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I'm also pretty sure it's very difficult to create and maintain a foolproof "one-step" AR-15 receiver machine.
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You should definitely try them at a range, if you can. I personally do not like Glocks. There's just something about their aesthetics and feel that rubs me the wrong way. Also you are wrong the ideal handgun is a Sig P226. 
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| # ¿ Jun 11, 2010 20:26 |
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ShaiHulud posted:It may as well be. You think American hicks invented the jackalope? Nope. Not to disagree with you about hicks or that whole crypto-taxidermy hobby, but interestingly, Jackalope legends are likely based in part on a horrific viral infection rabbits can get that causes horn-like tumors on their head and face. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope 
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| # ¿ Jun 13, 2010 20:30 |
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Rusted? What kind of metal is the casing made of?
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| # ¿ Jun 16, 2010 05:23 |
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Pooky posted:Just to be a sure, this thing is stable right? I can't imagine it would go off even if I tried, I found it in a pool of water and it's pretty crusted over, but I wouldn't really know. It's possible that it would still fire just fine (provided water hasn't gotten inside), but the oxidized buildup might physically get in the way of firearm action... anyway, live cartridges are fairly safe outside of actual firearms. If you hammered on the primer and it blew up, you might get brass shrapnel in the area, but the bullet itself wouldn't go very far. *edit* I don't actually know the stats on ammo failure in damp conditions over X years, and am also not advising that you fire it out of a gun to see. 
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Sgt. Shaved Balls posted:My real name is MORLOCK. Is that guy still signing the test-firings for H&K? <-- Legitimate question in a TFR questions thread. 
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| # ¿ Jun 17, 2010 21:25 |
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Boner Wad posted:When handgun ammunition states that it is 115 grains, is that the bullet weight or the powder amount? Bullet weight. It would be nice to have the stats on the powder too though...
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| # ¿ Jul 10, 2010 00:33 |
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Probably an imperfect AI trying to acquire a robot/gun body.
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| # ¿ Jul 10, 2010 17:59 |
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This seems like the right place to ask... What's a good military surplus website that isn't full of random chinese reproductions, fantasy knives, and other bullshit? The kind of place you could buy neat dummy rockets and actual boots and such. *edit* Bonus points for neat military/police surplus from interesting non-US countries.
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| # ¿ Dec 16, 2010 06:52 |
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Thanks for the military surplus site recommendations, guys. Those were some cool ones.Drav posted:Wait what? What the gently caress did I miss? Depressing IRL surprise sex and psychology discussion mostly. It shed a lot of light on the book though.
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| # ¿ Dec 22, 2010 23:07 |
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Does anyone have a link to any ATF rulings or information on cosmetic modifications to guns? Basically I want to know if a gun that's been modified to look like a 1950's ray gun (but is still functionally the same) would run into problems. This isn't an immediately time-sensitive issue, but... I have tentative long-term plans. *edit* I just remembered raceguns exist... Locus fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2011 around 22:38 |
| # ¿ Feb 15, 2011 22:25 |
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thermobollocks posted:What, exactly, are you talking about? *edit* Basically I am a nerd with a little bit of metalworking and raygun design experience and some money. Locus fucked around with this message at Feb 16, 2011 around 00:19 |
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The NFA stuff is pretty specific. Unless you're adding a shoulder stock/foregrip to a pistol, chopping the barrel, or something like that, you should be fine. However, as Craptacular said, if it looks like not a gun, it counts as an AOW.
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Tubgirl Cosplay posted:"Doesn't look like a gun" tends to mean more like "specifically designed to look like a cane/dildo/keychain/small dog", not "looks like an awesome gun". Otherwise any gun that looked any different from the totally generic revolvers/1911s/etc. would be regulated. State/local regs in a few specific places (or maybe just New York City) can also regulate guns painted to look like toys, but that's about it and if you're in one of those places you'd probably know it. Cool. I will definitely post pictures if/when I eventually put something together. I decided I might as well set my sights on a longer term fun art project rather than build another AR or something like that (sorry Miso ). For now, sketching and research.
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| # ¿ Feb 16, 2011 01:37 |
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DeathSandwich posted:In that case what would a good starter rifle be, just a straight AR-15? I've never cared much for the aesthetics of them, should I just suck it up and get one anyway? For what it's worth (3-gun aside, no idea about that), I'm not crazy about the aesthetics of AR-15s, but they are definitely fun to shoot.
