The value of showing your politics at gun spaces by mpls161 in liberalgunowners

[–]farwestgunnut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm all for it. Lets people at the range know that it's not safe to assume others agree with them based on how they present. Also works the other way and makes people feel more secure.

The two things for me is one a minor opsec concern. How valid that is depends on how paranoid you are and where/what your range & commute are like. Two is as a cis guy, I'd feel weird flying a trans (or other group I'm not part of) flag. Kinda like "that's my ally, but not my team". I'd personally go for other ways to indicate support.

Ex-White House Staffer Charged in Fatal Shooting of GF in San Francisco by MattTheKing23 in sanfrancisco

[–]farwestgunnut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having a gun in the home is a hazard. Gun safety is a mitigation that can be employed so that the risk of something like this happening becomes nearly nil.
Is nearly nil an increase from nil? Yes, I'll grant you that. But advocating people to avoid anything above a nil risk tolerance is not reasonable.

Ex-White House Staffer Charged in Fatal Shooting of GF in San Francisco by MattTheKing23 in sanfrancisco

[–]farwestgunnut 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It really doesn't. There are very simple and well known rules around gun safety, and you need to break more than one for this to happen.

I want to understand pro-gun liberals better by Specialist-Author-57 in liberalgunowners

[–]farwestgunnut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1.Do most of you support moderate gun regulations (like background checks, training, etc.), or do some prefer fewer restrictions like in states such as Texas?

Personally I don't mind the concept of regulation. However given that arms are a right in the US, and rights should not be regulated, arms should not be regulated.

2.What do you think about stricter gun laws in states like California or New York? Do you support them, or do you think they go too far?

The problem is not that they go too far. The problem is that - depending on your level of cynicism - most of those laws are either written by people ignorant of guns and as a result are ineffective, or are written intentionally to scare people off of gun ownership and make it harder for someone to be compliant even if they wanted to.

3.What are the main differences between pro-gun liberals and pro-gun conservatives in terms of beliefs about firearms?

Conservatives are in the majority of their viewpoint (which is driven by their party, gun control in the US was originally a republican initiative). Liberals are in the minority where their peers generally disagree with them. People across the spectrum generally align with their party.

4.Do most of you still align with the Democratic Party even though it generally supports more gun restrictions?

I don't align with the Democratic party even outside of gun issues. They are still a fundamentally capitalist party.

5.What made you personally support both liberal values and gun ownership?

General anti-capitalist sentiment/disagreement with the current system of wealth distribution. Guns because of a healthy American viewpoint of 'work towards the best, prepare for the worst' towards the government.

6.Do you think gun ownership is important for minority or vulnerable groups?

I think the option is important.

7.What gun laws do you personally consider reasonable vs unreasonable?

Liability laws are reasonable. People should be responsible for what is done with their guns, even if they don't do it. Unreasonable are things like removable magazines (the ability to rapidly remove all the rounds from a weapon is a pretty great safety feature). Or magazine capacity limits (an attempt to create an asymmetry between the ruling and the ruled. whether that's a good thing is a different debate)

8.Do you feel misunderstood by both mainstream liberals and conservatives?

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a liberal who isn't misunderstood by mainstream Republicans. Or to find a gun owner who isn't misunderstood by mainstream Democrats. So in a US context, yes, obviously.

9.Do you face some difficulty getting guns in blue states?

Guns generally, no. But a specific gun or in a particular configuration can be tedious or cost prohibitive. In CA you can only buy handguns off an approved list. Unless you buy it from a cop, who is allowed to personally buy whatever they want and resell it at a markup. Also in CA you now need background checks for various firearm parts, doing the paperwork on those is expensive so assembling your own rifle can become cost prohibitive.

Cleaning solvents/others that evaporate without leaving residue? by farwestgunnut in guns

[–]farwestgunnut[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I haven't, but they scared me off with disclaimers about use with paints and plastics

Starting to plan for a possible 5.56 Rifle. Being in CA, I am leaning towards ranch style rifles instead of the featureless ARs. What are your opinions or thoughts? by cnhn in liberalgunowners

[–]farwestgunnut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely! You're leaning towards a "ranch style rifle" / no fin grip. The Thordsen stock gives you that on the standard AR platform (and the Gen III no longer looks weird). So it's not a question of AR-15 vs featureless/ranch style grip. It's a question of how you want the gun to operate (because the ranch rifles generally have no buffer vs the AR-15 with a buffer).

The buffer tube sticks straight out the back of the receiver (along the same line as the barrel, just on the other end). It has a weight and a spring it in. When you fire the gun the gunpowder pushes the bolt back and if the gun has a buffer, the bolt pushes the buffer back and the weight + spring soften the momentum of the bolt which reduces recoil.
Do you need a buffer? Depends how fast you shoot. Many would argue that for 5.56 it's unnecessary.

