Eric Pate
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Every sheriff and PD in the country is getting more-or-less free Strykers and MRAPs but the border patrol has to run away from incoming fire? WTF?
BTW, what the hell does that vid have to do with anything? I just see some guys dickin around on some boats.
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Look at the bright side. You can still get a Catamount Fury.
Oh no you di'int!!!
Seriously though, the Chinese are perfectly capable of making decent guns. They just choose to sell us cheap crap cause they know we'll buy it.
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Sad day.
Here's a link to the official statement from the treasury dept.Couldn't help but notice there was no mention of Molot...
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Wrote this on another forum so I'm just gonna repost it here:
They're gonna waste millions of dollars of taxpayer money, make a few quality pistol manufacturers spend millions on R&D, get every private in my unit asking me "Sergeant, have you heard when we're getting 1911's yet?" and then they'll cancel the bid request and keep issuing M-9s.
Yup, QFMFT!
This is just more defense-contractor-needs-a-job bullshit. How many pistol programs have we had so far? Lets see:
1979-1983:
Joint Service Small Arms Program1988: XM10 Pistol Trials
2000(?): Future Handgun System
2000-2005(?): Special Operations Forces Combat Pistol Program
2005-2006:(merger of previous two)
2008-Current:See a trend here?Military arms procurement is a fucking joke, and a bad one at that. The punchline is the taxpayer footing the bill, but it is ultimately the soldiers who end up paying for it.
And I know this part is gonna hurt everyones little feewings, but "Made In America"? What decade do you think this is?
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Heh, yeah I picked up 50 G3 mags for my HK91 at $2 a piece a few years back. Half of em are still in the wrap.
Nice to know I could have 1000 rds loaded and ready to go.
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Just FYI, when ordering from Centerfire Systems:
CASH SAVINGS!
Our everyday prices reflect a 3% cash savings -- NOT available on credit or debit card orders
and will be applied to order at time of processing.Last time I ordered, the actual price was not even apparent until the item shipped and my card was charged.
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Pasting the article is also helpful in cases where the original info gets moved/wiped/erased/memory-holed or whatever.
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Do any of you guys honestly believe the next president will be better?
I just hope it won't be any worse.
Don't hold your breath, dude.
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Do any of you guys honestly believe the next president will be better?
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Aside from making it easier to reach around the drum, IMHO the only real practical benefit of a vertical grip is weapon retention. Meaning: its harder for someone else to take the weapon out of your hands.
I've tried a few. I eventually got tired of them. I liked the stubbies better than the long ones. Folding is only handy for transport, just like folding stocks. I once had a YHM folding grip that I cut to stubby length and sanded a flat for a pressure pad.
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fore the love of GOD ,22 mag all day long,kill it don't ruin the meat ,if yu have it 17 hmr.
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"Of the many law enforcement officials called to testify, none were able to identify a single instance in which they were involved where a single civilian fired more than 15 shots in self defense," she said in her ruling.
So then cops don't need them either, right?
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In my limited experience, transparent polymers are never quite as durable as the opaque varieties. They seem to have a tendency to be brittle.
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This is great but this 5 round to 8 round comparison photo is really confusing to me. See image below...
It's obvious in the picture that it takes 4 rounds just to get down to the Double-Stacked portion of the magazine. With that said how are you squeezing 8 in there utilizing the same space? Correct me if I'm wrong but wont the double stack have the disadvantage that the majority of the spring will not be allowed to be stored in the follower since the majority of the spring will have to be the width of the doublestack portion of the magazine to prevent buckling while its compressed? In addition, if you truly intend to squeeze 8 rounds in the mag of the image that you posted then you have created a space for the compressed spring that is actually LESS than the stock 5 rounder (looks to be almost half to me).
With the combination of less space for the compression spring (again looks to be almost half to me), no way to store most of the compressed spring inside the follower, the fact that 8 rounds should take more force to push upward than 5, and the fact that the double stack taper should require more force on top of that-- I just don't understand how 8 is being squeezed in here when it takes 4 rounds just to reach the double stack portion. Did you make a spring that has coils super far away from each other so it has a smaller compression height? If so wont that mean very early spring failure? Sorry if I'm the skeptic here but everything about this seems odd.
