Mega Rad Gun Thread

[Mikoyan]

Honest businessmen met earlier in the game now have to turn to criminality in order to survive

Actually the desperation level would make Rockstar's usual gay betrayal plots make some sense.

 

[BallsMcLongDong]

I think a better idea is to have the game set in 1929. The beginning of the game would be at the height of the roaring ‘20s with prohibition, the mafia, and bootlegging (emphasis on the latter so RDR3 can keep the country cowboy feel). Then towards the end of the game, Black Tuesday happens, which has a dynamic effect on the game world. Honest businessmen met earlier in the game now have to turn to criminality in order to survive, and there is more competition than ever.

To keep this slightly on-topic, here’s some cool stuff that could be seen in this hypothetical (non-shit) game:

The Thompson:

The BAR:

The MP-18:

And of course, MUH TWO WORLD WARS!!!:
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Could have Jack enlist in WW1, since he was about 16 in 1914 at the end of RDR1. Have him work off his grief over the gang and his family and attempt to run from the law by joining the frontlines. Could be where he meets some of the supporting cast and learns his shooting skills/acts as a tutorial. Set it in 1929 after he's come back, tried honest work, and found it wanting, he'd be about Arthur or John's age in their respective games. Adding WW1 to Jack's character could do a lot to aid poor writing decisions.
Like poetry, every game is about someone trying to go straight and the past catching up to em.

 

[BallsMcLongDong]

In other video game firearm stuff, I know someone here was asking about VR gun games. I just played one last night, it's essentially Escape from Tarkov in VR. Called Ghosts of Tabor.
Manual of arms translates very well. I got in a firefight with a dude, he dropped his MP40 to run around cover and pull his pistol. Since I'm familiar with the MP40, I was able to drop down, grab it, work the magazine release, slap a new one in, charge the gun, and spray him when he walked around the corner to finish me. All in the span of a few seconds, because I was familiar IRL with the gun. I was getting wiped till I found better gear. I ended up losing my AK and my Makarov, but before I quit last night, I found a shitton of optics and attachments for my M4. Only played for about 4 hours last night, but highly recommend. It's autistic in the sense that magazines go to specific guns, specific calibers go to specific guns (even have weird shit like a box of 6.5 Long or something fucking weird like that) Have to manually reload magazines from boxes of ammo, individually. You can also find gear, I found some extra MOLLE pistol magazine holsters, so I built a chest rig specifically for pistol fighting. It's highly autistic, anyone who likes guns and pretty accurate war simulation (well, as accurate as games can get) would enjoy it.
Had my John Wick moment last night.
I had just killed a dude with my M4 after picking up some sweet IR equipment to put on it's rails, and had just pulled the empty magazine out of it when his buddy rounded the corner. I panic tossed my magazine at him, I think he assumed it was a grenade because he went back around cover. that gave me just enough time to panic training instinct pull my pistol and light him up when he rounded the corner after realizing his mistake. IRL training translates very, very well to the game. And since it's YOU deciding what to do, where to aim, forgetting to grab your loose magazine after a firefight and now you only have the one, it never feels unfair. Each time something happened I was like, "Well, yeah. I dropped my magazine mid fight to try to reload, that was on me. And I forgot I set my pistol down to open that box earlier instead of putting it in my holster."

 

[Dean Pentel]

Anyone here ever run a .38 Super 1911? I saw a Colt chambered in that and it got me curious about the caliber. I went home and researched it. I doubt I'll buy one but I do like the idea of a rather hot 9mm.

 

[likeacrackado]

Anyone here ever run a .38 Super 1911? I saw a Colt chambered in that and it got me curious about the caliber. I went home and researched it. I doubt I'll buy one but I do like the idea of a rather hot 9mm.

Can't speak to it myself, but guntube favorite Paul Harrell prefers a .38 super 1911 over .45acp and claims to have taken a couple deer with it.

I’ve been doing my own research but I figured I’d ask the 2A enjoying Karen Farmers as well: Are RIA 1911’s a go or a no-go?

I want to round out my “collection”/arsenal with a .45ACP handgun and while I have the money to buy a USP and tacticool larp, I’m fascinated by how seemingly simple 1911’s are and how they’re engineered. I could always drop more money on a Springfield but the reviews seem to be pretty acceptable for RIA 1911s.

If I wanted to continue my 9mm kick I’d probably get a Staccato but I want to get into .45ACP this year.

Might as well post another Paul video. One of the first I watched. More of a comparison to a Colt rather than a long-term review.

 

[Nate Higgers]

I’ve been doing my own research but I figured I’d ask the 2A enjoying Karen Farmers as well: Are RIA 1911’s a go or a no-go?