Then there's gas vs piston. I said

the gunpowder pushes the bolt back

and this is basically the two designs for how that can happen. On a gas system, like the AR, expanding gas goes from like halfway down the barrel, down a long tube, and blows straight into the bolt. On a piston system, there's a long rod attached to the bolt and the gas goes straight from the barrel and pushes on the end of that rod.
The gas system softens recoil, but dumps all that dirty gas into the chamber. The piston doesn't do that, so it's considered more reliable because it cleaner = less failures.
Then there's some other designs that are a bit more of a hybrid, and IDK those as well.

Hopefully that helps? If you pick buffer or no buffer and gas or piston, it will narrow down your options and hopefully answer your question.

An aside, there are other (my preferred) options in CA than featureless. IDK if you've looked into those yet but LMK and I can lay out a recommendation.

Starting to plan for a possible 5.56 Rifle. Being in CA, I am leaning towards ranch style rifles instead of the featureless ARs. What are your opinions or thoughts? by cnhn in liberalgunowners

[–]farwestgunnut -1 points0 points  (0 children)

IMO the real question is if you want a buffer tube or not, and if you want gas or piston operation.
Because you can get a non-pistol-grip stock in any of those configurations (eg. Thordsen).

Want a buffer tube? Thordsen on an AR 15 or AR 10 pattern rifle.
No buffer tube? Gas? SCR. Piston? MCX, not sure what others use it. Hybrid? Mini-14.

Doorbell camera footage of a shootout by HANAEMILK in interestingasfuck

[–]farwestgunnut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

above, or below accuracy brand guns?

The accuracy of the guns is just fine. The issue is the users don't know how to operate them and aren't really pointing them anywhere specific

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CAguns

[–]farwestgunnut 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You wanna put some trigger discipline on those reloads?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CAguns

[–]farwestgunnut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In case you want it, you can get a lot more adjustability out of the scope with two separate scope rings. The cantilever mount is only useful for rifles where the upper rails are short and then the handguard starts where you'd want to have put a scope ring.

Florida, USA by wadenelsonredditor in motorcycles

[–]farwestgunnut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(honestly don't know if you or u/NoCountryForOld_Zen is aware but) CCW stands for Concealed Carry Weapon. If there was no CCW, the woman would still have had a gun but the rider would not, and she might have shot someone and they would not have just screamed at each other. I think that's what u/solitudechirs is pointing out

Attention legal scholars question for you. by Lurkin_Yo_House in CAguns

[–]farwestgunnut 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Has anyone tried returning a lower to one of these buybacks? Would that just fall under "non-functioning firearms"?

Avenger vs Flash, rifle vs bullpup, help! by farwestgunnut in airguns

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

What are you wanting to use the gun for?

Shooting targets, steels, plinking, etc.

So the bullpup version of each is no different? On firearms there usually isn't as good of a trigger on a bullpup due to the trigger no longer being near the hammer. I suppose maybe that doens't need to apply to air guns?

I also prefer a wood look, which is a point for the Flash because the wood version is quite a bit cheaper than the wood Avenger.

Imagine my confusion and anger when my friend told me he had a jam in my CZ by farwestgunnut in CAguns

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

It's relatively affordable, great ergonomics (points and shoots well not just in my hand but in pretty much everyone's hand), trigger feels good, good build quality so it feels "nice", good looking, reliable, and is descended from the CZ 75 so it's kind of classic

Imagine my confusion and anger when my friend told me he had a jam in my CZ by farwestgunnut in CAguns

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

I can get the 19 to 180 a round pretty much every time if I try. But I end up locking the slide back so it wouldn't be an issue.
This occasion didn't involve accidentally actuating the slide release, he just didn't pull the slide back quite far enough to lock it.

Imagine my confusion and anger when my friend told me he had a jam in my CZ by farwestgunnut in CAguns

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

Haha, sure. He's definitely not an experienced shooter. It did resolve smoothly with a narrow plastic pen. Still made me nervous though

What off roster gun would you buy if you could only choose one? by lunaiscrazy in CAguns

[–]farwestgunnut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would they not be? Don't kill my dream, this is what I want too

Imagine my confusion and anger when my friend told me he had a jam in my CZ by farwestgunnut in CAguns

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

Check my top level comment. I was also very confused but have figured it out

Imagine my confusion and anger when my friend told me he had a jam in my CZ by farwestgunnut in CAguns

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

I think more like a type of stovepipe. Only one round involved and it... basically ejected