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  1. D.E. Watters
    Pros use Foredom rotary tools.
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    It is a HK GR9S. It is a variant of the HK23E with an integral optic and sand camo finish. There was also a woodland camo variant named the GR9C.
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    My major issue right now is folks who can't bother to learn the Zone game mode. It is a Fast Cap match. Someone has to be in the cap circle at all times, or at least stick close by so they can hop inside at a moment's notice. I've seen the Zone capped without any kills by either side. The losing team was playing it like a regular Encounter or Domination mode.
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    No, if it were 1968, they'd be recommending 18 rds. The recommendation originated from ham-handed troops overstuffing their 20rd magazines. By removing one or two rounds, you at least knew that you didn't have more than 20rds loaded. I always find it odd that people recommend the 20rd magazines as being more reliable when those were the primary issue magazines when the XM16E1 and M16A1 was performing at its worst.
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    As I stated in the comments, I suspect the issue is a misdimensioned trigger bar. Beside the already identified interference with the cartridges feeding from the magazine, I suspect that the vertical arm isn't reliably depressing the firing pin safety plunger in order to clear the striker in time. A quick detail strip of the slide would show that the safety plunger and the striker have dings and chips where they are colliding.
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    You can see it better here, where it isn't buried in brass: http://images.military.com/media/equipment/weapons/m240b-machine-gun/m240b-machine-gun-002.jpg
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    i seem to remember comments in Hatcher or elsewhere about the fatigue aspect of prolonged firing with the Springfield '03 versus the Garand. Between the recoil and repeated operation of the bolt handle, the Springfield test shooters were wrecked after firing a basic load of ammunition.
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    The Dresden is rapidly becoming my favorite seal clubber. I recently had an 8 kill win with a pair of Double Strikes and a Confederate. More importantly, it featured my first Solo Warrior award for surviving alone against four or more enemy ships. It was truly epic. I can't wait until I get my range boost skill. I'll follow that with the ROF buff.
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    I need to find you a copy of Kalashnikov Arms. However, the new Kalashnikov Encyclopaedia also looks interesting. (For those who are curious, I found Nathaniel a stupid cheap copy of The Trophies of the Red Army During the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, Volume 1. Ironically, I note that some of you are slagging a novel by the same fellow that provided the English translation.)
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    That book was totally worth the <$8 purchase price, wasn't it?
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    Colt began development of the current buffer after experiencing a rash of light strikes attributed to bolt bounce during testing of its HBAR variants. Remember that most of Colt's acceptance testing was performed with IMR-loaded ammunition, not WC846. Thus, if Colt was encountering bolt bounce issues in its own testing, it likely happened with IMR-loaded ammunition. Another thing is that that the Edgewater ring springs in the original buffer were prone to seizing when wet. So anything experienced in internal testing was likely going to be worse in the field.
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    One might suggest that the StG44's layout of forming the magazine well integral to the upper with the trigger group hinged behind it was carried over to other designs. First and foremost, there was its heir-apparent, the Mauser StG45, which gave birth to the CETME and HK families. You also had the FN FAL.
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    Actually, it is the MCX, not the 516.
  14. D.E. Watters
    Don't forget the Springfield Trapdoor and the Martini-Henry.
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    It should be possible to design a "dice cup" with a bit of an angle in the box so that the rims remain properly aligned.
  16. D.E. Watters
    The Krag "dice cups" from the Stangskyting speed shoots would come in handy.
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    The Tier 2 German cruiser Dresden is a wonderful little woodpecker. The guns are not powerful, but there are plenty of them and they reload quickly. Just scored 278 hits. It was glorious.
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    Perhaps it is just me, but don't the new Hornady "Heat Shield" tips look suspiciously like Lite-Brite pegs?
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    https://www.youtube.com/embed/USGkBFdm4Sg
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    It's not just any Webley...It's a Webley-Fosbery!
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    Heavens! They were balking because of a half-inch shorter barrel?
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    Clearly that was before the SP101.
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    I agree. Bill Sr. would have never agreed to sell the LCP or LC9 to the civilian market. Snub nose revolvers were okay in his mind, but compact semi-autos were too icky and dangerous.
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    The area target of a mass formation also explains why older small arms had such optimistic sight settings. Look at the dimensions of the original Palma targets. It is clear that they were depicting an approaching line of soldiers.
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    I think you missed my point. The area fire "lucky hit" is why they've long insisted upon metrics like helmet penetration at ranges beyond which the shooter can be expected to reliably hit an individual soldier, much less his helmet, on purpose. It probably made more sense in the era of Maxim and Vickers water-cooled MG continuously hammering a beaten zone at long range for area denial.
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