Smoking Barrels - LTT's Unnofficial Gun Club!

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Drak3 said:

Besides money, what's realistically stopping me from buying a .50 BMG rifle?

 

Anyone know?

Being 18, and it being in stock. 

[Poohy14]

11 hours ago, fpo said:

@Poohy14 wow!!! You bought like a whole arsenal. You can start a militia with what you bought in just 8 months. 

 

How many guns do you have? Lol

I have 28 firearms right now, I am mostly a collector but I do some hunting and target practice a lot.

[Drak3]

1 hour ago, fpo said:

Being 18, and it being in stock. 

One can buy a .50 BMG in the US at the age of 18, provided you live in a state that isn't trying to disarm citizens.

[Snadzies]

2 hours ago, Drak3 said:

Besides money, what's realistically stopping me from buying a .50 BMG rifle?

 

Anyone know?

A wife.

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, Snadzies said:

A wife.

Single.

 

 

Try again.

[Drak3]

My recent purchase,

 

And her older brother.

 

[givingtnt]

man I wish I could own a firearm  
I guess untill I move out of the house I have to live with not even being able to shoot even my beloved Daisy 853c

(yeah yeah its an air riffle. but im accurate with it  and its all that matters )

 

the other day we had illigal magasines that showed up at work. 15 round VZ-58 mags.

[DanielMDA]

On 13/9/2015 at 8:00 PM, ThatOneRussian said:

the Ak-47 is the best for a battlefield no question

Id say a modernized FAL or an HK 417 is better.

[DanielMDA]

On 17/2/2018 at 10:54 PM, Drak3 said:

Single.

 

 

Try again.

Your shoulder.

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, DanielMDA said:

Id say a modernized FAL or an HK 417 is better.

308 knocks people down. 

[Drak3]

8 hours ago, DanielMDA said:

Your shoulder.

They can be fored from the shoulder, so long as it's not a Barrett M107 or M82A1/A3, with relative ease. Probably hurts less that an HK91.

[DanielMDA]

8 hours ago, fpo said:

308 knocks people down. 

That's the point. A gun isn't a toy. It is an instrument of death. It isn't made to have fun, it's made for killing. One should only have a gun if you are able and willing to use it on adequate circumstances. So yeah, .308 knocks people down.

[Jito463]

1 hour ago, DanielMDA said:

That's the point. A gun isn't a toy.

I'm pretty sure all of us here know that.

1 hour ago, DanielMDA said:

It is an instrument of death.

That's like saying a knife is an instrument of death, because it can cut people.  It's a tool.

1 hour ago, DanielMDA said:

It isn't made to have fun, it's made for killing.

Actually, it's made for shooting.  You say it's made for killing, but what does that say about the many people involved in competitive & recreational shooting?  Again, it's a tool, and how one uses a tool defines it.  It can be for fun, so long as you respect it.

1 hour ago, DanielMDA said:

One should only have a gun if you are able and willing to use it on adequate circumstances.

1 hour ago, DanielMDA said:

So yeah, .308 knocks people down.

I'm not quite sure what point you're trying to make here.

[Guest]

All i said was a big caliber is good at ending lives in a hypothetical combat situation.....

 

I feel like I just made a joke with my parents and it ended in an uncomfortable lecture that I knew already. 

[Drak3]

6 minutes ago, fpo said:

All i said was a big caliber is good at ending lives in a hypothetical combat situation.....

105mm is really effective.

[SurvivorNVL]

My personal project this weekend is trying to effectively recreate the Taiwanse T91.  Not too difficult, but the stock is a hard find. 

[SurvivorNVL]

Also the Sar-9 has officially passed NATO testing and is on par to the venerable Glock 17 and CZ-75 in reliability as per all standardized testing.  The Turkish HK/Glock hybrid is a success. Who'd have thought?  

[knightslugger]

13 hours ago, Drak3 said:

And her older brother.

 

 

Your bipod is on backwards...

