Mega Rad Gun Thread

[Samhain]

I visited /k/ for the first time in about a month. What a mistake.

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

limp wristing 1911s and clearly never shot before while the guys were all speaking Hindi and filming it.

Nothing makes me sideeye a range neighbor quite like breaking out the phones to take pictures or video. Most of the super fucky behavior I've seen at ranges was "for the 'gram".

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

Nothing makes me sideeye a range neighbor quite like breaking out the phones to take pictures or video. Most of the super fucky behavior I've seen at ranges was "for the 'gram".

Just hearing people speak Hindi at the range would be a massive red flag for me. Like, enough to turn around and go to public land instead. There's just something about traditional Hindu culture that makes it not compatible with firearms or basic safety concepts.

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[POWER IN MISERY]

Nothing makes me sideeye a range neighbor quite like breaking out the phones to take pictures or video. Most of the super fucky behavior I've seen at ranges was "for the 'gram"

the discord meetup that happened in the lane next to me complete with talking about fallout and a 6 foot 2 fridge man wearing a goth dress is still fresh in my memory.
i'm sick of how much the ranges near me suck. nothing goes beyond 25 yards and every single guy behind the counter is a bitch that takes great lengths just to not be cool. nothing outdoors is near me so i'm in purgatory.

 

[Yours Truly 2095]

the discord meetup that happened in the lane next to me complete with talking about fallout and a 6 foot 2 fridge man wearing a goth dress is still fresh in my memory.
i'm sick of how much the ranges near me suck. nothing goes beyond 25 yards and every single guy behind the counter is a bitch that takes great lengths just to not be cool. nothing outdoors is near me so i'm in purgatory.

Here bro just purchase this. For the price of a house and multiple acres of land you too can shoot in a trailer

 

[DavidS877]

Here bro just purchase this. For the price of a house and multiple acres of land you too can shoot in a trailer

I know a guy in town with some commercial bare land he hasn't been able to lease and I keep thinking about seeing if I can bring one of those in. Then I realize it's out of my budget.

 

[Dean Pentel]

Thread bros, a thing just occurred to me. Some of you have probably figured this out ages ago so feel free to rate me fucking retarded.

I prefer to use a plumb bob to level the reticle when mounting optics. I've done this for a long time because it works and it's cheap. It can be done indoors but it's not all that convenient, I found.

Another option to level a scope's reticle indoors is to use a laser level. Reasonably inexpensive options abound, it's easily mobile, and the contrast between the laser and the reticle makes it easier to line them up and know their positions quickly. How did this not occur to me until just now? That TBI must have been worse than I thought. Anyway, just wanted to share with you all.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Ukrainian prototype KBS-1 in 9x18 Makarov, based on the Glock 17:

Looks like they carved the frame from a cuttingboard, but otherwise I like it.

 

[Yours Truly 2095]

I know a guy in town with some commercial bare land he hasn't been able to lease I keep thinking about seeing if I can bring one of those in. Then I realize it's out of my budget.

It would be cheaper to buy an entire house on 5+ acres than that thing

 

[Clout $ Monei]

So after a little bit of research on the Beretta semi-autos, I found out why some can't get extended tubes : the piston is blocking the end of the tube, where on other models the piston is around the tube. Pics for illustration.

I couldn't find any model with the latter on domestic (France) markets except for the very expensive A400s, and I can't be bothered to look for imports for now...
I did find a second hand wood furnished M2 for 1k however, so I went with that.

Screenshot from a Benelli video that made me laugh.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

I did find a second hand wood furnished M2 for 1k however, so I went with that.

Good shit, that was going to be my recommendation. It's the dominant shotgun in 3-gun and has been for some time, only just being threatened by the 1301 because of shilling.

 

[Club Sandwich]

How did this not occur to me until just now?

a plumb bob uses string and gravity. the rifle is leveled independently on a rest using the action rails.

a laser level uses batteries, requires some level of calibration (either you or the factory) and you must make sure that whatever method you're using to hold the laser level is also level and square with whatever is holding the rifle in place.

after doing this professionally for literal decades, i gave up on laser levels early on for quality and consistency issues. sometimes the laser just isn't fine enough for some crosshairs despite all other factors being good.

a plumb bob hung from a support and into a bucket of water at a few meters distance, then level the rifle and lap the rings as appropriate, then level the scope and observe proper torque. do it once, and do it right. alternately the way i do it now is a little different since i use the table off a defunct lathe to align everything down to a few thousandths. same concept though.

