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  1. Alex C.
    He isn't trying to be funny. Honestly, I am not sure what he is trying to do aside from have some fun (he seems quite good at this).
  2. Alex C.
    He is 34 and worth $150 million dollars. He doesn't really need to accomplish anything I suppose. He has/plays with some pretty decent hardware too:
  3. Alex C.
    A few vintage ads I have found over the years:
  4. Alex C.
    So this came in today: First impressions: -The trigger is atrocious with no definitive breaking point (unlike a glock or whatever other polymer pistol where the trigger stacks up at some point) -The resurrected Bergmann locking system is neat (I am so burned out on rehashed Browning tilting-barrel crap) -Takedown is hard, with a very stubborn pin -The pistol can be reassembled backwards by placing the locking block in wrong -Most unnecessarily large 9mm pistol ever: I have very large hands that fit comfortably on a Mark 23, but this is just insane!
  5. Alex C.
    Sooooo this happened today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6VYGbl_1g I was at the range and had shot plenty of PPU 150 grain .308 Win while plinking. I switched to 168 grain HPBT SSA stuff and the, well, the video. The amazing thing is that absolutely nothing happened to the gun. I put the follower, spring, and floorplate back in/on the mag, bent the secondary extractor a bit, and got back to shooting. Case:
  6. Alex C.
    Or some lovely Italian steel:
  7. Alex C.
    How about this lovely model 8 in .30 Remngton? Coming soon to TFBTV as well This thing was very cheap because, you know, .30 Remington.
  8. Alex C.
    Indeed. I would be very interested in sitting with you and hearing some of your insights and stories as to what life was like during those times. I do find it very admirable that in such a short period of time, the Russian people have become an incredible economic force to be reckoned with. Meanwhile, I have never seen the USA so divided.
  9. Alex C.
    Changing governments or economic systems is never easy. Millions died during the civil war/switch to communism as well. It is a shame that the transition to a free market was not without its casualties, but the Cold War is over and I am happy to have the ability to call many good people who would have been on the other side of the iron curtain friends.
  10. Alex C.
    Gosh, I hate that I have been branded a German fan boy. I like what works for me, and hell, you saw me fire that HK pistol you showed up with a while back ridden with disgust. But my jabs at Russian hardware tend to be the result of my upbringing. My grandmother is a little bitty Swedish woman and an Adventist. She visited Russia around when the wall came down on some kind of arranged trip and said that there were no gas stations; to use the bathroom the bus pulled over into the woods, there were shops stocked with almost nothing, all their clothes and toilet paper were stolen, everything from TVs to radios broke and so on. As some kind of exchange program, her and my grandpa hosted a young Russian girl on a trip here. She asked "how many clothing irons do you have in your apartment blocks?" and when my granny puzzlingly responded "we all have our own" she did not believe it. Other things like how many families live in each house and how does everyone have a car were mind blowing (we have a lot of this on VHS tape). I realize things have changed a lot, but the Cold War era Eastern Bloc scares the hell out of me and it boggles my mind that a country that could not provide everyone a clothing iron could be competent enough to have much that was cutting edge. But the "hehe, Russians can't innovate" is more of a playful jab. I mean, cmon: I can say with confidence that their switch to capitalism has resulted in a bolstering economy, ludicrously increased innovation, and of course we are not pointing as many nukes at each other. All in all, the Russians running around the States on business and whatnot these days are as cool as the other side of the pillow. I have been drank under the table by them on many occasions and they are good people. As for the AK's origin theory: This is the gun equivalent of "how did JFK really die?". Yes, I believe Oswald shot him, but there are some very strange and unlikely bits of the narrative that make even the most stern man raise an eyebrow. All in all, it is undeniable that In 1945 the USSR made 50 StG44s from parts and confiscated 10,785 sheets of technical designs, Schmeisser worked for the Red Army for 7 years, documents pertaining to the guns development are still classified, and we can't ask Schmeisser what he did. Embrace the sturmgewehr Nathaniel. Sturmgewehr is love, sturmgewehr is life. Or I could photoshop the Pedersen out of that one photo where you are putting your hands on your beard and replace it with a sturm.
