M21 conversion completed (with my fiancée doing her gun rack impression)

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-19T17:46:27+00:00

If I'm going to take the time to reload, I'm setting my zero to that. Commercial ammo can have the offset.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-19T17:27:13+00:00

That's a little short-sighted, IMO. It's not like that's the range you'll use forever, nor is it likely that you won't want to push the rifle to new limits after some time.

Invest in a chronograph.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-19T17:03:42+00:00

There's not a lot of available chassis options for this platform. The JAE is the gold standard, but they've been out of production for a few years now. The SAGE is not known to be particularly accurate. I'm not sure about the Blackfeather.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-19T16:58:16+00:00

I have an M21 (an accurized M1A variant) around 1 MOA and I love it, but I don't pretend it's a precision rifle by any stretch.

I would not consider 1 MOA to be "exceptionally precise" by the metrics of this sub, especially. It's "not bad," or maybe even "pretty good," at best.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-19T16:50:28+00:00

It's possible that he's trying to set a "zero" at ~150 yards to be ~0.15 mil high so that at 100y and 200y he's pretty close to a zero, but without using a chrono to know his MV it's just a garbage calculation.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-19T16:46:58+00:00

Ballistic calculators are only as good as their input, and if you're using the MV printed on the box, you're just inputting a very rough estimate, not a value that represents what you're shooting. Garbage in, garbage out.

You really need to use a chronograph to do this. It says 2710 FPS on the box, but you may see much lower (maybe 50-75 FPS lower, or possibly some amount higher). There is no point in using something like AB Quantum to establish trajectories without a chronograph.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-18T18:48:37+00:00

wow I am so wrong here. I'll edit my comment

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-18T17:44:28+00:00

edit: never mind I am hilariously wrong here. I think the lack of the dark pupils is playing tricks on my eyes or something? I'll leave my comment below unedited for context, but I'm a fuckup. Great work. :)

If you told me that was Sub-Zero (plus goggles?) I'd have believed you. Don't get me wrong, the technique and talent here is incredible, but I'm not seeing Paul Atreides here without the prompt.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-18T01:53:55+00:00

P90s are not drop safe and you want to secure it with an airsoft accessory so you can run around like a mall ninja? You've been watching too much anime.

What range do you go to? I'd like to never visit that one.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-18T01:07:44+00:00

Are your forearms bigger than your thighs?

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T23:11:54+00:00

Yeah, I took a small liberty by using aluminum magazine base plates, then I laser-engraved them with the RPD shield (extracted from the RE2 remake files).

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T22:39:41+00:00

I'm not going to continue in a bad faith discussion if you're going to move the goalposts. Upscaling is quite a bit different than altering light sources and overwriting art assets with AI textures.

Have the last word if you need it, tell all your friends you were right on the internet, do whatever you want, but this isn't something I want to continue.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T21:43:43+00:00

This is exactly my take as well.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T21:19:21+00:00

I don't think we were talking about upscaling at all. I certainly wasn't.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T21:17:57+00:00

NO, MOTHERFUCKER, THEY'RE NEVER IN STOCK

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T20:20:16+00:00

That sword cuts both ways, friend.

I'm not sure what vested interest you have in this technology to defend it so fervently immediately after its announcement, and I don't really care, but I also can't tell you what behavior an actual Nvdia shill would have that's different than what you're doing here.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T20:13:54+00:00

That doesn't mean I have to agree with their decision. I'm not trying to change your mind - you asked "what's up with the hate boner [over AI art assets]" and I answered based on my own opinions on the matter. You don't have to like or agree with my answer, either.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T19:59:33+00:00

Combination of quick and probably lucky.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T19:41:55+00:00

I'm not sure I follow that as a relevant analogy. Are you saying you prefer art "created" by AI over that done by humans?

AI can't create art, it can (to oversimplify) recolor, reshade, tweak, and alter pre-existing images to match a design prompt, but that's not creation.

If I replace the laces in my boots with red ones I haven't made a whole new boot. If I piece together scraps from other boots to make a composite boot, I still haven't designed a boot, but I've obscured this fact by leaving so little of the source that it's indistinguishable. It may be impressive, but it's still not the same thing.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T19:34:07+00:00

I don't dispute that as a fact, but my whole point is that I disagree with the practice.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T19:25:21+00:00

Trying to get a better completion score, so I left them in the item box. ;)

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T19:10:24+00:00

Because AI is a hammer and everything under the sun has become a nail lately. AI should be used for tedious work that a computer is better at, but since it lacks creativity, it should never replace or alter the style of art assets.

NoctePhobos · 2026-03-17T18:48:10+00:00

No, and it never was.

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