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quaawaa said:
I love the 3D printed grip on the multi-thousand dollar setup.
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It's not 3D printed. It has an aluminum core/frame with micarta or G10 grip scales, kinda like a pistol. The company that made it is sadly no longer in business, which is a shame because they made the nicest AR grips I've ever used.

Edit: Executive Ordnance was the name of the company who made it. There's a similar grip made by Double Star I believe, the company who make the ACE stocks and Hammer stock that I have on my Origin 12. I'll probably get one of those when I do my AR build, because I really like them.
 
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The Dude said:
It has an aluminum core/frame with micarta or G10 grip scales, kinda like a pistol.
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interesting grip design, and a good way to get semi-custom feel for what is otherwise a pretty standard part. wonder how difficult it might be to make new scales and just copy the frame. one of these days i'll have to buy a 3d printer, so much stuff going on i never put time into it since i do subtractive manufacturing on the regular that i never saw much benefit for one beyond prototyping something.
 
Club Sandwich said:
interesting grip design, and a good way to get semi-custom feel for what is otherwise a pretty standard part. wonder how difficult it might be to make new scales and just copy the frame. one of these days i'll have to buy a 3d printer, so much stuff going on i never put time into it since i do subtractive manufacturing on the regular that i never saw much benefit for one beyond prototyping something.
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Here's some close up photos of it. They used to offer different color/texture scales that you could order separately or pick when you ordered the grip, so you could swap them out whenever you want, along with options for the milling on the back strap. They have the two side scales, and one on the front strap where your fingers go, and the rear strap has some grip texture milled into it that's really nice. The ones made by Double Star (I think) have different color G10 scales available, but I don't think they have the third scale on the front strap like this one does, and the overall angle and design of theirs is different.

Edit: The Double Star Stronghold grip is the grip that's similar to the Executive Ordnance, but very different angles, just has the two side scales, and no milling or texture options. But they do offer different color options including all black, red and black, grey and black, and coyote and black.

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Bassomatic said:
Made a good stock option play. About 3500 to waste now.

I'm really thinking ok I like old guns, I want a weird ass black powder era thing. I was browsing the other night saw a gun with an "under hammer" exposed hammer behind the trigger guard that was dope. Forgot what it was called because that night turned into 6 degrees of gun broker and 15 years of Dalwinnie.

I really should just get a FAL or work on the pile of parts kits I have :/
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Hopkins and allen made a lot of under hammer guns, and IIRC Numrich or some other similar outfit bought all the remaining parts when they closed down and continued building rifles for a time. they usually sell for alot less than 1k a piece, usually less than 500. they came in rifle and pistol versions.
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the mainspring for this gun doubles as the trigger guard.
 
Falcos_Commisar said:
Same same. Pre 2008 you'd get AKs for under $500 all day and usually they'd throw in 100-500 rounds of ammo.
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In 2007 I bought somebodies shitty garage build AK from a local gun shop for $450 (mishmash of Romy G parts made to look like an AMD), which of course started to come apart when I actually started to run rounds through it. The original shop took it back in on trade straight up for a new in box Saiga 7.62. I spent about $150 to do a basic conversion and was into the rifle about $600 otd.

Now you can't get an AK worth a fuck for less than $1200, and all the surplus has dried up due to the import bans. I kept telling myself "Man I should pick up a Saiga 5.45..." and never did, which sucks ass.

But hey, my Saiga is now a $1400 rifle... so... woooo?
 
King Of The Kiwis said:
What are some good reliable American guns. The Russians have aks and the Austrians have glocks so what’s America’s
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Aim Surplus has Police Trade-in Smith and Wesson 5946's in stock for $329


Sure the old 3rd gen Smiths aren't in style like all the polymer pistols, but these are generally a reliable brick. Lots of mags around so picking up a few for spares won't hurt the wallet too badly.
 
Neo-Nazi Rich Evans said:
i dont have one, but ive always heard the ruger P series pistols are very reliable.
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They're quite good. The recoil impulse on a P95 is hilarious. The slide velocity is so slow you can easily track the front sight through recoil.
King Of The Kiwis said:
What are some good reliable American guns. The Russians have aks and the Austrians have glocks so what’s America’s
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The AR-15 platform, or the Mossberg 500 series.
 
