I'm just curious about what sort of roommate he'll look for, given that he really wants someone who will pay their share of the rent this time, but he can't openly look for anyone remotely respectable and no one like that would want to live with him anyway.
He's already at a disadvantage because nobody wants to live with a smelly mongoloid tard who is mentally unstable, steals things, and snitches out people to the cops when he gets mad. Add a gun and nobody in their right mind wants to be around a tard bucks collecting loony who has one and doesn't know how to use it.
I guess I'm more of a gun snob than you are, because I wouldn't consider SCCYs as "mid-range. GLOCK, Beretta, CZ, some SIGs, the HK VP pistols, Smith and Wesson...those are all what I'd consider "mid-range".
And considering how cheap a lot of Soviet surplus Mosin-Nagants tend to be, that says a lot about Phil's finances, or lack thereof.
Where I live, I can find an old Mosin-Nagant in fairly good condition for $200 USD, at least last time I checked.
Best part is that the Mosin-Nagant was originally a Tsarist rifle that the communists simply continued using because it was both a damn fine rifle and there was a fuck ton of them already in circulation by the time the Romanovs were removed from power.
Given its simplicity and reliability, the Soviets kept producing it en masse up until after World War II and they switched to the SKS and later on, the AK platform, and it was still used as a sniper rifle and manufactured for export to states allied to the Soviets up until the early 1970's.
I can’t decide whether it’d be funnier if Phil is just playing pretend badass again and is faking gun ownership or if he actually owns a gun, thus breaking the law because he has been committed multiple times.
Also, I’m not a Yankee-doodle so I’m not sure, would Phil getting tardbux for being a huge autist qualify him as mentally deficient, ‘cause I know that prohibits you from owning a gun as well.
That? That's a piece of shit SCCY. They're barely a step up from a Jennings or Lorcin. Cheap, junky little pocket pistols with short barrels and sight radius, and small frames so they're difficult to shoot accurately.
as others have noted, it's a SCCY (pronounced "Sky") CPX-2 pistol, marketed for inexpensive self defense. i went into a little detail about the company and pistol when the video of Phil shooting at a berm was posted a while ago. in summary it's "meh", and had initial teething problems when brought to market initially.
it's built to a price point, sure, but it isn't a Lorcin or other Ring of Fire pistol. SCCY competes with Bersa, Taurus, Kahr, FMK, et c and does well for itself.
Exactly. It would be fine for casual target shooting and plinking, but I certainly wouldn't trust my life to garbage like that. And Phil's buddy has that mag loaded like they think it's self defense ammunition. The fucktard.
The hilarious thing is Federal sells some of this stuff as "competition" armo. That plastic shit is probably too soft and flexible to get a good seat against the rifling in the barrel to be accurate enough for competition shooting. Unless the competition is "jerk the trigger as fast as you can while not aiming. First one to empty their gun into the side of a berm without hitting anything even remotely close to resembling a target wins." In other words, the way Phil shoots.
it's a "powder coated" (not really, the coating is spray-applied, then swaged for uniformity) soft lead alloy bullet meant for either inexpensive target shooting and (in their more premium branding) for USPSA competition shooting.
synthetic jacketed ammunition is decades old, and was intended to reduce costs associated with ammunition by eliminating one of the primary materials: copper or brass in the bullet's jacket and replace it with a less expensive alternative. a lead alloy bullet is inexpensive to make, but will require a lubrication groove for wax, or a gas check to limit fouling which increases production costs slightly. the coating was originally marketed under the name "Hi-Tek" back in the late 80's and early 90's and was made by J&M in Australia and works pretty well. the thin coating has the same thickness at the surface as typical gliding metal jackets, but is more robust and reduces lead fouling while eliminating copper fouling entirely. additionally, the overall cost to manufacture is less, and this in theory would be passed to the consumer. the case being brass (or aluminum or nickel or zinc plated steel, et c) is irrelevent and is a convenience of cost and the bulk price of materials. the one "cheap" aspect of a polymer coating is that it is velocity limited since it isn't actually bonded to the lead bullet itself, generally needs to stick to velocities under 1500 fps or so.
likewise in competition sports, the main drive of accurate ammunition is bullet design and consistency of powder charge and powder burn rates. in USPSA and similar "practical" shooting competitions, accuracy is irrelevant as you are generally shooting at silhouette targets and are competing on time splits between shots on target and reloads while being "practically" accurate - you're hitting 4 to 8 inch steel plates in as fast as possible and it's not important where on the plate the round strikes as long as the plate is "downed".
the Federal SynTech brand in particular is a stab at Remington/UMC's Kleen-Bore powder line and Versa Max competition bullets as well as Winchester-Olin's offerings (Win3Gun was so bad that they started using Sierra bullets instead of their own). Federal/ATK uses Speer/CCI components with Alliant powder charges and is a very solid offering for this market.
IIRC, the competition line is soft lead alloy 150gr projectiles with 3.4gr of powder precisely for open competition during pratical shooting at plates to reduce splash back and provide the minimum qualifying energy foot-pounds at the target without increasing the caliber (and size) of the pistol.
knowing Phil, he's probably using the inexpensive target line as "defensive" ammunition, which is wildly inappropriate as it is only intended for paper targets, plinking, and maybe pest control. it'll do the business if the shooter "does his part" though.
he might have sprung for the 124gr, but the bullet in the magazine in the picture is too short at the shoulder for that, so i think those are the 115's. it's worth noting that SynTech does have a "training" variation explicitly designed for defensive shooting practice, but those are marketed towards law enforcement primarily and are purple-colored and more expensive and Phil likes to cheap out on everything for some reason.
he'd have better terminal performance with 1970's soft lead nose bullets like old school Cor-Bon's.
Phil has never been adjudicated as mentally deficient by a court as far as i know of.
as others have noted, it's a SCCY (pronounced "Sky") CPX-2 pistol, marketed for inexpensive self defense. i went into a little detail about the company and pistol when the video of Phil shooting at a berm was posted a while ago. in summary it's "meh", and had initial teething problems when brought to market initially.
it's built to a price point, sure, but it isn't a Lorcin or other Ring of Fire pistol. SCCY competes with Bersa, Taurus, Kahr, FMK, et c and does well for itself.
it's a "powder coated" (not really, the coating is spray-applied, then swaged for uniformity) soft lead alloy bullet meant for either inexpensive target shooting and (in their more premium branding) for USPSA competition shooting.
synthetic jacketed ammunition is decades old, and was intended to reduce costs associated with ammunition by eliminating one of the primary materials: copper or brass in the bullet's jacket and replace it with a less expensive alternative. a lead alloy bullet is inexpensive to make, but will require a lubrication groove for wax, or a gas check to limit fouling which increases production costs slightly. the coating was originally marketed under the name "Hi-Tek" back in the late 80's and early 90's and was made by J&M in Australia and works pretty well. the thin coating has the same thickness at the surface as typical gliding metal jackets, but is more robust and reduces lead fouling while eliminating copper fouling entirely. additionally, the overall cost to manufacture is less, and this in theory would be passed to the consumer. the case being brass (or aluminum or nickel or zinc plated steel, et c) is irrelevent and is a convenience of cost and the bulk price of materials. the one "cheap" aspect of a polymer coating is that it is velocity limited since it isn't actually bonded to the lead bullet itself, generally needs to stick to velocities under 1500 fps or so.
likewise in competition sports, the main drive of accurate ammunition is bullet design and consistency of powder charge and powder burn rates. in USPSA and similar "practical" shooting competitions, accuracy is irrelevant as you are generally shooting at silhouette targets and are competing on time splits between shots on target and reloads while being "practically" accurate - you're hitting 4 to 8 inch steel plates in as fast as possible and it's not important where on the plate the round strikes as long as the plate is "downed".
the Federal SynTech brand in particular is a stab at Remington/UMC's Kleen-Bore powder line and Versa Max competition bullets as well as Winchester-Olin's offerings (Win3Gun was so bad that they started using Sierra bullets instead of their own). Federal/ATK uses Speer/CCI components with Alliant powder charges and is a very solid offering for this market.
IIRC, the competition line is soft lead alloy 150gr projectiles with 3.4gr of powder precisely for open competition during pratical shooting at plates to reduce splash back and provide the minimum qualifying energy foot-pounds at the target without increasing the caliber (and size) of the pistol.
knowing Phil, he's probably using the inexpensive target line as "defensive" ammunition, which is wildly inappropriate as it is only intended for paper targets, plinking, and maybe pest control. it'll do the business if the shooter "does his part" though.
he might have sprung for the 124gr, but the bullet in the magazine in the picture is too short at the shoulder for that, so i think those are the 115's. it's worth noting that SynTech does have a "training" variation explicitly designed for defensive shooting practice, but those are marketed towards law enforcement primarily and are purple-colored and more expensive and Phil likes to cheap out on everything for some reason.
he'd have better terminal performance with 1970's soft lead nose bullets like old school Cor-Bon's.
I guess I was a tad harsh comparing the SCCY to Lorcins and Jennings, but I've always been of the mind that you don't go cheap on something you may have to trust your life to. That includes peripheral items like optics, magazines, lights, and especially ammunition. You get what you pay for in this world.
Phil doesn't understand this. Everything is just a prop for him to play dressup with. Things to help make his delusions feel more real to him and hopefully fool other people into believing he is legit. Add in the fact that Phil is terrible with impulse control and money and you get a guy who will buy whatever crap he can to feed his delusions just so he can say "I have _!" Just look at the sheer amount of el cheap-o knives and collapsible batons he owns.
Phil would be better off carrying one of these, I'll spare you the PL story but I have a thing that has people and they need something like this sometimes and trust me it's fairly effective deterrent
Phil would be better off carrying one of these, I'll spare you the PL story but I have a thing that has people and they need something like this sometimes and trust me it's fairly effective deterrent
$150 dollars extra to have the branding changed from a paintball gun to a pepper spray gun? It's a Phil dream come true! And people will believe it's a real gun, of course. It's black and has a trigger.
Yesterday morning he made a post about his roommate moving to Michigan and he'd have to cut off his Wifi for a bit. I didn't grab a screen shot and I don't really know how to find old posts on deviant art.
Yesterday morning he made a post about his roommate moving to Michigan and he'd have to cut off his Wifi for a bit. I didn't grab a screen shot and I don't really know how to find old posts on deviant art.
Yesterday morning he made a post about his roommate moving to Michigan and he'd have to cut off his Wifi for a bit. I didn't grab a screen shot and I don't really know how to find old posts on deviant art.
