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Foley said:
Speaking of service rifles, Finland officially announced NATO standardization on small arms calibers earlier this week:

Conscript trials with new Sako made assault rifles going to begin next year:
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All this NATO standardization makes me somewhat sad. I get the AR is like the best thing ever and all that but at this rate everyone is just going to look like American soldiers.

CEO of Posting said:
Who is going to find themselves needing to shoot something (in total darkness)
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You're carrying a gun on the off chance you'll need it to defend your life but you'll never experience poor lighting conditions? I mean you're even carrying OWB, there's really zero reason not to.
1Tonka_Truck said:
Anybody have experience hunting coyotes with thermals? I have no experience with thermals other than the IR camera I use for diagnostics on hydraulics and wiring.
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What would you like to know? Differences in quality? Ease of use? Ideal range for identification (which will vary based upon quality)?
 
ifunny pride world wide said:
The only time you have to add a serial number is when you're doing it to an 80%
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If you SBR a gun that already has a serial, you still need to add your name/trust and your city/state. that being said you don't have to add a new serial number.
AFAIK this is because you become "the manufacturer"

I'm like 99% sure. (it would be sick if i was wrong tbh)

Also I've done some tests with punches, it's very hard to get a letter that matches the ATFs engraving requirements and also not fuck up the receiver
 
xf7ub2LMGZj%yV said:
If you SBR a gun that already has a serial, you still need to add your name/trust and your city/state. that being said you don't have to add a new serial number.
AFAIK this is because you become "the manufacturer"

I'm like 99% sure. (it would be sick if i was wrong tbh)

Also I've done some tests with punches, it's very hard to get a letter that matches the ATFs engraving requirements and also not fuck up the receiver
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Yeah, I wouldn't do it on anything that couldn't be hidden on the bottom of the receiver lmao. It takes some practice too. I usually end up refinishing the firearms that get letter punched. They get masked up then clamped in something soft. It also helps keep things straight if you start in the middle of the word and work outward. I'll also square up a piece of scrap metal to brace the punch against sort of like a guide track
 
Internet-Based Lobotomy said:
All this NATO standardization makes me somewhat sad. I get the AR is like the best thing ever and all that but at this rate everyone is just going to look like American soldiers.
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If we all adopt multicam, I agree. But just adopting an AR-15 with different flavours (the Sako AR actually has a gas system that is closer to the M14 than SVT-40/G43), it's not that different from what was going on 100 years ago with the Mauser system. Back then, major nations had more variety, but pretty much everyone else bought a Mauser.

It's not the perfect platform, but it's the most optimal platform. You can argue that platform X is technically better than the AR-15, but then you hit the economy of scale factor, and the fact that a lot of the AR-15 is patent free at this point factor.

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Sako ARG-40 with 11.5" barrel. This rifle has already been adopted by Sweden, and is most likely going to be the version adopted by Finland as well. Barrel length might be different.

The gas system is not a copy of the H&K 416, but rather it's a self-regulating gas piston like the M14. Sako filed a patent for it:

Also, one rumour is that the firing pin retainer pin on the BCG is captive. Not something you might think about, but I'm telling you that with a conscript army you don't want a split pin solution.

So, not that much of a devolution from the AR-15, but still, some unique features for a service firearm.
 
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1Tonka_Truck said:
Anybody have experience hunting coyotes with thermals? I have no experience with thermals other than the IR camera I use for diagnostics on hydraulics and wiring.
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Not a perfect 1-1, but there's an entire rabbit hole on youtube about pest control (foxes and rats mostly) using thermal scopes in the UK of all places. I found this channel by accident a couple years ago but it's far from the only one.

Fair warning, I don't know how available in the USA a lot of this kit is but it might be a decent starting point.
 
Internet-Based Lobotomy said:
I get the AR is like the best thing ever and all that but at this rate everyone is just going to look like American soldiers.
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It and the Multicam obsession really ruins the charm of some of the smaller NATO frens. British DPM and the AUG are some of the most aesthetic military pieces of kit out there IMO. I like the aesthetics of the L85 even if the hive mind likes to shit on it.
 