BikeLock said:
In 2007 I bought somebodies shitty garage build AK from a local gun shop for $450 (mishmash of Romy G parts made to look like an AMD), which of course started to come apart when I actually started to run rounds through it. The original shop took it back in on trade straight up for a new in box Saiga 7.62. I spent about $150 to do a basic conversion and was into the rifle about $600 otd.

Now you can't get an AK worth a fuck for less than $1200, and all the surplus has dried up due to the import bans. I kept telling myself "Man I should pick up a Saiga 5.45..." and never did, which sucks ass.

But hey, my Saiga is now a $1400 rifle... so... woooo?
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I think I paid $600 for my converted 5.56 Saiga.
Wonder what ridiculous price I could get for it today.
 
King Of The Kiwis said:
What are some good reliable American guns. The Russians have aks and the Austrians have glocks so what’s America’s
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Pretty much anything designed by John Moses Browning, the M1 Garand, the Thompson SMG, M3 Grease Gun, M1 Carbine, the M14, Mossberg 500 and 590, Remington 870 and 700, the AR platform of decent quality or better, pretty much any Winchester lever action or bolt action, Smith and Wesson revolvers (especially older ones)...there are a lot of reliable American guns.

Speaking of Winchester lever guns, I was given another one of my father-in-law's guns. It's a Winchester 1892 that was manufactured in 1917. It's chambered in .25-20 WCF, which is a tiny little cartridge, and I got about 200 rounds of ammo with the rifle. It has been refinished at some point and the bore is a bit frosty, but it's in overall good condition.

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King Of The Kiwis said:
What are some good reliable American guns. The Russians have aks and the Austrians have glocks so what’s America’s
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M&P has a good history in law enforcement, AFAIK. the M&P 2.0 I've used is a very nice gun.
AR-15s are a no-brainer.
if we're including historical firearms, then there's a countless amount of designs by Browning alone, not to mention the stuff used in WW2 either.
 
You could say the AR-15 is the most American service rifle ever fielded. Lets go through US military rifles to prove it.

Flintlock rifles - invented in France
Percussion cap rifles - invented in Scotland
Trapdoor Springfield- poop conversion of percussion cap rifle.
Krag Jorgensen- invented in Norway
1903 Springfield- invented in Germany
M1 garand - invented by a Canadian
M14 - based on rifle invented by Canadian
AR15/M16 - Invented by AMERICAN Eugene Stoner in AMERICA 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
 
The Dude said:
Pretty much anything designed by John Moses Browning, the M1 Garand, the Thompson SMG, M3 Grease Gun, M1 Carbine, the M14, Mossberg 500 and 590, Remington 870 and 700, the AR platform of decent quality or better, pretty much any Winchester lever action or bolt action, Smith and Wesson revolvers (especially older ones)...there are a lot of reliable American guns.

Speaking of Winchester lever guns, I was given another one of my father-in-law's guns. It's a Winchester 1892 that was manufactured in 1917. It's chambered in .25-20 WCF, which is a tiny little cartridge, and I got about 200 rounds of ammo with the rifle. It has been refinished at some point and the bore is a bit frosty, but it's in overall good condition.

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In ye olden days the 25-20 and 32-20 were popular do it all cartridges. from squirrel and rabbit to deer and bear. now, you need to be a great shot to take bigger game with these cartridges but it was done successfully probably a million of times. Hunters that use them today for deer recommend only taking shots within 50 yards with a clear broadside shot.

Your Winchester is a saddle ring carbine. that ring on the side of the receiver was made to clip onto a single point cavalry sling. makes it so a horseman does not have to place the gun in a scabbard to take control of the horse with both hands - he can just let the rifle hang from his sling. most of these slings were made of a leather band with a carabiner type clip on the end. winchester 92's in 25-20 are a good value because few people want to reload for it, and winchester made tens of thousands of them.
 
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