Mega Rad Gun Thread

[Romulus augustulus]

So i got the python. my preliminary, pre first shot, opinion is that it is the best trigger i've felt out of the box. better than my tuned S&W 66-2.

 

[MrShekelstein36]

I've never had a problem with my G3 mags, but I looked through a box of them and picked out the good ones.

TBF, I just bought one of those blue plastic totes full of them for about a buck fifty a piece. I'm going through finding the ones that work and dumping the rest on a buddy of mine with a kit build that eats anything.

Also damn dude, I thought you were a friend of mine, but he doesn't have any guns due to being broke.

How do you know that I'm not sending myself into crippling debt to buy every weird gun I find online? But nah. Probably don't actually know ya, but if you show up at the range I shoot at, feel free to say hey. I'll probably let ya shoot a mag of something weird.

 

[Anakin Soywalker]

So i got the python. my preliminary, pre first shot, opinion is that it is the best trigger i've felt out of the box. better than my tuned S&W 66-2.

You might want to look into the Wilson Combat rear sight because the only thing I can complain about on mine was the rear sight. Colt/CZ whoever made the decision really cheapest out on the sights big time. It's a loose flimsy POS and I'm getting rid of it.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

You might want to look into the Wilson Combat rear sight because the only thing I can complain about on mine was the rear sight. Colt/CZ whoever made the decision really cheapest out on the sights big time. It's a loose flimsy POS and I'm getting rid of it.

I'll see how it holds up. I ran off about 150 rounds of .38spl on my dillon 550 so I'll sight it in tomorrow weather permitting. Right now its riding in my vintage Bianchi #5BHL but i ordered a holster specific for it from elpaso sadderly. it'll be a month before i get it though.

 

[S.C.U.D.]

That is literally where I'm at lol. I have a lot of wants because I want to build up my collection, but buying the nice shit is completely off the table. In general this is my list in no particular order:

1. A .22LR of some sort, any type, just want one. Collection isn't complete without a 22.
2. A shotgun, 12 gauge, any, not picky, leaning towards a Maverick 88 just due to pure reliability and 7+1 rounds of bang
3. A 40 S&W pistol, probably the SD40 2.0 at this point since I have everything for it, want it to withstand ammo shortages since 40 never runs out.
4. A 9mm. Any type. Have a few in mind, like a Ruger PC carbine, a Beretta 92, and on the cheapo end, literally anything that shoots and doesn't blow up.
5. 45 ACP. Want two. A HI point carbine for that dollar store Tommy gun feel, and a cheap 1911 so I can use some 1911 magazines and 45 ammo I bought years ago. Both of these are more for fun, but also home defense.
6. A AR-15 or AK clone. I already have a semi auto rifle, my SKS for house defense, so this is LOW on the list. I want a decent one with particular specs. Both need to be retro, must have a bayonet lug, full length barrels for either, going for a 80s feel.
7. A Model 10 S&W revolver. 6 rounds, 38 special, already have tons of the stuff, and it's classic. Probably will hop around pawn shops and my LGS for that. This is for fun.

And that's really it. The poorfag wishlist. You're dead on on your observation lol, I'm in my 20s and want it all, but can't have it. This list literally will take years at the current rate.

My advice is buy fewer guns and shoot the guns you do have more. Even if you don't take this advice now, in 10 years you'll feel this way.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

I’m contemplating a Springfield Hellion. Is it worth the purchase? I’ve heard mostly good things.

I initially wanted to buy one but the bolt lacking a finish was super offputting for the price. As a non-bullpup user I find the manual of arms akin to being wrong-handed so I've got no valuable comments on the ergonomics. Stock length was okay for me though.

Not advice - if your retarded ass catches a slide in the face or loses your dick beaters don't blame me.

After reading dissenting opinions on the matter I decided to say fuck it and fired a box of .450 SMC out of my HK45. Absolutely nothing bad happened. It would be retarded as shit to run a steady diet of it but for me it was just proving it wasn't an instant grenade and I'll never fire it again unless I'm inna woods and dealing with hostile critters.

The locking surfaces should be fine even with spicy ammunition but the key replacement is the recoil spring. For .45 Super, and I guess SMC too after a quick Google Bing, it's advised to go for a #20 recoil spring and up to counter lighter slides.
I like how I put a ton of interest into 10mm just to discover vaguely better and more niche shit. But then I see people drop animals with one round out of a bone stock Glock 17 in 9x19 from like 50 feet away.