I want to round out my “collection”/arsenal with a .45ACP handgun and while I have the money to buy a USP and tacticool larp, I’m fascinated by how seemingly simple 1911’s are and how they’re engineered. I could always drop more money on a Springfield but the reviews seem to be pretty acceptable for RIA 1911s.

If I wanted to continue my 9mm kick I’d probably get a Staccato but I want to get into .45ACP this year.

 

[Yandex Captcha Solver]

Anyone here ever run a .38 Super 1911? I saw a Colt chambered in that and it got me curious about the caliber. I went home and researched it. I doubt I'll buy one but I do like the idea of a rather hot 9mm.

38 Super 2011s are relatively common. Used in USPSA and ISPC for reaching major power charge. You'll want to reload if you grab one though and be a brass jew as well, ammo isn't cheap, nor is brass. Looks like 45cpr is common commercially, Starline brass is 18 cents per if buying 1000 cases.

You'll be pushing an extra 100fps out of it vs the 9mm per some data from the NRA. So unless you really need that extra 100fps and feel like it is necessary. You'll get slightly better penetration and expansion overall as well if you would use it for self defense. It's held back due to the SAAMI pressure limits. 35k for 9mm, 36.5k for 38 Super.

I personally wouldn't buy 38 Super unless I found someone wanting to get rid of their race gun for the right price. Solely for the cost of brass, lack of availability, and having to brass jew it up.

 

[DocAwe]

I’ve been doing my own research but I figured I’d ask the 2A enjoying Karen Farmers as well: Are RIA 1911’s a go or a no-go?

I want to round out my “collection”/arsenal with a .45ACP handgun and while I have the money to buy a USP and tacticool larp, I’m fascinated by how seemingly simple 1911’s are and how they’re engineered. I could always drop more money on a Springfield but the reviews seem to be pretty acceptable for RIA 1911s.

If I wanted to continue my 9mm kick I’d probably get a Staccato but I want to get into .45ACP this year.

They are good to go especially for the price.

Anyone here ever run a .38 Super 1911? I saw a Colt chambered in that and it got me curious about the caliber. I went home and researched it. I doubt I'll buy one but I do like the idea of a rather hot 9mm.

My understanding is that it's not overly difficult to convert a .38 super to 9mm if you're inclined.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

Are RIA 1911’s a go or a no-go?

Absolute go, but I also fingerfucked the hell out of mine for a while and stripped the finish from the slide rails before I got to take it out. Only malfunction in the first 250 rounds was the slide randomly locking open before the mag was empty but it could have been me and it hadn't done it again.

 

[Nate Higgers]

Absolute go, but I also fingerfucked the hell out of mine for a while and stripped the finish from the slide rails before I got to take it out. Only malfunction in the first 250 rounds was the slide randomly locking open before the mag was empty but it could have been me and it hadn't done it again.

One of the small things I’ve seen on the reviews online is that the sights are fixed and not swappable.

Do the stock sights do a decent job? I’ve swapped out the sights on my CZs with fiber and tritium for my Glocks so I’m kinda spoiled in that regard.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

One of the small things I’ve seen on the reviews online is that the sights are fixed and not swappable.

It depends entirely on which model you buy. All of them have swappable rear sights, the GI series has a fixed front sight while the rest have a dovetailed front sight.
Stock sights are okay but I hate how chunky the three dot setup makes the sight picture.

 

[Bassomatic]

I'm working on broken things tonight, but yeah RIA are great. I'm actually getting mad enough at my 38 victorys enough (parts kits) I might just buy a fucking RIA. The 1911 are fine, I legit suggest the cheaper models, so you can lego them as you choose. It's on my list because my only 1911 is my Grandpa's officers pistol from ww2. I've mentioned it before but it's super pimped, well just tight as it gets, it doesn't look as nice as it is. But it was his and it's def got bodies on it. So I just don't feel right using an heirloom.

Because I can't show up here with out opening my wallet like a consuuuuummmmeerrr, I did before ask about an entry red dot for my pops, but I restrained he's a grown boy he can live off irons on a free gun I gave him lol. I started to think, fixed front post, but any good risers so he could rock a cheap reflex? It's fixed front post railed top. Figured ask just for sake of convo and to learn. I mean I'm looking for budget since it's def a safe queen.

 

[Dean Pentel]

Are RIA 1911’s a go or a no-go?

They are good to go especially for the price.

I have one RIA that I think is a solid pistol for the price, the Rock Ultra HC 10mm. It was decent out of the box. A local gunsmith swapped some stuff on it for me (I was initially thinking about sending it to Hayes Custom) and it's now quite good but I rarely fire it. It is one of those weapons where I don't exactly have buyer's remorse but I do wonder now why I was so sure I had to have it.