  11. Alex C.
    According to Larry Vickers on the MK48: "All this is a moot point as the Mk48 is already being phased out of service - it was built WAY too light duty for 7.62 NATO If you ever saw the bolt carrier group for the Mk48, which is almost identical in size and dimensions to a 5.56mm BCG such as used in an M249 or Mk46 ( no lie )- except with a 7.62 breech face - you would never ask any of these questions again 100,000 rds on the receiver ? Maybe ( although I doubt it ) but when everything else wears out in less than a fraction of that round count what's the point Destined to be a footnote in belted history" http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?127664-Question-about-PKM-and-Mk48-video
  12. Alex C.
    I have only played with one M249 (well, it was a MK46) and it would not run nearly as well as a MAG. The only 5.56 belt fed firearm I have seen run without any kind of stoppage (several guns, several shoots) is the HK23.
  13. Alex C.
    Silly Turks:
  14. Alex C.
    I took my vacation this week and have absolutely nothing to do, so today I am weighing magazines as a result of talking with Nathaniel. It all started when we discussed how absurdly heavy the STG57 is, as delivered to the Swiss army. However, the 510-4 and AMT variants have shorter barrels and are trimmed a bit (simplified sights and so on). The SIG weighs in at an impressive 9.06 pounds! And then we have various mag weights. Remember, the SIG mag is heavy because in 7.62, they used the same size mag as they did in 7.5 Swiss, but added a block/integral feed ramp: A true military Westinghouse M14 mag: An old "patents pending" AR10 mag: FN FAL: SCAR 17: G3 Mag: Some thoughts: 7.62x51 Sig mags are heavy, but result in not having to modify the receiver to accept a shorter mag. The M14 mags feel the most robust. AR10 mags are light, but at a cost to durability. I have broken one by having the follower snap the bit that retains the front of the follower, and another by having it expand too much after being loaded for a few months. FAL and SCAR mags are essentially the same, but it is nice that they are the same weight despite the SCAR having that nice big floor plate to grab. Aluminum G3 mags seem like a compromise between durability and weight. At $2.00 per mag, most people will find that in a batch of 10, one or two are worn out or dinged up too badly. The steel mags are much more robust, but are less common.
  15. Alex C.
    The guy I know is named David and lives north of Dallas. Early 30s.
  16. Alex C.
    **loads M2HB with 100 round belt of Raufoss MK211** I mean, I would still die but at least I would inconvenience them.
  17. Alex C.
    I have a friend who loaded up .45acp with black powder... and shot it out of his select-fire mac 10. The smoke cloud was epic.
  18. Alex C.
    Lol. Were there not an ocean and a great amount of land between us and Tied, a very spirited discussion over some firewater would be in order.
  19. Alex C.
    "The rifle is bad because the country was in rough shape at the time" or "well, we did not have the equipment to make our rifles as good as the other folks" does not serve to strengthen the argument that the Mosin Nagant is good relative to competing designs. While I have no reason to dispute your accuracy claims, my own trials with various Mosin rifles have left me very unsatisfied. I would not be so bold as to say it is definitively the worst WWII military bolt gun, but I personally would place it near the bottom of the hierarchy based on my own experience.
  20. Alex C.
    - A very stubborn bayonet that is not easy to attach or remove properly - Tendency to stick closed when hot, requiring a blunt object to open - Barrels often drilled off center - Barrels often not straight due to a lack of proper equipment - Susceptible to rim lock despite design elements present to prevent it - A magazine that protrudes from the bottom of the gun - "Safety" that is comically difficult to operate - Horrendous trigger even for a military rifle Like I said, I can appreciate the cultural and historical significance of the firearm however.
  21. Alex C.
    I can appreciate the fact that the rifle may be dear to Russians and have a certain cultural significance, but neither of those factors are relevant when determining the best of anything.
  22. Alex C.
    Sure, but I know very few people who let their nationality dictate which firearms they prefer. Lord knows neither of us do.
  23. Alex C.
    You would honestly say, with a straight face, that the Mosin Nagant was the best bolt action rifle used in World War II? Why?
  24. Alex C.
    He is a good man. Nothing he said or did struck me as particularly odd or off-putting. I understand it perfectly: His father literally wrote the book on Japanese small arms and passed his enthusiasm on to his son. Easy to drink the kool aid when your parents are serving it I suppose. I think we can all identify with that.
  25. Alex C.
    Obviously I know a lot less than Ian about Japanese small arms, but I do not understand why he holds them in such high regard. Sure, they had a few solid pieces, but he is the only certified gun nerd I have ever come across that goes against the grain and asserts that nearly all their designs are either great or simply misunderstood.
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