Back after the Vegas massacre, and they were talking about how much ammo he had (like 10k rounds or something), there was a guy on twitter (probably a lot of guys) posting a picture of a whole pallet of ammo, saying shit like "how could he get this into the hotel with no one noticing?!" He blocked me when I replied with a "no" and a pic of 10 ammo cans.
It's almost funny how hard everyone ignored his saber-rattling pointing at the gun community.
Encouragingly I emailed my congressman on tuesday regarding the ATF niggerfest they pulled on silencers starting monday. He called me this morning, which was incredibly fast turnaround, and I got to speak to him and not a staffer. I was actually amazed that he was already aware of the issue and demonstrated knowledge about the situation and NFA law far beyond what I think someone could have gotten from a quick googling of it. He told me he had been aware of it since the diversified machine scare-tactics letters got mailed out to customers late last year and that he had already sent several inquiries to the ATF which they were ignoring. He- likely correctly- stated that federal agencies get entirely full of themselves when a democrat is in office and that this sort of thing is unfortunately common. He did not have immediate options for recourse - which he doesn't because you can't do anything when the ATF won't tell anyone what they're doing or proposing- but I was glad to get such a rapid response that showed a surprisingly great grasp of a very niche situation.
I did vote for the guy, but I didn't know him- I voted against his opponent moreso. He definitely has a solid vote from me now, I don't think I've ever known even a local politician, much less a national congressman, to talk about firearms in a manner that was technically proficient and not just ooh-rah "I support the 2A but" bullshit.
There remain no official statements from the ATF regarding the shit they're pulling, but there are emails disclosed by the Quietbore company owner (another solvent trap manufacturer previously mentioned). In the correspondence he has with an NFA branch glownigger, the glownigger advises that applicants will need to upload pictures of their raw materials, their milling machinery, and all sorts of other things that they likely lack any authority to request or enforce. It will be interesting to see how this comes out, but unfortunately they have probably killed home form 1 silencer building, which was growing into quite an interesting cottage industry. There is a lot of nuance to good suppressor parts, and the problem is barely anyone who isn't an actual machinist is set up to try out all sorts of cool ideas- even more difficult by the fact that were one to comply with federal law, you couldn't "test" anything out without paying for a $200 permission slip for each can.
I wouldn't say I'm hopeful- I'm not- but despite impacting a relatively small group, these are grasps more grievous than the ATF has made in recent memory, and against a group who had previously obeyed both the letter and spirit of the law in paying a tax which the ATF now indicates a desire (but possibly not an ability) to retroactively punish. This is a different ballgame from redefining previously non-classified items like the Akins Accelerator, or even the bumpstock ban. This is something more impactful than reversing opinion letters, which never had the force of law (but were the closest thing to it that the ATF was ever willing to disclose when making arbitrary changes to what is and isn't legal). I expect widespread legal backlash against the pistol brace and rifle rules that are supposedly coming out in June or so, and those will certainly see the inside of a court room, and given the ATF's numerous years of insisting that braces were indeed A-Okay and that there are literally millions of the fucking things in existence, I suspect that that may actually be something with a high chance of success. Throw in an ever more certain Republican victory in the house and potentially the senate a little later in the year and things might not end up totally fucked...
Corresspondence to / from the Quietbore company from their facebook page. Remember this is not official and this retard at the ATF is suggesting people form 1 3d printed silencers with a straight face. And that you also purchase pipe at home depot, and as long as it's a certain length "the ATF won't think you have a silencer".
For what it's worth, I hope the Biden administration imports a gang of somalians into every ATF agent's neighborhoods and they all learn to play traditional african minecraft with their families.
Not trying to be a fear monger but I think this will be the end of Form 1 Suppressors. I have a friend who's really big into the F1 suppressor community and from what he's told me, allot of the parts manufactures are closing shop or seriously considering closing shop.
Hopefully I'm wrong and things work out, but it's not looking too good.
In the video game Minecraft I would love to see the ATF serve a warrant on someone who just doesn't give af and has the resources to win a few rounds, in Minecraft.
When ATF does raids like that, they're almost always rolling with local SWAT. You'd need to have your whole building rigged or enough people who don't give a fuck.
Not trying to be a fear monger but I think this will be the end of Form 1 Suppressors. I have a friend who's really big into the F1 suppressor community and from what he's told me, allot of the parts manufactures are closing shop or seriously considering closing shop.
It looks like a lot of personal manufacturing is being attacked; the attempt at making upper receivers and pistol slides serialized will kill parts kits and home builds, trigger packs with reduced/minimal reset are being cracked down on, and the generic gun control threats are spinning up again.
Seems that the 3D printer guys really struck a nerve and the only place anything can be done in retaliation is the place where it has the least effect due to the ATF giving away guns to criminals that would otherwise use them.
