Mega Rad Gun Thread

Club Sandwich said:
trust me when i say it's both fun and interesting to collect weird guns, but also expensive and difficult to shoot when they use weird ammo or parts are nonexistent in case of breakage. other more "common" stuff can just be extremely expensive (GPMG parts for example, common enough but can be $$$ sometimes).
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Oh I know, I have a decent collection which can be seen on my youtube channel. My old crossfire mk1 was also featured by Brandon Herrera recently after he bought it off consignment from cabelas.
 
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MrShekelstein36 said:
Oh I know, I have a decent collection which can be seen on my youtube channel. My old crossfire mk1 was also featured by Brandon Herrera recently after he bought it off consignment from cabelas.
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Funny you say that, he literally just mentioned and corroborated this on the unsub episode uploaded an hour ago. And also mentioned it came with a letter stating how fucking dogshit the gun is and rules for how to not break it.
 
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BallsMcLongDong said:
Funny you say that, he literally just mentioned and corroborated this on the unsub episode uploaded an hour ago. And also mentioned it came with a letter stating how fucking dogshit the gun is and rules for how to not break it.
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I fucking hated that gun so fucking much that it drove me insane. Originally I was gonna keep it but after having to spend 5 hours fixing it after it was racked on safe, I decided against it. Cause I know I would have broken it.

Also, to anyone who has a crossfire here. I am probably the only person alive who knows how to gunsmith one, contact me if you break yours. My fee is $100 every 30min.
 
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Dean Pentel said:
I'm not meaning to be overly pedantic but it depends on how much he shoots. If he's only running his rifle once in a while it's simply not worth the upfront costs. Also, reloading is not a time-friendly endeavor. Finally, he may not be enough of an autist to really enjoy reloading. He doesn't need to be all Primal Rights about it, but you get what I'm saying.

They do make carry and concealment a lot easier. I tried my level best to get into it with 2 Springfield XD-S pistols and a S&W Shield. In the end I opt for an M&P 2.0 Compact in 9mm when I want to carry light. This isn't to say snubbies or micro compacts don't work because they'll stop a fight just fine. I'm like you in that I appreciate a pistol that isn't so small it brings additional challenges to shooting it well.

S&W M&P in 10mm is decent. Getting Apex Tactical fire control parts in it makes quite good. The Sig 320 XTen is pretty good too but it's damn big. That too has excellent aftermarket options for upgrades.

They no longer import these but EAA used to bring in a lovely 10mm in their Witness Elite Match line. I'm no longer looking for one but I've heard those are solid (if you can find one these days). Might be worth looking into if you want a steel framed double stack 10mm.
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EAA Witness is just Tangfolio, and you can still get them in the States as Tangfolio.
 
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The Dude said:
I vehemently disagree that the ACOG is antiquated and a waste of money.
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It's an optic family initially designed in the 1980s that costs upwards of a thousand dollars. Its claim to fame is "muh fiber optic, muh SOCOM." It's antiquated. If you love fixed magnification, the inability to get a sight picture at night, and the possibility of your reticle getting uncomfortably bright during the daytime, you'll love it.
The Dude said:
They have a lot of benefits that other optics don't offer, such as never needing batteries (unless you get the LED model) and their rugged construction.
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You're going to be changing out batteries anyway if you recognize the potential issues mentioned earlier and spring for the LED model. As for rugged construction, the average LPVO or red dot will hold up to whatever abuse us spergs can throw at it. We're not going to be dropping bombs on them.
The Dude said:
There was a Marine during the GWOT who took a 7.62x39mm round to his ACOG, blasting a sizable hole in the side, and it didn't even lose zero.
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I highly doubt any of us here are Marines that'll take a hit to the optic while battling hajis.
The Dude said:
I think they're a great option for anyone who wants a simple, rugged optic for a fighting carbine or PCC and doesn't want a red dot.
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The thing about rifles meant for fighting is that if you have to use them for fighting, you're most likely not going to be able to pick the time, the lighting and the distance. A good LPVO with an illuminated reticle or a red dot with magnifier will cover a larger spread of possible scenarios better than an ACOG will, doing so at a much lower price (the only real drawback is weight). This is why nobody serious is using ACOGs anymore. The last time I saw someone using an ACOG, it was six months ago and the only reason he was running it was because it was a clone build. They're rare for a reason.

They're not shit optics. They have a use case and they meet that use case very well. The problem is that the use case is very narrow and our understanding of combat has evolved to the point that ACOGs are recognized as insufficient to meet a variety of modern challenges. Same thing happened to the M1 Garand and the 1911. The ACOG was hot shit in the 90s and everyone wanted one. Not the case anymore.
 
