Gun Thread

[Exodus_2pt0]

Bulkammo had 20, 1000 round packs of PMC m855 when I placed my order. Now, sold out. They are probably loving the batf right now.

[deutschman]

I liked the look of that knife, so I looked it up. Almost $400 for that piece of metal! Dont get me wrong I am all for buying quality even if its more expensive, but that seams a bit crazy for a fixed blade knife. Is it made out of metal from Mars or something?

[mrsleeve]

limited availability from a well known and highly desirable knife maker/designer goes A LONG way on pricing.

IIRC they have their own proprietary steel, that is not commercially available anywhere else but them. Not saying its better than a s30v etc... as I have no knowledge of the particulars of their steel, but I would think there is a high cost associated with it having to be made in small batches for this one small knife maker in ohio...

[myinfernalbmw]

I don't take offense to anyone calling me crazy for spending what they would consider a ridiculous amount for a knife. It spoke to me and I had to have it. It's not the type of purchase I would try to condone. Either you get it or you don't. I am starting to get into custom knives and that is a drop in the bucket by comparison.

It is one hell of a chunk of steel though.

[cale]

Actually its the other way around. The 1-7 twist is better at heavier rounds vs say a 1-9 twist. I hand load a lot of 69gn for my rifles and they eat that shit up. I have some TAP 75gn but found the 69gn shot just as well and it was cheaper for me to reload than to buy boxes of of TAP ammo.

See if you can pick up a box or two of Black Hills 69 Red box.


Are the shots that hit directly center your first shots, then having them walk out? Your shot groups are not that bad but I was thinking maybe the barrel heating up causing the point of impact to shift. If it was a single round, I would blame that on maybe shooting technique or an off round. You show constancy both before and after the shift.


That rifle has got to be a blast to shoot.



Don't know if anyone follows TiborasaurusRex on youtube. He does a long series called Sniper 101. The guy is amazing when it comes to long distance shooting and he goes way into depth on everything ever needed to know about long distance shooting. Cale, here is the section on barrel twist when he talks about stability of the bullet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3h0pMQAFUU

I'm an idiot, it is a 1:9. I knew it favored lighter rounds.

No matter, it was ringing the gong at 600m consistently this past Sunday.

This is our shooting location we made, about 4' raised platform 4x8. Plenty of room for a shooter to be comfy, and a spotter to make do. We're exactly 600m from a pretty substantial berm, and we're going to drive stakes at 100m increments out to there. There's about a 200m tall hill way off to the side where you can shoot down into a clearing for probably 2000 yards, so more than enough room to have fun.





Working in tshirts in the middle of Feb is nice.

[Vedubin01]

very cool, I still think if you were to try some black hills 69gn blue or red box, you would be sub moa with your rifle. Keep us updated! Hitting Gongs at 600m is helafun!

[acolella76]

Has anyone shot a Sig P320? No store near me has one.

[AwakenNoMore]

Goddammit R3V, I did it again . . .

SLR-104 Plum

[Exodus_2pt0]

^^ As much as I disliked my Ak47, I want me some under folder so so bad.


So I've got my lc9 listed fs/ft and just got my first questionable email.

Something along the lines of, I'm interested in this for my Mother in law because her house just got broken into.

Anyone else see why I'm not responding to this one?

[cale]

In a move clearly intended by the Obama Administration to suppress the acquisition, ownership and use of AR-15s and other .223 caliber general purpose rifles, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives unexpectedly announced today that it intends to ban commonplace M855 ball ammunition as “armor piercing ammunition.” The decision continues Obama’s use of his executive authority to impose gun control restrictions and bypass Congress.


https://www.nraila.org/articles/2015...mon-ar-15-ammo

[phreshkid]

Cops came to my house the other day looking for me. They had my photo and asked a roommate if I was in fact a resident at that location.

My roommate hesitated and in an effort to "have my back", he said he wasn't sure if I lived there and that he doesn't know if I lived there or not. Very noble, but kind of screwed up my CCW permit process.


Excellent.

[DER E30]

Cops came to my house the other day looking for me. They had my photo and asked a roommate if I was in fact a resident at that location.

My roommate hesitated and in an effort to "have my back", he said he wasn't sure if I lived there and that he doesn't know if I lived there or not. Very noble, but kind of screwed up my CCW permit process.


Excellent.

Wow, why were the cops at your house for a CCW?

[Exodus_2pt0]

^ Because California

[phreshkid]

Wow, why were the cops at your house for a CCW?

^ Because California

Part of the CCW process is that a Sheriff must verify your place of residence, to confirm that your application information does in fact coincide with true residency.

Apparently many guys will apply for CCW with false addresses, or their buddy's addresses in a favorable county or city. In this case, Orange County.


Because California.

[AwakenNoMore]

You should have let your roommate know what the deal is. Fucking california.