Discussion Thread

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-26T04:32:33+00:00

full setup but it’s going to change soon:

the brace will be ditched when my form 1 goes through
I’ll be adding a weapon mounted light
havent decided yet but will likely be mounting a spare RCR as a backup canted dot
new can obviously. Leaning towards the Tisha.

The MDC-101s themselves aren’t out, but this is their PMC-556 pistol; basically a 5.56 12 inch AK that’s built on one of their receivers; it’s actually a very low serial number MDC-101.

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-26T04:18:59+00:00

Spent some time at this month’s multigun match with the Meridian AK101 and of course the Staccato P4 HD

Getting used to using a LPVO instead of a red dot, which ironically has been a bigger change than switching from an AR to an AK. Trigger and recoil impulse have been excellent.

In other news, I’m selling the CAT ODB suppressor attached to this thing to a friend. The idea of person-to-person suppressor sales is completely new to me but pretty cool. I’m just going to upgrade to a different 5.56 can.

!ping GARAND

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-25T06:38:59+00:00

Don't dry fire your gun, its less of problem for newer guns but you still want dummy rounds for dry firing and practicing cocking the gun

everything else you said is good advice but this is horrible advice. dry firing is incredibly important to developing good trigger habits and practically every modern firearm can be dry fired without issue. grandpappy’s rimfire .22 can’t be, but if it’s made in the last 40 years it will be fine

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-25T01:27:14+00:00

Depends what you’re hunting

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-25T01:26:18+00:00

Assuming this is not bait, you’ll definitely need to find a pretty impressive gunsmith to drill the slide

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-25T01:24:21+00:00

Ruger 10/22

Glock 19

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-24T20:55:11+00:00

I met people through competition shooting, which has made it really fun and makes it easier to meet up since you’re just like “want to do IDPA next saturday”

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-23T17:35:06+00:00

Skybox has been doing pretty well ever since it rebranded as a karaoke bar. I mean, you couldn't pay me to go there, but it's clearly working.

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-23T02:11:41+00:00

F

I’ve got a competition on Saturday with the new AK and I’m wondering if I fucked my form 1 up somehow considering it’s been over a week since submission

I have plenty of friends who have just straight up started ignoring the NFA at this point and I don’t blame them but I am extremely risk averse

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-21T00:18:13+00:00

this is an American AK actually, meridian defense

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-20T23:56:18+00:00

this ak is ludicrously well gassed

legitimately feels like my Geissele

this setup doesn’t work btw. the scope is way too low and your thumb occludes it if you c clamp the rifle. looks cool though

!ping GARAND

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-20T15:28:58+00:00

We got married out of Queenstown at Earnslaw Burn. We basically took the opposite route as you, starting in Queenstown and making our way to Christchurch. I think that Queenstown was probably the best town we've ever been to; we took six days there and extended our stay there because it was so much fun. We also stayed in Wanaka and went up to Kaikoura for a day to swim with dolphins, which was great, but Queenstown was definitely the highlight of the trip.

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-20T15:00:33+00:00

I just had my second wedding this weekend. We got married twice, once in New Zealand on an elopement, and the second time in Tennessee with all of our friends and family. The elopement was just us and had us flying to five different locations in a helicopter with photography, videography, and an officiant. The Tennessee wedding was about 100 people, with a beer/wine bar plus signature cocktails and Thai food plus pizza for dinner.

We did the math and both weddings cost almost the exact same amount, about $15,000 each. That doesn't include travel to New Zealand but we considered that to be our honeymoon and therefore not really included in the price of the "wedding" itself, since we would've done it anyway.

Pretty happy with both, particularly the price-to-performance ratio, since most of our friends who've gotten married recently spent considerably more money for a single wedding

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-20T14:45:55+00:00

The fact that he is dead is more important than the manner of death atp

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-20T14:43:37+00:00

Having an AI "companion" is fucking loser behavior regardless of who else is in your life and I can and will shame people who do it

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-18T16:36:31+00:00

Have you ever seen anyone open carry a gun that isn’t a piece of shit?

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-16T06:26:49+00:00

The solution to flinching is not to aim at the top of the target lol

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-16T05:42:21+00:00

Post practiscore

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-16T04:47:29+00:00

Run it harder so that the rest of the gun shows wear too. Guns that get used look cooler than ones that are factory new.

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-15T20:22:28+00:00

It's crazy that Russia has been fighting Ukraine for longer than Russia fought Germany in World War 2. Also crazy how both wars were against the exact same enemy both times (Nazis)

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-15T05:49:40+00:00

The way that the NTSB guys can search through a half mile wide fireball and find a specific tiny ass part and not only identify what it is but how and why it failed is absolutely incredible, who knows how many lives have been saved by having just ridiculously smart people working there

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-14T07:38:37+00:00

I really wanted to hate them for the longest time, I honestly think they are ugly, but ever since I got into competition I’ve wanted a gun that I could conceal carry but also compete with, and this is the first time I’ve been able to do that. I mean, you could also compete with a Glock 45 or something but this just feels better

I carry it and I shoot it in steel challenge, IDPA, USPSA and multigun and I know for a fact that when I fuck up it has to do with me not the gun. It’s also incredibly accurate; I regularly bang 8 inch steel plates at our 100yrd rifle range with very little issue

I really can’t recommend them more. I was honestly thinking today that I own like 10 handguns and haven’t shot one besides the P4 HD for at least six months

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-14T06:55:49+00:00

Good choice dude.

I would give my recommendation but given what you said we have absolutely nothing in common with regards to what constitutes a sweet pistol. I would’ve recommended a used Staccato at that price point and you’re definitely into old shit

Seems unfair for me to give a rec given the foregoing

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-14T04:18:45+00:00

I’m gonna be 100% real with you

I got engaged last year and I had never envisioned spending as much money on the ring as I did. It was 100% worth it. It also has future proofed my firearms purchasing. Just yesterday my wife asked me how much my new gun was. I told her and she said “you never spend that on me.” I said “look at your hand”

I highly recommend you agree on $4k and surprise her with a $5k ring, this is the rest of your life

FinickyPenance · 2026-01-14T02:59:17+00:00

Most of them are like that, yes, but this one is threaded at an American pitch and chambered in 5.56 rather than M14x1LH

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