Got a nice 9" carbon fiber bull barrel ordered for my Franklin Armory F22 pistol. Went with one from an outfit called Summit Precision, who are apparently local to me. The ones I saw offered from Volquartsen are like $350, but these were $100 less. It's about an inch longer than the stock barrel that came on the F22, so it's going to stick out from the handguard just a tad. They do offer custom lengths and I could have gotten it in 8", but it would have been more expensive. I'll be happy with the 9" and saving a bit of coin. I'll post pics when I get it mounted. Really the last thing I plan on doing is getting the Deep Six chassis Cerakoted blue titanium.
 
OK I spent a lot of money on some Dara level 2 duty holsters. One for my Shadow 2 with an SRO and one for my Glock 19 and 45, with a red dot cut for a future red dot.

I also bought a TLR-1 HL that I'll swap between whatever gun I'm carrying. I got an attachment system to let me just open carry, and then their bridge system to make them compatible with my existing bladetech omti 360 disc thing for my """"war belt"""" for when I larp at the gun range with my plate carrier.

I'm going to make it, and I won't die in no ghetto!
 
Turkish Police captured something very interesting from weapon smugglers, an Idlibi Bullpup AK
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A-545 and AKV-521
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Super Safe G36


Modified and converted (to 7.62x39) STG-44 said to be I use with Croat forces during the Bosnian war? (Extreme Ustase larping?)
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RMB-93 Shotgun



9mm Thompson prototype
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Ossetian "Grad" Bullpup
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Printed Glock 21 frame with 1911 mag adapter
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COP-357 Derringer and a Calico seized during a gun and drug bust in Washington recently
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Glock 21 with a fancy quick detach folding stock that might have been made by Spikes Tactical
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Bunch more photos

Wolf Ultramatic
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Creative Arms ARK
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S5 Tactical is working on an MP7 clone. Three questions, 1. Will it ever come out, 2. Will it be better than Tommybuilt (not a high bar) and 3. Will it be out before HK maybe allegedly brings a civilian model to market





Does anyone have a photo of a barrel extension of a Sword International rifle?
 
1Tonka_Truck said:
What do I need to identify and engage coyotes at 100-200m and can I even afford it?
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I've got a AGM rattler TS19-256 which as far as I'm aware is the cheapest of the rattler family and can usually be found for 900 ish. Now it's fine for engaging and identifying hogs at 100-200 but I'm not sure if I'd trust it on identifying a coyote as opposed to a dog. Most of the identifying of coyote vs dog is in how they move though a field and that will take sitting out and watching them come to a bait call and then cussing yourself for passing on something you were almost sure was a coyote. One of my buddies has a better thermal and his is a little bit better at telling the difference while being a lot more expensive but he still ends up passing on a lot of shots because the probably coyote was holding it's head wrong or running like a dog instead of a coyote.
 
Taser Confetti said:
It and the Multicam obsession really ruins the charm of some of the smaller NATO frens. British DPM and the AUG are some of the most aesthetic military pieces of kit out there IMO. I like the aesthetics of the L85 even if the hive mind likes to shit on it.
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DPM is dope. I like the aesthetic of L85, purely because of Battlefield 2 lol
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Oh, how a 15 year old Foley would've known what a POS it was in real life.... And the G36E dominated anyway
 
Pocket Dragoon said:
Soviet SMP derringer, with captive-pistona ammunition for KGB use:
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Someone really needs to make a modern submacinegun firing refined and optimized captive piston ammunition. Imagine an MP5SD that is significantly smaller than an MP5SD. Tax stamps are going to be free soon, Use ChatGPT or something to to generate 50,000 Form 1's and get to lathing. I have no doubts modern machines, materials designs and powder couldn't make captive piston ammo like 5% better across the board.
 
Has there ever been any ballistic testing on any of that ammo? Im not that smart but something tells me the performance has to be not good.
 
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