Mega Rad Gun Thread

[MrJokerRager]

Here's something kinda horrifying I thought I'd share:
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M1 Garands being used by Haitian government forces:
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Garand Thumb should invite them to his show.

 

[Seafarer]

Garand Thumb should invite them to his show.

He could teach them how to hold the weapon correctly

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

He could teach them how to hold the weapon correctly
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It's probably just a wild grip, but it does look like he's holding onto something more substantial than the trigger-guard; and that image made me wonder if they'd just slapped a pistol grip onto one, sorta like this:

The Haitian rifle doesn't have the right magazine or barrel & gas tube, plus I highly doubt a rare Winchester prototype is banging around in Haiti, but Beretta also made a select-fire variant with pistol grip (albiet with folding stock). Maybe someone got the idea from one of those, however unlikely; but in any case it's pretty wild seeing Garands back in legitimate action.

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Edit: Speaking of wild....


Russian 9A91 (9x39mm) with pump-forward RMB-93 shotgun (12ga.)

 

[AGPinochet]

automatically ejects empty mags and automatically closes the bolt

You can obtain half that functionality with the Smith Tactics Lightning bolt release

There also at one point existed the Adaptive Tactical "Freedom Follower" but it doesn't appear to have ever made it to production and would have required a replacement follower for each individual magazine as opposed to leaving the magazines unmodified and having the same functionality with the Smith Tactics release.

article going over the history and mechanics of 1911 full auto conversions

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/AUwl1

It may shock you, but Strike Industries does actually produce some interesting, non chinesium looking products

Canadian Modular Assault Rifle (CMAR) C8 replacement prototype. The Canuck's are also working on a 20'' rifle in the same style.


Did you know? There are at least three different ways to convert your standard AR into a sidecharger?
Smith tactics Side Kick


Devil Dog Concepts Side Charger


And a new option from Underworld Arms


Pembleton and Sons "Sloppy Second" Binary disconnector for AR FCG's

And Flicky tunable Glock trigger housing (if you adjust it just right you can get binary fire, but he is working on a full trigger pack for that)


AGCast has released his This Month In Beta video for February of 2024

English language documentary that goes over modern German armaments and in the first third or so showcases the manufacturing process of the G95A1 assault rifle

 

[Seafarer]

It's probably just a wild grip, but it does look like he's holding onto something more substantial than the trigger-guard; and that image made me wonder if they'd just slapped a pistol grip onto one, sorta like this:

The Haitian rifle doesn't have the right magazine or barrel & gas tube, plus I highly doubt a rare Winchester prototype is banging around in Haiti, but Beretta also made a select-fire variant with pistol grip (albiet with folding stock). Maybe someone got the idea from one of those, however unlikely; but in any case it's pretty wild seeing Garands back in legitimate action.

If it does have a pistol grip I bet the Haitians just drilled a hole and stuck a stick in it or something.

 

[HumptiDouji]

and the Stoner 63 was too complex and high maintenance from extensive field testing of an otherwise great weapon

I think part of that owes to the Stoner 63's modular configuration meme. The gun is built to be able to function for a half dozen different roles which the US already had good guns in inventory for, when what it offered best was a role which wasn't otherwise available, a belt-fed 5.56mm support weapon, and I think that the thing proved that concept quite well in spite of its quirks and drawbacks. Other reasons might be stuff like the sliding weight in the piston, or the 'Edgewater' style recoil buffer thing it had.

The FN Minimi gives you a belt-fed 5.56mm support weapon without those kinds of headaches (clapped out examples in current inventory non-withstanding), and I think that a truly specialized weapon like that is a much better performer than trying to wrangle a normal infantry rifle into a support role.

up until I found out what retains the firing pin when I watched the roll pin fly out

Fucked up rollpin. You can replace it with a new one which stays in place, or you can look for a solid replacement pin.

Chicago and Everytown is suing Glock because of the existence of Glock switches

You'd think there would be some focus on customs and the ATF failing to stop them from coming into the country.
Not that they're difficult to produce domestically for those inclined, but the smuggling isn't even covert, it's advertised openly on places like AliBaba.