 

[BallsMcLongDong]

It's almost time, boyos. Got the 30-30 sighted in, greased, and slicker that snail snot. Bringing along some plinkers, too. Going out for a week this month for some good old deer hunt. Even taking an IRL homie, who posts in here sometimes, out to hopefully take his first deer. Wish me luck to snag something, gotta fill up that freezer, per the wife. She wants me to get two this year, so it's likely my poor frozen nuts post up in the orchard over winter with my bow.
If it's a buck, gotta give away the antlers to a young kid again.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

put about 150 rounds of .38spl through the 3 inch python just a few minutes ago and i can say that it's a phenomenal revolver. My thoughts:

• the DA pull is miles better than my S&W and it'd be offensive to even compare it to a DA Ruger.
• I do not care for the rear sight at all, and have ordered the wilson combat to replace it. it will function for now but its not staying on the gun.
• The finish is very nice. the stainless is highly polished and is comparable to a nickle finish in my opinion. I can just about see my reflection on the gun. A good touch is that Colt left the top strap and top of the barrel matte to reduce glare in the sight picture.
• The Colt medallions on the grips are aligned and facing the right way. that's a rare thing these days from the factory.
• The hammer has a wide beaver tail and is easy to cock in single action, and it is smooth when you pull to full cock.
• by the way the trigger and hammer feel in use i can tell that they have cleaned any machine shavings out of the action before assembly. you'd think that be a common-sense thing to do but many manufacturers do not do that leading to a gritty/sandy trigger pull.
• The cylinder has no play at all when its fully locked up. It might seem a stupid thing to say but the way the cylinder closes and the click the gun makes when locking up screams quality. there is also no resistance or binding in the cylinder window when closing the cylinder.
• Ejection is smooth and very positive.
• the roll markings are aesthetically pleasing. unlike so many makes and models of firearm these days with generic box lettering there is a bit of flair to the markings on this gun which I enjoy. the model name is italicized

PYTHON 357
.357 MAGNUM​

• And on the opposite side Colt's name is in very crisp lettering, with COLT in bold lettering ​

Colt's MFG. HARTFORD, CT USA​

• Colt's rampant pony is stamped underneath the cylinder latch. its very crisp. its a depiction of a Cavarly horse breaking a enemy lance with its mouth and legs.
  

  

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all in all i have very please with my purchase and would encourage anyone with the money and desire to buy one to do so.

now im considering a colt's anaconda . . .

 

[AGPinochet]

its the ounce oz

https://www.ounceoz.com/

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it is out of stock on their website but there is a guy on 4chan that posts about his on the weapons board. its very mechanically weird, its long recoil iirc

Thank you, I actually found it by looking back through Rimfire Report on TFB a couple minutes after you made this reply but I hadn't checked the thread in the intervening time

GunCAD Dev Hoffman Tactical has made something extremely interesting, A horizontal pan style helical .22lr magazine. He has not shown off any accompanying firearm design to along with it but he has spoken about one in the works that will use a worm gear to actuate the magazine. Also, whatever he's cooking up he's said "bolt thrust is not going to matter"

He has also improved upon the existing design with the example on the left holding 104 rounds compared to the right's 58 in the exact same form factor. By his calculations, A model holding 600 rounds would be just 9in in Diameter and 5in tall



My only question is if this design going to be semi auto with a blowback operation (and not manual like a gatling) because this needs to be in an FRT Compatible design (and Hoffman did design the Super Safety after all)


RPD With Meprolight optic and adapted PK Box


Zenitco has apparently put the barrel from the rare Full size AM-17 into the standard size model


Lebedev PL-15


Competition Luger with relocated safety


Custom S&W 629 with a "stick shift" scope mount for leading moving targets actuated by the throw lever near the hammer. Not entirely sure what all the grip tape and cheese grated under lug is all about


Seized from a criminal in South Africa, might well be the first ever instance of an optic equipped handgun ever seized in SA or even all of Africa


Here we have something fascinating, an Integrally suppressed Radial Delayed Blowback .300 Blackout, yes, CMMG's novel delay system adapted to a subsonic rifle cartridge. The creator is the guy who runs Broad River Tactical. Using delayed blowback allows him to delete the gas block and tube, port the barrel (he also either sealed or used an upper without the has tube hole) and add a pre suppressor expansion chamber. Closest thing to a *true* Ameri-VSS there is

Hard to see, but a militant of some sort surrendered in Algeria and his AK had a fake Zenitco B-30 rail


AK's are so plentiful you can chop them up into standalone grenade launcher mounts


DIY Rogue-9 PCC. The most refined 3D2A PCC Yet


With a bolt that can be made to look like this with basic hand and power tools


Very curious developments are ongoing in Brazil. Some HueHue (might have, I say this for reasons you'll read below shortly) with a head on his shoulder has modified Professor Parabellum's more recent Hybrid round tube smh design to utilize a printed receiver tube as opposed to a COTS Metal one.


This second example was seized alongside a package of marijuana by Brazilian customs, but I don't know if it was inbound or outbound. Brazil and t a lesser extent the rest of South America has a rich history of underground smg production (one of the more innovate developers in the space today, Joseph the Parrot is Brazilian) so it wouldn't surprise me if the guns were made in country and exported as opposed to being imported.


