Mega Rad Gun Thread

[Bassomatic]

Gentleman and ladies, I'd like to tell you a story that happened in my newest mine craft server discord. This didn't happen in real life.

mp5+ can into a NIGGER groundhog, works damn well. I had some of dr basso's I've been drinking wad cutters in the mag, not a proper sub sonic. Quick double tap from 20 or so feet.

Man these new mods Notch made are really good.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

Gentleman and ladies, I'd like to tell you a story that happened in my newest mine craft server discord. This didn't happen in real life.

mp5+ can into a NIGGER groundhog, works damn well. I had some of dr basso's I've been drinking wad cutters in the mag, not a proper sub sonic. Quick double tap from 20 or so feet.

Man these new mods Notch made are really good.

ground hogs are open season most places in America mr bass. no need to just play online.

 

[Pretend To Imagine]

I don't see the point of First Focal Plane variable optics, seems like unnecessary expenditure. If your target is far enough away that you need holdovers you're probably at max magnification anyway, your rifle is probably zeroed and you either have a dope sheet or stickers on your turret for marked distances.
But, ooh! No! I need all my holdovers to work at both 3x AND 30x! It's really really important!

It’s not really necessary on a 1-6, but as you get higher magnification it becomes useful.

 

[AGPinochet]

Printed Saiga-12 bullpup conversion (the large boxy segment covers the trigger linkage)


Suomi M31 with 3D Printed gat crank and MG3 Tripod adapter


SR-3M (first example I am aware of in and around the SMO Zone)


Another first example for me, AK-12K (Obr. 2020?) alongside an AK-12 Obr. 2023. Didn't even know these were in production much less received the Obr.2020 (But not Obr. 2023 upgrades despite recent AK-200 series prototypes having them)


Custom Stgw.57 for sale on the french black market


Taureg rebel in Mali with suppressed and GL Equipped F2000


Tactical Walther MP




This is functional btw


Lifecard with charging handle and external grip storage (Designer's website https://www.3dgearsupply.com/products)

Now with 30 degree offset magwell

In realspace

Leber V2 AR FCG MP5 lower by GunCAD Dev S3 without hammer, trigger or HK Ejector pin holes, that role is not taken on by an internal piece. Requires reinforcement plates made by SendCutSend so not wholly DIY. Never even thought of something like this, weird to think about.


Apparently the guy who invented the Sharps ReliaBolt had a falling out with Sharps Bros and now is doing his own thing creating custom cartridges and hawking a rebranded ReliaBolt

https://soldiersystems.net/2024/10/09/2024-ndia-future-forces-conference-poster-2-weapon-systems-upgrades-for-m4-m16/

Apoogies, whenever Soldier Systems uploads posters from conferences like this one they always do it in a dogshit resolution


website

https://www.gxaa.com/

webpage with a link to a pdf containing info on his 6.35mm cartridge

https://www.gxaa.com/technical

claims include
-Compared to M855, a 90gr 6.35mm projectile at 300m has 28% less drop, 36% higher velocity and 160% more retained energy at a lower pressure than M855A1
-Weight increased by 2oz per 30rnds
-approx 10% more recoil

The poster also contains the following info
-The 9.525x32mm AKA .375 Knockout (KO) propels a 350gr bullet at subsonic velocities with 10gr of propellant
-The 8x38mm is designed around Foreign military AK conversions
-Achieves 85-90% of 7.62x51 in the 150-175gr range ballistic performance
-Options for 250gr subsonics

TenX TX-12 Special Task Weapon (It's an underbarrel shotgun)




During a burndown test for the AB Warthog 5.56, At 0:07 there's something very strange, an externally protruding auto sear pin.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

This is functional btw

why wouldn't it be? the Ruger american takes AR mags as standard.

 

[Club Sandwich]

I genuinely can't think of a scenario where 5.56 works at distance.

cascades, rolling hills, and mountains all along shasta, rockies, et c. i've taken goats and deer on cliffs and mountain sides and a 5.56 carbine does the job at 500ish meters, open sights. a 4x can push it to a little over 800 meters and when the terrain is slopes, ravines, valleys, and hilltops there is a enough obstruction and often distance (vertical and otherwise) that it comes into play for a light backpack friendly carbine. .30-30 often has too much drop at these distances and .308 is awkward to alpine hike and bivvy with.

 

[Autistic Gunspergings]

I don't see the point of First Focal Plane variable optics, seems like unnecessary expenditure. If your target is far enough away that you need holdovers you're probably at max magnification anyway, your rifle is probably zeroed and you either have a dope sheet or stickers on your turret for marked distances.
But, ooh! No! I need all my holdovers to work at both 3x AND 30x! It's really really important!

