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Coming from carrying my USP which was smooth like butter even after 10k rounds through it, it was jarring to have a firearm not working right out of the box.
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sky shark posted:Coming from carrying my USP which was smooth like butter even after 10k rounds through it, it was jarring to have a firearm not working right out of the box. HK products are just so loving smooth regardless of age. Every single one I have owner and/or shot has been super nice
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I've been reading about what parts people swap out in their SIGs, lighter springs (wolf springs I think) being among them. The ergo grip and short reset trigger seem popular. I'm going to put a bunch of rounds through it bone stock before even thinking about parts.
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Feb 28, 2017 18:55
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Yeah, it's not the best feeling in the world not having your firearm function correctly. I find it a good excuse to just go shoot some more rounds because it's good fun. If you like to tinker with your gats a caliper is always good especially if you're trying to find out things like if you've got a questionable magazine. Or figuring out why a replacement part won't fit.
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Feb 28, 2017 19:19
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One time when I was re-qualifying for work my front sight fell off. 
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Feb 28, 2017 19:31
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At least I'm not the only one that's had fly-away sights syndrome. Bonus points if yours was also a Rossi.
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Feb 28, 2017 20:13
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My dad had a .22 Ruger Mark 3. Kept giving him poo poo because he kept shooting more and more to the right. Then his back sight fell off.
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Feb 28, 2017 20:27
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not caring here posted:Yeah, it's not the best feeling in the world not having your firearm function correctly. Yeah, my Kahr CW380 had to go back to the factory 4 times before it would function right. At least on the last time they gave me $60-$70 worth of free magazines. Such a great little gun when reliable, although I'd have a hard time buying one of their products again. On top of that my SIG P290RS had a dead front night sight while my S&W M&P 9c had a front sight that was loose and slowly drifting off the gun. All three of these guns had these issues in the same month. 
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Mar 3, 2017 03:08
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My duty shotgun (Remington 870 Police Magnum) came in today, but I won't be able to get to the range to play with it for a week.  
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Arc Light posted:My duty shotgun (Remington 870 Police Magnum) came in today, but I won't be able to get to the range to play with it for a week. I hate it when the tube sticks out further than the barrel. Just looks off. Otherwise I see fun in your future enjoy!
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I'd never publicly admit it, but I'm nitpicky enough that it bugs me, too. I've never actually used a shotgun with that long a tube, so I'm kind of concerned that I'll scorch the poo poo out of the mag tube whenever I fire it.
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Mar 3, 2017 07:38
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Wood 
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Naked Bear posted:Wood Please, don't dignify the chintzy wood on new factory 870s. You can do much better with an old corncob stock set and a little effort.  Arc Light posted:I've never actually used a shotgun with that long a tube, so I'm kind of concerned that I'll scorch the poo poo out of the mag tube whenever I fire it. The powder residue should just wipe off. Dead Reckoning fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Mar 3, 2017 |
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Mar 3, 2017 08:19
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Naked Bear posted:Wood Hey how are ya 
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Your carpet is gross
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Mar 3, 2017 16:16
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Sure is! Good thing the landlord has it on the chopping block.
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Mar 3, 2017 17:21
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Nice fuckin gat though.
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Mar 3, 2017 17:41
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Stupid question: Where the gently caress did the expression "gat" come from? I recall hearing it in gangster talk in movies or a show, or a rap song or something from my childhood, but google tells me it's either a term for gun under the prohibition period, or short from "gatling gun".
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Stupid question: Where the gently caress did the expression "gat" come from? Short for gatling gun, then became to mean any gun. Anything thats gangster phrasing is simply because it sounds cool or tough
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gat
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Put 100 rds through the Shield 9 today.
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The front night sight on my P290RS is dead for the second time. I have zero luck with handguns.
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Goddamn, steel targets are expensive.
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Mar 5, 2017 21:16
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Yeah, no kidding. Totally worth it, though.
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Mar 5, 2017 21:47
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For real, easily worth the weight penalty for the time you save walking back and forth to check the target.
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Mar 6, 2017 22:14
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Shooting steel targets is good prep for the eventual resistance after the machines first strike us.
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Shooting steel targets is good prep for the eventual resistance after the machines first strike us.
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That's why I have a bit of API on hand. Never know when you might have to smoke a Decepticon.
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Mar 6, 2017 22:29
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The Rat posted:For real, easily worth the weight penalty for the time you save walking back and forth to check the target. Oh I don't care about that, I just didn't want to spend $500+ to have a handful of small targets set up. But I also don't want to deal with the kind of fragmentation/ricochet risk you get with non AR steel.
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Godholio posted:Oh I don't care about that, I just didn't want to spend $500+ to have a handful of small targets set up. But I also don't want to deal with the kind of fragmentation/ricochet risk you get with non AR steel. I remember when i was a teenager we'd go shooting on the back acre of my grandparent's plantation. There was a really old iron washing machine with the hand crank thing on top and all, and my grand mother had put out there when she had gotten a brand new top loader from Maytag in the late 80s. I had an idiot uncle go out with us once and he brought his side-by-side 12 gauge and my brother and I brought our .22s . We placed a thin wooden piece of siding with a paper target on top of it and leaned it on the washer. We took pot shots at like 50 yards while my uncle took pulls from his tallboy of Busch beer. After about 15 minutes he then walked up to about 10 feet away from it and unloaded both barrels on it, caught a really bad ricochet from the bird-shot and dropped like a bag of rocks. Luckily it was low velocity when it came back, but he was bruised from nipple to belly button and crying as he rolled from side to side for the better part of 10 minutes I learned some good stuff that day
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Godholio posted:Oh I don't care about that, I just didn't want to spend $500+ to have a handful of small targets set up. But I also don't want to deal with the kind of fragmentation/ricochet risk you get with non AR steel. What's AR steel?
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It stands for "abrasion resistance." The hardness of the steel is listed as AR400, AR500, etc. The higher the number, the harder the steel. Generally for handguns AR500 is good enough, AR550 for most rifles. You want the bullet to shatter on impact, not have any energy absorbed by the target. The fragments spray off radially almost 90* out from the angle of impact...I think there's about a 20* or 30* window, though. AR400 or other, softer steels will flex enough that the bullet may not entirely shatter, and can send fragments toward the shooter or spectators on the line. Thickness also plays a role...seems like most of these targets are about 3/8" thick. If you go too thin, flexing is again a problem. Edit: Steel core or penetrator ammo is a whole other can of worms.
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That sound suspiciously like that tensalloy bastard stuff they use in mining. That makes sense.
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 I picked this up a few weeks ago. I'm so-so on my optics choice, but love how the rifle shoots. H&K MR556 with wood furniture. 
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Booblord Zagats posted:I remember when i was a teenager we'd go shooting on the back acre of my grandparent's plantation. There was a really old iron washing machine with the hand crank thing on top and all, and my grand mother had put out there when she had gotten a brand new top loader from Maytag in the late 80s. yea, dont drink and shoot
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:yea, dont drink and shoot Look at this wanker with his lovely opinions.
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I'd argue, like with most hard and fast rules, that it probably never was meant to be applied to Hunter S Thompson
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Hunter is a guy who exchanged gunfire with his neighbors on at least one occasion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHeSC_Ws5Ic
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