Mega Rad Gun Thread

[Ravier Xavenblood]

Guy who made this video made a good point about guns like the C9 technically being OpFor weapons. Of course nowadays I think OpFor weapons training for the police would involve Dracos, PLR-16's and Glocks with wish.com giggle switches.

 

[Dean Pentel]

Also Sarco has a big lot of SIG police trade ins, but more interestingly literal crates of TLR-1 and TLR-1 HL weapon lights for under $100. all are "carry worn" and have no accessories but are fully functional. about half have new LEDs installed in the last 2 years too replacing the originals from the factory.

I'd never heard of this website. You weren't kidding about those deals. I'll pick up an HL or two for those prices. Thank you bro.

 

[Ravier Xavenblood]

I'd never heard of this website. You weren't kidding about those deals. I'll pick up an HL or two for those prices. Thank you bro.

Fuck me that's a better deal than a used one on eBay. If you need a reliable weapon light but don't want to spend the extra cash on a Surefire, get one of these.


https://www.sarcoinc.com/police-trade-in-streamlight-tlr-1-weapons-light/

 

[Bogliacci]

My 5.56 can took about 25 days to get approved, now we see how long my last one will take! Come ooooon 24 hours!

 

[Club Sandwich]

I'd never heard of this website. You weren't kidding about those deals. I'll pick up an HL or two for those prices. Thank you bro.

Fuck me that's a better deal than a used one on eBay. If you need a reliable weapon light but don't want to spend the extra cash on a Surefire, get one of these.


https://www.sarcoinc.com/police-trade-in-streamlight-tlr-1-weapons-light/

from looking at a couple of these, about half or a bit over that have the 2nd gen TFFC K2 LEDs and are in good condition as is the reflector and date to 2008-2012, with the other half of lights being newer LEDs being 1st gen CREE XR-E modules from 2014ish.

here is the white sheet with parts list. note that the LED is technically not user-serviceable, but like any other Luxeon III, K2, K2 TFFC, et c, you can replace it with any compatible LED like a CREE XR-E or XR-C et c with a steady hand and soldering skills.

https://www.streamlight.com/docs/default-source/info-sheet-with-part-numbers/tlr1_sup.pdf?sfvrsn=cab0a7f0_63

 

[Dean Pentel]

My 5.56 can took about 25 days to get approved, now we see how long my last one will take! Come ooooon 24 hours!

Fucking lucky! I put in for two Huxwrx cans at the end of April and not a peep yet. I also sprung for a Flow 556 TI that should be into my dealer's store on Friday. Let's see how long that one takes.

 

[Bogliacci]

Fucking lucky! I put in for two Huxwrx cans at the end of April and not a peep yet. I also sprung for a Flow 556 TI that should be into my dealer's store on Friday. Let's see how long that one takes.

So far its been 3 days and 25 days for my approvals. Very wild, I'd say under 6 weeks is probably the average at the moment.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

speaking of bad triggers, Why is it that a lot of DA/SA auto pistol triggers are pretty shitty out of the box, leading to many people replacing springs etc while most DA revolver triggers tend to be pretty decent (even when heavy) when new? You'd think a revolvers DA pull would feel worse given it has to retract the hammer, rotate and index the cylinder all at once vs just retracting the hammer on a automatic.

 

[hog cranking frog]

Hand finished vs mass produced maybe? I found the trigger in my CZ75 to break in around 200 rounds.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

Hand finished vs mass produced maybe? I found the trigger in my CZ75 to break in around 200 rounds.

Ruger, S&W and colt revolvers are all mass produced. the only thing that is hand fit on any of them is the and cylinder stop (sometimes called a bolt) because they set the timing. all other hand work is cosmetic.

