Meplat

I'm sadly related to some.
That I've owned firearms since I was old enough to legally do so, and have yet to shoot up a school (or ballpark full of congressmen) has yet to make a dent in the adamantine armor of ignorance they have deployed.
 
One who is an avid deer hunter was horrified when he saw me showing a cousin my rather nice BYF42 P-38, proclaiming "Who knows how many that has killed!?". (Zero, as I bought it unfired).  My reply was "In my hands? None, so far." and slid it back into it's holster.
This guy is such a fudd he thought my 870 with extended mag tube was "a weapon of war", and had never seen nor handled an AR-15 of any kind til I had my absurd R6700CH MT out. (Great gun if you want a 14 pound AR that will cut ragged holes at 600 yards, and costs $300~$500 more than any comparable AR because of the fucking horse).
 
Many are still horrified that I "worked in the war-profiteering industry" (As did their parents, my grandparents).

dont know much about it but i guess its full auto, next week i hope i will learn more


 
#IDEF2019 pic.twitter.com/08GRw4VrKT
 
 
 
the company is from my region of Türkiye(Trabzon)

Oldsmobile Cutlass showcar

 

 
 

Worked on a few bits of armor, some "semi famous".  Like the Littlefield M4A3E2 (Albeit briefly) and their "Swiss Hetzer".
Also did more than a little work on the M-18 Hellcat that appeared in that "The Void" movie that came out (and probably went direct to video) at the same time as "Fury".
 
An anecdote from it is from my first time working on it.
I was staff on a large MG shoot (Media/Photo/Technical(firearms)), and was trying to sleep on on a friday (the shoot starts noonish friday, we'd been there since thursday morning), and one of my friends asks "You said you were or are an aircraft mechanic, what do you know about Continental radials?".. (Now I'd heard that there was going to be a warbird or three showing up. So I semi lucidly said "hold on"  and threw on my coveralls and boots. Only to find myself diagnosing a no start condition on a M-18.
 
The gaggle there was about to pull the engine (The M-18 power plant can roll out on rails, but it's still a fucking shitshow, in the Arizona desert) when I showed up and said "Hold the fuck on, lets make sure it has spark, fuel, etc before fucking around with pulling engines".. Yes it had spark. Yes it had fuel, in one tank.. And you could hear the boost pump work.
 
SO I had a guy sit and listen at each fuel filler, as I blew into the line from the mechanical pump (the boosters are centrifugal). The guy at the full tank heard nothing. The guy at the empty tank "heard waves".  (he was like 12).
 
"Your fuel selector is not working"  I said.
 
But the switch works (It's on the firewall under the turret) I was told.
 
"No, the lever is working. (I hopped on the deck and looked down one of the air cooling grates and saw "Well, your linkage has popped off the selector. Hang on."
One  5/8" socket, innumerable bolts, lots of hanging inverted while my beer baby tried to smother me, and a bit of .040" safety wire later, and the boost pump was delivering fuel to the engine, and the beastie ran.
 
From then on (til 2015) I was the "defacto/default" driver and/or crew chief on that thing (and approved RKI and things big and tanky).

Folks that should (in a perfect world) be our allies.
 

I am of the "Church of John Moses Browning".  Guess what happens if you try to shoot us up.
 
I also am a fan of Saint Barb.  So expect indirect (and accurate) fire.
 

Worked on a few bits of armor, some "semi famous".  Like the Littlefield M4A3E2 (Albeit briefly) and their "Swiss Hetzer".
Also did more than a little work on the M-18 Hellcat that appeared in that "The Void" movie that came out (and probably went direct to video) at the same time as "Fury".
 
An anecdote from it is from my first time working on it.
I was staff on a large MG shoot (Media/Photo/Technical(firearms)), and was trying to sleep on on a friday (the shoot starts noonish friday, we'd been there since thursday morning), and one of my friends asks "You said you were or are an aircraft mechanic, what do you know about Continental radials?".. (Now I'd heard that there was going to be a warbird or three showing up. So I semi lucidly said "hold on"  and threw on my coveralls and boots. Only to find myself diagnosing a no start condition on a M-18.
 
