A lot of criticism was leveled on the procurement of the Beretta M9 and how many changes needed to be made going from Model 92F to becoming M9.
Changes that fell from an extended and ridiculously rigorous period of testing that subjected the guns to things that were, well, ridiculous.
Now we've got SIG P320's going off if you breathe lightly on the back of the slide?
While that's a gross exaggeration, this is the kind of flaw that gets noticed when you do the entire prescribed testing procedure for a pistol, including troop trials, and gets changes made before you order a few thousand of the damn things.
Since the P320 has been type classified with this flaw as the M17, it makes me wonder if we have to have the full procedure for going A1 on it.
It's not unheard of.
Or are we going to make a parts change silently and make no designation change?
It's not unheard of.
I get that the full testing methods are tedious and expensive.
But there's reasons for them that were written in blood.
The M16 has still to shake its reputation for bypassing those tests. Yes, I know that the reason for the bypass was because the M14 had passed them and then all of the inherent corruption of the National Armory was laid bare when just one maker of the gun, who'd never made guns before, could make them to spec.
Embarrassments like that tend to make you doubt your methodology.
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08 August 2017
Red Label Day
The Lovely Harvey's boss gave her a bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label, because he doesn't drink hard stuff and was thus passing a gift on.
I cannot recall, for the life of me, if I've ever had Red Label before.
For free, it's EPIC good.
For the MSRP of $20, it's not bad at all.
Clearly there's better out there. There is also much worse for far more money.
I cannot recall, for the life of me, if I've ever had Red Label before.
For free, it's EPIC good.
For the MSRP of $20, it's not bad at all.
Clearly there's better out there. There is also much worse for far more money.
Have You Read Your Book?
"It costs $00.00 to thank God for the simple things like being alive."
Yeah, except for tithing.
Forgot about the tithing, didn't you?
Did you plunk down 10% to God? That's more than $0.00. Sometimes a lot more.
Even if God takes time, He wants 10% of it, also more than $0.00 unless your time is actually worthless.
Screaming at me for pointing out YOUR BIBLE and YOUR TRADITIONS both call for a 10% tithe doesn't mean they don't exist.
Again, why does the Paganesque Atheist (don't think too hard about that label) know more about your religion than you do?
Yeah, except for tithing.
Forgot about the tithing, didn't you?
Did you plunk down 10% to God? That's more than $0.00. Sometimes a lot more.
Even if God takes time, He wants 10% of it, also more than $0.00 unless your time is actually worthless.
Screaming at me for pointing out YOUR BIBLE and YOUR TRADITIONS both call for a 10% tithe doesn't mean they don't exist.
Again, why does the Paganesque Atheist (don't think too hard about that label) know more about your religion than you do?
The Culmination Of 433 Years Of Experience
It took the US National Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts from late 1944 to early 1959 to adopt a detachable box magazine fed Garand.
By 1961 the M14 had replaced the M1 in active Army service and by 1965 the Marines could say the same thing.
Italy, who'd adopted the M1 at the end of World War 2, and Beretta, who made them under license, agreed with the idea of a detachable box magazine for the Garand.
Like the US, they reasoned that they liked the Garand well enough, so why completely redesign the wheel?
Unlike the Americans, Beretta actually managed to keep using most of their tooling for the Garand.
Also unlike the Americans, they didn't linger over the decision and design. By 1959 they'd equipped their Army with the new rifle. Development and manufacturing had to have taken less than 5 years because it didn't begin until 7.62 NATO had been standardized.
Sure looks a lot like an M14, don't it?
Well, near as I've been able to find, there was no influence from Springfield on Beretta; this is just convergent evolution.
Beretta complied with the NATO standard for rifle grenades and included a grenade sight.
The ENERGA marked sight is stamped from sheet metal and can be removed from the sight arms. This would allow a sight with calibration for a different rifle grenade to be used.
The bolt stop/release is a lot more Garand-like than the M14 and the magazine release a lot more prominent. Missing from this semi-auto clone is the selector at the front of the receiver, it's also missing the clip guide.
The safety is in the normal Garand location. Note the little notch under the bolt handle, that's where a portion of the full-auto guts used to protrude. That's NOT where the selector used to reside!
The BM-59 is also equipped with a folding winter trigger.