 

[SuperConglomerateWhale]

always ask to see consignment or old stock that hasn't moved in a while or stuff like that. dead inventory is dead weight is money on the books occupying space i can put actual moving product. i blew out the Gen 3 LEO Glock 22's and 23's i had for $300 out the door with 2 mags just to get rid of them since i was running out of space and new stuff from Glock and Springfield were becoming hot items (P365 just got released) and i needed room for the new SIG stuff too. this can work for accessories like bushmaster-branded boresnake cleaning kits and some other stuff.

The rifle wasn't consignment or deadstock it was mostly passed up because the wood doesn't match. Throat and muzzle according to the gauge is a 1 so I say I Jew'd them. Unfortunately They've had an "exceptional individuals" M1's from the CMP up for consignmemt for over a year with more worn barrels, he's asking over $2,500 each so they take up space.

Because MUH Gun Jesus - redditards

IO literally makes AK shaped grenades.

RTI imports guns that might fire and are in essentially one piece.

IO and RTI are basically the same. RTI is currently selling guns that aren't even in one piece. My FFL decided to risk $200 on an SMLE and the end of the barrel disintegrated when they took it out of the box, it was also missing a bolt that they (RTI) later claimed shipped with the gun.

What are the more reputable semi-auto shotguns on the market? I'm looking at both new and second hand, mostly in the big brands (I've been warned about cheap turkish shotguns). Are inertia systems really worth the easier clean-up?

Beretta A300 Ultima Patrol if you want a great entry level "tactical" looking shotgun.

If Walther PDP's looked nearly as good as their turkroach counterparts they probably wouldn't even exist, seeing as how they're similarly priced.

Considering Canik is a cheap Turkshit knockoff of Walther, I have to disagree, people buy Canik because it looks cool but when the encounter the issue of too few liras were spent to manufacture it, they go to Walther.

 

[BikeLock]

I have to disagree

If the Walther PDP's looked as good as the Canik TP9, no one would buy the Canik.

I think we're pretty much on the same page. The TTI Canik was really tempting me, but thankfully I decided to just buy the VP9 Match upper instead.

 

[John Badman]

Holree furck

 

[Burekbossman]

Anybody know if the Kimber R7 mako is any good? I wanna impulse buy one for a smaller carry gun, but I don't wanna carry something unreliable.

 

[Yours Truly 2095]

Anybody know if the Kimber R7 mako is any good? I wanna impulse buy one for a smaller carry gun, but I don't wanna carry something unreliable.

There's really no reason to get anything other than a p365 or hellcat in that form factor. P365 also has a 380 version which is very fun to shoot. Feels like a 22 basically no recoil (you can also get a 380 kit for a 9mm p365 now). I feel the 380 is worth considering with Lehigh defense rounds if you want a pretty fun micro compact to shoot and the complete absence of recoil is nice.

In my opinion the Hellcat has a much better factory design for controls. The slide release and mag release are great. The p365 (I've only shot a 380 so can't speak to the 9mm recoil difference between hellcat and p365) has a subpar slide release and mag release from the factory. The mag release particularly is so small and needs pushed in so much it was basically unusable for me to do reload drills quickly. Armory craft extended ones are in my opinion way better. I do find the hellcat a bit snappy, I carried it for years. Accurate gun, but definitely not always the most fun thing to shoot.

 

[big pauper]

You can get an actual Ruger for $150 easily brand new. Send the trigger pack to brimstone for $45 and you got a better than BX trigger. More options is neat but they'd have to make it better than the real thing to be a serious contender.

a 10-22 costs $299 brand new and you'll be hard pressed to find commodity used guns like a 10/22 for less than msrp because the boomers who went out of their way to scoop up inventory are all broke as shit

 

[Yours Truly 2095]

a 10-22 costs $299 brand new and you'll be hard pressed to find commodity used guns like a 10/22 for less than msrp because the boomers who went out of their way to scoop up inventory are all broke as shit

Yeah sure if all you do is go to bass pro or a local gun store that charges at or above MSRP. Local gun stores are almost always ripping you off if you haven't figured it out yet. I've seen multiple deals on them just in the last couple months at under $200. $169.99 is a fairly common sale price, . Even after tax and transfer fee that's still under $220 if you have anywhere that does transfers for $35 or less. Just 15 days ago there was a sale for $169 at PSA.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]