 

[Club Sandwich]

Why is it that a lot of DA/SA auto pistol triggers are pretty shitty out of the box, leading to many people replacing springs etc

most aren't pretty shitty, they're mediocre or unexpectedly squishy instead of crisp and clean. that and triggers on DA/SA automatics perform numerous functions. even a relatively straightforward design like the Glock 17 has the trigger interacting with the trigger safety assembly, the trigger shoe, trigger bar, trigger spring, trigger connector, firing pin safety plunger and spring, the striker, the striker spring, and and it get more complex from there on some models or with some aftermarket parts.

revolvers that are DA/SA, for example the S&W model 19, the trigger interacts with the trigger return spring, the cylinder stop and spring, the rebound slide and spring, the hammer block (flag), the hand (and ratchet on the cylinder), the hammer assembly itself (the DA and SA sears, hammer spring, stirrup, et c) and arguably the hammer block is optional.

in an automatic, many of the springs are progressive or dual rate and work with detentes against smooth motion with "snap actions" being more common as parts are dropped into place or out of place or slid at a distance against resistance which increase the amount of force to move something. in a revolver much of the movement are polished surfaces sliding against each other and/or using pivots to rotate or use mechanical advantage to move against linear springs that are mostly designed to release a mechanism after a sequence of easier rotation or in-line movements with pivots.

this leads automatic pistol trigger actions to be abrupt and simple, inexpensive, and easier to service; while many revolver actions are more complex and some specific parts require minor additional fitting (even in mass manufacturing they are made slightly oversize in key positions and filed and fit together which takes 10-20 minutes - Ruger and S&W have it down pretty well, and on top of that MIM does not require fitting, only final machining) and semi-precise movements and often the materials must be made in a way that takes a bit more effort. these sorts of trigger actions are certainly possible in automatic if you play with mechanical advantages (Walther PPQ), or linearize the movements (Berreta 84BB) with frame and slide purpose built around the trigger and breechblock instead of fitting a trigger in the leftover areas of a frame/slide from a different gun.

 

[The Dude]

Some of the best DA/SA triggers I've ever felt are on vintage S&W N Frames (and I'm sure on their other DA/SA revolvers). The trigger on my 1st Gen no-dash Model 57 (circa late 1960s) is particularly nice. I had a Model 28 Highway Patrolman from the mid 50s years back that was even better (I really regret selling that one). IMHO "they just don't make 'em like they used to" is a true statement.

 

[AGPinochet]

Belarusian Groza


Not entirely sure what this is, Pipe shotgun with rather strange pull and release trigger mechanism and no visible way of loading? Your guess is as good as mine


"Potop 43" (Rotor 43) is a Russian manufacturer of Suppressors, I have been unable to find any reference to this gun online, the only similar image that exists is a photoshopped image of a Vityaz in an MP7 like configuration on the Brandon Herrera subreddit.





"Gee Ivan, your mom lets you have TWO integrally suppressed 9x39mm rifles?"


RMB-93






Early Ambi AR tech


P308 3D Printable AR-10 mag by Instructive Content


There seems to be a continuing trend, bringing the fictional firearms of the Halo franchise to life. Recently a teaser from a youtube channel known as Wendigo Arms has put out a teaser for their "MA24" in the dark. The "MA24" appears to be a body kit for an AR that will make it resemble one of the "MA" series assault rifles from the Halo franchise

Many a year ago a Filipino man invented some kind of on gun shotgun speedloader for use in the shooting competitions he was involved in.

Now I may have dreamed or Imagined this, But I could almost swear that I saw a video detailing a device that was remarkably similar to this and was revealed recently (no more than a few days ago) but I cannot find any such video matching my recollection, so who knows

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

Guy who made this video made a good point about guns like the C9 technically being OpFor weapons. Of course nowadays I think OpFor weapons training for the police would involve Dracos, PLR-16's and Glocks with wish.com giggle switches.

Watching that video, he mentions that crime guns basically never get maintained and tend to have random ammo thrown into them, so I wonder how many full auto mag dumps an unmaintained glock can take before it's not going to work well.

 

[BallsMcLongDong]

Watching that video, he mentions that crime guns basically never get maintained and tend to have random ammo thrown into them, so I wonder how many full auto mag dumps an unmaintained glock can take before it's not going to work well.

Depends on the geographical and environmental flavor of culturally enriched individuals, and how limp their wrist is.
A south Floridian basketball american with a firm grip will have things like humidity to contend with, but that iron alligatuh grabbin' grasp will prevent metal from bopping the way it shouldn't with a limp wrist.
A north californian Sneakerhead will have drier climate, but his feminine wrists will not be able to prevent metal from bopping incorrectly, due to the soy and lead in the water.
Either way, will be a lot of bodies behind the Glock before they manage to kill it.

