Looks dope dude! I was between that and an FM9, and chose the latter as it fit my needs a little better.
I can say I've never had anything like that happen with my MK IV, can barely remember a time it's jammed. All of the Ruger MK series are great 22lr pistols, but the MK IV is the only one that is actually easy to take apart with one button. Had a MK II before and even knowing all of the assembly/disassembly tricks it took a while to get it apart for cleaning.
I was going to use my vortex spark that is on my DD AR on the scorpion once I get an eotech to put on my DD. But hell yeah dude the FM9 and AR9's are badass!
Correct. Plan out your purchases and set a budget and you'll be a ok
Old style bluing has ended as it was ridiculously toxic and it took a while and needed some skill....
Well, this man needs a strap to keep his fish and aquariums safe
it absolutely can still be done to the same quality just not at the price most people want. turnbull and other high end/luxury brands still put out great bluing. here is a Springfield they worked over:
Probably worth doing considering it's the only Hi-Power worth buying
That's basically what the BM59 does, they figured a gun like that with a classic dropped stock would be too much so they put a brake on it. Seems like the kind of thing which would have been mandatory considering the Pipedream Extreme that was the M14 being intended to replace the Garand, Carbine, Greasegun, and BAR.
It's for the better that neither of them panned out. Putting a heavy barrel and a bipod on a battle rifle didn't make for a particularly great support weapon when people did it to the FAL (they're kinda too light for it), and it's worse with an M16 because you're quickly heating up the bolt and thin gas tube. The less said about the L86, the better.
Custer's Revenge is kind of authentic in that sense.
I vaguely recall a claim that Custer, and at least some of the other people there, had been using copper cased cartridges, which tended to cause problems with extraction. Can't place that claim so don't take my word for it, but it stuck in my mind from somewhere.
they did pan out. the Heavy Assault Rifle (606A and later 606B) gave way to the improved Colt 750 and Colt LMG in the early 80's with BRL and WAK, which in partnership with Diemaco turned into the Colt LSW in the mid 80's. if you're in Europe it was the LOAW and iirc is still in use. it's an open-bolt capable "super HBAR" variant with a special high temperature gas tube assembly used in a light support role and hydraulic buffer. it is true that the original 606 didn't meet the requirements of sustained fire though since it placed more emphasis on parts commonality and mobility than firepower. by this point in time the SAW program was largely concluded, but a 20+ lb LMG was in some cases still too heavy compared to a sub 20lb (often around 17lb loaded) Colt LSW. the L86 was similar in concept... maybe not so much in execution since from what i recall it was the L85 equivalent of the Colt 606.
Best I know, only Denmark and the Netherlands adopted the thing, with the Danish army opting to ditch the LSW and pawning it off on their home guard after finding it particularly inadequate at being a support weapon. If you ask Danes who served with it, you'll find they have a lot of complaints about it, particularly from those who were accustomed to their MG3s.
I've also seen Lee Enfields converted to .45-70, as well as Siamese Mausers.
The glossy deep blue on the controls is unreasonably beautiful.
Brazil, Denmark, Netherlands, Malaysia, Brunei, Canada, the UK (in limited issue), Australia, Vietnam, USA, Ireland (limited use), and tiny batches in around 20 other countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran (of all places, suspected they bought them from Brunei when they transitioned to the Ultimax), and a few other places that eventually purchased Chinese copies for demo and decided against the model, or simply had better options (the CQ series from Norinco had a poorly selling variation with a two lug quick-detach barrel which was pretty innovative actually, this turned up in Paraguay). official adoption for serial production was pretty much just Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, Malaysia, and Brunei though.
demo'd one a year back. expensive, very durable, very annoying to clean and cannot run wet at all, don't even try. it's a waste of money on their smaller models since the tech seemed to really only work well on rifle cartridges and was basically a gimmick on a .22LR, but on 5.56 it runs very well and keeps blow back very low for such a short can.
I'm looking at their Flow cans, specifically the 762 TI. I don't mind paying for quality if what I get matches the price. I'm hesitant because those are even more expensive than the Thunderbeast Ultra 9 I worked a lot of overtime to get. If I pull the trigger on one (see what I did there? I'm hilarious) I'll post about its functionality after I send some rounds through it.
It has been done once before, but differently (an extended muzzle device acts as a mounting surface)
I can't say I've even handled one in person. But since you asked aside my 308 gemtec all my cans are from : https://tioninc.com
