Mega Rad Gun Thread

Krusty762 said:
I also picked up a can today. Was a good day I just need some pizza.
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I still want to get me an Infinity from them. I heard they're coming out with an updated Infinity later this year. Maybe I'll wait for that.
WhatInTheActualFuck said:
Got the upper for my upcoming SBR put together:

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First time I've had to thermally fit the barrel extension into the upper receiver, but otherwise pretty uneventful.

Parts if anyone cares:
ZRODelta assembled upper
Ballistic Advantage 11.3" Hanson profile barrel with pinned gas block
Andro Corp nitrided BCG
Radian Raptor CH (still enroute; placeholder from the parts bin in its place for now)
Midwest 10.5" Combat Rail
Precision Defense Plan B flash hider

This thing is gonna feel like a toy when it's all together - it weighs basically fuckall.

When the stamp comes through, I'll send the upper that it's replacing to my brother so he can have a fun lightweight rifle to play with.
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If you don't mind answering, how much was the total on this? I'm curious how it compares to getting a similar upper from BCM or Centurion Arms.

Bros, turns out below 150 grains .30 rifle bullet options are few. If I'm going to roll my own I'll likely pick either a 110 gr V-MAX (which I like in .300 BLK) or a 125 gr Sierra TGK.

My Ned Christiansen 1911 is almost done. I should have that in hand within the next two weeks. Goddamn was this a long time coming.
 
Dean Pentel said:
If you don't mind answering, how much was the total on this? I'm curious how it compares to getting a similar upper from BCM or Centurion Arms.
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All in, just shy of $650 as it stands including shipping costs from three different vendors (Primary Arms, AIM Surplus and Optics Planet). Technically, I already had the BCG in the parts bin as a spare and the Raptor is a nice to have that's going to replace something else that was also already in the parts bin, so actual out of pocket was ~$550 and could have been as low as about $475 if I didn't want the Gucci charging handle too.

It's worth noting that that's the all-in cost for a suppressor-ready drop-in upper that includes all of the reciprocating parts. A lot of the uppers I see online omit the BCG and CH.
 
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Anyone have much experience with SDS Imports Inglis-branded turkish HP clones? I have a color cased hardened one and am looking for new sights but with the myriad of different dovetail sizes throughout the various HP variants it just makes me go "Uhhhhh buuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh".

I'm thinking these or maybe these. The stock sights are just a black U notch (that's not cut very well) and a brass bead front. Bonus is that I just shot it for the first time today and after putting 160-ish rounds through in an un-ac'd indoor range in around 25 minutes the slide got hot enough that the rear sight decided it no longer liked its place in life and wanted to fuck off.

Got it for $450 during an Easter sale.
 
Romulus augustulus said:
The catch with nickel cases:
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Nickel-brass cartridge cases were invented to prevent corrosion from exposure to leather in cartridge belts. The leather in the shell loops will corrode the brass after a time and prevent perfect feeding, ejecting and sometimes the brass can fail when fired with this corrosion. I'm a lowly zoomer but i can remember one of the old boys in the local sheriffs department that carried a .357 mag revolver. he carried two speed-loaders in a pouch and had a line of 6-12 more shells in loops on their belt. and to my best recollection they were nickle-brass.

I use them to differentiate between my standard pressure .45 colt loads and my +P loads.

My Observations:
  • they stay clean and shiny. any fouling wipes right off, and they look factory new if tumbled for a few minutes in a case cleaner.
  • They do not expand as well as brass to the chamber walls. often this leads to gas blow back on the case walls. Brass cases with the same loading fully expand and seal the chamber. this is largely harmless but might lose some velocity, I wager.
  • Case life is short. The above case was loaded 4 times to magnum pressures before splitting. nickel rifle brass case life may be shorter even still. this is because the cases work harden faster than normal.
  • Nickel cases cannot be annealed. brass and nickel have different annealing temperatures.
  • Nickel cases feed and extract very nicely. "slick" is the term i would use for them.
  • more expensive.
Overall, for plinking and general shooting they aren't worth it. however, if your cases spend days and months in contact with leather they have utility. if you are going deep into the back country hunting I'd also consider them for their general corrosion resistance. it's a high performance solution to high performance problems.
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I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this a few times, but my old man was in law enforcement. He worked full-time for the department of corrections and part time for INS/ICE. For much of his time at INS before it became ICE when it became part of DHS he was issued a Smith and Wesson 686 with 4" barrel. His gun rig was all black leather with a dual speed loaded pouch and a 12 loop slider for loose cartridges.

The 686 was dad's favorite issued sidearm from either agency. In the later half of the 90s the 686s were replaced with Beretta 96D Brigadiers. Basically the Beretta 92 in .40 S&W with a heavier slide and double action only. Dad hated it. He was issued GLOCK 23s for about the last 7 years with Corrections and liked them a lot. Some LE agencies will allow officers to purchase their issued sidearm when a new weapon is selected for issue, and dad hoped he'd be able to buy his 686, but Janet Reno was the AG at the time, and that diseased cooze forbade federal agents from purchasing their issued weapons because she "didn't want them ending up on the streets". Fucking cunt. So they all got scrapped, melted down for paper clips and staples or some shit. What a waste of some fine weapons since they were all 80s and early 90s made weapons, pre-Hillary Hole. Dad's still had the firing pin on the hammer, not the transfer bar safety style. He often brought it with when we'd go camping for camp defense.
 
