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Duke Nukem said:
James Earl Jones owned some pretty unusual firearms. He owned a few Mausers, which is ironic considering it was the model Han Solo's blaster was made after. Also an AR upper in 7.92x33, the STG-44 caliber. I don't know why he chose that but he had some real interesting items in his collection.
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Don’t forget his 1911 chambered for 38 SPC wadcutters.

The Dude said:
The M14 gets a lot of shit, but the fact is it was a perfectly fine rifle and has been in service in one way or another, and used in marksmanship competition
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It’s an incredibly accurate rifle. It’s just not a very good battle rifle. The Beretta BM59 did it better and they’re both outclassed by the G3 as a standard infantryman’s rifle.

ifunny pride world wide said:
The core of glockfag discourse is pretending not to understand the simplest things. You could explain it to them but they'll keep pretending that they don't understand
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I’m not a “Glockfag” - if I were forced to say what the best striker fired duty pistol is I’d argue it’s the HK VP9. You’ll hate your life trying to find a good Safariland holster once you start adding weapon lights and an RDS onto it. I stick with Glocks for magazine commonality and the best absolute holster support. Regardless, I don’t use my slide release on any pistol and don’t teach people to use them either.
 
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Taser Confetti said:
Don’t forget his 1911 chambered for 38 SPC wadcutters.
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those actually aren't that uncommon. you don't see them everyday, but they're always out there. there were also S&W autos in .38. they were meant for bullseye competition and are great for that. .38 wadcutters are very soft shooting and accurate and leave great scoring holes.
 
Romulus augustulus said:
those actually aren't that uncommon. you don't see them everyday, but they're always out there. there were also S&W autos in .38. they were meant for bullseye competition and are great for that. .38 wadcutters are very soft shooting and accurate and leave great scoring holes.
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I guess uncommon is a spectrum. They definitely weren’t “semi-auto FAMAS imports” rare but I’d bet 95% or more of the still around gun community doesn’t know about them.

I used to work with a guy who was trying to build an 8mm Kurz AR - dunno if he ever got around to completing it.
 
Speaking of .38 Spcl wadcutters: ever since getting a .357 Magnum again, I've been looking around for some, but haven't found any. When my dad was issued his S&W 686 with INS he would be given .357 Magnum ammo for duty use and .38 Spcl wadcutters for practice. We had tons of it back in the days, literally hundreds of rounds of both .357 and .38. I've found other .38 Spcl loads, like FMJs and hollow points, but no wadcutters. Are they just not as popular as they were 30 years ago?
 
Taser Confetti said:
I guess uncommon is a spectrum. They definitely weren’t “semi-auto FAMAS imports” rare but I’d bet 95% or more of the still around gun community doesn’t know about them.

I used to work with a guy who was trying to build an 8mm Kurz AR - dunno if he ever got around to completing it.
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most people don't know about them to be sure. that's why they're not that expensive for what they are. I see the S&W .38 autos go for less than 1,000 fairly often. The colts are more expensive because colt and 1911. these guns were made for a specific niche that doesn't exist any more. people just use 9x19, stick with .45ACP or use their wadcutters in a revolver like a normal person.

The Dude said:
Speaking of .38 Spcl wadcutters: ever since getting a .357 Magnum again, I've been looking around for some, but haven't found any. When my dad was issued his S&W 686 with INS he would be given .357 Magnum ammo for duty use and .38 Spcl wadcutters for practice. We had tons of it back in the days, literally hundreds of rounds of both .357 and .38. I've found other .38 Spcl loads, like FMJs and hollow points, but no wadcutters. Are they just not as popular as they were 30 years ago?
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most people that aren't involved in bullseye or CMP service revolver generally just use ye olde 158gr lead round nose.

Police qualification/practice used to be much more focused on accurate hits rather than volume of fire. if you're scored on hits wadcutters are just better because the holes are much cleaner so it's easier to score. Wadcutters aren't inherently more accurate, they're just easier to score.
 
