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It may not seem like a lot but I just bought this firearm today. I've always wanted a gun but I never got my time or my shit together.
Post your first gun that you bought for yourself with your own money.
It feels really good guys.
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Looks about right, you got the cheapest plastic tacticool rifle they had on the shelf and did next to zero research on it.
Congrats on your first gun, OP.
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M1D Garand
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Would a Spanish Mauser be good for my first gun? I'm fairly interested in milsurp rifles and I don't feel like forking over 1000+ for an authentic kar98
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How did soldiers in WW1 and 2 not lose all there hearing due to lack of ear protection?
I couldn't find any evidence showing that infantry had any form of hearing protection in WW1 or 2 so how did they all not go deaf due to the sounds of rifle rounds?
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>>33174959
Of course they had extensive hearing damage. Where do you think the meme of the old deaf guy going, "Whaa?" comes from?
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>>33174959
Because hearing loss due to rifles is over blown. Ive shot the m2 several times with no hearing protection and the worst that's ever happened is a mild ringing for a short period. Even firing the m203 at the range we didn't wear anything. The only time I could imagine it being even a bit bad is indoors where it might echo.
Also, a lot of bad things did happen to old time vets, they just drank a lot of it away.
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>>33174984
This
Just a small anecdote I have, I had a chance to sit down and have lunch with a WWII Marine veteran, salty bastard was in Bougainville and the entirety of the battle of Iwo Jima, and I pretty much had to speak in a raised voice the entire conversation even though he had a hearing aid on, he had some crazy stories though.
Now in WWII I think I read somewhere that naval crews and some artillerymen would stuff cotton in their ears if they had the chance before fire missions/naval battles.
Tank crew headsets didn't have muffs for their headsets either, I think bomber headsets were the only ones with muffs on them but Im not sure.
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hold me /k/...
>be me inna Peoples Democratic Republic of Maryland.
>call LGS
>starting a yugo build
>wanna check to be sure he can get the reciever
>pauses
>"anon, the m70 series is banned... so are all other AK clones..."
>check md police
>all AK clones banned, ARs are only legal if HBAR
>sneaky fucking 10 mag legislation.
How did i not know this, how did i not here, do i have to turn in guns that i already own? Just fuck my shit up. there is a loop-hole right?
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please lads i need loopholes.
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>>33175013
Build it as a pistol. For some reason AK pistols are legal.
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>>33174859
The loop hole is the fact no one is forcing you to live there, and if you like guns, you should move to VA, PA, WV or similar nearby 2a friendly state.
Unless compelled by supreme court order, MD isn't going to be changing it's gun laws any time soon. Congressional districts are gerrymandered to all hell and anyone who is not a liberal is effectively told to pound sand politically.
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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.nraila.org/articles/20170227/nra-backs-concealed-carry-reciprocity-bill-in-us-senate&ved=0ahUKEwiT0d2f57jSAhVrsVQKHe01BQcQqOcBCB0wAQ&usg=AFQjCNF5tuqjO8DKfyULOVVcKi9iC_2S7g&sig2=Nqsvq-ZeNu308O9Igp8hmA
All fags of cucked states, big news for all of you and for gun owners.
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>>33174367
The main problem I see is that it only applies to states that respect concealed carry. Expect to see states like California and New York outright ban CC if this passes.
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>>33174559
That's like having a state where you can't drive a car, accept thisis constitutionally protected. Supreme Court time fucc boisssss
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>>33174367
So now that its introduced how long till they decide whether to pass it or not?
Spooky
Best gun to take down a military drone? 2017-03-02 09:52:17 Post No.33174335
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Best gun to take down a military drone?
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What is the Best gun to take down a military drone?
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>>33174335
Go home Mr. ISIS. You're drunk.
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.22 short
just shoot the pilot
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>>33174335
.410 birdshot
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Just watched trumps speech on how we need more aircraft carriers.
Can someone explain how aircraft carriers help in war if a volley of long range missiles can take it out without it even getting close to the combat zone?
Aren't destroyer fleet better, I mean come on, they are 2km long sitting ducks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z60o_0GLw-I
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the airplanes can fire missiles to intercept this stuff
Also the US needs way more carriers, not just 12
The idea that land bases will exist in a real conventional war is nonsense.
Need to step up to building 1 carrier per year
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>>33174009
t. country without aircraft carriers
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>>33174009
Carriers are the current pinnacle of force projection in the world.
Carriers don't travel alone.
Carriers have CWIS and ECM, as do the other ships a CSG travel with.
Destroyers have anti-missile systems as well as ECM.
Long range missiles aren't fired in volleys, and even if they were, those sights are 100% guaranteed to get blown the fuck out after launching.
You're an idiot.
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Why is it so fuckin hard to find 2.5" mags (or anything else) for the Saiga .410? Is it just that unpopular of a gun? Like a fuckin idiot I went and bought a shit ton of 2.5" .410 rounds and they'll only feed if I load them one at a time.
TL;DR where can I get 2.5" Saiga .410 mags?
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Desperate self-bump
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>>33174120
They only come in 2 3/4 man. Your outta luck.
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>>33173911
box mags are not tolerant of different length shells like a tube mag or single loading would be. if you dont want to single load buy a different gun
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Hi /k/ I have about $1000 to play with and I want to buy my first rifle, not counting the 10/22 that I own.