The yellow lines are drawn to keep prespective throughout based on the alignment of the bottom of the two magazines. In reality the Stock magazine cartridges would in fact be about 0.25" higher than the doublestack since it appears to be about that much taller in the photo. I didn't move them up higher though because I don't have the actual number so I left it as if they were in fact the same height. If I did though it would only make the difference for spring space even that much more greater.
Dude. *sigh*
Go to this page, read the entire thing and look at all the pretty pictures. Thats about as full an explanation as one could get..
MD Arms Patent on Double-Stack Magazines for Saiga-12
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Believe it or not, the whole "shot-by-dog" thing happens approximately once a year or so in this country alone. It is a more common occurrence than you would think.
A quick Google search reveals:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/26/17107343-florida-man-shot-by-his-dog-police-say
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/01/man-shot-after-dog-causes-gun-to-go-off/
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Give the forum a few bucks problem solved.
A business membership is $1200 a year, which is a bit more than a few bucks.
The paying business members here throw a screaming hissy-fit if anything at all threatens to undercut their profits. Makc runs this forum for profit so he really has no choice but to comply with their demands. The unfortunate side effect is that it pits the professionals against the DIY guys, which sucks unequivocally.
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Anyone here ever been shot? Anything you'd like to share?
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Bumping this thread back up to the top because I put way too much good info in here to let it die that quick.
Surely someone else in here has firsthand experience with ballistic trauma?
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I stand behind my five year old post.
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Mummies are probably out too.
Well, technically, aren't mummies just really old zombies?
Jesus, that's funny!
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Orthopedic radiographer here. I've seen plenty of GSWs. They can all be potentially lethal. Here are just a few things I've picked up over the years:
-Inside the body, .22s bounce and deflect all over the place, even without hitting bone so its not unusual to find the bullet far away from the entry wound. While nearly impossible for a person to exsanguinate (bleed out) from such a tiny hole it will easily perforate internal organs and usually causes sepsis. They can also "go vascular" (see below).
-Never underestimate the "small" concealed carry calibers. I've seen a guy take a .380 to the femur at close range and that shit shattered like glass. No bueno.
-When a bullet impacts bone it typically loses its structural integrity and comes apart. So the wound is often filled with bullet and jacket fragments. The small fragments are usually left in place since you'd do more damage trying to remove them (ditto for birdshot). But you have to be careful not to leave any fragments close to a vessel cause they can "go vascular" and be transported to other areas of the body (heart, lungs, brain, etc.)where they can be lethal.
-Birdshot is great for maiming people, but is usually non-fatal. I hate how often the topic of using birdshot for HD come up here. Its utter bullshit.
-Secondary infections from GSWs are rare cause the bullet is typically sterile. However, rifle calibers are sometimes an exception because their high-velocity can cause a vacuum-like state that draws free air into the wound, promoting infection.
-GSWs from high-powered rifles are absolutely devastating. The shock alone can be lethal. If it hits a bone, it is typically destroyed beyond reconstruction. We have a saying in orthopedics: "You can't make chicken soup out of chicken poop." This is the same as the saying "You can't nail cottage cheese to the wall." What we mean is: we cannot fix something that leaves us nothing to work with.
-A "Contact" GSW is when the muzzle is touching the victim. These are god-awful because all the propellant gasses are directed into the body tissues kinda like over inflating a tire. They are very difficult to clean up.
I actually have an example of this on hand (no pun). This is an elderly gentleman who suffered the classic "palm-over-shotgun-muzzle" contact GSW over 20 years ago. Although it is now well healed, the extensive damage and retained foreign bodies are clearly evident.
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Tn now allows fixed blades and opened up the length laws. So I'm looking to get a good 5 or 6" to hang from my belt and keep in the truck ASAP. I've always wanted to take a white tail by hand with a good ka-bar or Buck knife!
Got a link? I'd like to read the new regs. It'd be awesome if I could finally carry my Applegate!
I'm currently just carrying this Spyderco:
(Its smaller than the pic makes it look.)
One thing leads to another
in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!
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Just FYI, Cobray is not a manufacturer, but a registered trademark that has been used by a number of businesses over the years. It makes the history a little confusing, but if you look around a bit you'll see the Cobray logo on all sorts of different weapons made by different companies at different points in time.
I believe the current semi auto version is made by Masterpiece Arms (MPA), I think MPA30 is the correct designation for that model.
Post a pic of your pistol, I'm curious as to the actual manufacturer.