There's storage in the butt:
The rear sling swivel can be rotated for both bottom and side sling use, the front swivel has to be moved from one position to the other with a screwdriver. This gun is rigged for side slinging because it stays out of the bipod's way.
The bayonet looks hauntingly M7 except for the latch. That's when it hits you, it's really coming from the same place as the M16's M7 bayonet; the M1 Carbine's M4 bayonet. Nearly the same latch with a bigger ring to clear the NATO spec grenade muzzle. Of course, the latch is much narrower than that on the M7. I don't have an M4 bayonet handy to compare right now, but Willard does.
By 1961 the M14 had replaced the M1 in active Army service and by 1965 the Marines could say the same thing.
Italy, who'd adopted the M1 at the end of World War 2, and Beretta, who made them under license, agreed with the idea of a detachable box magazine for the Garand.
Like the US, they reasoned that they liked the Garand well enough, so why completely redesign the wheel?
Unlike the Americans, Beretta actually managed to keep using most of their tooling for the Garand.
Also unlike the Americans, they didn't linger over the decision and design. By 1959 they'd equipped their Army with the new rifle. Development and manufacturing had to have taken less than 5 years because it didn't begin until 7.62 NATO had been standardized.
Sure looks a lot like an M14, don't it?
Well, near as I've been able to find, there was no influence from Springfield on Beretta; this is just convergent evolution.
Beretta complied with the NATO standard for rifle grenades and included a grenade sight.
The ENERGA marked sight is stamped from sheet metal and can be removed from the sight arms. This would allow a sight with calibration for a different rifle grenade to be used.
The bolt stop/release is a lot more Garand-like than the M14 and the magazine release a lot more prominent. Missing from this semi-auto clone is the selector at the front of the receiver, it's also missing the clip guide.
The safety is in the normal Garand location. Note the little notch under the bolt handle, that's where a portion of the full-auto guts used to protrude. That's NOT where the selector used to reside!
The BM-59 is also equipped with a folding winter trigger.
There's storage in the butt:
The rear sling swivel can be rotated for both bottom and side sling use, the front swivel has to be moved from one position to the other with a screwdriver. This gun is rigged for side slinging because it stays out of the bipod's way.
The bayonet looks hauntingly M7 except for the latch. That's when it hits you, it's really coming from the same place as the M16's M7 bayonet; the M1 Carbine's M4 bayonet. Nearly the same latch with a bigger ring to clear the NATO spec grenade muzzle. Of course, the latch is much narrower than that on the M7. I don't have an M4 bayonet handy to compare right now, but Willard does.
01001110 01101111 Means 01001110 01101111
Fucking a sexbot is now rape?
At this rate of change, the sliding scale of what constitutes rape will have me up on charges for what I did to my hand the other day.
At this rate of change, the sliding scale of what constitutes rape will have me up on charges for what I did to my hand the other day.
Pendant Retort
Nope, Officer Knowshowtoclearit, doesn't need to know that it's a Highpoint or an HK.
But knowing that she doesn't know, she should stick to calling it "a gun" "a pistol" or even "a gat" or "heater".
Generic terms, not specific.
Being ignorant and being specific gets you laughed at around here.
I'd have the same reaction to her referring to her Dodge as a "Police Interceptor" (A Ford trademark).
It's not being pedantic, it's being petty and shallow!
Because I'm a callow, and mean person who's full of hate.
PBBBBBBT!
But knowing that she doesn't know, she should stick to calling it "a gun" "a pistol" or even "a gat" or "heater".
Generic terms, not specific.
Being ignorant and being specific gets you laughed at around here.
I'd have the same reaction to her referring to her Dodge as a "Police Interceptor" (A Ford trademark).
It's not being pedantic, it's being petty and shallow!
Because I'm a callow, and mean person who's full of hate.
PBBBBBBT!
Homonym
If you stop to think that antefascist sounds the same as antifascist some of it starts making a lot more sense.
07 August 2017
Also Rans
What these two guns have in common is they're early '50's attempts to supplant the existing order.
The AR-10 was to replace the M1 Garand. It lost to the T-44 which became the M14.
The S&W 39 falls out of an attempt to replace the M1911A1, which was showing its age even in 1950. The 39 lost to the Army giving up on replacing their pistols due to budgetary concerns. Sounds familiar doesn't it?
Words Of Wisdom
"I'd much rather be happy than right, any day."
--S. Blartfast.
