Octal posted:

I was thinking more along the lines of the open magazine just asking for the thing to gently caress up.

Octal posted:

On the topic of that police department, is it me or does this guy seem to have the exact same look as a sex offender registry photo.


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Ygolonac posted:

chairface posted:

I've heard that at the very start of Vietnam, there was similar unfair negative sentiment towards the M1911A1, since a lot of them being issued were WWII surplus already in bad shape. How prevalent was that really? All the 'Nam vets I've met had nothing but good things to say about the 1911. Then again, they were all draftees and thus came in a bit later.

Cyrano4747 posted:

I think there was a big difference between what actual soldiers got and what, for example, the National Guard got. My uncle was in the Kentucky National Guard for 69-73 or so and he's mentioned more than once that only about half their pistols even worked, and those that did were so badly shot out that they were basically minute of barn accurate.

Fat Ogre posted:

I love my Saiga 12 but this has got to be the most tacticlol piece of gear I have ever seen yet.





From this thread on the saiga 12 boards

Fat Ogre posted:

I love my Saiga 12 but this has got to be the most tacticlol piece of gear I have ever seen yet.





From this thread on the saiga 12 boards

Fat Ogre posted:

I love my Saiga 12 but this has got to be the most tacticlol piece of gear I have ever seen yet.





From this thread on the saiga 12 boards

chairface posted:

What the gently caress is even the idea there? 6-pronged bayonet? Why? Wouldn't a blade be a better idea even? Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Fat Ogre posted:

I love my Saiga 12 but this has got to be the most tacticlol piece of gear I have ever seen yet.





From this thread on the saiga 12 boards

Boat posted:

Quick, someone engineer up some kind of ridiculously over complicated gas piston assembly to attach to the gas block and the back of that thing so when you fire it slams forward impaling whoever's at the receiving end!

DAVE!!!(c)(tm) posted:

I had thought that someone had posted this by now, but,looking back, I don't see it.

DAVE!!!(c)(tm) posted:

I had thought that someone had posted this by now, but,looking back, I don't see it.

Fat Ogre posted:

Bullpup shotgun!

Angry Guacamole posted:

Does the fact that I want that so very, very hard make me a bad person?

Pointless Adornment posted:

Firstly, the Chauchat was not in any way designed for trench fighting in World War One. At the turn of the century France had shown an interest in automatic weaponry, and before WWI broke out, there had been many investigations into adopting new, portable weaponry. The closest weapon they had at the time being the Hotchkiss Mle. 1909 GPMG. Looking to adopt a man-portable, light automatic rifle, they originally looked to the designs of Rudolf Frommer to create what would be France's first "Machine Rifle." However, as the committee that was drawn up to look into the development of the rifle began to buckle to internal politics and the poor logistics of the French high command, the weapon took a very different shape. Originally chambered for an intermediate cartridge, the French military insisted that it be adopted to utilize the already-obsolete 8mm Lebel round,facilitating the need for the half-moon magazine with its incredibly tapered rounds.

Now, the American Chauchat M1918 would quality for designed for trench assaults, but that's mainly an adaption. It was a noble concept at least, the magazine issue was fixed, using an almost-straight 16-round box magazine, which still had a small window for viewing rounds, but one that was covered up when the magazine was placed in the well. The foregrip was moved to the other side of the magazine, and the buttstock sawed-down, creating a fairly modern-looking assault weapon. Unfortunately, though the thought was in the right place, Gladiator once again hosed things up considerably, botching the chamber measurements and tolerances, creating a weapon that could not handle the operating pressures of the .30-06 round. Creating a weapon that fires itself apart is always an awesome idea. They were disposed of before the war even ended.




Just thought I'd address your post and expand on it a bit. I've got sort of a thing for WWI automatic weaponry

chairface posted:

I've heard that at the very start of Vietnam, there was similar unfair negative sentiment towards the M1911A1, since a lot of them being issued were WWII surplus already in bad shape. How prevalent was that really? All the 'Nam vets I've met had nothing but good things to say about the 1911. Then again, they were all draftees and thus came in a bit later.

Angry Guacamole posted:

Does the fact that I want that so very, very hard make me a bad person?

DAVE!!!(c)(tm) posted:

I had thought that someone had posted this by now, but,looking back, I don't see it.

John Stercus posted:

But it actually makes sense on a blackpowder revolver...

Thepossiblelight posted:

this one
for me, its not the one thing, its the dismal tide

DrakeriderCa posted:

God, gently caress CAA. Do they make one good product?

Ygolonac posted:

padijun posted:

That gun revolver reminds me... now that I've finished Blood Meridian, I want to re-read that piece someone posted a couple months ago about brawling's history in the 19th century, does anyone know what I'm referring to?