[QUOTE=Ridge;50056161]I realized recently that my Scorpion is the only gun I have with rails on it.[/QUOTE]
I've never understood the aversion to rails that a chunk of people seem to have. Then again, I just like plain-Jane AR furniture, or Magpul stuff because spending +$200 on handguards and shit just seems outrageous to me.
I just don't like traditional AR's or many modern designs.
I don't not like rails but I like to collect guns with interesting features or historical value and generally railed systems are not found on guns that fit into either category. Tactical/railed modular systems are good for, well, tactical situations - but mean little to me as a hobby shooter/collector.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;50056885]I don't not like rails but I like to collect guns with interesting features or historical value and generally railed systems are not found on guns that fit into either category. Tactical/railed modular systems are good for, well, tactical situations - but mean little to me as a hobby shooter/collector.[/QUOTE]
This is sort of why I want to get a second CZ75. My current one has more classic lines with the fixed sights and no dust cover rail. The second one will have the dust cover rail.
While railed and non-railed system are both designed with one end purpose, I find standard furniture on AR-15 platforms to carry this weight of taste imo. Hitting a 2/300 yard target with carry handle sights rather than an ACOG is the most satisfying experience lol
Anyone got a decent guide for adjusting Lee Enfield magazine feed lips?
[QUOTE=download;50058895]Anyone got a decent guide for adjusting Lee Enfield magazine feed lips?[/QUOTE]
If it's an original mag dont mess with it. Some of those original mags depending on the markings and which model they're for can be worth quite a bit on their own. You'd be better off buying a new production in my opinion.
So when I told Crazy Croatian Boris that the sights on the Mauser were off he gave me a front sight adjusting tool.
Also my dad got given an RCBS single-stage kit from a friend of his who never used it. It has everything except a cutter in it.
And then because shit was going too well I accidentally tested the sharpness of the Buck knife I got for Christmas on my thumb. I now know it can cut through flesh, and also not to try to pry lids off of things with knives.
[QUOTE=UncleJimmema;50059872]If it's an original mag dont mess with it. Some of those original mags depending on the markings and which model they're for can be worth quite a bit on their own. You'd be better off buying a new production in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't be adjusting it if it was working.
[QUOTE=download;50063968]I wouldn't be adjusting it if it was working.[/QUOTE]
I get that. I'm just saying if it's an original mag it may be worth more not tinkered with, working or not.
The cut out for the mag catch is deeper, and the mag stop to prevent over insertion is there too. The Gen3's also take spring tension off the feed lips when covered unlike the Gen2 which only prevents shit from getting into the mag. So the covers are not compatible with each other without modification.
The Gen2 has a little divider tab inside the mag near the front to help prevent nose dives. This lead to problems with 300blk since the rounds were fatter and caught onto that tab. So the Gen 3 removed it.
Brownells is the better buy for bulk though since it conforms to NATO specs and comes with strong springs. Especially when you have guns that don't play nice with most Pmags like FS2000's or AR160's.
[QUOTE=PrusseLusken;50064223]
ordered the brownells ones, so I'll load them up too and see how they hold up in loaded state[/QUOTE]
Those will be just fine. If you ask any other gun forum based in the US, they would say the same.
Got to shoot an M16A2 on burst yesterday. I don't see why they bothered giving the weapon that function, you're not going to hit shit unless you're two feet away, not to mention to the fact that apparently the burst function can jam the weapon to fuck if you shoot fewer than three rounds through it. Might as well have kept the automatic function of the A1.
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[QUOTE=PrusseLusken;50064269]cheers, nice knowing that.
ordered a ten pack of brownell magpul follower 30rndrs, some cleaning brushes for my rimfire suppressor, and a miculek s&w grip for my pal who just had his b-day. probably gonna be another three weeks before I get my stuff but at least I will have time to get a new ammo box to put the mags in :^)[/QUOTE]
I'm not too sure what the big deal about P-mags and their followers is. Can someone enlighten me?
It doesn't jam, rather the cam in the three round burst mechanism doesn't reset when you release the trigger, only resetting at the end of a burst so if you've only fired two rounds, the next "burst" will only be a single round and if you fire one round the next burst will be two rounds. The MP5 does reset when you release the trigger and doesn't have that issue.
I would argue however that the 3 round burst mechanism is complicated and therefore less reliable.
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Starts at 1:30
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxwPEL8winI[/media]
I like GI mags from an aesthetic standpoint and use them in my AR but the pmag is objectively a superior, far more reliable magazine. If I were in a situation where a jam was more than a minor inconvenience then I would want piles of pmags instead of GI mags.
I have all gi mags and most of them don't work. the feed lips are super fragile
I own nothing but gen II 30 round pmags, gen 1 20 round pmags, and like two 20 round GI mags.
[QUOTE=butre;50067590]I have all gi mags and most of them don't work. the feed lips are super fragile[/QUOTE]
Well the original intent of the mags were to be disposable. It just turns out that when it doesn't land on the lips that it is really sturdy. So people reuse them many more times than what the mag was intended to be used as. Particularly from countries that made shitty NATO mags like Spain and Singapore.