Why don't you go be happy instead of insisting you're right? It's affecting my ability to be happy, it really is!
Why don't you go be happy instead of insisting you're right? It's affecting my ability to be happy, it really is!
Except They Was Closed
Our attempt to compare the battle rifles of NATO failed because the range shut down hours early.
Maybe next week.
Maybe next week.
Had That Talk
Actually mentioned in conversation, that if I were to suddenly drop dead...
To research what my books and guns are worth.
Lots of them are collector's items.
To research what my books and guns are worth.
Lots of them are collector's items.
06 August 2017
Y+ 72
Everyone, most especially including North Korea, keeps forgetting that we're the first and only nation to actually use nukes in actual war.
Much is being said about how the Norks have nukes and a delivery system.
What's forgotten is how lopsided that exchange will be.
We will be hurt. They will be gone. Gone forever.
It's not like the mutually assured destruction stand off with the USSR.
Much is being said about how the Norks have nukes and a delivery system.
What's forgotten is how lopsided that exchange will be.
We will be hurt. They will be gone. Gone forever.
It's not like the mutually assured destruction stand off with the USSR.
Top Secret
How odd is it that I never converted Top Secret to GURPS.
That would have been easier than Twilight: 2000.
Perhaps that's the real reason. You merely need to consult GURPS: Espionage and High Tech for character creation and use the TSR books for the scenarios.
That would have been easier than Twilight: 2000.
Perhaps that's the real reason. You merely need to consult GURPS: Espionage and High Tech for character creation and use the TSR books for the scenarios.
The Expanse
I think my favorite part of The Expanse so far has been Bobbie Draper going to town on the plate of cucumber sandwiches.
It's such a subtle establishing moment about how things are in the universe, and it's done without beating us over the head about them.
It's such a subtle establishing moment about how things are in the universe, and it's done without beating us over the head about them.
Thank Your Fuzzy Lord
If you're my friend on Facebook, you're subjected to random song lyrics and linked Youtube videos.
Because I'm drinking.
It's a serious problem.
Because I'm drinking.
It's a serious problem.
Interim Combat Service Rifle
Not wanting rifle makers to feel left out like pistol makers...
Oh wait, this is just like the M4 replacement/upgrade RFP...
What the ICSR must have:
1. Caliber - 7.62x51mm
2. Semi and Full automatic selectable
3. Suppressor capable
4. Safety - Contractor must provide a detailed System Safety Assessment Report in accordance with Data Item Description (DID) attached to this announcement (Attachment 0002) in order to confirm the weapon will pass safety testing.
Oh wait, this is just like the M4 replacement/upgrade RFP...
What the ICSR must have:
1. Caliber - 7.62x51mm
2. Semi and Full automatic selectable
3. Suppressor capable
4. Safety - Contractor must provide a detailed System Safety Assessment Report in accordance with Data Item Description (DID) attached to this announcement (Attachment 0002) in order to confirm the weapon will pass safety testing.
If it has those four things it will be rated by:
1. Dispersion (300m - function, 600m - simulation)
2. Compatible w/ Future Weapon Sight-I and laser
3. Weapon length (folder or collapsed)/ Weight (empty/bare) / Velocity (300m and 600m calculated)
4. Semi-Automatic and Fully Automatic function testing (bursts and full auto)
5. Noise (at shooter's ear) / Flash suppression
6. Ambidextrous Controls (in darkness or adverse conditions) / Rail interface
7. 20-30 round magazine to support a 210 round combat load
8. Folding sights
1. Dispersion (300m - function, 600m - simulation)
2. Compatible w/ Future Weapon Sight-I and laser
3. Weapon length (folder or collapsed)/ Weight (empty/bare) / Velocity (300m and 600m calculated)
4. Semi-Automatic and Fully Automatic function testing (bursts and full auto)
5. Noise (at shooter's ear) / Flash suppression
6. Ambidextrous Controls (in darkness or adverse conditions) / Rail interface
7. 20-30 round magazine to support a 210 round combat load
8. Folding sights
For the record...
210 rounds of 7.62x51mm M80A1 is 11.76 lb.
210 rounds of 5.56x45mm M855A1 is 5.88 lb.
Assuming sense breaks out and they adopt the 0.29 lb. magazine Magpul makes...
210 rounds is really 220 and is 11 magazines; for 3.22 lb. of magazines.
15.51 lb. of ammo and magazines.
