The P10 platform does just about what Glock does but at a considerably lower pricepoint.
Speaking of Glock, I want them to announce Gen 6 already. If the patents are to be believed, it'll have a modular grip system and, perhaps, a modular dust cover for different slide lengths. That being said, Ruger beat them to the punch with the RXM. Fantastic platform.
Hmmm, a modular Glock...
The P10 is nice except.... It's magazines aren't cheap.
I'm definitely with you here but I simply don't see that ever happening.
Regarding weapon acquisition, is there anything that makes you all stop concerning yourself with getting [next thing]? For me, it's seeing how much skill I lack with a platform. For instance, I have two Christensen Arms rifles I bought in 2021 when I heard they were supposed to be awesome. They're not, never buy anything from that dogshit company. Anyway, even though both rifles had to go back to them for warranty work and buying a custom setup based around American Rifle Company's CDG action is damn tempting, I want to run both of those CA rifles until I really improve my LR rifle skills. So while there's stuff catching my eye I want to "run what I brung" until it makes better sense to put money into something else.
What are your thoughts on this?
The barriers to getting really cheap suppressors as far as I can tell are what prices the market will bear, the fact that quality manufacturing is never cheap, and also the fact that the dollar's value is constantly falling. Paperwork expenses may fall away if the tax gets eliminated and we no longer have to ask permission from the satanic pedophiles in government, but I don't see that affecting the MSRP of the cans.
Can makers might start discounting
Couple of factors
If I don't have a pile of ammo for it already I'm automatically less inclined to buy it. Simple as that.
If its a gun over $500 I am definitely not impulse buying it.
If its something goofy that's going to cost an additional $500 to actually be usable I am probably going to pump the brakes (R.I.P. FrankenAR-57, my beloved)
You are totally right about just using what you got to develop your base skills more. There are fiddly specific things that you can only train when using a specific gun but we aren't HIGH SPEED OOPERATORS that need to worry about that kind of stuff. Whenever I get the itch and something is in my cart I think about how much ammo I could buy for half of that instead and how much range time that would allow me and in that context I can resist.
There are a couple things on my wishlist that I will be getting soon™ because they're cool and that's the only reason but they aren't impulses they're more of obsessions.
Yeah. I want a Colt Vest Pocket, a PPK in .32, a Bodyguard 2.0 and a JAKL that doesn't exist yet. Oh and my 6.5 CM build. That's really about it for a REALLY long time.
In the end, you can't replace what's great about the classics with the next thing, and the next thing isn't a massive upgrade over the "tool" grade firearms I already have, so I simply don't gunsoom.
Gunsooming is 100% driven by guntubers aka paid marketers
That's what they're known for; Nothing fancy and they get the job done. If you get bored shooting it that means you're good with it.
don't do that
Generally speaking everyone's first purchase is going to be terrible, my first gun was a Mosin Nagant way back when they were still under $100.
My favorite range gun - if I had to pick one it would be a dead tie between the Beretta 92 and the 1911. Rifles don't give me the same joy anymore.
As far as the AR-15 goes, the important part is that the lower receiver is the serialized part. The upper, which includes the bolt and the barrel, can be shipped to your house. So you can use an upper chambered in anything that uses the AR-15 patterned magazine. The leading suggestion is to buy an AR in the configuration of an M4, basically what you picked out. Very light, very capable. The only downside is that it's comparable to a Glock in that it gets boring because it just works.
The go-to "fun" gun in the US is a lever action rifle. You cannot not have fun with one. Buy a Rossi R95 or R92/Heritage 92 in .357, buy a bunch of .38 Special round nose and you will have genuine fun.
Or a Henry or Marlin
.22LR stuff is fun because its low recoil and cheap. I have an AR-15 that I can convert to a .22 with a drop in bolt and special magazines, its a lot of fun to shoot. You could also get a Ruger 10/22 its the AR-15 of .22s - lots of aftermarket stuff available. The only downside is that .22LR is dirty so you'll be cleaning your stuff more.
Revolvers are fun because loading and unloading them is fun.
Shotguns are fun if you're shooting clays.
I dont personally own one but they are a lot of fun as well.
An additional thing to consider is that you could do fun stuff with your gun. IDPA, IDPSA, SCSA (and others but these are just the ones in my area) are all competitive shooting events that involve things other than standing and poking holes in a target.
Agreed. .22lr is fun and cheap.
So several years ago I paid a guy to make me a reproduction of the big Bowie knife from the movie Predator. Sadly I never got my knife and the maker dropped off the face of the earth with my money. Fast forward to a couple days ago and he messages me saying he has a full refund ready for me and needs my address. The next day he messages again with photos of an envelope with a label that has my name and address on it, and a receipt with a tracking number. So if things are going as well as they are, then I should hopefully have my money back soon. I think I'm going to roll it into one of my current projects. Most likely an EOTech for my Vector.
Awesome. Still.... Where the hell did that guy run off to?
think there were windows where it would have made more sense. Between the world wars, and between WWII and Vietnam, namely
That's when the draft was pretty normal and dare I say accepted.