Perhaps a bit off topic but does anybody know a game with realistic/the most realistic guns?

I like older games more, but I guess SWAT 4 is somewhat realistic with its shooting action. Not greatly, the shotguns are retarded, but you gotta be very methodical with your movements and actions. Blend of realistic police procedural, and not realistic at all police procedural, probably owing to tech and development limitations of the time (the way you detain bystanders and hostages with zipties, sometimes forcefully, or the fabulous and magical Opti-Wand).

Otherwise, maybe Hideous Destructor for Doom? It doesn't so much have real life weapons as it has fictional counterpart weapons with realistic functional detail, and with each one having its distinct handling characteristics. It's one of those games which calls for autistic dedication and learning its rules though.

Here's something kinda horrifying I thought I'd share:

M1 Garands being used by Haitian government forces:

I think someone posted that image here maybe a year or two back.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

or you can look for a solid replacement pin

There's an overall problem with the design itself in that one pin will always damage the other. Solid pins have destroyed firing pins, the doubled-up roll pins which are now stock have been destroyed by the firing pin. It's not great, but they've since put out designs that only use the retaining plate over the rear with obvious success but for some reason keep the faulty one around.

 

[HumptiDouji]

There's an overall problem with the design itself in that one pin will always damage the other.

I understand your concern, but it's literally only an issue for frequent dryfiring on an empty chamber, and honestly you should be using snapcaps for dryfire practicing with ANY gun.

When you don't have that soft primer body absorbing the firing pin's energy by deforming, then that energy has to go somewhere else somehow, there's no free lunch here. Modern centerfire guns aren't like old rimfires, but a high amount of dryfiring still adds up as wear eventually, somewhere, so you should put that wear towards an expendable snapcap.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

but it's literally only an issue for frequent dryfiring on an empty chamber

Theoretically, yes. And it is not the only firearm to have such a caveat. It's not even the only reliable gun to require swapping out a crucial part, see the M9 requiring a new locking block every X amount of rounds.
When you include anecdotes and supposes and lemons, however slim any chance may be, I do not like the design and how those two parts interface. I stated I did not want one after I discovered that(I saw replayed footage of a pin ejecting from a souped up race gun that allegedly had been dryfired in the two digits at most), I didn't intend to spiral it into a back and forth about disposable parts, "works for me", or dry firing with PPE.

I have a grudge with Murphy's Law, is all.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

see the M9 requiring a new locking block every X amount of rounds.

tfw you keep shooting your 92(s) from the 70's that's probably got an obscene amt of rounds fired

 

[HumptiDouji]

tfw you keep shooting your 92(s) from the 70's that's probably got an obscene amt of rounds fired
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Get a new locking block I guess?

 

[Romulus augustulus]

Get a new locking block I guess?

no, i like to live dangerously.

 

[Yandex Captcha Solver]

New 22lr 3D printed suppressor just dropped by PLA+ Boi, the guy that designed the FTN.3 suppressors. The Ven22ri which uses the venturi effect to cool the suppressor with air. Requires no supports or external shells. Just a thread adapter and some epoxy. https://odysee.com/@Plaboi:2/Ven22ri:3

I'd say it's perfect for subsonic ammo. Twitter

HulkHoganHH also dropped El Ratto rev3 Beta files for a primarily printed pistol design. Could whip one out in Europe as it has no regulated parts.

https://odysee.com/@HulkHoganHH:f/el-ratto-open-beta-rev3:5

 

[Falcos_Commisar]

Perhaps a bit off topic but does anybody know a game with realistic/the most realistic guns? It seems every vidya changes the rate of fire, magazine capacity, design, or some other thing. Does anyone know a game with a completely accurate depiction of its firearms?

Ready or Not is pretty damn good, as is ARMA 3 and ARMA Reforger

Escape from Tarkov as well and when it EVENTUALLY comes out I have a feeling Stalker 2 will be good as well.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

tfw you keep shooting your 92(s) from the 70's that's probably got an obscene amt of rounds fired
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You're okay.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

You're okay.