I've always really wanted a Fal and an AK but I can't decide between a DS Arms Fal or a Vepr AK. I'm kind of leaning more towards the AK simply because 7.62x39 is pretty damn cheap and I can easily stock up on some before that retarded ammo restriction hits in 2018, which yeah I know, CA is a shitty place for guns....
That being said, the Fal is so fucking good looking, but god damn is .308 pretty significantly more expensive than 7.62x39. I fear if I was to buy the Fal I would not shoot it that much given the price of ammo, which will inevitably get higher in 2018.
Between the two, which would you guys rather buy?
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>>33173890
The AK. Mags and ammo are cheap and plentiful. Easier to mount optics too.
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>>33173890
I'd rather a lighter ak than a vepr. It's pointlessly heavy and lacks important features like ak-74 brake etc.
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SKS.
Mini 14.
M1A.
You don't want to deal with having something barely legal there, the definition of "assault weapon" can change at any minute to make those kydex wraps illegal.
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USA Strategic bombing was the single most important aspect of winning WW2
How can we expect to win against ISIS if we do not have formations of 800 B17s carpet bombing every living thing in the desert?
What a joke.
This is the only course of action.
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Why do you get a kick out of pretending to be retarded?
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>>33173951
Fact: the US has not won any wars since it stopped strategic bombing
Fact: if the US wants to win a war, they have to strategic bomb shit into oblivion
simple facts.
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>>33173876
>USA Strategic bombing was the single most important aspect of winning WW2
>This is what burgers actually believe
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is she right
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>>33173405
As gimmicky as CAR is, it is handy in certain situations.
For the second target you could hold the gun normally.
Also isoceles and weaver are leg stances, if you're sitting down you can't exactly use your legs.
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>>33173405
no
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>>33173468
how to shoot someone standing behind your car from the driver seat without using meme stances
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We all know how they make those luxury double barrel shotguns, these items are made by hand with an exceptional quality and attention to detail.
Why is that this only applies to hunting bolt action rifles and hunting shotguns?
Is there anything similar in the "tactical" world?
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>>33172759
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>>33172759
Go talk to the autists in /arg/ about their Gucci tacticool.
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>>33172759
"""""""tactical""""""" shit is obviously the exact same faggotry just made out of cheap plastic to scam fatass retard rednecks
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>Why would you buy that?
>For what purpose?
>Just buy a AR
>there is no point in owning one when an AR does everything
>would rather spend the money on a AR and call it a day.
>its stupid because its obsolete.
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>>33172744
What do you have in mind?
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>not diversifying your gun collection
Faggot
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>>33172744
Well, objectively this is true. Unless you just want to be different or you are a collector, there is no practical reason to get something other than an AR.
Nothing wrong with either of those things either. I'm a huge gun hipster myself.
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$600 at local gun/pawn barrel looks good, it is the safety/decocker model. Has night sights installed and was used by a sheriff department. The finish just looks a bit worn. Thoughts?I want a USP.
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>>33172212
Do it fgt
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>>33172355
Is that price good? I don't want to impulse buy.
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>>33172364
you're saving ~$250-300
do it
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anyone else have operator mom? 2017-03-02 05:15:35 Post No.33171723
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anyone else have operator mom?
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>mom grew up poor
>almost raped at gas station, brother got mugged around same time
>all siblings have guns
>she marries my dad, who gets a good job and raises her out of poverty
>fast forward ~25 years
>live in upper middle class suburbia in glorious dixie
>new neighbors just moved in from up north
>they hear something in attic and get scared
>husband at work
>call us
>dad also at work
>mom decides to help
>grabs revolver and goes over
>neighbors horrified, never seen gun before, no idea they were friends with baby-murdering psychopath
>mom says she keeps the gun for literally this exact situation
>neighbors concede gun is probably good idea
>mom goes up to attic alone
>literally nothing there
>mom comes down laughing, neighbors relieved
>neighbors realize guns are friends, not food
And that's how my mom made the world a slightly better place for operators everywhere. Anyone have a similar story? pic unrelated
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>>33171723
Pic of mom
reasons
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Got my wife into carrying a handgun for defense, she starts soon as she gets her carry permit. Got my mom into getting a night stand gun for bump in the night situations. Got my coworker into looking for a handgun for carry. At work I'm the "Gun Guy", co workers ask me about gun stuff often. All my family is pro gun and my co-workers also. But I live in blessed Alabama, so no surprise there.
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>>33171723
Kinda
>used to work in armed security
>became EMT
>became nurse
>completely numb to death and dismemberment after years of exposure
>single mother working three jobs after dad dies
>notices her sons like guns
>encourages our hobby
>signs me and her up for CCW class
>during range qual puts 3 rounds in the same hole after not shooting a handgun for years
We don't always see eye to eye but she's cool
>Starts with standard solid shot AP rounds
>Add HE filler need something to knock everything out when it goes in
>Add cap in order to increase penetration and advances in armor
>Add a ballistic cap for accuracy and helping to adjust penetration
>Make it go fast
>Go real fast
>Remove because fast
>must go faster
>make the round HE with a copper liner, copper liner goes super fast
>make a sabot to make a regular AP go super fast
>heat becomes negated because of advances in armor
>Now everyone is going back to shoving HE into an AP round and using it for doing everything that isn't taking out really hard mbt armor
Poetry.
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>>33171387
You didn't talk about HESH but yeah, I guess.
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>>33171486
hesh has always been garbo
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>>33171387
>>Now everyone is going back to shoving HE into an AP round and using it for doing everything that isn't taking out really hard mbt armor
What are you referring to here?