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     Ducbsa |
If shooting the MG-42 while mobile, I liked it more than the M-60. Does that mean turret mounted? All this parts matching/coordinating talk makes building something good from an 80% lower sound a bit of a challenge. More research than just looking through the Brownell's catalog. | ||
| Rick_a |
A proper squad auto uses the issue caliber out of a compatible ammunition feeding device as the issue rifle, in my opinion. These days it's a 5.56. Magpul makes a decent 40rd mag and 60rd drum. It should be a dedicated open bolt design, as well. The MG42 was always a general purpose machine gun, not a squad auto. The Ultimax was a great design that has some promise, though limited use (the USMC recently rejected the latest version). The Stoner/KAC design is decent...though I think overly complicated. Belt feed puts it in the LMG role rather than squad auto, regardless of how it's marketed. Like the M249 SAW/FM Minimi, the mag feed feature is a bit of an afterthought. I like the concept of using one gun in three roles as the Marines are attempting with the IAR...assault rifle, squad auto, and DMR...but in actual practice they all end up somewhat compromised. Its most suitable use is likely as a DMR. The best practice, as some smaller units have been doing for ages, is firearms specialized and dedicated to their intended purpose. A 10.3" barreled CQB rifle, 14.5" general issue rifle, and 16" DMR seems to be a good formula. As for a squad automatic...I don't think there's a really suitable option out there currently. Maybe the M27 is the best thing we've got. The Army loves spending untold millions in their endeavors to procure the latest in game changing technologies just to moderately upgrade existing inventories. They are currently hunting for a new squad automatic...though I have little faith that it will be a fruitful process. | ||
| Ourdee |
Does that mean turret mounted? Nope, Humping it. Base of fire and flanking. | ||
| Rick_a |
If you buy a complete upper there's likely no worries, but manufacturers have been on a trend to use large gas port sizes in order to accommodate a wide range of configurations and ammo types (I.E. cheap commercial spec ammo). Stick with known good configurations from reputable manufacturers and you'll be fine. Buy the operating parts from generic/unknown/no name/Chinese parts from Amazon and Ebay and you might be in for a hard time. The most critical components are the barrel, bolt assembly, and fire control group. The rest just holds it together. Some cheap kits come with a solid buffer (no internal weights) and crappy spring. | ||
| Aesquire |
Check out inrangetv on YouTube for the WWSD project. It's an attempt to lighten up the ever increasing mass of the AR platform. Not a how to video series, it's a what is optimized parts for purpose experiment. Rick has a rifle that takes a similar approach & is close to perfect. Buy a quality barrel, bolt group, and fire control parts. Everything else is personal preference & can be as cheap as you want. I prefer a drop in trigger pack that can't get jammed up if a pebble or primer gets into the receiver & offers a better trigger pull. I have other opinions, but that's the only universal fix to a serious function problem I can think of that I can suggest to anyone. | ||
| Ducbsa |
Thanks, all that seems reasonable. The grabbers are getting noisy, so an 80% is looking more interesting. | ||
| Rick_a |
That one (at center below) is actually my (now) ex's. I do quite like it. It's essentially a modern A1.  20181210_082204 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr The top gun is an M4A1 SOPMOD block II clone built for my son. It's a well balanced gun that can pretty much do it all. The bottom is mine and is a highly bastardized ban era Colt. It's an attempt to have a well rounded DMR-ish gun, and it does alright, albeit coming in a bit heavy. | ||
| Aesquire |
Plenty of info out there to do it right. As folk from parts of the world where they had registration, then confiscation, keep saying, it's the guns you don't officially have that you need. Because your registered collection is at risk. It's the real reason the gun grabbers want private sales to be illegal. If the bad guys in government access the records that theoretically, legally, they weren't supposed to have, like the paperwork from Dick's Sporting Goods, then I'm going to have a very unhappy interview with the Green New Gestapo. It was my habit for years to buy guns on sale, like a shotgun package with deer & bird barrels, and give them as presents to long time friends and relatives with known good character. Co-worker invited to go deer hunting & had no suitable gun? Here you go, New in box. ( 5 years old doesn't matter ) Before the current Governor took his oath and lied through his smile about upholding the Constitution, I saw the writing on the wall. I was also scheduled for surgery, so being acutely aware of my mortal nature, gave away most of my collection. Hand guns by legal paperwork, as required, but long guns then needed none, and none was signed. I'd heard plenty of horror stories about rare guns being destroyed or lost if the deceased had a disputed will, or no will, or the executor wasn't the one chosen ( had himself passed away ) or each gun wasn't listed and specifically provided for. And where the survivors had no interest in crazy Uncle Karl's hobby, and didn't know the value. Real world cases where very valuable guns like WW1 Lugers with provenance, taken in battle and papered as war trophies, got stolen for pennies by unscrupulous people who prey upon the bereaved. Thus the unhappy folk who may someday question me using illegally obtained records. "Where is the Mossberg you bought in 1993? The Assault Weapon you bought in 1989? The .22 Assassination Rifle you bought in 2003?" My memory isn't what it used to be. I remember Belisarius & his campaign in Syria but not the date. The full name and address of that would be deer hunter? Don't recall. Darn this memory! | ||