I'm not so sure, Beretta built a lot of safety margin into the 92FS to pass the US pistol trials, mine was made like 10 years before all of those changes. a lot of new beretta parts are not even compatible. As far as i can tell i have a very early gen 1 locking block which is not all that compatible with new locking blocks. different mags, different decocker too.

edit: and it doesn't have the slide block so if it fails im getting a face full of slide.

 

[Club Sandwich]

Beretta locking blocks aren't typically a problem outside of very high round counts. the barrel and locking block is a unit assembly - if you replace one, you should replace the other. typical failure is cracking along one of the ears of the locking block or peening of the retaining pin. if neither show this wear, and locking/unlocking is functional, and there is no excessive slide velocity resulting in stove piping on extraction/ejection, then the locking block is okay. as per Beretta themselves, the 92F (and FS, G, et c) locking block is intended to be inspected and replaced each 20,000 rounds of 9mm NATO ammunition for optimal use scenarios. LAPD tends to do it every 15k and US Army does it every 10k (but unlike LAPD, the army has an armorer hand-fit a locking block to a barrel that still has life in it which is time consuming, boring, and annoying to fit and refit, function test and so forth each assembly).

the one and only exception is the 96F, which has a 16,000 round replacement schedule.

notice the cracks forming.

notice the radius. this is a gen 3, 92 series locking block. it is intended to need minor fitting, if any. note that while the locking block itself is the same between multiple models, the guide rod, recoil spring, and some compact models might differ slightly (the Centurion Compact for example).

 

[Bassomatic]

Brownells had sale on cheap stuff, I got pops the sig 5 for 105 to door. Love the old man but he thinks this is call of duty high end. I asked about the other stuff and looked. I held my 60 buck credit this paid off.

Also I had a few bad loads from my 6 italian. Fucking pasta niggers.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Craft-built firearms & markets of SE Asia:
Archive

This project was developed as a reference article for Australian Police and Customs in several parts relating to the developing illicit firearm markets in South East Asia and the identification of workshop made firearms being manufactured in South East Asia. Recently there has been a strong resurgence in the development of illicit firearm manufacturing centres in South East Asia producing firearms, firearms parts and ammunition and it has been reported that the number of illicit firearms in South East Asia could easily be in excess of ten million firearms. Porous borders within this region facilitate the distribution of illicit distribution of firearms. This article reports on the types of firearms seizures in Australia that relate too or have been identified as of South East Asian workshop manufacture with photographs showing parts and details of manufacturing techniques, materials and components used where possible. This research has also endeavoured to identify the regional styles and types of firearms being illegally workshop manufactured in South East Asia with descriptions of construction methods and materials used and discussing these with photographs and drawings for reference.

Apart from the Aussie hand-wringing, it's worth the read. Lots of data, maps, pictures of pistols & SMGs, etc.

 

[AGPinochet]

Bullpup SVD Conversion from the Pre-SMO Donbass conflict


Weird AK-SKS Frankenrifle from the same place and time


-Milled AK receiver
-AK Safety selector
-SKS takedown lever
-Lack of a short strike piston

The only improvement necessary is a small piece of polycarbonate

This is what dudes had to made due with back in the day

This rail system is known as the Swan Rigid Frame system.



More arms seized in the past in the Pre-SMO Conflict zone. The bullpup conversion is bizarre because the only way that it functions is if it uses the same trigger mechanism the Groza uses


Libyan Bullpup PKM Conversion

The same gun but with a reflex suppressor that doesn't appear to have a borehole(?)




Dollar Store Gliboa Snake

The Same manufacturer who made the above creation also created an adjustable gas key

And either the patent for it expired of Sharps Bros bought it

What appears to me to be a non-counterfeit AK-12 Obr.2021 in either Afghanistan or Pakistan

Bullpup from Jard Inc. (they also make a side charging AR that is a slighly more complex version of the BCA Sidecharger)
Never went into production