The FN SCAR-17 is pretty light for a 7.62 NATO rifle. With it's heavier magazine (1.6 lb. each) it's 8.8 lb. plus 10 spare mages for 16 more pounds for almost 25 lb. for just the gun and its ammo.
Yeah, this is a FUCK YOU Mr Grunt proposal.
I'm willing to bet that they're going to want a clipped barrel version so the suppressor isn't so ungainly long, which will likely bring ballistic performance right back to where 5.56 is right now; gaining nothing at the cost of extra mass.
It's difficult to keep from being cynical about the acquisition process.
05 August 2017
Too Soon?
Maxine Waters phoned the President's office shortly after midnight last night. "I need to talk to President Trump, it's an emergency!", exclaimed Maxine.
After some cajoling, the President's personal assistant agreed to disturb his boss's tweet time. "So, what is it that's so important that it can't wait until morning?", grumbled Trump.
"Supreme Court Judge Ginsburg just died, and I would like to take her place.", she begged.
"Well, it's alright with me, if it's OK with the funeral home.", replied President Trump.
After some cajoling, the President's personal assistant agreed to disturb his boss's tweet time. "So, what is it that's so important that it can't wait until morning?", grumbled Trump.
"Supreme Court Judge Ginsburg just died, and I would like to take her place.", she begged.
"Well, it's alright with me, if it's OK with the funeral home.", replied President Trump.
Tax Holiday
This weekend is Florida's annual sales tax holiday on school supplies.
Ammunition is still taxed.
That's unfair.
Same thing happens at the hurricane tax holiday too.
Ammunition is still taxed.
That's unfair.
Same thing happens at the hurricane tax holiday too.
The Last Air Show
The Iowa Air National Guard once did an air show at Des Moines International Airport.
Highlights included the IANG's A-7D's doing the entire Thunderbirds display as an opener (with the Thunderbirds as closers) and a "fuck-it-I'm-retiring-what-are-they-going-to-do-to-me?" mach one pass by a B-1B.
There has not been an air show at this location since.
Highlights included the IANG's A-7D's doing the entire Thunderbirds display as an opener (with the Thunderbirds as closers) and a "fuck-it-I'm-retiring-what-are-they-going-to-do-to-me?" mach one pass by a B-1B.
There has not been an air show at this location since.
Intransigent Glut
Willard got some decent deals on his 7.62 NATO acquisitions.
He got all but the BM-59 from GunBroker.
Looking at some of the local gun and pawn shops prices; I don't think they're aware of the glut.
Put another way, people on GunBroker are looking to sell guns. The local shops appear to be looking to display their collections.
We're not in the first year of a Hillary Clinton presidency with Speaker of the House Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer.
While R across the board doesn't necessarily mean gun stuff is going to get better, it's a near lock that it's not going to get worse.
If gun stuff is not poised to get worse, prices on lots of things deflate rather than inflate.
Things that were affected by the AWB are in the deflation category.
Lots of gun and pawn shops need to be introduced to the "sunk cost" fallacy.
It simply does not matter what you paid for something when selling it.
Read that again.
What you paid does not set the value of the item. It establishes the price to determine if you're making a profit or taking a loss.
Example. There's a local pawn shop with a Winchester Model 54 in .30-06. They've had a $500 price tag on it for the past five years. Inquiries to see if they can come down on that price are met with a blanket, "we can't change the price" with an implication that the person who can isn't there.
I hate to break it to them... The only person asking after that rifle is me. It's not a $500 gun to me. If there was a $500 buyer in this market, they'd have wandered in and bought the thing by now. I'd happily offer $300 for it, but can't get them to negotiate.
$300 is more than $0 and makes maintaining the thing someone else's responsibility.
If they paid $400 for it (which I doubt), then $300 is a $100 loss; but a no-sale at $500 is a $400 loss not a $100 gain.
He got all but the BM-59 from GunBroker.
Looking at some of the local gun and pawn shops prices; I don't think they're aware of the glut.
Put another way, people on GunBroker are looking to sell guns. The local shops appear to be looking to display their collections.
We're not in the first year of a Hillary Clinton presidency with Speaker of the House Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer.
While R across the board doesn't necessarily mean gun stuff is going to get better, it's a near lock that it's not going to get worse.
If gun stuff is not poised to get worse, prices on lots of things deflate rather than inflate.
