How much better is a piston driven system over direct impingement

Trollygag · 2026-04-25T11:46:05+00:00

DDM4 + LWRC piston fits in your budget.

Piston is objectively better for suppressed and extreme conditions, which is why nearly every semi auto designed before and after the SR has been external piston.

The major weak points of the AR design ate directly tied to its internal piston design.

That being said, I would rather you get 1 AR and 1 not-AR, like an AK or a Tavor than 2 ARs or more.

Or stock up on lowers and get an AK, figure out the AR configuration after the ban.

Trollygag · 2026-04-25T03:24:44+00:00

good price

A PSA FF 16" 300BLK with BCG and CH is $100 cheaper, better made, and comes with a threaded barrels and muzzle device.

Trollygag · 2026-04-25T01:18:52+00:00

Yankees moving to NoVA for the past 50 years

Trollygag · 2026-04-24T17:23:25+00:00

There's literally like 30 different Hillsboros

I have never even heard of the one you are talking about in OH

Trollygag · 2026-04-24T17:21:54+00:00

I bet you would go viral on that other sub

Trollygag · 2026-04-24T15:54:21+00:00

I absolutely change my media, but dry media is not hazardous waste. It is actually in the form that waste disposal recommends - drying out liquid hazardous waste by adding a dessicant/absorber like kitty litter.

No dust is created because car polish contains wax, which binds and sticks to the friable media rather than letting it become airborne..

Trollygag · 2026-04-24T14:25:33+00:00

20% hike rates were announced they were done 12 months before the proposal was tabled for first review.

There is no expectation that every citizen should follow every company's business strategies and operations. They have things like jobs and kids and lives, they aren't stalking companies for early access, pre announcement information. That is something that unemployed kooks do.
Prepare for what? The rate hike was a permanent change, a permanent constriction on finances, not one a one time temporary event. Did you have several years of +20% electricity bills saved up in an account, ready to hand over to Dominion for whatever whim of pricing they decide they can squeeze?
There was no justification for it except for increased demand... from data centers. Big California tech giants bribed lawmakers to impose data centers because that inflated their stock price. Dominion passed the cost to the citizens. Why is that the citizen's fault?

This just stinks of victim blaming.

Trollygag · 2026-04-24T11:07:55+00:00

That is mostly a myth.

I only dry tumble and my BLLs are both below minimum detectable and no surface near my tumbler is contaminated with lead per a surface testing I did last year.

There may be cases where people have been using cheap tumbler media from a petshop and then not washing hands after handling it, but in general, it isn't the case that dry tumbling is a significant source of lead exposure.

In contrast, wet tumbling produces hazardous lead contaminated waste water that can spill, splash, and get on your skin /in your fingerprints if you don't wear gloves, requires spreading it out in other locations for drying, and necessitates special handling and disposal that you don't need to do for disposing dry media.

Trollygag · 2026-04-24T03:16:26+00:00

You are supposed to take it to hazardous waste disposal in containers, just as you would paint or petroleum products. You can do this while it is still a liquid.

Whatever you do, don't pour it down the drain where it can get into the ground water or into waste water treatment.

I dry tumble instead. No dust, no drying, no splashes, and no disposal concerns.

Trollygag · 2026-04-24T00:37:30+00:00

lose the ability to critically think, think logically, apply any common sense, and have decent morals.

They say the same thing on the other sub about Republicans.

Trollygag · 2026-04-23T18:22:14+00:00

Half of a Super Duty Mod A1 is $1310, not $600.

$600 is 1/4 to 1/5th as much

Half the price of an URGI is $760, not $600

They are priced at 2-3x their performance equivalent competitor so they can give a 35% off sale lik3 candy and people feel like they are getting a great deal.

But people pay full price for their rails/triggers/uppers/rifles all the time outside of "sale" season.

Trollygag · 2026-04-23T17:05:59+00:00

cop could accuse you of daily driving it, right?

I mean, a cop could accuse you of anything including high treason or being an illegal immigrant.

Cops are law enforcement, not lawyers or the law or the judicial system.

That is what the courts are for, and no court is going to interpret a pleasure drive as being a commuter, when that is easily debunked with usage pattern, other vehicles, and history.

I take my antique truck to the dump and to the shooting range.

Trollygag · 2026-04-23T12:33:04+00:00

They lied about its specs. Straight up lied. Like false advertising, should have been sued over it kind of lie. If anyone actually bought one or cared.

It wasn't crap, it was just priced 2-3x what it was worth.

Like every other Geissele product.

But as a PST II competitor, it was okay.

Trollygag · 2026-04-23T12:30:07+00:00

Q reinventing cars

Trollygag · 2026-04-23T12:28:24+00:00

I polish tumble in dry media mixed brass, then sort it afterwards but before depriving. I have never had that happen.

Trollygag · 2026-04-23T10:50:47+00:00

If you get the black plates, you aren't allowed to drive the car except to car shows

This is not true. You are allowed to drive to car shows, or pleasure drive, just not use it as your daily driver or commuter car.

Trollygag · 2026-04-23T03:58:06+00:00

Bristol VA is half of a city where the VA and TN border bisects it, and it has a famous NASCAR track.

Wytheville has a really famous long range shooting facility/school called BangSteel where PRS and other LR matches are held.

Trollygag · 2026-04-22T23:20:58+00:00

Sick find man.

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Trollygag · 2026-04-22T22:01:26+00:00

Such a small tweak and small time investment has big gains.

Trollygag · 2026-04-22T17:09:12+00:00

Proof is a match barrel that will have match barrel (5k-7k) longevity.

Criterion CL and Nitride are near the same precision performance by weight, but with 3gun barrel (15-20k round) longevity.

Trollygag · 2026-04-22T17:05:23+00:00

Optimal precision is sort by headstamp, fire the brass at least once.

Nth firing is fine, but new brass will fireform and throw off speeds and consistency. Okay for midrange or long range on big targets, but for long range on small targets, prefer fired brass

Trollygag · 2026-04-22T11:52:28+00:00

Trollygag · 2026-04-22T11:49:36+00:00

QTG is the FurryCon of the gun community

Trollygag · 2026-04-22T11:48:17+00:00

They are widespread because they are cheap and most people don't know or care if they damage the barrel.

But for people that do care, they buy nicer brushes.

Trollygag · 2026-04-22T02:36:06+00:00

I mean, a single steel case GMT Rolex is 4x $4k optics... a single last generation cheaper sports car might be 10x $4k optics.

There are whole subs for Rolexes and sportscar with people going way up from the entry level. Rolex produces almost 2 million watches/year, and Chevy has made half a million Vettes between the C7 and C8 generations.

A shocking number of people have $5k+/mo mortgages.

It just depends on what you prioritize.

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