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Romulus augustulus said:
they come in through IFG now. the witness name is retired since EAA lost the import rights.
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Yep. IFG is also who is importing the FK Brno and 7.5fk ammo. I've bought a box through them so far and everything went smoothly. I want to order a box of the 101gr high velocity ammo from them next, as well as more 95gr high velocity "discarding tip" hollow points. I don't think they offer the 95gr jacketed lead core hollow point ammo any longer, only the solid copper stuff. I bought a 50rnd box of the jacketed hollow points when I first bought my PSD as well as 50rnds of the solid copper 95gr "discarding tip" and used the jacketed ammo to sight in the RMR on my PSD. It really is a fun pistol to shoot and I want to get a holster for it someday. It's definitely one of my more exotic guns.
 
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So I got my Beretta 92x (used) last week and ran into some problems with it. First of all, the RMR plate was still attached to the slide and one of the screws holding it in place was stripped. And as if that weren't enough, I took it to the range today only to discover the firing pin was fucked. It would chamber rounds just fine, but it would go click every time I pulled the trigger. Not even a misfire because there was literally zero indentation on the primer. And the extractor works just fine too.

I swear if Bubba somehow got loctite in the firing pin mechanism.... Used guns are a dice roll and I rolled a nat 1 with this one.
 
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Agares said:
So I got my Beretta 92x (used) last week and ran into some problems with it. First of all, the RMR plate was still attached to the slide and one of the screws holding it in place was stripped. And as if that weren't enough, I took it to the range today only to discover the firing pin was fucked. It would chamber rounds just fine, but it would go click every time I pulled the trigger. Not even a misfire because there was literally zero indentation on the primer. And the extractor works just fine too.

I swear if Bubba somehow got loctite in the firing pin mechanism.... Used guns are a dice roll and I rolled a nat 1 with this one.
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Could be something else. Did you try the pencil trick?
Put a pencil down the barrel, eraser end first. Pull the trigger, if the firing pin is moving at all, it'll launch the pencil out. if it's not the pin and it's the spring, you'll at least see a weak indentation on the eraser.
It's all good. Same thing happened with my wife's cheetah, thankfully got a pin for it.
Edit: just reread, isn't even hitting primer. you can take the slide off and push the pin, see if you can see it. Could also be something fouled and in the way.
 
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BallsMcLongDong said:
Could be something else. Did you try the pencil trick?
Put a pencil down the barrel, eraser end first. Pull the trigger, if the firing pin is moving at all, it'll launch the pencil out. if it's not the pin and it's the spring, you'll at least see a weak indentation on the eraser.
It's all good. Same thing happened with my wife's cheetah, thankfully got a pin for it.
Edit: just reread, isn't even hitting primer. you can take the slide off and push the pin, see if you can see it. Could also be something fouled and in the way.
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Much remoil and field stripping later and the firing pin won't budge. Tried the pencil trick to test too. I also noticed a small streak of red loctite on the extractor, but that part works normally.

"Fuck my life, youtube!" as Kingcobra would say.
 
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Agares said:
Much remoil and field stripping later and the firing pin won't budge. Tried the pencil trick to test too. I also noticed a small streak of red loctite on the extractor, but that part works normally.

"Fuck my life, youtube!" as Kingcobra would say.
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Like it won't move at all? Even with the firing pin block pushed down? Woof. Hope there's not a ring of loctite on it. Can gently try to get it to move by stripping it down to just the pin, then slowly taking a concave punch and light hammer taps to the back of the pin.
 
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WhatInTheActualFuck said:
Fucking hell, people overuse the hell out of that shit and in the most inappropriate places, too.
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Blue loctite is just fine for optics and rails but no, retards just have to use the stronger red stuff.
BallsMcLongDong said:
Like it won't move at all? Even with the firing pin block pushed down? Woof. Hope there's not a ring of loctite on it. Can gently try to get it to move by stripping it down to just the pin, then slowly taking a concave punch and light hammer taps to the back of the pin.
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This is gonna need the work of an actual gunsmith. I don't have the setup to do that anymore. Is the firing pin block the thing in the slide that goes up when the trigger is pulled?
 
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Dean Pentel said:
CZ Custom sells them for sure, too. Since I am not in the market for one myself I have not looked thoroughly but you can always email those guys. They're quite helpful.
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They’re always out of stock when I visit the website but I haven’t tried emailing them
 
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Blasterisk said:
Aw yeah, toobz, watch that King Cobra microwave magic on the firing pin with bacon, extra cheese and beeeeeeeer. I'm using Red Lager-tite and it is gonna be tight.

That's most definitely what's up.
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Deep frted firing pin.

Time to spend the same price the gun cost new to get it fixed, haha yessssth
 
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