Things that were affected by the AWB are in the deflation category.
Lots of gun and pawn shops need to be introduced to the "sunk cost" fallacy.
It simply does not matter what you paid for something when selling it.
Read that again.
What you paid does not set the value of the item. It establishes the price to determine if you're making a profit or taking a loss.
Example. There's a local pawn shop with a Winchester Model 54 in .30-06. They've had a $500 price tag on it for the past five years. Inquiries to see if they can come down on that price are met with a blanket, "we can't change the price" with an implication that the person who can isn't there.
I hate to break it to them... The only person asking after that rifle is me. It's not a $500 gun to me. If there was a $500 buyer in this market, they'd have wandered in and bought the thing by now. I'd happily offer $300 for it, but can't get them to negotiate.
$300 is more than $0 and makes maintaining the thing someone else's responsibility.
If they paid $400 for it (which I doubt), then $300 is a $100 loss; but a no-sale at $500 is a $400 loss not a $100 gain.
Cue Sarah MacLaughlin
Marv is flat refusing to buy a CETME because "it's ugly".
I keep giving him a heads up on a decent deal for one and he's replied "it will be re-listed because nobody else wants it either."
That makes me think of those late-night SPCA ads with "Eyes of the Angel" running in the back ground with footage of cats and dogs looking all sad and lonely.
I have the lead in to tag line...
"Everyday, millions of firearms go unwanted and unloved..."
Adopt a gun today!
Support No-Bubba shelters.
I keep giving him a heads up on a decent deal for one and he's replied "it will be re-listed because nobody else wants it either."
That makes me think of those late-night SPCA ads with "Eyes of the Angel" running in the back ground with footage of cats and dogs looking all sad and lonely.
I have the lead in to tag line...
"Everyday, millions of firearms go unwanted and unloved..."
Adopt a gun today!
Support No-Bubba shelters.
Themed Two Gun
Italy:
So many places, but it starts in Belgium:
USA
Someplace in Africa.
Somewhere nearby in Africa... with someone speaking Portuguese.
Poland during Twilight: 2000:
Vietnam, Mekong Delta:
Boring Reliability
Someplace that isn't Ames, Iowa:
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| Beretta M951 and Beretta BM-59. |
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| FN Hi-Power and FN FAL. |
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| Colt M1911A1 and Springfield M14. |
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| S&W Model 39 and Armalite AR-10. |
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| Walther P.1 and H&K G3A3. |
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| Beretta M9 and Colt M16A2. |
USA during the apocalypse:
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| S&W M&P 9 and Laconic Arms M4A1. |
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| Colt M1911A1 and Colt XM177E2. |
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| Glock 17 Gen 2 and PSA PSAKMS. |
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| S&W Sigma SW40F and Laconic Arms VKb.07. |
04 August 2017
All NATO
DSA SA-58 Standard standing in for an FN FAL 50.00.
Springfield Armory M1A standing in for a Springfield National Armory M14.
James River Armory BM-59 standing in for a Beretta BM-59.
PTR Model 91 GI standing in for an H&K G3A3.
DPMS LR308 modified with a Faxon barrel to M1956A2 standard standing in for an Artillerie Inrichtingen AR-10.
Some guns are representative of several types. The FAL covers both inch and metric patterns. The G3 also covers CETME. The AR-10 is a poor representation, but this configuration is doable.
We're now soliciting virgin shoulders for firing impressions who can make Florida Firearms Academy, 4321 US Highway 19, New Port Richey, FL 34652 on Sunday 06Aug17 (Hiroshima Day) between 1400 and 1700.
What we're looking to test is how mass, configuration and weight affect perceived recoil.
Speaking of...
FAL, 21" barrel, short stroke gas piston, 10 lb. 13.9 oz.
M1A 22" barrel, White system long stroke gas piston, 11 lb. 6.4 oz.
BM-59, 19.3" barrel, Garand system long stroke gas piston, 11 lb. 15.4 oz.
G3A3, 17.7" barrel, roller-delayed blow-back, 11 lb. 4.4 oz.
M1956A2, 20" barrel, Stoner gas system, 10 lb. 14.9 oz.
03 August 2017
Toothless
On the outside, there's a forward assist...
But inside, on the bolt carrier...
Nothing for it to engage on.
Thanks DPMS!
But inside, on the bolt carrier...
Nothing for it to engage on.
