Quote from: Kernel Kraut on January 19, 2015, 01:14:24 AM

Quote from: Assassin 11D7 on January 19, 2015, 01:11:52 AM

That really doesn't look that difficult to make.

It really isn't. It's a simple cylinder with a few lines to add definition.

I could turn something like this in maybe 20 minutes depending on how big the block is that I start with. Lathe work is relatively easy.

If you only had a saw, a knife, and some sandpaper then it would be more impressive.

I don't see why you're going on about it being beautiful when it could easily be made in 20 minutes with the proper tools.

Because there is something about lathe turned wood that brings out the most beautiful grain. When you construct something out of flat parts, like say a cutting board or box, you only really get one aspect of the wood grain. It's always running in one direction. With a lathe you get the grain swirling and turning and looping around. Such as this pen I turned.



How ever, a lathe is difficult to use. a Beginner could not walk up and turn that hand guard. I should know, I busted three pens due to a mix of poor wood and poor form. So to someone who knows what they are doing, that hand guard would be easy and popped out in 20 minutes for the CA finish.

This is more something I'd attempt though. Three distinct sides similar to an A1 style handguard. With plunging router cuts and router cut handholds.

Not to mention the beautiful black walnut.

The stock and grip, however, were likely cut out on a band saw and hand shaped to that form. That'd be time consuming and difficult.

I wish I was a gun enthusiast so I could appreciate what you said more

This is the wood worker and gun enthusiast talking. I love lathe work like this. Taking a square block of wood and turning it into something nicely contoured and symmetrical. I do admit, the lines the wood worker put into that piece are a little bland. It doesn't really add much definition to the piece at all.

i have something similar on my staircase handrail

Do you also appreciate good hard wood?

It's interface is hellacious on ps4 or else I would

You'd be missing out playing it on PS4 anyway. From my experience PS4 players get regularly #rekt.

Tanks is where they excel for the most part. But a competent player, like me, who uses the control surface keys on a keyboard will out turn and out fight a PS4 player every day of the week.

I visited /pol/ during the Ferguson Riots. It was fantastic.

Slightly more hilarious than the Zimmerman trials.

muh operational range and nuclear arming capabilities

Muh top 3 scoring American Aces.

I see this plane all the time in person :3

It's simple really. You need some metal pipes, a few springs, and a pin that would rest in an open bol-

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What are you going to do with the ammo? Kill people?

With standard pressure fmj? Lol!

 

I've budgeted or 60 bucks, and I have two things I want to get. Either pre-order GTA v on stream or more lol9mm ammo.

I have GTA v for 360 and I have about 200 rounds of lol9mm.

What do you think who ever the hell you purple are?

 

That mother fucker needs to get what's coming to him. He's a plague on this forum and a dummy head.

Anyone agree?

The fact that they named an aircraft Warthog...smh

It is the A-10 Thunderbolt II, not the Warthog. It gained the nickname, "Warthog" because of the lineage of Republic. Most of the aircraft that Republic produced was nicknamed, "Hog" in some way.

It's true designation "Thunderbolt II" was to commemorate one of the most effective ground attack aircraft in American history, the P-47 Thunderbolt.

In the ongoing angry letters over taxes and definitions in relation to the SB15 arm brace

The ATF may have actually said that shooting a handgun two handed is Illegal without a tax.

Basically it comes down to what qualifies as a pistol, what qualifies as a short barreled rifle (SBR), and what qualifies as an "Any other weapon (AOW [Shotgun in pistol for])."

An AR-15 with the SB15 arm brace strapped to your arm shooting 1 handed? A-Okay
An AR-15 with the SB15 arm brace against your shoulder like a stock? SBR requiring form 1.
an AOW with the SB15 amr brace against your shoulder like a stock? Short barreled Shotgun (SBS) requiring form 1.
A standard handgun being shot with two hands? Potentially SBR requiring Form 1.

Sounds crazy? Well let me show you what the ATF just said in a new letter about the brace. Letter from the ATF, only two pages.

But what about the whole handgun and two hands thing? Well it comes down to one excerpt from that letter with a definition of "redesign." This definition they come up with is in relation to the arm brace and at what point a rifle with the arm brace stops being a pistol and starts being a rifle.

