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Why were polearms so few in variety in ancient/classical world compared to medieval?
In medieval era we have dane axes, billhooks, halberds, glaives and all sort of cool shit.
In classic era, we got spears and pikes, that's it.
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>what are advances in metallurgy that allow for more complex designs to be made with good quality and at low expense in massive amounts
Are you one of those people who thinks that technology had no real advancement between the end of the Western Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance?
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>>34175539
I forget that...sorry.
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>>34175518
You need advanced materials and forging techniques to build quality pole arms. At the classic period, real steel was much less available and forging and heat treatment was yet not well understood. So it is way cheaper an reliable to make a spear head or a javelin, or a lance blade if you want to aim big.
To complete that picture, you don't see fancy pole arms either in the migration period nor in the high medieval, they develop in the late medieval when there where substantial technical advances in metallurgy.
Now compare that to Indo-Persia where they had far better metallurgy, you'll find all sort of crazy looking weapons with elaborate forms.
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Damn, HEMA can look cool as fuck with good cinematic filming tech.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn36Pb8z3yI
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I guess it would be hard to use realist fighting moves to push the plot forward or develop character. For good movies
And for bad movies, they just don't give a fuck i guess.
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HEMA is cool as fuck though, Hollywood just doesn't know shit.
Where do they cut costs that they're able to sell those for less than 450$?
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>>34174881
> barrel
> non name brand
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>>34174881
>cut costs
They didn't cut costs. They overstocked assuming hillary would win, and Supply forces took effect.
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>>34174881
The AR in that image doesn't have a rear site, for one thing.
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Would it be stupid of me to find a really cheap Hi Point just so I can eventually get the bullpup conversion?
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>>34170283
>desiring material possessions
Unenlightened as fuck.
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>desiring at all
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Classy edition
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Oh neat I was about to start a similar thread.
I went into my LGS today and put a used Ruger MKII target pistol with a red dot attached on layaway. Gonna be $318 out the door tomorrow, I just had to make a transfer from my savings to my checking, I only had half in my checking at the time and didn't feel like putting it on my crebit card. Dropped $150 on the layaway today and queued the bank transfer for tomorrow morning.
I'll post pics if the thread is still up when I get it tomorrow afternoon.
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>Sub-poorfag edition
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Picked up this Hungarian M44 Mosin for $250 yesterday. Came with 80 rounds of Russian surplus ammo and 5 stripper clips. Shoots great. I'm happy with my purchase.
Why does every red neck piece of shit adore the 556 platform?
Is this shit even effective? I hear horror stories all the time from operators claiming they shot some thing and the round just slithered right through, or shot some jihad in the chest 6 times but he kept going.
Yet I also hear some people say they have seen what a serious 223 wound will do and how violent they can get.
Does anyone have any statistics on this?
Is the x39 better in every concievable way?
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>>34211104
GO TO BED
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>>34211104
cheap, effective, plentiful and widely customization. now go fuck off and die.
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>>34211113
Its 8 in the afternoon dude
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While shooting today the front sight on my ppq flew off. Fortunately I was able to find it. What the fuck Walther?
Has this happened to anyone else? It look like it just clips back in but I'm worried it will be forever loose. Should I buy some upgrade sights and gorilla glue them in?
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Contact Walther and see if you can get some free swag
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>>34208804
I've heard of this happening to almost every gun manufacturer. Just contact Walther.
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>>34208804
Walthers are toys, I say this in every thread.
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Do you buy your kids firearms for Christmas/birthdays?
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>>34208481
>kids
Hell No ! !
kids through tantrums for any little stupid shit. they should not touch guns until after puberty has pass for them.
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>>34208481
Mine is too young (4). I will in the future.
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>>34208481
No, I like having disposable income so children don't exist.
Also I am beyond jealous of Ian.
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>tulammo
>not corrosive
Will post pics in a min, but I think this shit is mildly corrosive. The gun has been in a case, and not stored in a humid place. I see some oxidation deposits in various places in the gun. I got most of them off, but I'll post them in a second.
Chinese sks btw
General Slav/chink guns n ammo thread.
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Bore with some oxidation.
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Gas tube with some rust deposits.
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Clean your gun dumbshit.
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I looked at a Rock Island Armory 1911 today, and it seemed pretty good. Are the more expensive brands really better, or is it a case of "paying more for the name"?
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>>34202626
Both, but I would say it's diminishing returns. Consider rock island to be the cheapest you should go as far as 1911
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>>34202626
Auto Ordnance
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>>34202626
from a functional practical standpoint ria is fine. as a base for upgrading its not that great and you do get what you pay for. ria makes a crude gun.
