Mega Rad Gun Thread

[EggImpregnator]

Thanks, sounds like it may make sense to just get it milled for the K footprint and slap a Holosun 507K on it directly.

What are some other good options right now for a compact pistol optic?

The only one I'd bother with is the Holosun EPS CARRY. If you're getting it milled for a footprint, ask the people doing it for the Holosun K footprint. (What the eps carry uses)

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

The only one I'd bother with is the Holosun EPS CARRY. If you're getting it milled for a footprint, ask the people doing it for the Holosun K footprint. (What the eps carry uses)

I may just do that instead of the 507K as I like the enclosed emitter more. It won't be a carry gun, but should still be more robust than an open emitter.

 

[EggImpregnator]

I may just do that instead of the 507K as I like the enclosed emitter more. It won't be a carry gun, but should still be more robust than an open emitter.

I used to carry a holosun 407 and it would constantly get filled with body hair and pet hair and lint and grease. So i switched to the holosun 509t and haven't looked back.

 

[Bogliacci]

I used to carry a holosun 407 and it would constantly get filled with body hair and pet hair and lint and grease. So i switched to the holosun 509t and haven't looked back.

I just switched from an sro to an acro because of that same issue. Way easier dealing with two flat surfaces rather than trying to get the crap out from inside the hood.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

Yeah, makes sense. I've had to clean out snow and mud from inside a Holosun 510 multiple times so I can see that being a pain in the ass on an even smaller optic, even at a flat range.

 

[The Dude]

MP-412 REX. I just want me a modern top break six shooter.
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I'm glad I'm not the only person who wants a modern top-break revolver. I feel like it could totally be doable with modern metallurgy and weapon design to build a modern top-break that can handle magnum loads. I'd love to have one in .41 Magnum.

 

[Dean Pentel]

I want red dots on more of my pistols. I never eschewed them, rather I simply purchased the vast majority of my pistols prior to dots being so commonplace. I bring this up to ask the board if any of you have sent slides off for milling work. I'm thinking of doing this on my M&Ps, possibly on my SP-01 Shadow too (which I was stoked to hear that @Badungus Kabungus owns also. I love that pistol). Interested to hear about recommendations for/against and experiences.

 

[Autistic Gunspergings]

I want red dots on more of my pistols. I never eschewed them, rather I simply purchased the vast majority of my pistols prior to dots being so commonplace. I bring this up to ask the board if any of you have sent slides off for milling work. I'm thinking of doing this on my M&Ps, possibly on my SP-01 Shadow too (which I was stoked to hear that @Badungus Kabungus owns also. I love that pistol). Interested to hear about recommendations for/against and experiences.

My only real recommendation is to make sure your gun can be milled in the first place. Not all guns have the internal geometry to support a slide cut. things like strikers/extractor roll pins can get in the way, and if you care about backup irons, you might not have any space for one at all.
Otherwise, just do your homework on whoever you're sending a slide to. Bubba's machine shop is often cheaper for a reason; make sure you know why before sending in your pistol. If it's a gun you care about, spend the money on the more expensive guy.

 

[3D2A]

To all the NFA kiwi’s, I could use your thoughts and recommendations. I just completed my ATF form 4 for my first can today, a HUXWRX Ventum 762. It’ll be for my AR15s and AR10s. However I’m a little stumped on a good can for my 9mm AR9’s, pistols, etc as well as which can for my 10/22 plinker. I would like to get those purchased sooner rather than later to make use of the quicker approval times. Any advice?

 

[BikeLock]

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I just want colt LMG uppers back in production.

A2 sights
No F/A
Brass bump because lefties exist.

You may not like it, but this is what peak AR-15 performance looks like.

 

[BikeLock]

If you could bring one discontinued firearm back into production what would it be?

I wish Smith would bring the 10mm 3rd gen FBI guns back. I'm so fucking sad that I didn't pick one up when they were everywhere for $600.

I love my 5946, and its the "bad" DAO one. Once you get the trigger down its such a smooth gun.

 

[MrShekelstein36]

So I found a few new items for my collection today. Personally I like the Valmet the most of the two

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And a ruger sr556 cause they are my favorite piston AR for an unknown reason.