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| # ¿ Feb 22, 2011 07:46 |
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I hope the new QOTSA album is more like Rated R or Songs for the Deaf than Era Vulgaris. I hope the newest The Kills album is more like No Wow or Keep on Your Mean Side than Midnight Boom. Hey is there a page that lists good red dot sights, or does anyone have any budget recommendations? I want something for my AR-15, but I don't want to spend $20 on a piece of crap, or $350-$600 on a rad one.
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| # ¿ Feb 24, 2011 22:29 |
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I sat near Sylvester Stallone eating at an Italian restaurant during Comic-Con 2010. He looked short, and was wearing a black shirt with sequins or something. 
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| # ¿ Feb 25, 2011 00:53 |
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Epic Fail Guy posted:Whats with the Ruger P-series hate? I've only shot a P90, but I'll go ahead and hazard a guess that everyone thinks they're uncomfortable ugly bricks that are as rough and clunky as the worst communist surplus pistols without any of the charm or tough-as-nails construction style. *edit* That came out a little harsh, but the one I rented was my least favorite pistol I've ever held or fired.
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| # ¿ Mar 7, 2011 03:51 |
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You forgot Boiling Point! Just kidding, I know none of us could actually forget such a great game. *edit* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HveFn-T-j8Q 
Locus fucked around with this message at Mar 10, 2011 around 08:51 |
| # ¿ Mar 10, 2011 08:47 |
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recon_etc posted:I'm pretty late to the party but America's Army has a jamming mechanism (the animation is just a TRB on the M16/M4), to the point of having a seperate key bind for 'clear jam'. The jamming also never comes up (at least, when I played it) leading to hilarious moments where a jam happens at the most inopportune time and some poor player keyboard-mashes because he's freaking and can't remember which button 'clear jam' is bound to. Did they ever make that game awesome again? I played it a decent amount in early/mid period back when it was amazing and the guns were right out of a Michael Mann movie, but then I tried it again on one of their more recent attempts at an update, and it was a buggy piece of crap, and every gun sounded like it was firing paintballs. 
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| # ¿ Mar 11, 2011 03:39 |
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recon_etc posted:I haven't actually played ever since I visited the live demo/not-a-recruiting-station they had set up at an amusement park nearby. It's distributed through Steam now and there's a lot more training to be had along with (presumably) new mechanics, and it plays all right for your run-of-the-mill tactical (in the counter-strike sense) unreal FPS. The latest main revision (3) seems to have okay firearm sounds but msot likely I'm probably horribly wrong because I can't tell a .44mag apart from a dog barking sharply. Yeah, pretty weak sounds. In the older versions, they had this amazing deafening crashing echo when you shot guns inside rooms and stuff. It was one of the only games out at the time (9 years ago) where guns actually sounded loud.
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| # ¿ Mar 11, 2011 06:36 |
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Car-bine. Option B is way cooler because it doesn't include "bean".
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| # ¿ Mar 14, 2011 14:06 |
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infrared35 posted:Car-bine sounds like a piece of farm equipment. Car-bean sounds like a piece of farm produce.
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| # ¿ Mar 14, 2011 20:51 |
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I think I missed out on that episode, or just passed it off as the random bitching that happens in this forum from time to time. What kind of Serbian war criminal? And how do you even figure that out about someone?
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| # ¿ Mar 21, 2011 00:57 |
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I'm sure GI Joe Dirtbag is a horrible person who deserved permabanning or worse, but I wouldn't blame anyone for going all "Boy Who Cried Wolf" in this subforum when it comes to belligerent posting.
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| # ¿ Mar 21, 2011 02:18 |
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A rifle, or a pistol? The stock answer for a starting gun is a Ruger 10/22 (rifle), since they're inexpensive, well made, and are viewed through the rose-tinted glasses of our collective childhood. *edit* Here is the newbie thread link: http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3221380
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| # ¿ Mar 24, 2011 19:37 |
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Gripped in your teeth like a pirate knife.
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| # ¿ Mar 26, 2011 16:34 |
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Captain Log posted:I always thought the US sketched out over things that could throw the gently caress out of a knife. Sort of on topic - anyone have a link to a straight answer related to the legal status of 37mm (or any other flare caliber) chalk rounds?
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| # ¿ Mar 29, 2011 23:35 |
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Question: What are some of the jankiest, weirdest close/midrange optics ever made? A while back people were posting pictures of those old pre-red dot sights that were opaque. In general I'm just curious about the various ugly/bizarre things that time and marketing has forgotten. Now that I think about it, what was that bizarre UFO-shaped optic on a gun in those early S.T.A.L.K.E.R. screenshots and videos? I assume it has something to do with rangefinding and grenades. http://www.nvidia.com/docs/io/4425/stalker_large3.jpg *edit* Also thank you walrusman for recommending Primary Arms for budget sights. I got their Aimpoint Micro style model and it's pretty sweet. Locus fucked around with this message at Apr 3, 2011 around 00:51 |
| # ¿ Apr 3, 2011 00:31 |
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I'm actually curious about stun guns too. I've heard a lot of mixed opinions, but they're usually negative, in terms of self-defense. What about collapsible batons? I suppose that depends on your general level of strength and fighting experience. Same story with a knife (which you could buy when you get there and leave behind on the trip back).
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| # ¿ Apr 9, 2011 20:08 |
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Tell us about archaeology, WangCommander!
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| # ¿ Apr 9, 2011 20:36 |
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Captain Log posted:Last summer there were enough lady bugs in my ceiling crawling through my light fixture that I bought a dust buster. They look cute until you hear five of them going "dink dink dink" off your light for HOURS. Ladybugs will bite, so yes.
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| # ¿ Apr 10, 2011 22:31 |
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Just use the Weight Tool and bump it up a couple hundred points. That'll keep the constraints and welds from bouncing around when you move the object. Remember you can rotate stuff by holding E.
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| # ¿ Apr 15, 2011 04:52 |
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gimpsuitjones posted:I'm an elitist jerk! A guy on my Facebook posted a picture of himself posing dramatically with a HiPoint pistol and I had to stop myself from instinctively saying anything offensive.
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| # ¿ Apr 24, 2011 10:17 |
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Hey TFR if you found this in the pocket of a Swiss jacket from Sportsman's Guide... well, I mean, what is it? Does it arm something awesome and explosive like a rocket launcher, or is it used to unlock a modular latrine or something less cool like that. *edit* Answered in the TFR photo thread: Reforger posted:It's a clip on night sight for the flip up rear sight of the Stgw 57. Locus fucked around with this message at Dec 2, 2011 around 21:22 |
| # ¿ Dec 2, 2011 00:02 |
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SadWhaleFamily posted:He specifically believes that Serbian mercenaries are after him, and he wants people to be The Phantom, not Batman Well, at least that last part is rational. The Phantom is like fifty times cooler than Batman.
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| # ¿ Dec 3, 2011 20:49 |
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Internet Wizard posted:Where is the best place online to get novelty patches? I haven't used them, but http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...40&pagenumber=1 Looks like Gray Stormy is picking up a Chairborne Devision one right now. *edit* Oops, should have refreshed. Well, there's the link.
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| # ¿ Dec 4, 2011 01:39 |
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:Is there anything I'd be missing out on by buying a Savage Model 11 instead of a Remington 700 or a Ruger M77 or a Browning A-Bolt? The Savage is just so much cheaper its hard to imagine getting a similar-quality product... Others can elaborate on specifics, but I do know you'd be giving up the ability to spend $799.00 and put this on a Remington 700...   (I am only kind of joking)
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| # ¿ Dec 20, 2011 10:18 |
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Just carefully prop a bucket of LSD on top of the half-open door to the gun closet. Make sure the bucket is aluminum or steel or something the molecules can't permeate. (Or seconding the recommendation of a modular safe, if your future moving plans allow you carry around a few giant slabs of metal that add up to ~300lbs)
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| # ¿ Jan 21, 2012 23:44 |
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I'm nowhere near an expert, but I think American punk sort of went the way of modern metal. In other words, it started out subtle and musical in the 60's/70's and then became an arms race over the past 50 years to see who could be the most extreme until a lot of it turned into crashing noises and yelling. Guns are pretty punk.
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spankmeister posted:I don't consider anything past the 80's punk but that's just me. Yeah I was struggling to come up with a 90's/00's band example. Not that I wouldn't welcome something high quality and modern...
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