| Aesquire |
Remind me to tell you about that Syrian Campaign. Lawn darts! | ||
| Zac4mac |
"actually my (now) ex's. " Good luck with that Rick. I now have 3 "exes" , only one is alive and she's been no problem. She's actually a friend still. but she's weird enough for me to realize exes are exes for a reason. Z <edit> fkcking spell checker... (Message edited by zac4mac on August 26, 2019) | ||
| Rick_a |
Life's too short to stay with somebody that wants to take the joy out of everything. I'll admit to my faults, and she still does no wrong. She does have a few nice guns...and I miss them  | ||
| Rick_a |
If I do another gun I think it'll be a basic M4gery with a 14.5" lightweight barrel and pin/welded flash hider. A modern interpretation of the Colt 723 below, in essence.  I admire the simplicity and pure nature of the device. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Coming soon to Pennsyltucky: mandatory finger buybacks, likely followed closely by a confiscation program... https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-gun-like-h and-gesture-crime | ||
| Ourdee |
Will they charge the other guy with rape for giving him the double bird. This crazy train is off the rails. I thought that rape or attempted rape made deadly force authorized. Should he have signed "IF" before the "gun hand" gesture? | ||
| Ratbuell |
Best part is, "the other guy" (yeah, the one with the TRO against them, from the woman who was walking) wasn't even the one who complained. It was a neighbor IN THEIR HOUSE, who saw it happen, and was "uncomfortable". Jeez. | ||
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| Thumper74 |
If anyone is looking to get into the supressor game and has been holding out due to the expense, Gander Outdoors has all of their in stock suppressed 50% off until Sept 14. This puts .22 cans starting at $152 and centerfire pistol cans in the $250 range before applicable taxes... | ||
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| Aesquire |
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/08/an-ex-mari ne-said-hed-slaughter-antifa-the-fbi-using-oregons -new-red-flag-law-took-his-guns-away.html Here is a great example of what never to do. I might have been sympathetic, & agree with much this fool said, but by making threats he threw away any moral high ground he may have had or imagined he had. I fully support self defense. I fully condemn making threats. I absolutely condemn committing violence against others under any circumstances OTHER THAN to protect your life and others. Going to pick a fight? Don't care if they are Nazis, Antifa, or Girlscouts. That's wrong, and on you. The legal and rights violations parts of this story are also disturbing. | ||
| Rick_a |
Most police departments are pretty loose about what long guns officers carry...many using their personal arms. Some are so poorly configured, it's disturbing. | ||
| Pwnzor |
Ever watch the tv show "Cops"? It's alarming how poorly trained many officers are. | ||
| Rick_a |
I've watched one of the preeminent SWAT teams in the nation shooting fancy precision rifles. I was not particularly impressed. But, yeah...police in general are pretty sloppy when it comes to entering/clearing rooms and such...using cover effectively, etc. Their man concern is keeping the peace, apprehending suspects, and documentation...so, in that respect I suppose they do what they can. | ||
| Aesquire |
Consider that the percentage of police who are gun enthusiasts, and want to practice to improve their skills isn't that different from the general population. You'd hope a higher percentage were motivated by sheepdog personalities and the need to excel, but balance that against the ones that chose the job to be allowed to drive fast...  | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/r ed_flag_laws_caveat_emptor_.html As I posted elsewhere, the thing to do to combat this, after politely asking your Representatives to vote against it, is to anonymously report your Representatives as dangers to themselves and others, and your fear that they shouldn't have a weapon. Arguably, most of these people today are really mentally ill. Sociopathic lying, narcissistic personality disorder, an overwhelming need to micromanage other people's lives, how many symptoms are they showing? I don't know what the shrink buzzwords are for someone who can never admit to themselves and anyone else, the possibility they might be wrong. The sincere? Belief they are better, smarter, more woke, and morally superior than everyone else? That kind of sickness surely needs to be considered a Red Flag that these people can't be trusted with the instruments of deadly force. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Pretty cool when you're cleaning the 9mm after practice, with the cleaning kit kept in the 1950 Colt box...and you dig down through the box under the cotton cloth you've never moved before...   | ||
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| Ratbuell |
That's a cool vid. But...it's '70s, not '60s. One of the police cruisers is a '71 Satellite, and there's a number of early '70s Mopars in the shots. I need to take the Colt to the range...it needs a play day. |
