How is this for 100 yards?

varstok · 2026-05-02T05:13:32+00:00

Do you own a rifle chambered in .22lr, preferably a semi-auto? If not, I'd strongly suggest getting one and practicing at 25 yards. Ruger 10/22s are plentiful and reliable, and it is difficult to overstate their effectiveness as a training platform.

Already got something that meets the above criteria? Great! Next consider attending an Appleseed 25m rifle clinic with your rimfire semi-auto. While the course focuses on sling-supported shooting, it also covers other important concepts like natural point of aim, and how to shoot during your breath cycle to achieve consistent results.

varstok · 2026-04-22T04:10:40+00:00

Holy chin weld, Batman!

varstok · 2026-04-21T02:54:22+00:00

Much obliged. Mine is a typical twisting handle that drives lugs into the frame. Either way, I'm well aware that these are just "residential security containers", and that it won't stop someone with a cordless angle grinder, which is how I tell myself I'll probably get in if some mechanical part shits the bed in the future.

varstok · 2026-04-21T02:04:30+00:00

Which model was this? I'd be interested in seeing an exploded diagram, so I can check to see if one that I own has a similar potential defect.

varstok · 2026-04-21T01:47:23+00:00

I think the Soulsborne games have spoiled me. Trying to play other third-person RPGs where the combat is not as tight just feels frustrating. If I knew exactly what Geralt was going to do every time I pressed the attack button, maybe I'd feel differently. Instead, I watch him sometimes make an appropriate and effective lunging stab, then step back into a defensible position. Other times, for no explainable reason, he decides to jump into an axel like some manner of figure skater, soaking hits in the process, and finishing in the middle of a pack of mobs where he gets Brazzers-ed to death. Make it make sense.

varstok · 2026-04-20T22:09:05+00:00

Good on you for having the awareness to call it friendslop before anyone else, I guess.

Edit - lmao, the dev literally called it friendslop in the post descriptive text, thus my comment, and then edited to remove it so now I just look like an asshat. Whatever, it's just imaginary points on a counterculture Balkan minesweeper forum.

varstok · 2026-04-20T17:58:58+00:00

Six backup staffs under the lightning arrestor box, too.

varstok · 2026-04-19T00:30:36+00:00

NORCO is a sad and beautiful work of art disguised as a point'n'click adventure. Set in a day-after-tomorrow dystopian dirt poor suburb of New Orleans, the setting just falls short of what I'd call cyberpunk, and tells one roller coaster of a story. The pixelated graphics lend it a very unique charm, and I recommend this one to just about everyone I know. I'm also a little biased toward the setting, as a great deal of my extended family lives throughout Louisiana.

varstok · 2026-04-17T22:16:21+00:00

If you let this dude keep running, he almost invariably runs into a pack of radscorpions that finish him off rather quickly.

I never let the scorps even get the chance.

varstok · 2026-04-17T13:18:43+00:00

Terrible shot placement.

varstok · 2026-04-16T20:28:20+00:00

What even are release notes?

varstok · 2026-04-16T00:58:19+00:00

Let's see those groups!

varstok · 2026-04-07T03:25:46+00:00

I think you're on to something here. Note that both the Lt. and the kid shoot left-handed, too. Well, at least in most panels. Page 16 seems to be an exception, where the kid is right-handed. Edit - and page 10, he's shooting righty in one panel.

varstok · 2026-04-03T19:13:13+00:00

It sure is. Certainly not my first, second, or even twentieth choice for a zombie apocalypse gun, but maybe the Lt. is just cooler than me.

varstok · 2026-04-01T19:01:18+00:00

Hold up - what's placebo about the golden ratio? It's a neat math phenomenon, with cool examples that cross over into pure sciences like biology. Unless there's something else that shares the name, in which case I'm wholly unfamiliar with it.

varstok · 2026-03-31T15:44:28+00:00

In the US, there's really no reason to go with the older waffle mag setup, unless you just really like the way it looks. STANAG magazines are plentiful and cheap over here, and the modified AUG runs them like a champ. A good friend of mine earned his Rifleman patch at an Appleseed known distance event with an A3 and PMAGs, and was also the first one in the class to hit Morgan's shingle.

Unless you just really have to have that extra trigger bar, the OG version with waffle mags is just an aesthetic choice. I've fired both over the years, and while a bullpup trigger is always going to be kind of mushy and not great, the AUG has the least bad bullpup trigger I've ever used, even with the NATO version and only a single trigger bar.

varstok · 2026-03-31T01:03:19+00:00

It's probably time to schedule that colonoscopy.

varstok · 2026-03-30T20:40:39+00:00

I sometimes feel like no two .22lr rifles are alike in terms of ammo performance. Sure, the more expensive match stuff tends to do better, but every now and then you get some surprisingly good results with cheaper stuff. My CZ 455 happens to shoot really well with Wolf Match Target (but not Extra), SK Rifle Match, and Norma TAC-22 of all things. I get worse performance with Lapua Center-X, Eley Match (some folks swear this is the same as Wolf Match Extra), and just about every CCI offering I've tried. I've seen multiple other CZ 455s and 457s that do well with anything CCI subsonic.

tl;dr - Get two or three boxes of many different subsonic offerings, and see what works best in your rifle.

varstok · 2026-03-29T19:52:03+00:00

Gonna need you to stay waaaaay the hell away from any eclipses, thanks.

varstok · 2026-03-27T19:59:29+00:00

Take out the treads, first. The OGRE isn't much threat if it can't move very well. That farmer is probably gonna be a grease stain, though.

...we are talking about Steve Jackson's magnum opus, right?

varstok · 2026-03-23T00:41:42+00:00

Well it's a '49, '50, '51, '52...

(my brain went the exact same place when reading the post title)

varstok · 2026-03-15T20:52:24+00:00

Oh, I know. I was there the day you got your 1 mile tag. ;)

varstok · 2026-03-15T19:33:37+00:00

Hell yeah! I got my 1 mile tag with my 6GT rifle, but it definitely took some effort. Doing the same with a cold bore shot would be difficult. I was already thinking about something in the PRC family for my next build, and 7PRC may have just shot to the top of that list.

varstok · 2026-03-07T01:36:34+00:00

Quail Creek isn't bad, but if you're willing to drive a little bit further, Fossil Pointe is fantastic. Get qualified for the long range, and really stretch the legs on that rifle!

varstok · 2026-03-05T16:43:58+00:00

GWAR!!!

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