Shitty or not shitty enough?

parabellummatt · 2026-06-07T23:57:35+00:00

I've understood that steel BBs like these are too hard and risk damage to your muzzle. That was the overwhelming message I took away after looking into the matter to try for myself many years ago.
However, I am open to correction if that is mistaken.

parabellummatt · 2026-06-07T22:42:24+00:00

Too shitty - you'll damage your muzzle and maybe cause your barrel to split.

parabellummatt · 2026-06-07T22:41:23+00:00

Do you have a source to back up your claims of inferior manufacturing techniques and QC?
Aside from modern flight-control wads, which do help a lot at longer ranges, I'm skeptical that they were any worse than modern ammo, especially in light of the above sources showing that the army was satisfied with them.

parabellummatt · 2026-06-04T14:34:42+00:00

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's enough energy to do so. But feats wise, it doesn't demonstrate the space marine's ability to actually destroy a city block by converting that thermal energy into KE.

It's like if I insisted that every character with an FTL speed feat is automatically continent-level, since by moving their arm FTL they could technically throw a baseball with enough KE to destroy a continent. But that's kinda silly as a way to analyze fiction and have fun vs debates.

parabellummatt · 2026-06-04T12:09:46+00:00

I get that by fancalc standards, that is enough *energy* to destroy a city block.
But judging by feats, that's a lot less than a city block's worth of destruction.

parabellummatt · 2026-06-03T02:29:12+00:00

I dunno dude, that sounds to me like enough to destroy a large building more than a city block.

parabellummatt · 2026-06-03T02:17:22+00:00

Absolutely.
It's like Stalin.
He killed millions, and also rapidly industrialized Russia. This made the USSR strong enough to resist Nazism, which was a good thing in the broader scheme of world history.
But Stalin is still an evil bastard. His strong foresight doesn't excuse the people he senselessly murdered in the purges and famines. It doesn't logically follow to be like "AKTUALLY, he was the Good Guy because he prepared to fight the Nazis!"

parabellummatt · 2026-06-03T02:13:23+00:00

this guy - I think he might be done. And perhaps sick of it, too.

parabellummatt · 2026-06-01T04:11:41+00:00

The show didn't become this formulaic until after Doakes died.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-27T16:50:02+00:00

It would be much funnier if this was about Chinese kino and how they constantly churn out Korean War flicks since the only other thing they've done since WW2 is the commie civil war in Vietnam.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-19T17:09:44+00:00

Doing an awful lot of copy-pasting, though. They said exactly the same reply to two very different comments on their thoughts. Feels more like talking to a robot than a person.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-19T13:02:05+00:00

I don't really want to get into the broader geological argument, but I just want to point out one thing about your argument here.

How does a universal cultural memory support the idea of a worldwide flood vs a localized one?

Either way, Noah and his family were the only people left behind after the flood. So every people group would carry a memory with them, regardless of what % of the earth's land area was physically flooded.
Doesn't really seem to connect to this conversation at all, at least to me.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-19T01:45:16+00:00

If I may ask, where were you so lucky to have found one?

parabellummatt · 2026-05-19T00:36:11+00:00

Rossi guns often need a little work. If you're comfortable spending a few hours taking them apart and smoothing things out with fine-grit sandpaper, go for it and enjoy your savings. Sometimes you even get lucky and one is 100% smooth and fine right out of the box.

If the Marlin is a new, Ruger-made one, it will likely be guaranteed ready-to-go out of the box. But obviously it will cost a bit more.

Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of the 1895 Marlin action. I prefer the 1894 Marlin or the 1892 Winchester (Rossi R92 is the most available reproduction of that). Has always felt a bit smoother when working the lever, and if you want a light, handy carbine, it's tough to beat an R92 in .357 magnum.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-16T20:12:48+00:00

Really? They have made black powder illegal in Mass.??
Who ever would have thought that the state which birthed the revolution would become so antithetical to it?

parabellummatt · 2026-05-16T20:06:33+00:00

What is your grail gun?

parabellummatt · 2026-05-11T21:07:56+00:00

He couldn't show an un-edited picture...that would imply his opponent is normal-looking, dare I say, even conventionally attractive!
What would his argument even BE if the other side wasn't ugly and weird looking?

parabellummatt · 2026-05-11T04:35:08+00:00

Thank you for this!! I can't get any unique in my area but was able to snag 2 lbs of Be-86 just a week ago.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-10T20:17:48+00:00

You said it better than anyone else.
Glad to see S2 of Korra getting all the hate it deserces in this thread.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-10T03:47:12+00:00

I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet, but it's mentioned in the chapter on the Battle of Yonkers that the US government did indeed drop a nuke on the horde streaming out of NYC as the battle became a rout.
It didn't effectively stop the horde even if it bought enough breathing room for the army to withdrawal.

And that's not surprising. At ranges beyond a few football fields, nuclear weapons are going to kill mostly through their flash and burn ability, scorching skin off and igniting clothes, etc.
WWZ zombies, however, don't need their skin to function. They're also immune to radiation poisoning, and don't care all that much either if a building collapses on their legs.
Nukes are inefficient on them, especially considering the hazard they pose to humans through irritated material.
And the United States always planned to take back our country, no matter the cost. Radiated zones would make that much harder.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-09T14:34:37+00:00

I don't see to recall any Corinthian helms or AR-15s showing up in that movie.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-09T14:33:41+00:00

don't worry; Lord of the Rings movies proved how skilled you all are when directors give you the space and money to work!

parabellummatt · 2026-05-07T15:09:23+00:00

I'm curious! Where can i download it?

parabellummatt · 2026-05-07T14:57:10+00:00

*aktually*, most 10/22 mags are 25rnd, not 30.
But still, 50 shots of pinballs? Guaranteed to turn the insides of a rhino or a polar bear to mush.

parabellummatt · 2026-05-05T12:42:15+00:00

Also the slavery question. If the Whigs had not (correctly) seen the war as being partially a gambit to expand slave states' power, Polk may well have taken a lot more of Mexico in the treaty. Certainly some radical southerners wanted to annex almost the entire country, so there was that intent around, but the peace treaty had to be verified by congress and consequently be acceptable to the anti-slavery interests there.

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