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Used to have like 4 of those wide ones myself...now I have a Namibian on mine...haven't seen those in a long time either.
Mega Rad Gun Thread
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Used to have like 4 of those wide ones myself...now I have a Namibian on mine...haven't seen those in a long time either.
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Too damn much. This is not an outlier by the way, rather, one of the more cheaper listings I've seen recently. HK faggots are actually charging each other that much for this bullshit. And HK faggots pay the HK tax happily. Every. Single. Time.
PTR doesn't make any G3 furniture afaik. They actually just have an unlimited stock of old surplus bundeswehr G3 furniture, including those skinny handguards that suck and nobody wants.
Get AC Unity handguards. Still only like 80 bucks, has a bipod ring (if you can find a turkshit or paki bipod for cheap ig) and even modern QD sling mounts. Also, they're ribbed for your pleasure.
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I remember when I got mine and it came with a PTR made skinny and it was just molded plastic that I soon replaced with a sheet metal line one made out of what felt like composite laminate. That aside damn 300 hundred for the hand guard alone, I'm not proud of myself but that's a maybe fifty bucks more than what I paid for mine and it came with the bipod about ten years back. However I did score a B-square mount for dirt cheap, found it in a clearance bin at my local mom and pop shop, also scored some stainless mini-14 scope rings for ten bucks in there too.
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Yeah they do but it's aluminum (at the cheapest anyways). I figure it couldn't be too hard to run a router through a block of aluminum a few times if you can use one to mill out an AR lower. Guess nobody bothered to make one since it's relatively cheap to buy it already done.
This would be a really cool development but with steel or something. Seeing designs based around actual hard metals instead of at best nylon carbon fiber would be really cool.
It's unfortunate that it's $80 handguard or $300 handguard. Surplus is supposed to be the better deal!
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Also on the G3 topic, LTB a SG-1 stock if anyone has seen one for sale for a reasonable price post it up.
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That Pindad SS1...thing...appears to have either an M1 Garand or M14 trigger group. Kinda hard to tell in the photo exactly which one, but you'll notice at the front of the trigger guard there is a square tab with a hole in it. That is the safety lever on an M1/M14.
And I'm the one with the Vector. If they are able to get it to be reliable and safe then I'd definitely be interested in upgrading eventually.
I got enough disposable money with my paycheck this week that I should be able to file my Form 1 to SBR my Vector.
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Just got my first-ever IWB holsters for my handguns a few days ago, and just got around to testing them out now. I am now sitting comfortably at my desk with a Glock 19 on my hip. The mag pouch is a bit much for my current wardrobe to sit comfortably, though, so I might go without it generally, but it is nice to have in case of extreme circumstances.
My revolver holster is a lot more uncomfortable. I think the cylinder jutting out from the frame was digging into my hip, where-as the flat profile of a Glock allows a better distribution of force across a wider area.
My revolver holster is a lot more uncomfortable. I think the cylinder jutting out from the frame was digging into my hip, where-as the flat profile of a Glock allows a better distribution of force across a wider area.
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Operation Pinto is a go. Barrel is sourced, cylinder and ejector rod fit and cycle perfectly, all I need is the hammer nose with another rivet, carve out some grips and frame fittings for the barrel swap.
fuck hammer nose rivets it took way too long to pound out the original
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Pretty sure Radian makes most of theirs in AR-10 flavor. Kinda pricey, but I like them enough to use them on all of my ARs.
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Glocks are wide by modern standards (I think the Beretta PX4 is the polymer pistol thickness king, it makes my Glocks feel modern) but revolvers do create a pressure point with the cylinder being wider than any Glock. A good thick leather holster is crucial to comfortable IWB with a revolver, imo, though depending on which revolver it is that may not help much. For instance one of the 8 shot 357s or a 44 will have a super wide cylinder. I have a shoulder holster for my S&W 29 but I have never even tried to concealed carry the thing.
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Mine's a S&W Model 642. So it's a 5-round hammerless snub-nose in .38 Special. I wouldn't have thought a purse pistol would be a pain in the ass to carry, but here we are.
As for the holster, it's a very hard plastic. I wanted a good holster for my Glock which has a WML, so I asked a friend for a recommendation for a holster for it. Since I have two pistols, I went and bought a holster for my revolver from the same place, not knowing which one I would prefer to carry in the end.
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If you're in the market for a replacement holster for your revolver, I love the Phlster City Special. I've carried my 642UC in it for about a year now AWB and it's been comfortable. I am trying to put weight back on at the moment though, so I guess I'll have to see if it starts to jab me when driving/sitting once I get back to my normal weight.
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Try putting a pad behind it. That holster does have a hard edge on the front of the cylinder which doesn't really make sense, they should have coned it out a bit imo.
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As a quick experiment, I folded a sock and wedged it between my hip and the holster. Seems to have done the trick. Now the real question is finding a way to prevent the sock from getting lost during, say, a trip to the restroom.
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Put the sock where you want it and then either duct tape it to the holster or duct tape it to yourself. If you want to get really fancy you could glue Velcro onto it and get a pad that either has Velcro or fashion something that can take Velcro so you can replace it as you see fit. Say for example you wear through a pad or something or need to adjust relief with a different belt on or want it to color match your socks or something.
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If you go the adhesive Velcro route, this stuff is pretty fucking great. I used some on the right side of my A300 stock to slap shotgun cards on, and that shit isn't going anywhere.
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I wouldn't hold my breath on this.
Actually, metal powders are toxic, so maybe you should hold your breath.
The machines I've seen flow Argon thru the chamber to keep vaporized powder from covering everything in the chamber. Also I think the inert gas also serves to prevent metal powder fires/explosions. And when all said and done, parts often have to be 'baked' to relieve internal stresses in between layers; ie. Hot laser melting substrate on top of Completed cold layers.
Also, the surface finish you get from boiling metal is poopoo, often needs finish machining
I'd put my bets on some kind of novel breakthrough on an existing subtractive technology. I seem to recall a guy on YouTube who made an EDM (electro discharge machining) rig out of an ender3
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I had completely missed Ian covering the Ruger P85. Aging like wine, few of Ruger's own autoloader designs since have been as lasting as the P-series blickies.
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here is a cool 1980's goose hunt that Kentucky afield filmed. Kentucky afield is a state-funded hunting and fishing program that's one of the longest running TV programs in the US. this year the show will have been aired for 80 years straight!
its neat to see how much hasn't changed. camouflage is about all that's different really.