They loved military exercises that had the US involved since they would scavenge the US mags after the exercise. The US mags worked more often than their own issued mags.
I've got like 10 USGI mags from Brownells, I haven't had any problems with them so far. Got a gen-2 P-mag that came with my ruger as well. Not a huge fan of the plastic body, just feels too flimsy to me.
Some of the ones we were using at the training center this weekend also had Brownells' stamp. Out of maybe 190+ magazines, we had only one that I know of that had a totally jacked follower, and it wasn't a Brownells. The rest of the misfires we had were due to range detail forgetting to give anyone CLP, and that was the least jacked up thing that happened over drill.
I can't speak much for AR mags, but from all the AK mags I've used, the Pmags have by far been my favorite. I haven't tried any of the gen 2, but I own a couple gen 1, a Tapco mag, and a Romanian steel mag, and the Pmags see about 99% of the shooting I do.
I am in the process of buying a rifle in which I will be able to experience the joys of cheap quality drum magazines.
[QUOTE=Lone_Star94;50068141]Well the original intent of the mags were to be disposable. It just turns out that when it doesn't land on the lips that it is really sturdy. So people reuse them many more times than what the mag was intended to be used as. Particularly from countries that made shitty NATO mags like Spain and Singapore.
They loved military exercises that had the US involved since they would scavenge the US mags after the exercise. The US mags worked more often than their own issued mags.[/QUOTE]
I treat them as disposable, I still have 50 working mags
Man I still hate my KSG.
It's like having a really hot girl friend with a shitty personality. It looks great but otherwise I'm always miserable around it.
I replaced the CTG Inner Catch so now it doesn't release multiple shells at a single pump anymore. But my hang-up issue is still ever present and I have no idea how to fix it. Literally no remote idea on what would work now.
idk why anyone would buy a kel-tec. the only one I even vaguely want is the pmr-30
Sub2ks look like prototype Nazi subguns :v:
[img]http://loungecdn.luckygunner.com/lounge/media/sub-2000-1.jpg[/img]
Imagine it with a stamped steel receiver and bakelite furniture.
I'd rather have a mechtech than a sub2k for a ppc or a draco for just a small long gun
Oh yeah definitely I wouldn't trust a keltec as far as I could throw it. They're just neat looking, which seems to be their priority when it comes to design philosophy.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;50070422]
Imagine it with a stamped steel receiver and bakelite furniture.[/QUOTE]
oh my god I [I]so[/I] want bakelite furniture for my Sub2K now
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you know, I always see people shitting on kel-tec, but I've never had a single issue with my Sub2K
is that like the one decent gun they make or something? I always thought the bullpup rifles (RFB, etc) were pretty good too?
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boy howdy, you want to talk about guns that could have come out of the Steyr prototype labs in WW2:
[t]http://files.harrispublications.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2014/08/kel-tec-m43-gen-evergreen-angle-600x384.1421390903.png[/t]
[I]yes please[/I]
Good grief I had no idea those could be that pretty. Suddenly I want a kel tec.
And yes, they tend to have a lot of problems. Sub2ks are decent.
e: Omg imagine that thing with one of the new 5.56 STG44 style mags announced at SHOT.
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;50070020]Man I still hate my KSG.
It's like having a really hot girl friend with a shitty personality. It looks great but otherwise I'm always miserable around it.
I replaced the CTG Inner Catch so now it doesn't release multiple shells at a single pump anymore. But my hang-up issue is still ever present and I have no idea how to fix it. Literally no remote idea on what would work now.[/QUOTE]
Why don't you just sell it and get something you'll enjoy???
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[QUOTE=Grenadiac;50070422]Sub2ks look like prototype Nazi subguns :v:
[img]http://loungecdn.luckygunner.com/lounge/media/sub-2000-1.jpg[/img]
Imagine it with a stamped steel receiver and bakelite furniture.[/QUOTE]
I saw one once with wood furniture and it was fucking beautiful. Looked like something right out of a German factory.
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[QUOTE=Grenadiac;50070442]Oh yeah definitely I wouldn't trust a keltec as far as I could throw it. They're just neat looking, which seems to be their priority when it comes to design philosophy.[/QUOTE]
I actually had a sub2000 and it was the most reliable little gun I ever had, which was surprising considering how flimsy it was.
I wish I hadn't traded it away, it was fun as hell. Especially with those Korean 50rd 9mm drum mags and the 27rd stick mags.
Before I sold it, I put one of those forged aluminum quad rail fore-end replacements on it and it solved the flex issue. Never had a single jam, and I put thousands of rounds through that thing.
Definitely one of Kel-Tec's gems.
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[QUOTE=Timebomb575;50070446]
[t]http://files.harrispublications.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2014/08/kel-tec-m43-gen-evergreen-angle-600x384.1421390903.png[/t]
[I]yes please[/I][/QUOTE]
Sweet Mary Mother of God that is one sexy rifle.
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