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Let's talk military airships, /k/.

We know now that the height climbers were a technological and tactical dead end, did they actually kill the prospects of military rigid LTA aviation forever?

Imagine a world where the R38 and the Shenandoah weren't structurally deficient from their height climber lightened structures and went on to similarly successful careers with the USN as the Los Angeles had.

Would the USN have then been more willing to move on past the loss of the Akron and spend the money to fix the structural flaws in the Macon as well?

Imagine a world where the USN pursued a large-scale rollout of Akron-class successors as a long-endurance naval reconnaissance/ASW/ sea surface tracking fleet, like the K-ships but with legs like a surface vessel. What, if any, effect might that have had on naval operations going into and during WWII?

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Post surp and surp accessories.

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So I don't know a lot about guns, I'll just put that out there. Got an ex-marine friend who has 25+ firearms. Anyway I said I'll buy one, but there is only one he would sell, this Tec-9. It's been sitting in his safe for over 10 years he says, never used it much or in 10 years since he got it.

From what I gather, they are "decent" guns as long as you use factory mags, 115 grain, no hollows. So we take it for a test drive, I put 150 through it with no jams.

The question I want to ask, is how much would you say it's worth? Looking online, I see prices from 300 to like 1000, and I can't figure out why some cost so much more.

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today im in the store getting coffee this morning and some skinny old bitch starts screaming at me about my gun in a shoulder holster. she screaming that im going to rob the place. everyone is looking at her. i step up the counter to pay and im like hows it going denny are you going out to see the band play tonight. im like you know i am. she keeps screaming that im a danger. she steps up and denny is like gtfo bitch and dont come back in the store we do need crazy customers. this crazy bitch then goes out to her subaru an calls 911 and says i was trying to rob the store. the sheriff shows up. he talks to denny and he says that the lady is crazy and full of shit. the lady is still freaking out in the parking lot. the sheriff gives her a ticket for disordley conduct an told shes not allowed back there for food or gas.

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HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE.

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It's 1940 and for some magic reason, all of Japanese forces are automatically upgraded into late 1950s tech, including their knowledge and factories. Japan cannot share this technology with other nations. Can win their War? How would things have turned out?

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So /k/, i've watched some brent0331 camo videos and...

Spotting him with camos wasn't so difficult, he was clear as daylight (literally)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw1RYl56JlA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckLNN_3eOBY
However, i got absolutely BTFO by a fucking OD single color uniform, couldn't spot the guy, not even once
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prgqa463IwI

So question is, how do OD/khakis hold against camouflage in terms of concealment performance? especially the newest memes like multicam, ATACS, etc.

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What are you doing /k/?

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I've shot it quite a few times after discovering it hidden in my grandmothers cabinet. It works quite well. Is there anything I should know about it?

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I have a chance to pick up a savage 110 on a McMillan stock. It's in good condition, comes with 2 accuracy international mags and some ammo. All for 900. Worth it? Pic related.

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Recent Acquisitions // Pawn Shop Finds

I just picked up this Ithica 37 Featherlight in 2+3/4 from my pawn shop for $400. It was marked $550 on the sticker but I knew it had been sitting there a while so I offered $400 and showed him a gunbroker listing where there was a starting bid of $400. He wasn't entirely happy about it but he let me walk with it for $400+tax and I got a sweet skeet/bird/squirrel gun.

What have you guys picked up recently?

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Why are planes riveted instead of welded or glued?
Vibrations?

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Would an SKS be a good start to a beginner's armory? I've heard good things about them

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Anyone use one? I'd like to run one on a VP9 since they use the VP40 recoil spring.

Figure a brake might add some reliability with cheap steel cased.

Looking for recommendations under $60.