FFP optics are best with ranges you wouldn't use an LPVO for in the first place.
IMO LPVO magnification is low enough that the 1x setting/max setting serves everything in between well enough to ignore the other settings. At that point, you might as well use an SFP optic.
This is why I prefer using a prism and piggyback RMR. Elcans are also pretty cool, but it's personal preference at that point.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

FFP optics are best with ranges you wouldn't use an LPVO for in the first place.
IMO LPVO magnification is low enough that the 1x setting/max setting serves everything in between well enough to ignore the other settings. At that point, you might as well use an SFP optic.
This is why I prefer using a prism and piggyback RMR. Elcans are also pretty cool, but it's personal preference at that point.

I'm not even talking about LPVOs, but there being FFP LPVOs is ridiculous enough as it is.
It's just weird how people obsess about holdovers when you absolutely want the maximum amount of magnification possible, and it's bad enough that fixed power optics are going extinct in exchange for variable power scopes.

 

[Pretend To Imagine]

FFP optics are best with ranges you wouldn't use an LPVO for in the first place.
IMO LPVO magnification is low enough that the 1x setting/max setting serves everything in between well enough to ignore the other settings. At that point, you might as well use an SFP optic.
This is why I prefer using a prism and piggyback RMR. Elcans are also pretty cool, but it's personal preference at that point.

The FFP LPVOs are typically the ones that have a reticle with lots of elevation and wind holds. They are good if you are shooting 400-800 regularly. At those ranges you will also be shooting better ammo if you want consistent results.

The prisms or dot magnifier combos are pretty good out to 400, but beyond that the lower magnification of them isn’t as effective unless the targets are well contrasted.

 

[Samhain]

Apoogies, whenever Soldier Systems uploads posters from conferences like this one they always do it in a dogshit resolution

It's something WordPress does, but even the original resolution of the image they uploaded isn't high:



Speaking of the Sharps Relia-Bolt, I have one of their complete DLC coated BCGs. It's in the first AR I owned, back when I was experimenting with buying various "upgrades." The tapered lugs are nice, and DLC is definitely a nice finish, but I question using S7 tool steel to increase strength. Centurion added an increased radius between the lugs and the body to combat stress on the lugs.

 

[Buttigieg2020]

I wouldn’t trust 5.56 past 100 yards honestly.


Thats why I only use an M1 in .30-06.


2 World Wars baby! Stopping power!

 

[The Dude]

Took my oldest son to the range today and had a helluva great time. Brought the Staccato, FK Brno PSD, HK Mark 23, S&W Model 57, Browning Buckmark, Browning BL-22, and the Mossberg .22lr lever action rifle I bought for my son for his 8th birthday. Got the red dots for the Staccato and PSD zeroed. It was my first time shooting the Staccato, FK Brno and Model 57 since I bought them, and the first time shooting for my son at an actual range. Every other time I've taken him it's just been plinking cans and bottles out in the boonies.

The Staccato ran like a gas-soaked weasel with it's ass on fire. I was able to get a pretty great group at 20yds using S&B ball ammo, and I zeroed it for the Hornaday Critical Duty 135gr FlexLock +P ammo I've been carrying in it. The FK Brno PSD was a helluva fun gun to shoot. You really know when you touch one of those off. It's like a .357 Mag going off (850 ft. lbs. at the muzzle), but recoil was very controllable. Kinda like shooting my Mark 23. I didn't group that well with the Model 57. It's been a long time since I've shot magnum wheelguns. Just need to get back into the groove with it.

My boy shot everything at least once. He said he favorite one was the FK Brno. I plan on taking him more often, even if it's just to shoot .22s so he can build up his skills.

I'm happy that I've got the Staccato all set up now. I'm going to experiment with some other ammo to see what it likes best, but so far it's happy with the Hornaday. I have a box of Underwood 90gr Xtreme Defender +P, the kind that have the flutes cut into it so it looks like a Phillips-head/cross-head screwdriver, and if it runs and groups well with them then I'll likely buy more for winter carry since they won't potentially gunked up and fail to expand when they punch through heavy winter clothing like traditional hollow points sometimes can. I've also got some Gold Dot 124gr +P as well.

Speaking of ammo, I bought some of those non-pyrotechnic tracers in .45 ACP since it was some of the cheapest target ammo I could find. I think the box of 50 was only like $19. Anyways, they actually do work. Some of them didn't, but most worked, though they were a little hard to see in the bright lights of the range and at such short distances, but if you were out in the dark and shooting at a longer range I think it would be a lot easier for the shooter to see.

Edit: Forgot to mention that shooting that Browning BL-22 that I inherited from my father-in-law was really nice. Honestly it's one of the sweetest shooting .22 rifles I've ever shot. Ran really smoothly, groups nice and tight, and feels great because it's so light and handy. It's definitely going to get a lot of use with my family.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Knowing that a Steyr AUG 40 cal exists but basically only in Brazil because of the cokeheads saddens me beyond belief. I want one Steyr. Probably will just settle with a HI point carbine or a Ruger PC carbine in 40 after I get my pistol, but I can dream bros of getting a bullpup 40 cal subgun of doom.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I'd disagree. I think the plains are the most similar to Ukraine out of anywhere in the US. Ukraine, specifically the Donbass, is nothing but vast open steppe with occasional treeline, and isolated urban/suburban settlements.

