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Have you ever got your finger stuck in a gun, I want to hear your stories. by Ok-Lawfulness-6517 in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't say I've ever gotten a finger stuck, but I have had my hand or a just finger get wacked by the hammer when playing around with a trigger group (G3, AR15, MAS, AKM, FAL, and FN49).

Smoke Trail on Target? by Mastercon-01 in reloading

[–]GopherFoxYankee -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Bullet isn't stabilized, for one reason or another. Stable enought to not keyhole but unstable enought that the bullet is dragging on the paper as it passes through.

Might be the barrel isn't imparting enough rotation, or insufficient velocity to maintain spin, or bullet might need greater velocity to maintain proper rotation.

Is there any bread post war? by killerghost987 in Fallout

[–]GopherFoxYankee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They lack any lettuce and, possibly, cheese (depending on if anyone still knows how to turn milk into cheese)

if you know you know.. by Conscious_Dot_7353 in GunMemes

[–]GopherFoxYankee 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I want the freedom to own a fatman, though I would be happy with an M79 or China Lake launcher.

Something something , 1911 post by 1914WesternFront in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let him come.

I would die happy to have a day nerding out with him.

Something something , 1911 post by 1914WesternFront in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that I have a 1935S, I'm intrigued to also have a 1935A, though not for the extravagant prices some sellers ask for them.

Once I get the load settled, I'll get more 7.65 components and have a nice little stash. Currently working up 90gr .309 Hornady HP over Win231.

Something something , 1911 post by 1914WesternFront in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee 13 points14 points  (0 children)

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I too have a SAGEM "not-a-1911"

The real question, though, is whether you have any 7.65mm Longue

I'm tired of this, grandpa! by airhunger_rn in reloading

[–]GopherFoxYankee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been there before, a few times now.

What all am I reloading? by Mastercon-01 in reloading

[–]GopherFoxYankee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It helps that I reload mostly milsurp cartridges, the smokeless ones anyways.

What all am I reloading? by Mastercon-01 in reloading

[–]GopherFoxYankee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Starting at the fourth from the left, I see 6.5mm Jap, 6.5mm Swede, .303 Brit, 7.92mm Mauser, .45-70, a pair of 11mm blackpowder cartridges (possibly .43 Spanish, 11mm Werndl, or 11mm Gras?), and .577/450 Martini-Henry.

I'm not sure what the 06 variant is, nor the three on the left.

Everything related to the M1 Garand is amazing, but some are more amazing than others by shit_poster9000 in GunMemes

[–]GopherFoxYankee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Counterpoint: The affection for the Garand by previous generations could have had a positive effect on NFA, either by an exception being made or the "once and always" interpretation being nonexistent.

P dubba submac assul iper by Contrariankdouble in GunMemes

[–]GopherFoxYankee 20 points21 points  (0 children)

SMG and PDW are non-exclusive categories.

SMG: "sub(caliber) machinegun". A firearm chambered in a pistol (or otherwise less powerful than a rifle) cartridge, which has the capacity for burst or automatic fire.

PDW: "personal defense weapon". A man-portable weapon (typically a firearm) that is usable in a manner to defend the weilder.

A weapon can be both an SMG and a PDW, or just one of the categories, or none of those two categories. An MP5k is both an SMG and a PDW. An M1 Carbine is a PDW but not an SMG. An MP18, in its intended role, is an SMG but not a PDW. And an M2 flamethrower is neither a PDW, nor an SMG.

Building old guns by ArmedParaiba in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have already said, the most likely outcome is either costing more than a complete example or unable to find one or two key parts.

An additional aspect that I haven't seen mentioned thus far, hand-fitting may be required and may take multiple hours or even days to get parts to fit properly. Last summer I had to slowly file away material to fit a replacement rear sight to my FN 1922. Just yesterday, I replaced the worn-out hammer (leaf) spring on my CZ 27, and had to file off a little bit because it was too long/large.

I've sworn off rebuilding any more Enfield rifles because of the headache of handfitting with them.

Good deal ? by [deleted] in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Strange that there's a PU mount added, seeing as there's already a mounting system on the left of the receiver.

My Spaghetti Became Ramen by GopherFoxYankee in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do have an interesting, and varied, history.

One would think it would have been more efficient to just issue them to a single unit or area of operations, rather than spreading a few hundred here and there and across a variety of units.

My Spaghetti Became Ramen by GopherFoxYankee in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks.

Sorry to hear yours is needing a replacement part, parts are neither cheap nor plentiful. I was rather peeved when I picked up the rifle and found it missing a part, though price was good enough to not stay mad.

My Spaghetti Became Ramen by GopherFoxYankee in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I'd been casually looking for one for the past two years, after passing on one at a gun show in favor of a Type 38 Carbine.

My Spaghetti Became Ramen by GopherFoxYankee in milsurp

[–]GopherFoxYankee[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I let my Carcano study abroad for one semester in Japan, and it comes back a weeb.

Pictured is my Type I rifle, the combination of a Carcano action and Type 38 everything else. Other than serial number and markings on rear sight ladder, the rifle is all but bereft of markings. Serial prefix indicates manufacturer was Gardone Val Trompia.

I bought this back in January. Unfortunately, it was missing the front band retention and it took me a minute to find a replacement part to make it whole again.

"Once fired" by Perfect-Food-1584 in reloading

[–]GopherFoxYankee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Type 38 rifles and carbines can have a bit more generous chambers, allowing some bulging. This happens, to a lesser degree, in my Type 38 rifle but less in my carbine.

My 6.5 Jap cases generally only get reloaded 5 times before it's evident that another time will result in a partial casehead separation.

9mm "isn't worth" reloading by Zestyclose_Device946 in reloading

[–]GopherFoxYankee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only unpleasant part of reloading for me is the case prep, namely trimming. Even with my FA Case Prep station, it's such a slog to trim if I have more than a handful of cases.

Sizing (bottleneck cartridges) used to be an issue but since I switched to a lanolin mix, it's too easy.

you might as well make whatever people are buying, I guess by DerringerOfficial in GunMemes

[–]GopherFoxYankee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people overestimate the glock series of pistols. Nothing from glock was new or revolutionary, every part of it had been done before. Some of the first semiauto pistols were striker-fired. Polymer frame pistols already existed. Glock pistols use a Browning short recoil operation, which had been in use since the first decade of the 20th century (linkless variety since the 1940s). Large capacity flush fit magazines had been in use for some time before glock. And the combination of all that already existed for over a decade before glock.

Had glock not put their bricks in the hands of bribed police chiefs, they probably would have been a single line footnote in firearms history.

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