The Dude said:
issued a Smith and Wesson 686
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Kentucky State police were issued those before they went to the 10mm S&W 1076. I remember when they sold off their old .357s and 10mm guns. I was just a little kid so i couldn't buy any. I'd love to have one but they don't come up for sale much anymore and sellers want a war pension for them when they do. they were engraved with they state police logo on the frame or slide.
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Got my rifle fully assembled. Ended up going with a kak quad upper instead for the rifle length. Between the rails and the lpvo its a beefy boi, but also an incredibly smooth shooter.

Next up I'm working on a Kuna build with an atrius FRS.
 
Long shot, but does anyone have good mechanical knowledge of short recoil on long/emplaced Arms?

I've had a mind to build a Breda 30, and I'd like to make the dwell (locked?) time a little long to see if I can do away with the oiler.
Would decreasing barrel weight induce such a thing?
 
Good Goyim said:
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Got my rifle fully assembled. Ended up going with a kak quad upper instead for the rifle length. Between the rails and the lpvo its a beefy boi, but also an incredibly smooth shooter.

Next up I'm working on a Kuna build with an atrius FRS.
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What kind of front band is that on that 870? also I got a tactical myself contrary to what some would say about Remington's buggery the 870 is a workhorse and the action is smooth as can be, Mossberg is fine but there's something about the cycle that doesn't feel the same.
 
Romulus augustulus said:
Kentucky State police were issued those before they went to the 10mm S&W 1076. I remember when they sold off their old .357s and 10mm guns. I was just a little kid so i couldn't buy any. I'd love to have one but they don't come up for sale much anymore and sellers want a war pension for them when they do. they were engraved with they state police logo on the frame or slide.
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At one point I owned a nickel plated S&W 586 with 4" barrel that was in brand new condition. It was exactly like my old man's issued 686, but nickel plated carbon steel instead of stainless. It even had the firing pin in the hammer instead of transfer bar system, just like dad's issued sidearm, and I bought it because of my memories of dad's sidearm. I definitely regret letting that one go, along with my vintage N Frames. I also owned an ex-FBI issued 1076 that I had bought off my buddy. Again, regret letting that one go too. If I still had it I would definitely have it as one of my carry guns. I personally believe the 1076 was one of the best 10mm Auto handguns ever made. When S&W was designing it they brought in Novak of Novak Sights fame to help design it. That's why they came with Novak night sights. They were built to such a high standard that they were nearly like a factory made custom gun. Just a big, beefy stainless beast roughly the size of a 1911, but with a slightly shorter barrel, but they could eat a regular diet of full-load 10mm with no problem, so the pussy-ass FBI Light Loads the Bureau ended up issuing as their standard ammunition because their panty-waisted college educated agents couldn't handle the recoil of full loads were a cake walk for the 1076.
 
The Dude said:
At one point I owned a nickel plated S&W 586 with 4" barrel that was in brand new condition. It was exactly like my old man's issued 686, but nickel plated carbon steel instead of stainless. It even had the firing pin in the hammer instead of transfer bar system, just like dad's issued sidearm, and I bought it because of my memories of dad's sidearm. I definitely regret letting that one go, along with my vintage N Frames. I also owned an ex-FBI issued 1076 that I had bought off my buddy. Again, regret letting that one go too. If I still had it I would definitely have it as one of my carry guns. I personally believe the 1076 was one of the best 10mm Auto handguns ever made. When S&W was designing it they brought in Novak of Novak Sights fame to help design it. That's why they came with Novak night sights. They were built to such a high standard that they were nearly like a factory made custom gun. Just a big, beefy stainless beast roughly the size of a 1911, but with a slightly shorter barrel, but they could eat a regular diet of full-load 10mm with no problem, so the pussy-ass FBI Light Loads the Bureau ended up issuing as their standard ammunition because their panty-waisted college educated agents couldn't handle the recoil of full loads were a cake walk for the 1076.
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At one point I had a 1006 (the full size 5-in one) and a 1076, ended up letting go of the 1076 when I started downsizing my collection. The 1006 is probably the last gun I'll ever get rid of.
 

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I got a model 10-10 security surplus at the gunstore, I'm a shameful slut for this purchase

at least now I can really larp as a detective
 
Martys_not_smarty said:
What kind of front band is that on that 870? also I got a tactical myself contrary to what some would say about Remington's buggery the 870 is a workhorse and the action is smooth as can be, Mossberg is fine but there's something about the cycle that doesn't feel the same.
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Honestly i don't know it came with 2 round extension that came on the gun. Admittedly , the only reason I bought this over a mossberg is because this is a pre-freedom 870
 
Taser Confetti said:
I remember when these were called Boberg XR-9. They were always finicky and would rip bullets out of the case causing about the most catastrophic jam you can imagine. Only fired one once and it was in .45.
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Yes, they were designed by a guy from Minnesota called Arne Boberg who ran his own company for a while. Clever guy but extremely cantankerous, I'm not surprised he was eventually forced to sell the design to a larger company.
 
Sog Dog said:
Yes, they were designed by a guy from Minnesota called Arne Boberg who ran his own company for a while. Clever guy but extremely cantankerous, I'm not surprised he was eventually forced to sell the design to a larger company.
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It and the AR-57 uppers are perfect examples of “just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should” in the firearms industry.
 
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