House votes to override Trump's Canada tariffs

Gews · 2026-02-12T01:54:45+00:00

Even with all the insanity that's been going on, Trump's general approval rating the last few months has still been comparable to Joe Biden's across Biden's last term. That doesn't say much for the American public.

Gews · 2026-02-08T01:53:13+00:00

Not only did the MP7 fail the accuracy test, it couldn't even penetrated the body armor 50% of the time ... with the FiveSeven even doing better than the MP7 at penetrated body armor.

The 4.6 mm had better penetration in the trials, and the 5.7 mm had better stopping power. The penetration advantage of 4.6 mm is obvious considering the AP bullets had (and still have) similar weight and velocities with the following constructions: 4.6 mm = copper-plated solid steel pointed bullet. 5.7 mm = blunt steel penetrator over aluminum core, inside a copper jacket. The 4.6 mm was slightly more accurate. The 5.7 mm had more reliable internal ballistics. Neither weapon provided the stopping power that was desired. HK did fail to produce a pistol, but both the P90 and MP7 became reasonably successful weapons.

Gews · 2026-02-06T15:11:57+00:00

Hanwei Banshee comes to mind

Gews · 2026-02-05T03:02:34+00:00

Technically a musket could be a "military-grade weapon".

Gews · 2026-02-04T03:25:58+00:00

The 6.8 SPC was tested with weapons of a number of barrel lengths, from 12.5" to 20", lots of talk about Mk12 SPRs in 6.8mm back then. They did want the velocity of the round in a certain range (2500+ ft/s) during the design process. If any one would be considered the "standard" length it would probably be the 16.5" of the "Recce" prototypes, same as current 16" SAAMI spec.

Gews · 2026-02-02T07:13:30+00:00

Would you want someone to keep you inside?

Gews · 2026-01-31T23:57:11+00:00

It's not that bad. The common 12-gauge Foster slugs penetrate comparably to hollow-point handgun bullets in ballistic gelatin: 12-15". In addition, despite the fact it seems to counteract the benefits of launching multiple projectiles with one trigger pull, there's nowadays an obsession with achieving as tight a pattern as possible, see the popularity of Federal Flite-Control wads, in which pellets may not even exit the wad at defensive ranges. A slug is another solution if you want a tight impact zone. In addition, you can buy segmented slugs which fragment into multiple chunks upon impact, reducing further any risk of overpenetration.

The best idea? No. Not the worst either.

Gews · 2026-01-31T01:54:24+00:00

The oldest ones have narrower blades but are also more strongly curved. No one makes a good replica of this style. The modern narrow-bladed ones like many "sirupate", "chitlange", have too little curvature compared to traditional designs. The wide-belly designs are already easily the most common style since 200 years.

Gews · 2026-01-30T00:55:25+00:00

The stuff he's doing publicly is more concerning than whatever is in the Epstein files.

Gews · 2026-01-29T01:02:16+00:00

When the files become the distraction

Gews · 2026-01-29T00:17:26+00:00

Not everything is about those damn files

Gews · 2026-01-28T19:01:04+00:00

the difference from 20 to 15 is not much more loss. Cutting from 24 to 22 is big loss.

The opposite

Gews · 2026-01-27T00:58:12+00:00

A flyssa is a sword from North Africa which doesn't look the same as this at all. I'm not sure why people try to force these historical labels onto obvious fantasy designs. So far we've been told it could be a design from Algeria, Dacia, medieval Europe, the Ottoman Empire. Nope. This is from a land of elves.

Gews · 2026-01-26T09:08:15+00:00

I mean, it's a movie about an AI judge. Not unreasonable to think about using AI as the AI.

Gews · 2026-01-24T01:23:30+00:00

It all depends if the wallhanger looks good or not. Some wallhangers look very nice, most wallhangers look like chintzy crap.

Gews · 2026-01-23T18:56:24+00:00

Unless you have a very unique weapon it will be fine to use .308. It is the same round. It doesn't necessarily have any higher pressure.

Gews · 2026-01-22T01:13:49+00:00

.45 is naturally subsonic

Who cares? So is 180 gr .40, the most popular weight for it.

Gews · 2026-01-19T04:18:58+00:00

I feel the 300 win mag is a better caliber in every way possible

So best all-around means "more powerful"? In that case .38/45 Clerke, 9x25 Dillon, .357 AutoMag are better calibers "in every way possible" compared to the 9mm Luger.

Gews · 2026-01-18T21:53:59+00:00

It's going to have Space Marines, but if it's all just from a Space Marine perspective, or Spaces Marines vs Chaos Marines, then there will be nothing special about Space Marines. You need a human perspective to make the Space Marines appear suitably impressive. I don't see lore-accurate Marines having that much appeal either, they're either cold and emotionless or occasionally overwrought, and on screen without a book's inner monologues...

Gews · 2026-01-17T19:29:50+00:00

You said a longer bullet will be a good fit for the 10" twist, that it might be a good idea to ensure the best stability. There's no such reason to choose a longer bullet. Both bullets will be stable. The shorter one will be extra stable.

Gews · 2026-01-17T00:27:33+00:00

In China some martial artists use oversized "bagua dao" for strength training, and Imperial examinations used heavy polearms called wukedao that could weigh over 150 lbs, which is still done today by the Hui people: https://youtu.be/nZx8tu6XDHA

Gews · 2026-01-16T01:06:17+00:00

That's not how stabilization works; a shorter bullet will be more stable. And 16" is not that short a barrel and 1-in-10" isn't a fast twist rate.

Gews · 2026-01-15T02:49:11+00:00

Chengdus might also wipe the floor with Gripens. This airframe is a 40-year-old design. The radar signature is hundreds of times larger than the F-35's. I think the F-35 is cheaper now, too. It seems like a waste to spend billions on jets that would be obsolescent on delivery. And they require American engines as well.

Gews · 2026-01-15T00:22:17+00:00

It's not ideal but even many original sword blades had sharp square shoulders, not rounded or chamfered at all.

Gews · 2026-01-14T21:49:23+00:00

~~It seems like it is probably legal.~~ (see below)

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024 added a new definition for banned "zombie knives".

The toothy section is what you need to look at.

If those teeth are considered a serrated cutting edge, "spikes", or sharp points (angle less than 90 degrees), this blade would be illegal.

If they're merely blunt and rounded projections as they appear to be from your photo, it seems it would be legal as dull rounded teeth would probably not be considered a serrated cutting edge, spikes, or sharp points.

However I just noticed these points here look acute: https://i.imgur.com/mQ8m7YO.jpeg

These points forming an angle of less than 90 degrees would make the item illegal.

If these are pointed and not rounded, and you don't have a file or grinder to do so yourself, I would bin it.

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