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So we are all in Agreement then?
Seriously, how can you justify having such a long cumbersome efficiently designed rifle when you can have a tactical bullpup?

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I'm looking into a cheap optic for an SKS scout build. Can /k/ recommend one?

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hello /k/

Went through the gun stores today and put on a Bersa Thunder 380 on layaway.

What do you guys think about this for a first gun? I liked it because it is close in operation to the beretta 92fs (my first pistol when I joined the military) and it looks like James Bond's gun

But I am not sure if I should switch to a 9mm due to ammo cost of the 380 or if there are any other guns that I should consider. Let me know waht you guys think especially if you guys have had a Bersa thunder or similar compact pistol.

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One of the 4 great Gunsmiths of The Apocalypse. You are sorely missed comrade. Use this thread to express gratitude to a great man and his work.

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could someone explain a few things about ammo to a rookie?

so there are douzens of distinct kind of ammo, full metal jacket, hollowpoint, soft nose, various AP cores

how much more effective are hollow points in handgun calibers than AP or jacketed rounds?
it struck me that especially in larger harder hitting calibers, would an AP round not still stop someone dead; why would you give up that penetrative ability?

would it not be dead easy to put a core in a hand loaded round? even if it was not dead on center would it make the round tumble or veer off?

if FMJ's tent to feed better, why does anyone use non-jacketed rounds?
you can even get jacketed hollowpoints, is it just the cost?

why is ammo so damn expensive?
it's mass produced and trillions of rounds are made, the metal and explosive components can't be that hard to make
if companies are price gouging, why don't back yard factories start popping up everywhere?

sorry if these are foolish questions

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So I want to practice remedial action drills with pistols, but I have a problem, none of my pistols malfunction regularly.
I want them to be a suprise, not a set up malfunction I could do with snap caps.

So what gun can I buy for practice that will malfunction a lot? I was thinking things like double feeds, FTE, FTF, just general crap.

Was looking at maybe getting a 1911? Or a taurus?

>Don't suggest SIG, M&P, CZ, Makarov, PPK, or clones of them, those are the ones I can't get to fucking malfunction.

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This is mostly theorycrafting since I don't have much experience with material science, let alone ballistic testing. Between reading about naval armor systems, especially those used by the US Navy in WW2 battles and a paper about edge strikes on M2 .30-06 AP (which explains perforated armor).

My intent hear would be to provide Level III protection at a weight of roughly 5 pounds.

The method to defeat penetration would consists of a very hard plate to deform the an incoming projectile as much as possible (like the outboard decapping plate on US battleships), followed by a perforated plate with holes positioned in such a way as to shear and hopefully snap penetrators, especially the steel core of M855 rounds, and finally a cheap backing plate to catch remaining fragments.

>Strike plate
.04"/1mm GR2 titanium plate

>Perforated Plate
1/4" 7075 T6 aluminum plate, perforated with 5mm holes at 3.5mm intervals

The hole diameter and spacing is to ensure that the m855 penetrator will hit some sort of edge. The ratio of diameter to spacing was taken from a post on tanknet about perforated armor.

>Backing plate
16 Gauge mild steel

>Between layers
1/8" industrial-grade, fabric reinforced neoprene sheets, which would hopefully flex and bulge

The estimated cost, based on raw materials and not labor would be about $125 per square foot of plate

Also, feel free to post your own ideas about body armor or why this idea is stupid

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Hey /k/, what's the worse that could happen from shooting a round or two off in my basement?

What would make a good backstop? Are there any negatives?

Thanks

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Does this make a good intermittent bipod? Ya know, to be used when needed, and taken off when not. For laying down prone shooting out to <100yards

~~~Type yes for yes

~~~and no for no

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Does any hold /k/ related jobs in other countries besides the USA? I been wanting to join the State or Fed policia in Mexico but I have to erase my tats

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>The final design contract, under which both sides were to contribute an initial $6 billion each for prototype development and production, has not been signed between India and Russia so far.

>Under the new offer, India will have to pay $3.7 billion, instead of $6 billion, for the technological know-how and three prototypes of PAK FA fighters. The proposal awaits a decision from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin for the annual India-Russia summit this week.


>Sources said the Russian offer is driven by Moscow’s cash crunch and lack of firm orders with its defence industry.

>But the Indian Air Force (IAF) remains opposed to the idea. A senior IAF official said, “We are not in favour of the FGFA. The PAK FA fighter is too expensive at even this rate, and we are not sure of its capabilities.”
>A senior IAF official said, “We are not in favour of the FGFA
>“We are not in favour of the FGFA

>http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-modi-leaves-for-moscow-russia-offers-new-cheaper-deal-on-sukhoi-fighter-jets/

PakFA is official dead. A third wold nation doesn't even want it, and Russia is now too broke to afford it and has to beg.

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I've spent the past couple days watching videos and voraciously reading abour recycling, casting and reloading ammunition.
I've always been interested in metallurgy of all kinds, but I've never been able to try any kind of DIY stuff due to lack of funds and lack of workspace.
I don't see that changing in the near future but I'm trying to absorb all the information I can on the subject so that if I do get the chance I'll have a base of practical knowledge to start from.

So yeah, reloading/casting/forging/etc thread? Advice, stories, resources for beginners etc all welcome.

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/K/ommandos I have a question I wanted to get some answers to, but here is the basic premise:

I'm from /tg/ planning on running a colonialism-type space game. The players and their crew go to another planet and have the job of getting a solid colony going by the time the next colony ship arrives (a few thousand now, about 10k people a few years after the characters arrive).

So as to why there is a question on carriers- I decided an aircraft carrier was reasonably about the necessary size of a ship that would carry a colonizing force of about a thousand or so, but I'm not sure how much crew you would need. Wikipedia says 5,000+ as the crew for a Nimitz, but I couldn't find the composition of the crew ie., how many of that crew is engineering, pilots, weapons systems operators, sanitation, comms, etc.

Assuming automation I would expect at least half a normal crew operation. Since the crew will operate in shifts to get to the planet along the 20 year journey there (cryosleep), an aircraft carrier-size space ship should be big enough for:
Hydroponics/biolab
Small shuttle hangar
cryopod storage
industrial size 3D printer plus metal shop
Storage for food + water + ammo + weapons
50 ground vehicles including spare parts
5 air vehicles (think small cessnas or crop dusters, nothing larger than a Gripen) plus spare parts
3 satellites (for comms and GPS stuff)
hospital
computer servers
250 TW nuclear fusion reactor
backup 100 TW fusion reactor (think the size of a normal A4W or A1B nuclear reactor)

I guess the question is, what WOULD the crew requirement for something like that look like? What is the normal crew of a carrier?

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Merry Goetzmas, /k/.

How are you celebrating?

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I'm looking to learn more about WW1. I found a rare book on a battalion a family member was in and ordered it. However, do you have any recommendations for books on overall history? Any fun facts?

Just a general WW1 thread