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DOOMSlayer said:
Bubba is proud.
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oof. the correct way to do this sort of thing by hand is ink out the pattern with machinist's blue and scribe with an awl, and work knowing that each line is the peak of a serration. then work inwards an even amount for the length of the pattern. in a vise, file with a checking file or a triangular needle file - 25 lines per inch is typical (0.40" or 17.5 degree pitch, i've used https://www.amazon.com/Grobet-USA-Checkering-Pillar-lines/dp/B08PSLJFLH before on some custom slides and it works good).

trace the marks lightly removing material with each pass and ensure you are completing passes and not letting up early. a handy brush helps remove swarf to avoid chatter or gouging. once you have something that's deep enough, you can bulk remove material to a depth equal to 1/2 the spacing between peaks. it is time consuming and annoying but not difficult if you're patient and take breaks to avoid cramps or shakes. to keep things square, after the first serration is cut, i use a piece of plate clamped square to the cut to the slide as a guide for all following serrations. a needle file can clean things up if needed, re-finish as required.

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Romulus augustulus said:
i just bought a full size IPSC ar500 target. cost like 300 dollars but it'll never wear out.
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I definitely want to get into steel targets sometime soon. I think it would be a lot more fun to have some steel targets and just take them out onto BLM land whenever I want to go shooting than it would be to go punch paper at a regular range.
 
Look at this pile of shit:
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Bubba done destroyed a beautiful Ruger no.1. Absolute hack stippling job, shitty engraved ruger eagle (only one side too, so its unbalanced) nigger rigged tang sight, and high polished grip cap and fore-end iron. and the fore-end has been sanded into a weird shape.

Seller wants 1,450 for this shit. Only thing worth saving on this disaster of a rifle is the action and barrel, and only if that fugly engraving can be ground out without harming the structural integrity of the action. Fuck, it hurts me to look at it.
 
Romulus augustulus said:
Bubba done destroyed a beautiful Ruger no.1. Absolute hack stippling job, shitty engraved ruger eagle (only one side too, so its unbalanced) nigger rigged tang sight, and high polished grip cap and fore-end iron. and the fore-end has been sanded into a weird shape.
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is that a KAC rear sight? fuck me, i've been spending like twenty minutes trying to parse how to ask KF if it's worth getting into gunsmithing without PLing but maybe i'm overthinking it.
 
POWER IN MISERY said:
is that a KAC rear sight? fuck me, i've been spending like twenty minutes trying to parse how to ask KF if it's worth getting into gunsmithing without PLing but maybe i'm overthinking it.
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No, it's a tang sight, kind of like the Vernier sights for a Sharps rifle, but not as complex nor for as long of a range. They've been around for nearly as long as cartridge rifles have been around, usually for lever rifles or other short range "brush guns" to provide better accuracy at longer range than the standard rear sights. The KAC sights are essentially a modernized version of the tang peep sight like this.
 
Romulus augustulus said:
no, its a lyman tang sight but the """"""""gunsmith"""""" that made this abomination had to custom fit it around the tang safety.
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The Dude said:
No, it's a tang sight, kind of like the Vernier sights for a Sharps rifle, but not as complex nor for as long of a range.
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yeah, that looks remarkably different than the KAC sight. god works in mysterious ways, and i'm learning.
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POWER IN MISERY said:
yeah, that looks remarkably different than the KAC sight. god works in mysterious ways, and i'm learning.
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the lyman tang is a good sight for lever guns and sing shot rifles for short range hunting. offers enough adjustment to make any shot under ~250 yards and is very robust. The Vernier sight offers more precise adjustment but is a lot bigger and easier to knock of zero. unlike the lyman tang sight the vernier will allow you to take shots out to 1,000 yards or more. Billy Dixon (a scout for the US army) killed a indian with a sharps rifle at 1,538 yards at the second battle of adobe walls in 1874 using a vernier sight.
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POWER IN MISERY said:
yeah, that looks remarkably different than the KAC sight. god works in mysterious ways, and i'm learning.
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The KAC sight obviously is designed to mount to 1913 Picatinny rail while the tang sight is designed to be mounted over the receiver tang (hence the name) where the rear stock of the rifle is attached and secured typically with the same screw(s) that secure the stock to the receiver tang, though typically with a longer screw(s) so that the stock remains securely attached to the rifle. However, both are "peep" style sights where the aiming aperture is a small hole, and elevation is adjusted by twisting the barrel around the sight post, which raises or lowers the aperture and ajusts the point of aim up or down. Typically tang sights are fairly simple in terms of adjustment controls, only allowing for adjustments to elevation with no windage adjustment to keep the sight robust and have less that can get screwed up in the field, though there are some that do have windage adjustments. The Vernier sight is a tang mounted sight and many have windage, but some are also elevation only. The KAC sight, being more modern and thus able to be more complex while staying robust, has both elevation and windage adjustments, but can trace its design lineage back to those old west tang sights while being a fully modern combat sight.
 
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Kiwi Bros.... I DUN GOOFED

Got a PPK/s in .32 ACP when I didn't realize the .32 PPK is back in action and for sale.....

Derp.

About to get a ~$300-$400 loss after I sell the PPK/s and get the PPK

Lesson learned 🥹
 
Falcos_Commisar said:
Kiwi Bros.... I DUN GOOFED

Got a PPK/s in .32 ACP when I didn't realize the .32 PPK is back in action and for sale.....

Derp.

About to get a ~$300-$400 loss after I sell the PPK/s and get the PPK

Lesson learned 🥹
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Dual wield the Lord's caliber. Also see if you can trade it for a 81BB or something those are fun.
 
Beretta 84 showed up, and while PSA classifies it as VG, I'd say it's more "good". Nice bright bore and the functional bits are great though. Here it is with some of my other metal-framed DA/SA stuff:

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