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Janki's Mom said:
Which is why I rock a Dan Wesson Pointman.
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I love my Dan Wesson Specialist. It has been a great pistol, and it's one of the pistols I carry the most.

@Adolf Hulkler yeah, I didn't bring up carbon fiber cans because I wasn't really trying to make a comprehensive list of all the features and materials available with American suppressors. My posts tend to be long-winded enough as it is. But now that you mention it, I personally am not a fan of cans made from carbon fiber. I just don't feel like it's an appropriate material for the application. Just like I feel like it's an inappropriate material to make deep sea submersibles out of.
 
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The Dude said:
I love my Dan Wesson Specialist. It has been a great pistol, and it's one of the pistols I carry the most.

@Adolf Hulkler yeah, I didn't bring up carbon fiber cans because I wasn't really trying to make a comprehensive list of all the features and materials available with American suppressors. My posts tend to be long-winded enough as it is. But now that you mention it, I personally am not a fan of cans made from carbon fiber. I just don't feel like it's an appropriate material for the application. Just like I feel like it's an inappropriate material to make deep sea submersibles out of.
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The only use for carbon fiber in suppressors I can think of would be a sleeve around the body. If I remember correctly, it's a pretty good insulator.
 
3d printed titanium seems to be the way to go these days. Lightweight, but pricey.

Only carbon fiber can I could find was for a .22 and only the case is carbon fiber. The blast is almost completely enclosed in the baffles.
 
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Legato said:
3d printed titanium seems to be the way to go these days. Lightweight, but pricey.

Only carbon fiber can I could find was for a .22 and only the case is carbon fiber. The blast is almost completely enclosed in the baffles.
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Yeah, I can definitely see carbon fiber being fine for .22lr and other very low pressure applications. Maybe even some pistol calibers like .45 ACP. But for higher pressures, like .300 WinMag, I'd definitely want something metal.
 
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Legato said:
3d printed titanium seems to be the way to go these days. Lightweight, but pricey.
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Titanium is great if your primary concern is keeping extra weight out front to a minimum. Not the most durable suppressor material, but it's not a problem unless you're doing a lot of mag dumps or full auto. Not great for use with NODs due to titanium creating very noticeable sparking under NV.

Speaking of sparking, something I dislike about a lot of the flow-through or "low back pressure" cans is that their flash suppression is notably inferior to traditional baffle stack cans. Some of them do better than others, but ultimately it comes down to whether your biggest concern is excellent flash mitigation, or getting lead poisoning.
 
I saw this,
Echo_Doge said:
And it's probably a good idea to give your dog [a gun] too, so he can cover you while reloading.
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and once again returned to a thunkful thought I've had several times now, which I would like to discuss here in the hopes someone might have insight.

What kind of legality is there to strapping a gun to a dog? The animal is considered property, like a car, so would the states rules for gun storage in a vehicle apply? One side of the dog pack has the gun, the other side ammo with a lock on the zipper? What about a loaded open carry strapped into Rex's taticool harness? Has anyone actually tried this and there are hysterical court documents on it I'm missing out on? Has a precedent been set yet?

Realistically, storing a loaded firearm on an animal seems wildly irresponsible, full retard even, no matter how well trained the animal is but I'll be damned if the theory of it doesn't make my brain go brrrrr.

”That's my service dog, he needs that 1911 to provide his services for me... The ADA says I don't have to give details, good bye.”
 
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Mechanical Pencil said:
What kind of legality is there to strapping a gun to a dog?
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depends on the state, and i've come across this before:

1. states that allow open carry of a firearm in public reserve that right to people, not animals. animals have a unique bills of animal rights that are not the same as human rights or civil rights. bearing arms in some capacity is a civil right.
2. states that mandate a permit to carry generally require that the permitted person be in control of the firearm at all times when carrying in the manner under the terms of the permit. ergo a dog does not need a permit because a permit cannot apply to the dog, the dog (largely considered property) would "hold" the gun in the same way leaving the gun unattended in a car would be "carrying". many states only allow carrying in a vehicle when it's on your person and in your immediate control. a gun in a locked container (glovebox with a lock, the trunk, et c) typically doesn't need any sort of permit.
3. if the dog's method of carrying precludes the ability of the dog to control the firearm, you must then maintain control of the dog at all times and the firearm that is stored on the body of the dog. this method may not be allowed under the terms of your permit. where it's debatable is where the dog is openly carrying (not concealing) a firearm that is secured to the dog, where the dog has no control of the firearm (be aware that control is often defined as physically in possession of the firearm, not whether or not the possessor can actually use it), where the dog is under the supervision and control of the dog owner, and where no other law prohibits storing a gun on an animal. this is very dubious though and point 4 typically excludes most arguments.
4. i would bet that "storing" your gun on a child or infant or where they have ready access to it might be an equivalent argument to allowing a dog to store and transport your firearm which is almost textbook criminal negligence of storage of a firearm. namely criminal negligence of storage of a firearm (in california this is PC 25100 and specifies that to bear or carry a firearm, it must be under the owner's or legal possessor's exclusive control/custody among other things).
 
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S.C.U.D. said:
That's nothing new, there was a Glock torture test a million years ago where they dropped it out of an airplane.
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It is new, he tossed a Gen 5 Glock off the building, proving that the 3rd gen Glock is still the best gen, mostly.

The 1911 did better than I would've suspected.
 
Yet another obscure object of my desire; a 1940-dated Sauer & Sohn Behörden pistol:
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S.C.U.D. said:
That's nothing new, there was a Glock torture test a million years ago where they dropped it out of an airplane.
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I didn't know glocks could really handle it, until I saw glockamole on /k/.

I love my normie friends and family but when you're the "gun guy" sometimes you get the worst shit to handle or sort.... Pops bore sight doesn't work... was it held on shoulder and not a sled? JUST FUCKING GUESS.

I know how @Club Sandwich feels reading all our tism.

Being said for real, before sat I'll log on again and anyone is welcome to DM me about stuff at sarco. If you want pics or to get something just ask. No I will not kiester a 23mm Russian cannon kit. Only because I'm not a fan of shoplifting. lol.
 
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The Dude said:
I really love some of the early automatics, like the C96, Luger, etc. Some of those early autos are just works of art.
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I have a relatively early striker fired auto in 32 and even with what I assume are original springs it still runs. Only malfunctions I've had is the slide hitting my hand. Gripping too high. The trigger is actually really good. Better than a Glock
 
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The Dude said:
I really love some of the early automatics, like the C96, Luger, etc. Some of those early autos are just works of art.
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400% your dude ship. I love all things that are that era when a new idea comes and everyone tries an different idea. Like first fuel injection on cars, first revolvers on guns etc. No one is quite sure how to do it and because there's not accepted standard each has to be a short or hand made run. The entire brass era not just guns is my jam.

I live near Lugerman and have visited him nicest guy so polite. Out of my range. My dad has 22 erma luger. It's just amazing all around. At the time we didn't know blow back works or have the ideas from JMB so tried blow forward... it's so cool.

I blame star wars why I can't afford the early autos I want lol.

Funny enough there's a very good chance my next gun I'll have sat will be either some random hi power or that Spanish destroyer. (best name ever)
 
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geckogoy said:
Always wondered about that sort of thing. Stuff from the 40s sometimes seems like really rough machining but the fabrication on that looks spectacular.
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Sauer & Sohn made beautifully finished handguns & rifles for the civilian markets, even during the war years. It's a shame, as Sig Sauer pretty much shit the bed on all the quality they used to be known for. Many such cases. Sad.
 
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