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Besides roughly monthly range visits, I like to go shooting in the National Forest a couple hours from where I live. Normally just shoot whatever pistol I happen to be carrying, but sometimes I itch to shoot a long gun. Been thinking about getting something like pic related, or maybe an AR-7. Does anyone have experience forest-plinking with either? The only thing that makes me hesitate about the Chiappa is the single shot break action, I'm not sure if it would bother me. If the action is smooth I feel like I would enjoy it the same way I enjoy racking a slide or working a bolt. If it's gritty or cheap feeling, probably not. The AR-7 is a contender as well but I've heard accuracy is an issue. Again, not the end of the world, I'm not a huge accuracy freak and it's more about the fun of shooting a little target.
Sorry to drone on, basically I want advice on these and any other takedown 22s. Keep in mind I'll be using it hiking, so weight and packability is a big concern. I normally shoot for an hour or two but hike for a couple dozen hours over a few day trip, so a gun that takes up too much room will end up staying home.
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>>34202543
Why can't you just get a real rifle and sling it over your shoulder? I've hiked miles in the mountains doing that. If you want a 22, get a CZ 455. They are excellent rifles.
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>>34202562
Personal preference. I'm not ultralight by any means but heavy things get left behind. If a couple hours of shooting leaves me carrying around a 10 pound rifle for 50 miles, it's not worth it and it'll stay home (keeping my 10/22 company). I know these aren't great guns but they're niche guns, and I want a gun to fill a niche.
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>>34202631
If you buy a Henry-made AR-7 (not a Century Arms version) and feed it quality ammo, it won't let you down.
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What questions could cause one ask to get kicked out of a gun safety course? 2017-06-08 11:51:59 Post No.34200464
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What questions could cause one ask to get kicked out of a gun safety course?
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Am I being detained?
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>>34200464
"Can I shoot my black neighbor with this gun?"
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>>34200464
>hold training gun
>point muzzle directly at instructor
>"am I doing right"
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Middle East Thread "MAD GAINS EDITION" 2017-06-08 11:06:12 Post No.34200068
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1. Iran-Hezbollah-Assad regime, Qatar, Russia, Turkey
2. KSA, UAE-US-Syrian Kurds-CCA-Israel-Europe
3.Iraq
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjJy7BpF1Ac
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>countryside of Damascus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvR2KzGwhXY
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I'm an avid user of Armslist and ive noticed within the past 12 months gun prices have come down. There are still a lot of expensive things listed for sale but it seems like they just sit and sit and sit. Even the lower priced stuff isnt selling much without a deep discount.
I usually like to buy and trade but lately the market seems too saturated, particularly for AR's and polymer pistols and its spread into other things making me weary of any new purchases. I usually stick to the low end of stuff like $400 and below just out of necessity and because its easier usually to sell and trade but lately even athose rent selling to well. I have a hipoint 9mm carbine for example listed for $225 and it hasnt sold after a week.
I know with a repub president, new restrictions arent likely and the prices should come down but it seems to be more of an overall slowdown in sales volume, not like the prices are just trending down. I really think were getting to a point where there are just too many guns out there and not enough buyers at current prices. Anyway, what's /k/'s thoughts on the current domestic gun market in the USA?
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meanwhile in MA, some bozo is trying to sell a preban 100rnd ar drum for 550
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Law of demand. When liberals are in charge people buy buy buy because we are on the brink of bans and seizures. When conservatives in charge, people hold off because guns aren't going anywhere.
Gun companies still gotta sell guns so they'll lower prices to sweeten the deal,
I still find it supremely ironic that Obama was the best thing to happen to the gun industry in decades
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How do I prep without looking paranoid? 2017-06-08 10:30:52 Post No.34199740
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How do I prep without looking paranoid?
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>decide to stockpile food to prep for SHTF
>ordering it online
>have my shopping basket
>10 bags of spaghetti, several bags of rice, sugar, beans etc
>realise I will look like a fucking crazy paranoid lunatic
>remove everything from my basket
>buy 50kg of flour instead
>decide I will tell the delivery guy I am running a bakery
>besides flour is calorie dense so a good star
>>order the food
>it arrives, the guy carries it into my kitchen
>realise I only have a small oven, no baking equipment
>he asks how I can be running a bakery
>get nervous and ask him to leave
>next few weeks feel super fucking nervous and anxious about this interaction
>decide to purcahse a bunch of baking equipment
>order more flour from the same store
>bake a loaf of bread for when the delivery person comes
>make sure they come and see me with a fresh loaf of bread, and lots of baking equipment
>delivery person this time is an attractive middle aged woman
>she smiles and says 'I guess you need all this flour for your baking!'
>tfw I now have about 89kg of flour in my house and no other food stockpiled
How the fuck do I do this?
If I buy a bunch of other stuff I will look crazy
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>>34199740
Stop being fucking autistic, buy what you need, and be honest when (if) people even give a shit to ask to ask. That's what I do and nobody has ever given me a hard time over it. Not that I'd even give a shart if they did.
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>>34199740
>worrying about how other people will feel about you for three minute before worrying about starving for weeks
Don't be an idiot.
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>>34199740
Have you ever consider just not fucking caring what some person you've never met in your life and will never meet ever again thinks about your large amounts of food?