The gaggle there was about to pull the engine (The M-18 power plant can roll out on rails, but it's still a fucking shitshow, in the Arizona desert) when I showed up and said "Hold the fuck on, lets make sure it has spark, fuel, etc before fucking around with pulling engines".. Yes it had spark. Yes it had fuel, in one tank.. And you could hear the boost pump work.
 
SO I had a guy sit and listen at each fuel filler, as I blew into the line from the mechanical pump (the boosters are centrifugal). The guy at the full tank heard nothing. The guy at the empty tank "heard waves".  (he was like 12).
 
"Your fuel selector is not working"  I said.
 
But the switch works (It's on the firewall under the turret) I was told.
 
"No, the lever is working. (I hopped on the deck and looked down one of the air cooling grates and saw "Well, your linkage has popped off the selector. Hang on."
One  5/8" socket, innumerable bolts, lots of hanging inverted while my beer baby tried to smother me, and a bit of .040" safety wire later, and the boost pump was delivering fuel to the engine, and the beastie ran.
 
From then on (til 2015) I was the "defacto/default" driver and/or crew chief on that thing (and approved RKI and things big and tanky).

Just dont ask about the first "gathering of eagles" in Arizona, where I lost  all composure and was fawning over a proper BoB  Hurri, and a Mk II Spit.  To where I offered to escort them home, in exchange for  10.000 rounds of  .303" De Wilde  and 5000 rounds of Mk VI explosive Manstopper.

Worked on a few bits of armor, some "semi famous".  Like the Littlefield M4A3E2 (Albeit briefly) and their "Swiss Hetzer".
Also did more than a little work on the M-18 Hellcat that appeared in that "The Void" movie that came out (and probably went direct to video) at the same time as "Fury".
 
An anecdote from it is from my first time working on it.
I was staff on a large MG shoot (Media/Photo/Technical(firearms)), and was trying to sleep on on a friday (the shoot starts noonish friday, we'd been there since thursday morning), and one of my friends asks "You said you were or are an aircraft mechanic, what do you know about Continental radials?".. (Now I'd heard that there was going to be a warbird or three showing up. So I semi lucidly said "hold on"  and threw on my coveralls and boots. Only to find myself diagnosing a no start condition on a M-18.
 
The gaggle there was about to pull the engine (The M-18 power plant can roll out on rails, but it's still a fucking shitshow, in the Arizona desert) when I showed up and said "Hold the fuck on, lets make sure it has spark, fuel, etc before fucking around with pulling engines".. Yes it had spark. Yes it had fuel, in one tank.. And you could hear the boost pump work.
 
SO I had a guy sit and listen at each fuel filler, as I blew into the line from the mechanical pump (the boosters are centrifugal). The guy at the full tank heard nothing. The guy at the empty tank "heard waves".  (he was like 12).
 
"Your fuel selector is not working"  I said.
 
But the switch works (It's on the firewall under the turret) I was told.
 
"No, the lever is working. (I hopped on the deck and looked down one of the air cooling grates and saw "Well, your linkage has popped off the selector. Hang on."
One  5/8" socket, innumerable bolts, lots of hanging inverted while my beer baby tried to smother me, and a bit of .040" safety wire later, and the boost pump was delivering fuel to the engine, and the beastie ran.
 
From then on (til 2015) I was the "defacto/default" driver and/or crew chief on that thing (and approved RKI and things big and tanky).

Worked on a few bits of armor, some "semi famous".  Like the Littlefield M4A3E2 (Albeit briefly) and their "Swiss Hetzer".
Also did more than a little work on the M-18 Hellcat that appeared in that "The Void" movie that came out (and probably went direct to video) at the same time as "Fury".
 
An anecdote from it is from my first time working on it.
I was staff on a large MG shoot (Media/Photo/Technical(firearms)), and was trying to sleep on on a friday (the shoot starts noonish friday, we'd been there since thursday morning), and one of my friends asks "You said you were or are an aircraft mechanic, what do you know about Continental radials?".. (Now I'd heard that there was going to be a warbird or three showing up. So I semi lucidly said "hold on"  and threw on my coveralls and boots. Only to find myself diagnosing a no start condition on a M-18.
 