Took my Walker to the range earlier, having picked up some Pyrodex and caps, and it really is a "grinning like an idiot" gun. Certainly attracted some attention (and filled our indoor range with smoke).
I see that the stories of the loading lever unlatching itself are true, so I'll be making use of the period-correct piece of leather tied around the barrel.
Problem is, I'm now looking online at prices for muzzle loading rifles and shotguns.
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What paint do you recommend? I was looking at the krylon camo but its seems to be out of stock and only sold by 3rd party people for like 2x the price. Brownells aluma-hyde is in stock and cheaper, but I keep seeing people say it's "really thick". is it different then the krylon and rustoleum shit or is this just fudds being fudds?
Aluma-Hyde and Aluma-Hyde II are resin and epoxy-resin aerosol applicators. they are not intended to be simple coloring or camo agents. they are a finishing product similar in use to enamel paint for appliances. they are "thick" and intended to be applied thinly and wet sanded down for a second (and final) coat, similar to powder coating.
What paint do you recommend? I was looking at the krylon camo but its seems to be out of stock and only sold by 3rd party people for like 2x the price. Brownells aluma-hyde is in stock and cheaper, but I keep seeing people say it's "really thick". is it different then the krylon and rustoleum shit or is this just fudds being fudds?
I checked. They seem to be weirdly stocked to rn. Rustoleum and Krylon Camo are out of stock everywhere except for 1 or 2 colors and all the prices on amazon are 3rd seller jacked up. Brownells has Aluma-Hyde in stock and cheaper then the jacked up prices, but idk how similar/different it is.
I just got back from a place that claims to have the largest American Civil War museum collection west of the Mississippi. I kind of doubted that claim going in, but at least on the firearms side they may be right.
I was very impressed to see that they had at least one example of every single Confederate domestic manufactured revolver, rifle, and carbine, even down to those rare ones that only had a production run of 100 in some blacksmith's shop in Texas or Georgia, and all of their displayed examples were in pretty good condition. And lots of examples of those rare "exotic" imports like the LeMat and LeFaucheax.
And they had examples of all those esoteric pre-war American breechloaders. Hall carbines, North carbines, Merrill carbines, Maynard carbines, every single one of them to the point that I almost didn't care to look at the wartime breechloaders.
They had a Tennessee-issued Whitworth rifle too in mint condition (no telescopic sight, just irons), and a box of preserved Whitworth bullets laid out. Even an unfired Whitworth artillery solid shot, though no Whitworth artillery piece.
And so many examples of presentation revolvers named to historical figures that I started to doubt whether some of the provenance on those guns is bullshit.
Never thought I'd see those rare Confederate manufactured firearms and pre-Civil War breechloaders up close outside of Forgotten Weapons video. Big ups to the museum for displaying many of the breechloaders with their actions opened.
The only disappointment was that the lighting was turned down painfully low. From past experience with this type of shitty museum lighting, I did bring a flashlight, but there were a lot of other visitors around so I couldn't get too obvious with it. In the end I was only able to use the flashlight to inspect the rifling at the muzzles of some 3" field guns and to look into the cylinder of an 1851 Navy to confirm the plaque's story that it was dug up from the Palmito Ranch battlefield with all chambers loaded and unfired to this day.
Took my Walker to the range earlier, having picked up some Pyrodex and caps, and it really is a "grinning like an idiot" gun. Certainly attracted some attention (and filled our indoor range with smoke).
I see that the stories of the loading lever unlatching itself are true, so I'll be making use of the period-correct piece of leather tied around the barrel.
Problem is, I'm now looking online at prices for muzzle loading rifles and shotguns.
I had to go to wally world the other day and the ONLY ammo they had was some odd ball like 315 or some real old hunting round two boxes and then 22 around 7k rounds all fair market price. Just was strange. I did take home a brick of 500 because never enough of the duce duce.
Seems like a dumb idea. You would need to re-engineer the bolt/receiver array because its an open bolt Uzi design, and open bolts are verboten because of the ATF. You'd need to get a stamp for the shoulder stock, as it counts as an SBR. Then custom fabricate all the other folding parts and receiver.
After all that you'd have a mediocre PCC with a semi-okay gimmick that you could essentially replicate with a chassis for a glock that has a folding stock and with better ergonomics and sights.
The only reason these things are valuable is because they are transferrable machine guns, otherwise they are a clumsy, sub-optimal UZI with a disguise. (And the HK briefcase guns do the same job but better.)
You'll have to check rocketchat for the in development files if they're pushing releases now. It was being done with or by the deterrence dispensed crew but the online 3d printing gun enthusiast community is very autistic and cliqueish so sometimes projects seem to move around.
tax returns are coming and i'm torn between a glock 20 or a nice sturdy roof rack for my car since they're around the same price. i'd normally abstain from a glock but i like the idea of one in 10mm.
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