[knightslugger]

My 223 Rem DMR (Father's FT-R rifle in the background, based on a Mauser 98 action)

Magpul UBR buttstock, Ergo grip, Aero Precision M4E1 upper and lower, Geissele SSA-E trigger, Krieger 18" barrel, HTA Kestrel 556, Harris Bipod, SWFA SS optic

 

My Rem 700 custom in 260 Rem

Promag Archangel chassis, Rem 700 trued, Timney trigger,someone's custom recoil lug, Harris Bipod, Krieger barrel, Huntertown Sportsman 300, Nightforce Competition in Nightforce rings with a badger ordinence rail.

[Drak3]

11 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

 

Your bipod is on backwards...

No, it's not.

[knightslugger]

20 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

No, it's not.

I'm not gonna start an argument with you, I'm just pointing it out. I think i know why, I've seen a few (actually just one) long long ball club shooters (none who do very well mind you) mount it backwards, but i'm curious... why do you have it setup that way? I've never asked anyone outright why they feel that is the correct orientation.

 

Of all the meaningful long range matches (PRS, Club group shoots, FT-R, etc) i've been to, no one mounts their bi-pods like that.

[Drak3]

49 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

why do you have it setup that way? I've never asked anyone outright why they feel that is the correct orientation.

It's more advantageous outside of the range. The legs don't get caught up in brush when hunting. My grip on the rifle is not impeded, and horizonally gripping the bipod is as comfortable to me as gripping the hand guard, moreso after a mag dump. I can deploy it quickly.

 

And there isn't a strict correct or incorrect.

55 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

Of all the meaningful long range matches (PRS, Club group shoots, FT-R, etc) i've been to, no one mounts their bi-pods like that.

I genuinely don't care about match shooter or gun club opinions. Most of those people don't give consideration to what's advantageous over the longer term, outside a short shooting session.

[knightslugger]

14 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

It's more advantageous outside of the range. The legs don't get caught up in brush when hunting. My grip on the rifle is not impeded, and horizonally gripping the bipod is as comfortable to me as gripping the hand guard, moreso after a mag dump. I can deploy it quickly.

 

And there isn't a strict correct or incorrect.

I genuinely don't care about match shooter or gun club opinions. Most of those people don't give consideration to what's advantageous over the longer term, outside a short shooting session.

That's mostly true. In competitive shooting we're considering the accuracy, stability, and repeatability of the rifle system in a 2 minute (or less) window of fire. being rock solid is paramount. We wouldn't use a bipod for any other reason but to elevate the barrel and put forward pressure on the buttpad putting pre-load on the rifle when prone or on a bench (and even then, many prefer to use shooting bags). using it as a handguard extension would be like mounting a leaf spring there instead. bouncy. not conducive to accurate fire. It's just something folks like myself who chase the smallest group sizes or first round impacts on steel just don't quite fully grasp. I can't say that i'd put a bipod on my SBR though, even if it a short range system (up to 500 yards or so). Like you said, bipod legs get hung up in branches and crap, and from what i've found it doesn't matter which way you mount the things. nature finds a way to snag into it. I'm very minimalist when it comes to a woods-rifle.

 

Thanks for your insight.

[Drak3]

12 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

using it as a handguard extension would be like mounting a leaf spring there instead.

Haven't tested the grip quite yet, but the bipod feels about as secure as the hand guard on the M&P15.

 

The cheap, cheap hand guard of the M&P15.

14 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

We wouldn't use a bipod for any other reason but to elevate the barrel and put forward pressure on the buttpad putting pre-load on the rifle when prone or on a bench (and even then, many prefer to use shooting bags).

Stability in suppressive fire. Also, weight to mitigate the muzzle climb of this prick of a Bushmaster.

[Drak3]

Well UPS can just go fuck themselves. I'm going to get my just back ordered muzzle brake before the barrel I got with 2 day shipping, that I ordered a week ago.