 

[MrShekelstein36]

Guys, I'm sad. My quad barrel musket idea didn't pan out. Too hard to get the trigger system worked out.

 

[The Dude]

To all the NFA kiwi’s, I could use your thoughts and recommendations. I just completed my ATF form 4 for my first can today, a HUXWRX Ventum 762. It’ll be for my AR15s and AR10s. However I’m a little stumped on a good can for my 9mm AR9’s, pistols, etc as well as which can for my 10/22 plinker. I would like to get those purchased sooner rather than later to make use of the quicker approval times. Any advice?

I may be a little biased, but Energetic Arms makes both a 9mm and .22lr can that are a lot like the Vox S. They're reasonably priced, excellent quality, the 9mm can take any quick change mount that uses the Hub threads, and the .22lr can is able to be set up in two different lengths. I believe Huxwrx has a 9mm can called the Cash 9k, and they also have a .22lr can. Their 9mm can uses the same flow-thru design as their 5.56mm and 7.62mm rifle cans, and I believe it has Hub threads as well, so can use any mount or piston that uses those threads. SilencerCo is another excellent brand that would be high on my list of considerations.

 

[POWER IN MISERY]

i have finally seen the light. friendship with 9mm AR over. MP5 is new best friend

 

[Pretend To Imagine]

To all the NFA kiwi’s, I could use your thoughts and recommendations. I just completed my ATF form 4 for my first can today, a HUXWRX Ventum 762. It’ll be for my AR15s and AR10s. However I’m a little stumped on a good can for my 9mm AR9’s, pistols, etc as well as which can for my 10/22 plinker. I would like to get those purchased sooner rather than later to make use of the quicker approval times. Any advice?

I have a Silencerco Omega 9K, and I really enjoy it.

i have finally seen the light. friendship with 9mm AR over. MP5 is new best friend

Have you shot a delayed blowback 9mm AR? You get the recoil impulse of the MP5 in an AR format.

A2 sights
No F/A
Brass bump because lefties exist.

You may not like it, but this is what peak AR-15 performance looks like.

Carry handles look cool, but I wouldn’t call it peak performance.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Ok catching up lol

Fml I didn't get three Mosins at $99 each

Wasn't old enough to get in on that, so I can only envy you lol

please dont remind me of 2008. right before that happened i decided it was time to buy a good priced sks next time i found one at a gun show. guess what happened next? the sks was one of the very first guns everyone panic bought. i was screwed so hard out of the one gun i very much wanted. to this day i dont have one and i cry myself to sleep at night remembering how good the prices were and how easy they were to find.

all these years i have been hoping that the prices would drop. i figured, very wrongly btw, that after the panic, people would eventually start selling off some of the guns they bought. i was hoping we would see people drop their unwanted sks onto the market for a bit of cash they needed for other bills. so far that hasnt happened in enough numbers for it to affect the overal price or avaliability.

i think im just going to have to bite the bullet and slap down the money to get one.

Feelz. SKSs used to be so damn cheap and cheerful.

The Gun market now is odd. Most new/in production stuff is cheap (ish) yet anything old is ridiculously expensive.

I'm glad I got my SKS when i did. Sportsman's had a black friday sale of a lot of them for $399. It was what I could afford at the time as well as cheap ammo at the time too, so I got it. Had to fix the piston extension, but once I did, it shot really well.

What are some good reliable American guns. The Russians have aks and the Austrians have glocks so what’s America’s

Smith and Wesson, especially their wheel guns. Love my revolver.

i dont have one, but ive always heard the ruger P series pistols are very reliable.

It is. Dad has a P Series. It eats Winchester steel case like nothing. Most reliable gun I've ever shot.

FN FS2000

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Fite me.

The FN FS 2000 speaks to me as a 2000's kid. Yes it looks like a tuna- just like every car in the 2000s. Apparently it had really, really good mud protection. End of the world, I'd want one for just that.

Ammo prices seem to just get more and more expensive these days. I'm stocking now while i can. Perhaps in 4 years we'll look back on 40cpr brass reman 223 as "the good times". I mean just look at this """"""""deal"""""""" of 50cpr steel case 762x39.