My understanding is that it's not overly difficult to convert a .38 super to 9mm if you're inclined.

I have a 9mm 1911 already. I think I've posted about it before. I looked into what it might take to convert it to a .38 Super and I think I'd be better off spending a few extra dollars and simply buying a Colt .38 Super were I certain I wanted one. I like the 1911 in 9mm; I don't feel concerned about its lower capacity compared to something like one of my CZs. That said I'm unlikely to ever carry it over one of my CZs or my 10mm 1911s.

Spoiler: The pistols I mentioned. Forgive me if I've posted them before.

 

[Bassomatic]

38. super is big in SA where "mil" rounds are banned. In southern states like TX if they see a 38 shooting they look to illegals.

 

[HumptiDouji]

So yeah this is kind of a Damascus steel situation now, where we can replicate the result easy with modern tech but have only ideas and theories on how it was done originally and no real idea the fuck they were doing to achieve these results back in the day.

Makes those guns all the more enigmatic and fascinating.

Tanfoglio T95

Everything I've heard from people who own them makes them sound like very solid guns overall, but I really do not love the pseudo-racegun look with the lightening cuts and stretched out beavertails. I'd love a 10mm which is much more close to the CZ75's or CZ97's aesthetics.

There's so many that are good.

Wish there were more options for automatics, you only have Desert Eagles and used Grizzly's with the right conversion kit for a .44 Magnum self-loader, would be cool if Dan Coonan cooked up a bigger pistol some day.

 

[SuperConglomerateWhale]

After a few weeks of deliberation I jumped on a Jericho, specifically a "Magnum Research Desert Eagle 9mm" with a 3.5" barrel. My Shadow 2 mags would not catch in the mag well so when my NICS is done and I take it home I'll mess around with it and see if I can find small frame Tanfoglio mags that'll work.

 

[Bassomatic]

Do it, get it blued and a SS rod. I love my 941. It's a great feeling pistol and memes.

 

[AGPinochet]

A Guy has painstakingly recreated the BR55 Battle Rifle from the video game Halo 2. It will be featured in the new Garand Thumb upload tomorrow. It uses a standard AR barrel and a proprietary BCG from Evolution Weapon Systems. There are only three examples in existence. The creator states that due to compromises made to preserve the aesthetics of the weapon, it takes about 2 hours to fully assemble an example.

In other, more mundane news a Dev by the name of DespicableTrashPanda has created a push button AR safety


A Canadian guy has created a Pseudo L85, it also uses an AR barrel in a custom trunnion

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

It also appears that Falkor Defense licensed the design

Do you want to convert your AR into a weird and Janky pseudo-downward ejecting design? Simply attach a Brass Goat brass catcher without the little magazine thing installed

There is also the much sensible Brass Bully and Johnson Custom's brass deflector

Printed Glock 40 Frame with full dust cover, uses either Gen 3 20L slides or Gen 4 OEM's and Gen 3 LPK


"Shock" Anti Material Rifle made in the former Donetsk People's Republic utilizing an NSV Utes HMG barrel


Ukrainian Fort-28 5.7 pistol


OTs-03 SVU Bullpup in Chechnya


Zenitco Kochevnik in Dagestan


Counterfit bullpup PKP in Idlib, Syria


Close up of an Idlib conversion of an M16A2 upper, they chop the carrying handle and weld/pin on a pic rail. Commonly done for the purpose of creating NV/Thermal equipped DMR's and night fighting rifles.


Hezbollah fighter not only with a Bullpup PKM, but also with a 9a-91 9x39mm assault rifle

 

[StyxHexenHamster1350]

In other, more mundane news a Dev by the name of DespicableTrashPanda has created a push button AR safety

Reminds me of the Super Safety, but without the forced-reset function.

The Super Safety:

Downloads:
Original: https://odysee.com/@hoffmantactical:3/Super-Safety-V4.4:f
Tor: http://urzthcil4cjyfxqbs2jtjgebuyrr.../guns/part_supersafety_forced_reset_safety.7z
I2P: http://rdir7ttkd22qzrynsixhdst2jeg5.../guns/part_supersafety_forced_reset_safety.7z

 

[Club Sandwich]

I'd love a 10mm which is much more close to the CZ75's or CZ97's aesthetics.

CZ Custom shop 97BD in 10mm is really the only option outside of finding an older T95.

small frame Tanfoglio mags that'll work.

Tanfoglio contracts Mec-Gar for a lot of magazines, and they should have something that will work. Tanfoglio, EAA, and IFG are all labels for the same gun under different importers.