The gaggle there was about to pull the engine (The M-18 power plant can roll out on rails, but it's still a fucking shitshow, in the Arizona desert) when I showed up and said "Hold the fuck on, lets make sure it has spark, fuel, etc before fucking around with pulling engines".. Yes it had spark. Yes it had fuel, in one tank.. And you could hear the boost pump work.
 
SO I had a guy sit and listen at each fuel filler, as I blew into the line from the mechanical pump (the boosters are centrifugal). The guy at the full tank heard nothing. The guy at the empty tank "heard waves".  (he was like 12).
 
"Your fuel selector is not working"  I said.
 
But the switch works (It's on the firewall under the turret) I was told.
 
"No, the lever is working. (I hopped on the deck and looked down one of the air cooling grates and saw "Well, your linkage has popped off the selector. Hang on."
One  5/8" socket, innumerable bolts, lots of hanging inverted while my beer baby tried to smother me, and a bit of .040" safety wire later, and the boost pump was delivering fuel to the engine, and the beastie ran.
 
From then on (til 2015) I was the "defacto/default" driver and/or crew chief on that thing (and approved RKI and things big and tanky).

Not mine, sadly.
 

 

Bosley Mk.II sport car

 
 

 
 

Australian RQ-7 sport car

 
 
 

Minivan Moskvich-3733

 
 
 

The performance of the YB-40 should slam the door on things.

Not bad, Syria (SAA T-72M1 and BMP-1).

We may (very soon) get Constitutional carry in Kentucky.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
 
ETA-
IT PASSED.  Kentucky has Constitutional carry.   60 "yes" , while 37 found freedom "scary".

We may (very soon) get Constitutional carry in Kentucky.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
 
ETA-
IT PASSED.  Kentucky has Constitutional carry.   60 "yes" , while 37 found freedom "scary".

We may (very soon) get Constitutional carry in Kentucky.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
 
ETA-
IT PASSED.  Kentucky has Constitutional carry.   60 "yes" , while 37 found freedom "scary".

We may (very soon) get Constitutional carry in Kentucky.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
 
ETA-
IT PASSED.  Kentucky has Constitutional carry.   60 "yes" , while 37 found freedom "scary".

We may (very soon) get Constitutional carry in Kentucky.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
 
ETA-
IT PASSED.  Kentucky has Constitutional carry.   60 "yes" , while 37 found freedom "scary".

Aaaand it's done!
 








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I've worked on a LOT of AK's.
 
"Junk" rarely entered the vocabulary (Save the handful of idiots who "took the challenge" and buried theirs for a year.  When you have to beat an AK  variant open with a hand sledge, it's likely achieved "junk" status).
 
I've lost count of how many rounds I've put through PKM's .  They are, by far my "This is RIGHT" machine. As few moving parts, doing as much work as possible, with maximum efficiency and minimal effort/stress. 
I have only seen one that was hamfisted, and even it was salvaged by a stout blow with a small hammer and a brass drift through the ejection chute.  The owner had bludgeoned the charging handle to a twisted mess, but the gun would still shoot if you used a cleaning rod to shove the works back through the ejection chute/port.
 
 
Love seeing the details on the variants. Brings a new appreciation to a fine bit of design.

The new thin bolt:
 

 

 
Thin stem bolt:
 

 
The bump rivet that starts the bolt's rotation (instead of an extension on the bullet guide):
 

 
Guide riveted:
 

 
Receiver guts:
 

 
Handguards w/shield:
 

 
Big threads for the big brake. Also bayo lug:
 

 
Gas block differences:
 

 
Notice lightening cut:
 

 
BCG lighter because of cut:
 

 
AKM vs. AK100 bolts:
 

 
AK100 bolt stem thickness:
 

 
AKM stem thickness:
 

 
AKM left:
 

 
Top cover is same thickness as receiver: