I get the impression that a lot of the posters here, particularly those with technical knowledge about weapons, participate in online discussions on the wider internet using different accounts.
I agree. It's not always we see an occasional thread subject showing up and not immediately sperging out. That's commendable.
Part of the issue is seeing the contrast between current InRange, which currently feels very scatterbrained and very Q&A-heavy in its subjects, and Forgotten Weapons (which despite pervasive sound issues is always steadily improving in technical terms). InRange was always more of a "variety" channel for sure, but Karl does not do very well when left to his own devices. You can see it even in the old InRange videos: whenever Karl had someone to talk to while filming, the videos were consistently better in terms of pacing and delivery than his solo videos. His vignettes are very informative, but again... the pacing and delivery tend to be flat.
Indeed. That was a good one.
I wonder if he's exaggerating a little, playing it up to make the product look good, but ultimately it's still obvious he's fond of the rifle. He was part of designing it, and it has the exact qualities he's looking for with a 2-Gun rifle.
I think a monolithic plastic lower is a great idea for those looking to shave ounces and make a lightweight build, and certainly there's advantages in cost. My issues are more from the production, I've seen a fair few lowers with issues like sloppy fitting and poor symmetry, not all of them, not even the majority of them, but enough that it makes me skeptical of it as a product. The design itself I think is ok.
And that makes it all the more funny that a Goon tried to shoot up an anti-lockdown protest a couple of weeks back (he only lightly injured an ethnic minority he was trying to murder). A huge chunk of SA's userbase argued that there wasn't really anything wrong with what he did because they were allegedly white supremacists, and that there was nothing wrong with the fact that he had partaken in threads where he and others were constantly riling each other up and talking about hatred and their fantasies about political violence.
You have to understand the mentality of these people who think they're actual operators / training for war. Any kind of weight saved, despite the end user not being able to run a mile in kit without having a heart attack, will make them the bestest shooter at the 2/3 gun competition because ???
I mean it probably is a good gamer gun though.
You're right, the mere ounces saved wouldn't be noticed by someone who does it for a living; but they probably are noticable for the average civilian end-user, simply because they're not in shape, and/or carrying an extra 60lbs of ammo & gear. The difference between a 5lb & 5.5lb rifle is certainly noticable & meaningful for someone with limited strength.
Which is why it's continually amusing to me that these people always focus on the latest toys and gadgets rather than the literal cheapest option; personal fitness.
Humor us. I could personally give a fuck less about your plastic rifle, I'm not in your demographic and have no interest in it whatsoever but I would like to see your opinions and hot takes pertaining to other subjects.
To Karl's credit, he did a few videos on personal fitness and how it related to his specific brand of 2-gun match. Unfortunately, these days it seems Ian is keeping up with his exercise regime better.
You're not wrong but even so.
From what I've seen personally, this is accurate. But then again, the standard was pretty low/nonexistent previously. I was always struck by Cav Arms as being run by someone indifferent at best.
An injection & blow molding shop I worked for prototyped & made Corvette engine shrouds; I remember it took over 10k parts just to achieve something like 70% GO rate initial QA/QC, and a bunch always failed to guage after the secondary operations. They weren't even complicated or hard-wearing parts; we worked on that press & molds for months, and this wasn't a small business with limited resources.
