Mega Rad Gun Thread

AStupidMonkey said:
So anything with a forward magazine is fair game?

That's even dumber. I love it.

EDIT: any word if this applies to bullpup pistols? Wish I could say I was "asking for a friend," but I own no such retard contraption.
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At least with one of the FRTs out there, it basically will only work in ARs because there is a lever on the rear of the trigger pack that has to be tripped by the rear of an AR bolt carrier in order to even drop the hammer. I saw a video where they put an FRT in a number of different platforms, including an LMT MWS308, Q Boombox, and one of those 12ga shotguns that uses an order style DPMS lower. The FRT would work in the Boombox because it has a bolt carrier of similar size to an AR15 and uses a higher quality steel to be small but strong enough for .308 based cartridges, but it would not work in the LMT because the carrier was too large to trip the lever. It also wouldn't work in a SIG MPX or a PWS piston AR. It did work in the Daniel Defense 9MM PCC.
 
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AStupidMonkey said:
So anything with a forward magazine is fair game?

That's even dumber. I love it.

EDIT: any word if this applies to bullpup pistols? Wish I could say I was "asking for a friend," but I own no such retard contraption.
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The real stupidity is that their agreement has no practical effect for either party. DOJ psudo deputizes Rare Breed to patent troll and get rid of FRTs for them and says you're good as long as you defend your patent, BUT either party can break the agreement without any penalties. FRTs are in reality in the same position they were prior to the whole rare breed fiasco. Though, if the gov ever* (*read: when the gov) goes after someone for FRTs they will lose assuming the courts apply Bruen appropriately. The speculation on pistols, or gaming their agreement for our benefit, is a red herring.
There are issues regarding the strength of Rare Breed's patent and how well they will be able to continue to enforce it, so what then? What happens when people make pistol FRTs en masse and it upsets the government? What happens when there are FRTs that don't utilize Rare Breed's patent and can't be patent trolled out of existence which upsets the government? The government will break their agreement and there is no mechanism for Rare Breed to punish the government for doing so. This is likely not NAGR's fault, and is Rare Breeds. It gives them a faux security and the ability to temporarily corner the market via retarded means.
 
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Glock 19 Gen 5 said:
FRTs are in reality in the same position they were prior to the whole rare breed fiasco.
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When it comes to "firerate enhancers" I always act under the assumption that the Government is gonna declare them to be machine-guns and confiscate/order destruction at some point and unless one of three things has happened:
A) The courts have already ruled the part to not constitute a machine-gun.
B) There are enough of them in circulation to make banning practically impossible (the situation pistol braces are currently in).
C) SCOTUS ruled the Machine-Gun Ban unconstitutional:optimistic::optimistic::optimistic:.
While I am interested in the developments related to FRTs, Bumpstocks, and other toys I do not see myself purchasing one. (Maybe I'm just cynical, but I really don't see much progress in this sort of stuff).
 
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Internorth Inc said:
A) The courts have already ruled the part to not constitute a machine-gun.
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This would have likely been the end result of the FRT litigation, but for whatever reason Rare Breed decided they wanted this shit instead. I don't think you're overly cynical, but I think FRTs rise above mere novelty and can survive in the courts. I'd buy one if they get a nice 3 position safety selector (not crossbolt) and a company can get the price down to sub $200 for a no fuss drop in.
 
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Hey kiwi friends, be sure to get some range time in this weekend
 

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Glock 19 Gen 5 said:
This would have likely been the end result of the FRT litigation, but for whatever reason Rare Breed decided they wanted this shit instead. I don't think you're overly cynical, but I think FRTs rise above mere novelty and can survive in the courts. I'd buy one if they get a nice 3 position safety selector (not crossbolt) and a company can get the price down to sub $200 for a no fuss drop in.
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I'd be nice to get a 3 posi for less than a geissele. Hell I'd be even cooler if manufacturers just started including frt style stuff in every gun. Would bring alot of life into the PCC market. Imagine getting a mp5 or 9mm AR from the factory with a FRT style trigger.
 
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Glock 19 Gen 5 said:
I'd buy one if they get a nice 3 position safety selector (not crossbolt) and a company can get the price down to sub $200 for a no fuss drop in.
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I think this will happen. Maybe once Rare Breed's website goes up on monday we'll see a "thank you sale". I can dream.

One thing I wonder though, is if the DOJ is actually expecting Rare Breed to be single handedly able to lock down the FRT market by themselves. They aren't exactly a large company, and they've had tons of resources used up in this years long court battle. They got debanked, they had all their inventory seized, their FFL was suspended, they laid off all their staff, and haven't been making any revenue. Now, if there's an explosion in (presumably) patent infringing FRT clones, how are they going to sue all of these people? With what money? Yeah, they'll probably get some cashflow from getting their inventory back, but is that going to offset all the costs they've incurred?

What happens if Rare Breed goes under? Or they sell the patent? Or maybe even just license it out? Is the DOJ going to step in again?
 
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The Dude said:
At least with one of the FRTs out there, it basically will only work in ARs because there is a lever on the rear of the trigger pack that has to be tripped by the rear of an AR bolt carrier in order to even drop the hammer. I saw a video where they put an FRT in a number of different platforms, including an LMT MWS308, Q Boombox, and one of those 12ga shotguns that uses an order style DPMS lower. The FRT would work in the Boombox because it has a bolt carrier of similar size to an AR15 and uses a higher quality steel to be small but strong enough for .308 based cartridges, but it would not work in the LMT because the carrier was too large to trip the lever. It also wouldn't work in a SIG MPX or a PWS piston AR. It did work in the Daniel Defense 9MM PCC.
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We probably watched the same video.

I'm super interested to see if he can get the 12 gauge running. Hopefully, he lets us know if either factory can get him that extra 1mm on either part.
 
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Is an AR 10 worth it? I've already got my other bases covered in terms of guns and I'm looking for a budget variant.
 
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MIC Shill said:
Do you guys use eye pro?
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steel and indoors, not as much with paper targets unless they're really close and that's more for rocks or wood that might have splinters come my way. we aren't at the point of perfectly replacing eyeballs yet and a decent pair of shooting glasses also cuts down on glare in bright light so it's meh.

there's been more than a couple times eyepro has caught debris for me, to the point where i've replaced them a few times over the years. one interesting one was a suspiciously cheap 357 revolver going kaboom and sending a piece of the hammer back at me.

NeonFlux said:
Is an AR 10 worth it?
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budget AR-10s can be hit or miss, with better odds of a good working rifle if it's purchased as a complete matching set of upper and lower or you know the minor fitting differences between variations to piece one together yourself.
 
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