The Dude said:
Speaking of .38 Spcl wadcutters: ever since getting a .357 Magnum again, I've been looking around for some, but haven't found any. When my dad was issued his S&W 686 with INS he would be given .357 Magnum ammo for duty use and .38 Spcl wadcutters for practice. We had tons of it back in the days, literally hundreds of rounds of both .357 and .38. I've found other .38 Spcl loads, like FMJs and hollow points, but no wadcutters. Are they just not as popular as they were 30 years ago?
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Federal Gold Medal Handgun 148gr - way too fucking expensive for my tastes (60USD a box).

I really don’t shoot revolvers much at all. My S&W 627 really just stays hidden away in my home office and the GP100 I loan out for when teach LTC classes has only ever eaten PMC range ammo.
 
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Sadly out of stock and probably not gonna come back, but it's funny that Zastava seems to just be importing surplus weapons now due to the serbian export ban on weapons and ammo. They must not be covered by that. Pretty smart tbh, I definitely would have taken advantage of this deal.
 
Taser Confetti said:
It’s an incredibly accurate rifle. It’s just not a very good battle rifle. The Beretta BM59 did it better and they’re both outclassed by the G3 as a standard infantryman’s rifle.
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It's accurate the old way, which requires a lot of work to do. specific amounts of pressure on the barrel at specific points, etc. a lot of hand work/skill so it's expensive to do now.
Taser Confetti said:
Federal Gold Medal Handgun 148gr - way too fucking expensive for my tastes (60USD a box).
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competition match ammo will do that.
 
Romulus augustulus said:
It's accurate the old way, which requires a lot of work to do. specific amounts of pressure on the barrel at specific points, etc. a lot of hand work/skill so it's expensive to do now.
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Yep, had an M1 Carbine I’ll never forgive myself for selling. The barrel band torque directly affected accuracy - still the best thing America made in the war. People underestimate old world craftsmanship and then get buttmad when their AKM clone doesn’t work.
 
Taser Confetti said:
Yep, had an M1 Carbine I’ll never forgive myself for selling. The barrel band torque directly affected accuracy - still the best thing America made in the war. People underestimate old world craftsmanship and then get buttmad when their AKM clone doesn’t work.
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the old non-free floated pre-64 winchester model 70's are just as accurate as the modern free floated model 70s provided they have not been monkeyed with by someone who didn't know what they're doing. but it was expensive so it was done away with.
 
The Dude said:
I've found other .38 Spcl loads, like FMJs and hollow points, but no wadcutters. Are they just not as popular as they were 30 years ago?
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I think they've been left at the wayside due to difficulty with speedloaders which are becoming more popular at the range.
Particle Bored said:
View attachment 9356362#1 mods to my Glocks.
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This simple trick makes the Glock the absolute fastest pistol to reload from empty, gay retards hate this.
Speaking of, are we back to people thinking the slide release is unreliable?
 
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Precision Anal Strike said:
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In almost every video I watched, the operator has to manually rerack it at least once to continue shooting.

Why is it so unreliable, and why has it not been replaced yet?
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It's truly extremely reliable, but like all MGs needs is lube. Sort of just do what the manual says and you'll never have an issue sort of thing.
 
The Dude said:
Speaking of .38 Spcl wadcutters: ever since getting a .357 Magnum again, I've been looking around for some, but haven't found any. When my dad was issued his S&W 686 with INS he would be given .357 Magnum ammo for duty use and .38 Spcl wadcutters for practice. We had tons of it back in the days, literally hundreds of rounds of both .357 and .38. I've found other .38 Spcl loads, like FMJs and hollow points, but no wadcutters. Are they just not as popular as they were 30 years ago?
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If you lurk ammoseek you should occasionally find Sellier & Bellot 148gr 38 spl wadcutters for a reasonable price. I've been grabbing them to feed my snubby whenever I can find some for less than ~$25 per box after shipping. You could also go for semi-wadcutters if you want something cheaper and more available that accompishes mostly the same thing.
Romulus augustulus said:
Wadcutters aren't inherently more accurate, they're just easier to score.
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Might be fuddlore but I though that their long cylindrical shape made them more effective out of shorter barrels, letting them engage with the small amount of rifling better than round nose bullets. In any case I carry them in my snubby rather than +P hollow points which probably won't even expand properly after being fired out of a 2" barrel.
 
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