SR-3M with Mlok rail


Video from Russian Garand Thumb (who, lets be honest here, gets to play with way cooler toys than GT could ever hope to) featuring it alongside a 9A-91 with a flash can

27" 6mm ARC By D. Wilson of D. Wilson manufacturing (he is going to cut it down to a more reasonable length). As configured weighs 20lbs

 

[WelperHelper99]

The MOMENT this goes on sale get it or the stainless 10/22 in polymer furniture.

Modern bluing is meh and Ruger bluing is more meh.

Get stainless for the 10/22

What I'm thinking tbh. Though it'll have to wait. I just found out that my back tires are worn the fuck out and need alignment on my car.

My advice is buy fewer guns and shoot the guns you do have more. Even if you don't take this advice now, in 10 years you'll feel this way.

You're probably right. I DO want a shotgun though. Thinking through my list, A Maverick 88 would probably get used the most out of all of them.

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In other news Ruger just made a 22 hornet Super Redhawk revolver

$1499 bros, 8 shots, LETS GO.

 

[Falcos_Commisar]

all in all i have very please with my purchase and would encourage anyone with the money and desire to buy one to do so.

now im considering a colt's anaconda . . .

Too bad the cylinder release is all backwards and always will be

 

[8mm Cunningham]

Went shooting with frens yesterday. We had a lot of fun shooting everything from .17 HMR to .500 S&W Buffalo Bore. Finally got my AR sighted in right and got some lead downrange with it. The spray painted shotgun I posted in here had 100% success picking apples out of the air. 10/10 day.

 

[Pretend To Imagine]

The spray painted shotgun I posted in here had 100% success picking apples out of the air.

Paint adds 10% to accuracy.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

Too bad the cylinder release is all backwards and always will be

it doesn't bother me. feels natural.

 

[Anakin Soywalker]

I live in a place where it is convenient and quick to get out into the national forest and shoot, what is the cheapest way for me to acquire steel targets on a stand that I can bring with me in my hatchback? I'll only be shooting 9mm, 5.56 and 7.62x39. I'm tired of shooting at cans and random garbage.

 

[Nate Higgers]

I live in a place where it is convenient and quick to get out into the national forest and shoot, what is the cheapest way for me to acquire steel targets on a stand that I can bring with me in my hatchback? I'll only be shooting 9mm, 5.56 and 7.62x39. I'm tired of shooting at cans and random garbage.

Are you 100% committed to steel? Infinite Defense has some pretty interesting non-metallic targets that are made out of some kind of rubber/polymer or something. The downside is that they only hold up to something like 7,000 rounds of 9mm FMJ and they don’t play well with JHP ammunition. That being said, rifle rounds like 5.56 and 7.62x39 would probably make the target not last as long but it’s still something worth looking into

Infinity Target – USPSA/IPSC

 

[S.C.U.D.]

I live in a place where it is convenient and quick to get out into the national forest and shoot, what is the cheapest way for me to acquire steel targets on a stand that I can bring with me in my hatchback? I'll only be shooting 9mm, 5.56 and 7.62x39. I'm tired of shooting at cans and random garbage.

If you want something cheap, it won't hold up and you'll have to rebuy more. Spend more money in the short term on something durable to save money in the long term.

 

[Anakin Soywalker]

Are you 100% committed to steel? Infinite Defense has some pretty interesting non-metallic targets that are made out of some kind of rubber/polymer or something. The downside is that they only hold up to something like 7,000 rounds of 9mm FMJ and they don’t play well with JHP ammunition. That being said, rifle rounds like 5.56 and 7.62x39 would probably make the target not last as long but it’s still something worth looking into

Infinity Target – USPSA/IPSC

If you want something cheap, it won't hold up and you'll have to rebuy more. Spend more money in the short term on something durable to save money in the long term.

I need that ping sound from the steel and those "self healing" polymer targets break down pretty quick and aren't satisfying to get hits on at range. I think I'll buy a target tree with those hinged plates down at my LGS. Probably going to run me a few hundred dollars.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

I need that ping sound from the steel and those "self healing" polymer targets break down pretty quick and aren't satisfying to get hits on at range. I think I'll buy a target tree with those hinged plates down at my LGS. Probably going to run me a few hundred dollars.

these plus a big nail and a tree work well. you can usually find piles of them near rail road tracks.

 

[Rainbow Idiot]

I live in a place where it is convenient and quick to get out into the national forest and shoot, what is the cheapest way for me to acquire steel targets on a stand that I can bring with me in my hatchback? I'll only be shooting 9mm, 5.56 and 7.62x39. I'm tired of shooting at cans and random garbage.

They make a fence post attached target that is pretty easy to set up and take down. Don't have any pics on my right now.