Like my high power rifle has a bull barrel but the float tube is also way heavier than it needs to be for some reason
I remember a pic early in the urk war that was a map of ukraine with a wolf's mouth drawn around it, with its jaw snapped in two. Anyone got that pic?
Reposting hereSomeone help me out im fucking retarded. Trying to swap my gas block to a riflespeed but when I input the information for what model I should get, none of them align.>10.3" barrel>carbine gas>9.5" handguardDo they actually not fit or am I doing soemthing wrong here
>>64620879Actually I have like a shovel nose thing on the top, so its about 7.25" instead
>>64614832Also Its only one patch of leather on each end to take out the slack, but yeah proper bedding would be something to do later on, the leather stays in place without glue so it isn't permanent.Anyway it isn't a precision rifle and I can't float the barrel because of the magazine.
>>64619045All other things being equal, probably pulling on the gun with your support hand
>>64596000When did pistol-mounting lasers become widespread in the civilian market? Most sources I find online focus only on military gear, or simply mention that custom one made for Terminator as having brought their existence to the public eye.
>>64621896After a quick search with Kimi K2 it looks like it would be "LPC Model 7, developed by Laser Products Corporation (later renamed SureFire) in 1979." So yeah, at the time of the Terminator movie it was state of the art. My assumption is that the upside was so obvious consumers immediately began to demand it and manufacturers looked at ways to make it more convenient for their existing firearms, and you start seeing underbarrel pistol mounting for lasers/lights as early as the very late 80s.https://www.surefire.com/surefire-story/