Lets think about this. If large scale violence comes to Dakota, or Utah, or Nebraska, where is all the fighting going to be? Well we can look at Ukraine for guidance. In Ukraine they're not fighting in open plains. The plains (steppe) dont offer cover or concealment or infrastructure or anything really. They build defensive fortifications in advantageous locations. They build trenches on the edges of cities. They build trenches in treelines. They build trenches at critical road and railroad junctions. Simply put, the violence is where the important stuff is located.

I'd be willing to bet if violence comes to Nebraska, the village of Big Springs (a town of 400 with a critical junction of US interstate 80) will be more likely to see violence than some random cornfield. Similarly, if violence comes to Utah, who is going to be dying over a literal wasteland desert with nothing in it? Nobody. But lots of ment probably will die over control of Provo Utah. All the major highways coming out of southern California to Salt lake city go through provo. If you can take provo, you have massive leverage over salt lake.

I live in Utah. It depends on where you are. The Wasatch front is where most people live here. That would be urban, though long stretches of semi flat terrain would lend well to sniping. 308 and above would reign king. Now getting closer to the mountains? You want AT LEAST a 300 win mag. 6.5 Creedmore would be decent, but in general you would want magnums with lots of energy just due to distances getting longer.

As for who would die over Utah? We have the deepest copper mine in the world as well as large quantities of uranium and salt. Not to mention gold. Lots of minerals come out of here.

 

[SHIGGSHOGG]

Ime FFP optics are bad since even with a 1-8 the reticle is totally invisible, and at max mag the reticle is way too thick. I used to have a Monstrum and at 1X it HAD to be illuminated, and at 100 yards the crosshairs would totally hide a soup can, so at least 4MOA probably. I can't even imagine what this would look like with 3-30 or something like that, as really neither end is all that useable.
Instead of fucking with a useless scope I currently have a 3-18 SFP and it's much much better than a FFP due to being good at all mags, where speed shooting and super precise stuff are equally doable.

LPVOs are fine, but the people talking about them are all armchair experts and overstate their useability. It's really a master of none situation, where by trying to do everything you can't do anything. Being a one guy team is difficult though, as you can't just lean on the DMR or SPR guy when you need him. You can push a red dot pretty far by just dropping to a lower setting, and score similar enough hits to an LPVO, as really both of them require guesswork. Things will obviously suck when they're not built to do something

 

[John Badman]

PSA put my m193 and m855 purchase under fraud review and I had to talk to a nigger lady named Jessica in customer service
I’m just glad it wasn’t an indian man.

 

[Falcos_Commisar]

used to have a Monstrum and at 1X it HAD to be illuminated, and at 100 yards the crosshairs would totally hide a soup can, so at least 4MOA probably. I can't even imagine what this would look like with 3-30 or something like that, as really neither end is all that useable.

That's because Monstrum is Chinese "mediocre at best" glass and built quality. That's like thinking an IO AK is representative of all AKs....

LPVOs don't start to get good until $600+ aka a Vortex Viper or better

 

[SHIGGSHOGG]

That's because Monstrum is Chinese "mediocre at best" glass and built quality. That's like thinking an IO AK is representative of all AKs....

LPVOs don't start to get good until $600+ aka a Vortex Viper or better

For sure, but to have a reticle be thick enough to work without batteries at 1X it's gonna be fatter than your mom's legs at 6X and above.
I only briefly looked through some fancy scope that was 3-30ish, but same deal where one end will suck and the other will really suck, no matter how you design shit.
I really don't like the idea of relying on something that needs batteries where they only last a little while. It's one thing if you have a 50K hour red dot, but I've killed scope batteries by forgetting them a couple days. Even if you have to multiply by doubles or triples to do holds, an SFP doesn't need batteries to operate at low X.

 

[Bassomatic]

ground hogs are open season most places in America mr bass. no need to just play online.

They are open, but there is some gay commie rules about city limits that might tell me I can't dakka out back, in theory.

It was really a simple job. I'm not a sociopath but dude was fucking my garden up and they are over populated here. I was kinda impressed how well these rounds I cobbled together worked.

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Knowing that a Steyr AUG 40 cal exists but basically only in Brazil because of the cokeheads saddens me beyond belief. I want one Steyr. Probably will just settle with a HI point carbine or a Ruger PC carbine in 40 after I get my pistol, but I can dream bros of getting a bullpup 40 cal subgun of doom.

Can this be swapped to 10mm? I mean.. 556, like the 9mm can be. What a weird concept.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Can this be swapped to 10mm? I mean.. 556, like the 9mm can be. What a weird concept.

It is specifically 40 cal because Brazil is full of coke heads and don't trust 9mm to do the job when it comes to a drug fueled bezerker charging at some cop with a machete. I'm serious.