Ammo prices suck now, especially if you buy Russian calibers like me. If you want to shoot at a range with your SKS, it better be fucking brass and non magnetic, so that's a tax on a tax. I got a horde of Tulammo I've never touched just because of that. That and that horde of Russian 7.62x39mm is my SHTF supply, but I digress.

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

That and that horde of Russian 7.62x39mm is my SHTF supply, but I digress.

same. my small stash of russian 5.45 is my shtf supply. there just isnt any commercially available 5.45 (when you can even find it) which comes close to the russian military stuff. in the long run, i think i just need to finally invest in a decent ar and a stash of good 5.56.

Fml I didn't get three Mosins at $99 each

got mine for $70. suck it.

It is. Dad has a P Series. It eats Winchester steel case like nothing. Most reliable gun I've ever shot.

that's pretty much what ive heard from basically everyone who has owned or shot one.

 

[Falcos_Commisar]

B) Key tech is the photo-cathode that "amplifies" light. That thing is heavily restricted because it's a bunch of material science state secrets. Too much light will damage the tube by pushing the electrons past where they can return to zero.
C) Depends on generation of NVG and type.
There are a few types:
1) Light amplification (passive) - First gen, needs moonlight, bulky as fuck
1a) Active amplification has an infared (usually) or low intensity light shine around you.
2) Out of Band near IR - Heavily restricted, great for defensive duty/counter sniper (Very little reflection in other NVG)
3) Digital - power intesinve and feedback delay, cheap and heavy as fuck.
4) Thermal - Mainly firefighting use, GL getting a high res one. Higher ones heavily restricted
5) Fusion - Thermal + image amp. If you find high quality in the civilian world expect FBI to knock your door. Chinese ones better than the US ones in certain aspects

Image intensification is for NVGs / monocles and thermal is for sights if I remember correctly. The NVG let's you move around at night, is lighter and less battery intensive while the thermal can be clipped into an existing sight or be it's own sight you use 24/7.

Shortwave IR is the best big thing big it's still in the prototype phases. Imagine IR with even better resolution.

Fusion is REALLY neat but retardedly expensive. I THINK one thermal scope maker has a civilian model but it's something like $10,000+ and is pretty big

The Army's new monocle/clip on NV sight (PQS-20) is actually a thermal fusion BUT its bulkier and heavier than the one it's supplanting (the PVS-14)

https://youtu.be/qk1Rj6XPZZQ?si=Wr4n_z-SjfjKSISV

Gen 3 and later: filmless>thin film> thick film but also more expensive. White phosporus > Green phosphorus.
If you legally aquire current cutting edge tubes.... I think only the US can make some in excess of 40k hours expect to be on several watchlists

I think "Gen 4 / Gen 3+" image intensification tubs came out in the late 2000s and are basically even better but they're still VERY expensive for the feds and absolutely unattainable (legally) for normies.

MIM, investment casting, forging (since you finish machine pretty much all the parts), and billet, are all technologies that have their place. one is not inherently better than the other - it depends on the work piece and intended function as well as execution. not understanding this often results in poor performance and unhappy customers, not to mention is somewhat stagnating for machined products. we've migrated away from body on frame vehicle designs for typical commuter passenger vehicles for a good reason.

Exactly. If you gave JMB or Bill Ruger or Eugene Stoner or Michael Kalashnikov access to a 2024 modern machine shop and production lines and materials... Oh my God

I'll say that BoF vehicles absolutely have their place and are more rare than they should be, especially smaller ones/cars

Prices for a good conditioned Stgw. 57 start from 450 bucks over there. And some beaters with shot out barrels but still functioning, around 250 dollars. And this was just from one website I looked into, so maybe it's less than that. But that's a ballpark.

Literally shaking and crying rn.... $450 for a good Stgw 57

I'm going to be meeting some Swiss guys in November.... I wonder if I can get them to bring me a parts kit... Hmmmm

 

[Foley]

Literally shaking and crying rn.... $450 for a good Stgw 57

I don't know what the standards for "condition 1" or "condition 2" are, but here for an example. Prices in Swiss francs (1 CHF = 1.17 USD so for an example the first rifle is $375)

https://shop.aats-group.ch/shop/items

https://shop.aats-group.ch/shop/item/occasion-selbstladebuchse-sig-stgw57-7-5x55-gp11-zustand-xx-a323665