Thanks DPMS!
There I Was
There I Was
There I Was
There I Was
IN
THE
CONGO!
The M1956A2 in its native environment pretending it's Portuguese.
There I Was
There I Was
IN
THE
CONGO!
The M1956A2 in its native environment pretending it's Portuguese.
Cast Offs
Do you want the parts we're discarding from the M1956A2 project?
Click here to see our quite reasonable prices!
Click here to see our quite reasonable prices!
M1956A2
Got the Krylon Fusion paint for the buttstock.
All put back together, just waiting for the hour cure time to handle.
It's amazing how much handier this gun is without the bull barrel and 4-rail handguard. Just a bit under 10.8 pounds loaded instead of 12.6 lb.!
All put back together, just waiting for the hour cure time to handle.
It's amazing how much handier this gun is without the bull barrel and 4-rail handguard. Just a bit under 10.8 pounds loaded instead of 12.6 lb.!
Two Of Five
Two of the five for our upcoming 7.62 NATO comparison study.
VG.56/17 M1956A2 on top and G3A3 on bottom.
Not Mocking You
The
The #31 cobalt drills went right through the QPQ nitride coating. You could feel it, but the resistance was very brief.
The gas tube gave me more grief than drilling and reaming the holes. The rear hole could probably use another 1/16" of reaming for aesthetic reasons.
02 August 2017
Identity
What's all the drama about?
I just realized (thanks FuzzyGeff) that President Trump did not forbid transgender folks from identifying as being in the military.
I just realized (thanks FuzzyGeff) that President Trump did not forbid transgender folks from identifying as being in the military.
Salving Post
Four years ago, those $80 BM-59 magazines we were looking at were $135 magazines.
The $1,200 rifle was $3,000.
For a niche collector item like this, prices coming down is somewhat unusual.
The $1,200 rifle was $3,000.
For a niche collector item like this, prices coming down is somewhat unusual.
Scotch Eggs
If The Boy will let me actually get anything done tomorrow, I think I will gather the stuff for scotch eggs.
They're just divine!
And maybe, just maybe, try my hand at Frittata Spagnola (Or as Miguel styles it, tortilla).
I'm in a cooking mood!
They're just divine!
And maybe, just maybe, try my hand at Frittata Spagnola (Or as Miguel styles it, tortilla).
I'm in a cooking mood!
01 August 2017
How Could This Ever Happen In A Socialist Utopia
Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma, opposition figures in Venezuela, have been arrested.
Who could have predicted that something like this would occur in a socialist dictatorship?
It's not like it's never happened before...
Except in every nation that's succumbed to the siren song of Marx and the descended flavors thereof.
Naming Conundrum
I've tended to call the AR platform "The People's Carbine".
I've even gotten silly about it and dubbed a couple of guns in a Germanic VKb naming structure.
VKb.08 for the 6.8 guns, for example.
I've also dubbed a couple of the guns with the old M(year) system.
XM1994E3 for The Lovely Harvey's M4gery, for example.
Which system should apply to Willard's AR-10 descendant?
I equally like VG.56/17 and M1956A2 (A nothing would be the original, A1 would be an M16A2 style handle, A2 is the flat-top).
What say the hive?
I've even gotten silly about it and dubbed a couple of guns in a Germanic VKb naming structure.
VKb.08 for the 6.8 guns, for example.
I've also dubbed a couple of the guns with the old M(year) system.
XM1994E3 for The Lovely Harvey's M4gery, for example.
Which system should apply to Willard's AR-10 descendant?
I equally like VG.56/17 and M1956A2 (A nothing would be the original, A1 would be an M16A2 style handle, A2 is the flat-top).
What say the hive?
Poing
Poing is not a noise you want to hear when attempting to delete the National Match rear sight on an M1A and install a normal USGI aperture.
The little wire retainer for the split-nut in the windage knob that is threaded for the elevation knob shaft went poing. This is supposed to be an insuperable assembly... Then the clicker ball bearing for the windage went flying.
Everything was located and has been reinstalled.
Grumble.
Edit, fixed parts names.
The little wire retainer for the split-nut in the windage knob that is threaded for the elevation knob shaft went poing. This is supposed to be an insuperable assembly... Then the clicker ball bearing for the windage went flying.
Everything was located and has been reinstalled.
Grumble.
Edit, fixed parts names.
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