You'd usually get drafted for a ~21 month year term of enlistment for active duty and you could be in the reserves for up to 5 years after that.
My Grandad was drafted in 1956 and was out in 1958. Deployed to White Sands and got to see the really early SAMs being fired.
Ex-Syrian now Lebanese MP5k briefcase with one of those E-girl dolls
Sigh.... It's a Labubu doll
Walther PP/PPK, The glock, The bersa is nice if you get a good one, The Ruger LC380 should be good (I have the 9mm and It point shoots well.)
don't overlook the .32's either. It's a good cartridge. the Beretta 3032 is good, the Keltec P32 is legendary and a vintage Walther PP in .32 is fairly affordable, Especially the ones made under Manhurin (~$500)
I genuinely dislike the LCP II. My mom had one and my grandparents now have it on the bedside table. Its the only gun i have ever fired one mag through and never wanted to again. It's just too small, it doesn't fit the hand, and its actually revolting to look upon. its so small that its easy to get slide bite, and Ruger, for whatever reason, decided to make the edges on the slide literally razor sharp. the top of my moms thumb was removed because of it.
Ekk in .32 get the real deal PPK. The PP is BIG for a .32.
Bodyguard 2.0
12+1 round capacity, good trigger, and despite the small size and low weight it's by far the best shooting micro .380 I've ever tried. I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of recoil, shoots like a larger gun and followup shots seem much easier than with other similar micros
Yep. Note that it has recoil as it's so small and light but it's not punishing.
That steel based 5.56 is gonna be the move imo. I saw some straight walled 5.56 from somewhere in Asia that looked sick and was able to achieve the same power but with less weight and double the capacity or so. Seeing THAT with the steel base at 80k would be awesome, but even 80k regular 5.56 will still be swag, and has the upside of more case capacity/power vs a straight wall 5.56.
I guess you gotta figure out if you'd rather match/slightly improve power but boost the shit outta weight savings/capacity, or have some more power for the same gear you already have. Curious to see if civs end up getting this stuff and how reloadable it is. Doing a .300blk a or .338 wildcat on this case would be pretty sweet
Shell shock will just make a better 5.56mm case anyway.
The S&W Bodyguard 2.0 is unironically the best micro compact I have ever held or fired in my life. It feels fantastic in the hand, has more than manageable recoil, and the power is more than adequate. Not saying there may not be better out there depending on your needs, but I love mine and would highly recommend it to any man capable of handling it. Only reason I can not say it's for everyone is because I guarantee women or men with weak grips and fingers would struggle to operate the slide release and rack the slide. With the ten round magazine, its's extremely concealable. Only other criticism I have is that it's a little too small for IWB carry with the 10 round magazine, and the magazines are stupid fucking expensive. But I still think it's worth it.
Yeah. I'll put a Hogue sleeve on mine as the back strap nicely lines up with a joint in my hand...
380 PPKs are unusually uncomfortable shooters for their size and chambering, it's almost puzzling.
Because they're direct blowback.
Ah I forgot to include the link to the full report for everyone
My guess is the guys in the woods take out the few responding police and then storm the facility to free illegals detained but once the guys in the woods had a jam they didn’t know how to clear they just all decided to book it through the woods and got lost in the woods for a bit.
Definitely seems like they read how to gorilla for dummies because they also had cellphones in faraday bags but didn’t know the ass end of a rifle. Definitely your standard “I got huh raids to take on da government” types.
Lol they're retarded. Hope they enjoy DECADES in prison.
As an owner of a Shellback (Rampage), just for the threads general information, their build quality is just OK but their comfort is superb. I think if I tried hard enough I could probably rip it apart with my hands; it lacks some double stiching in places that might need it. Mine also only opens at the cumberbund, not the shoulder strap, meaning hat and earpro have to come off to put it on or take it off.
But taking into account you wear these things for hours and hours, comfort is the #1 selling point for any PC for me, followed by durability, followed by scaleability.
It works for me, but its a hard recomend for others.
Interesting. What's the jump up on comfort and durability?
I've never felt more justified in the ridicule I've given every person who adopted the P320 from day 1. Literally every polymer pistol, striker or otherwise is better, right on down to the Grip Zone of the re-labeled HS Produkt XD's, and even the humble Kel-Tec's and Hi-Points.
The only issue every one of those "not Glocks" ever had was NOT going bang with a trigger pull, which, while not ideal, is FAR MORE ACCEPTIBLE than a loaded gun just going "pop" on its own with no interaction with the trigger, but from being jostled.
I've owned some shitty guns over the years, but NOT A SINGLE ONE just went "bang" on its own, unless it was clearly broken.
Sig never really attempted to fix this and it shows, mostly in their focus on the P365, which is a much better design, as it has a real firing pin block, and not some stamped piece of shit that relies on a mouse trap spring and the build tolerance of multiple parts to ensure it doesn't literally blown one of your balls off.
Yeah. SIG is FUCKED with the P320 series now.
I have a feeling they'll discontinue it soon enough and transition totally to the P365