Nigs shoot, Gaston Glock laughs.
"On Today's Episode of GarandThumb, we found out how many drivebys it takes to kill a glock. We've got a special guest, Darquirium Nasheebo. Now, Daquirium, is it correct that you've never cleaned this?"

"Dey come apart?"
"Perfect, Micah, let's get that ballistic target set up. No the, nice one. He's not going to hit it anyway."

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

Nigs shoot, Gaston Glock laughs.

And then his horse cooms, for fun and profit

 

[Damocles_Sword]

Gentlemen, BEHOLD! The book of fudd!

 

[Ravier Xavenblood]

Watching that video, he mentions that crime guns basically never get maintained and tend to have random ammo thrown into them, so I wonder how many full auto mag dumps an unmaintained glock can take before it's not going to work well.

A few at least since Glawks are fairly reliable. That being said, even a TRUE and HONEST AK or a high end AR will jam if neglected and abused enough.

I always wondered why police seized guns always had bags of mismatched ammo with them and the video finally answered that question lol. That must be why so many stores keep ammo away from the customer even in states where it's not legally required to be in a locked case.

 

[Smoke Manmuscle]

You gents have helped me out in the past on my old account so I owe you guys something in return. I recently bought a 1000 round box of Winchester 115 grain 9mm FMJ and so far have had 4 to 5 failures to eject the spent cases, a couple of which have been stove pipes. For transparency two failures to eject have been from my Beretta 92 and two have been from my glock 19 with the possible fifth failure being out of my brother's Hellcat. I say possible because I can't say with complete certainty that the ammo was fully to blame for that one. I wasn't there when it happened.

While this isn't some huge ground breaking story, last year I asked about getting the exact same type of ammo from AAC, same weight same projectile type. And with that cheaper stuff we didn't have a single issue, even out of Walther p38.

I wanted to bring this up because I found some reviews of the Winchester stuff on Scheel's site complaining about similar issues and it made me think.

Take that information as you will but hopefully I've contributed something to help out

I've always had issues with Winchester white box. Granted I did buy it all during COVID so I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it since I heard a lot of reports of lackluster QC/sketchy ammo from pretty much every manufacturer during that timeframe. I did a lot of testing with it. My G45, different mags, G43X, different mags, SP5 (tried all 3 mags and still had inconsistent FTE, but I only had 3 mags for it at the time cuz those shits are expensive), buddies Sigs, etc. What makes it worse is I was an idiot back then and dumped all that Winchester, Bellom (another 9mm brand that I constantly have issues with but bought a shit load of during COVID cuz no ammo anywhere) and my Federal 115 FMJ into the same ammo can I had just marked as "9mm FMJ." On the bright side, I got really good at clearing malfunctions quickly while I was going through that can.

I can’t talk more without power leveling but suffice it to say in the past 5 years there was a conscious decision made at Winchester to deprioritize the civilian market in favor of government and LEO contracts.

Check the lot number on the ammo especially if it’s Covid era. Winchester and Herters had a recall issued for powder issues.

As a side note Herters and Browning brand ammo is just Winchester ammo in a different box. Some of them even have Winchester headstamps. Some of the higher grade Browning is unique but most of it is just repackaged Winchester ammo.

 

[Wahgonga]

My latest project.

I'm way out in the boonies, no significant legal limits to what you can own or where you can shoot. Small pest control is a constant job, but there are situations where my usual .17hmr and .22lr rifles aren't the best choice. Picked up a German spring-piston Diana 48 .177 sidelever air rifle. I already had an old all steel RWS C-Mount and a Dianawerk muzzle weight made specifically for the rifle in my parts inventory.

Pulled the iron sights, mounted a Hawke 4x40 AO scope with the C-mount and added the muzzle weight. Finished it with a proper sling and QD studs. Has a fully adjustable 2 stage trigger set at 1.5 lbs. It quietly pushes a 16.5 gr. hollowpoint at just over 1000 fps. Rodent headshots at 50-60 yards from a rest are no problem. Plinking beer cans offhand at 70 yds is easy as well. Sometimes less is more. Helluva rifle.