Posted By: ATF
The GCA does not define the term “redesign” and therefore ATF applies the common meaning.
“Redesign” is defined as “to alter the appearance or function of.”

the other important bit.

Posted by:Bureau of dog shootin- I mean Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
The pistol stabilizing brace was neither “designed” nor approved to be used as a shoulder stock,
and therefore use as a shoulder stock constitutes a “redesign” of the device because a possessor
has changed the very function of the item.

Now what does that mean? Well lets take the Miriam Webster's definition of a pistol.

Posted By:The Dictionary
pis·tol
ˈpistl/Submit
noun
1.
a small firearm designed to be held in one hand.

So Pistols are designed to be shot with one hand? So be the words of the ATF, shooting a pistol with two hands is redesigning the firearm to perform in a function that was not originally intended. But okay, that's the Webster's definition. What about the ATF's definition?

Posted By:The ATF
Pistol
18 U.S.C., § 921(A)(29) and 27 CFR § 478.11

The term “Pistol” means a weapon originally designed, made, and intended to fire a projectile (bullet) from one or more barrels when held in one hand, and having:

a chamber(s) as an integral part(s) of, or permanently aligned with, the bore(s);

and a short stock designed to be gripped by one hand at an angle to and extending below the line of the bore(s).

I'll be damned, it's the same definition for the most part.

So, the act of shooting a handgun with two hands is actually redesigning it from it's original intended design and thus subject to the National Firearms Act which requires you to have a Form 1 for manufacture of an SBR. Or at least that's what it could mean. There will probably be another letter in a few days clarifying the clarification of a clarification's clarification. That is literally how convoluted this whole thing has become. Letters saying it's okay, then it's not okay, then it's okay, then shooting a handgun out of it's intended design is not okay.

I don't know if the ATF is intentionally fucking with gun owners, if they are truly incompetent, or if they are all clinically retarded. With their actions in the past I lean towards incompetent with a huge dose of clinically retarded, but that's just me.

There you go folks, your tax dollars hard at work over a piece of rubber on the end of an AR-15 pistol.

Quote from: Kernel Kraut on January 15, 2015, 08:56:28 PM

YouTube

Commence libtard tears

Oh hey guys it's the mall ninja.

Mall Ninja? The video is about rich people who have more money than fucks to give.

Quote from: Kernel Kraut on January 13, 2015, 12:03:48 AM

There I was, Assistant Auto Rifleman in Alpha 2. We had just landed on the Island of Thirsk near the town of Thirsk in the dead of winter. The was heavy cloud cover but the air was still.
 
Our objective was the town. Russians had a HQ there and we were tasked with destroying it. Simply enough task...

As we made our way toward the objective, snow crunching under our feet, the squads were alive with nervous laughter and jokes. Someone mentioning that the snow sounds like Styrofoam and others chuckling in agreement. Just then over our PRC-343 we get a report from Alpha 1 that they had spotted contact about 300 meters to our front. My team was not in a position to see the contact so we maneuvered into a firing position. But before we can really do anything, the contact passes by and ignores us. In the end, this may have been a good thing. We had a terrible position. My team and Alpha 3 were deep in defilade. Behind us was a ridge and to retreat would mean climbing a hill under enemy fire.

Comamand moved us closer to the beach. Thirsk is a small island and the town has a beach on it's eastern side. This beach was considerably lower in elevation than the town. Maybe 10 meters?  Well as soon as we got close we were spotted and all hell broke loose. PKM and Ak-74 fire was almost incessant. I huddled behind a rock trying my best to call targets for my Auto-rifleman. before I knew it, our Fire team lead was dead. The Auto rifleman took command. That's when the GP-25 gernades started landing. I took a hit from shrapnel. By this time Alpha 1 and 3 were smoking the shit out of the beach giving us some minor concealment. So, I managed to bandage and get the call for a medic out.

This is when it really started turning to shit.

Bravo Squad had been pinned in the forest we were in. They were literally getting ripped apart. Sporadic 7.62x54r bullets from PKMs, almost constant 5.45x39 fire from AK-74s, occasional GP-25 rifle grenades and to our terror, the sound of a 20mm Auto cannon. In time the friendly M-16 and M249 fire slowed and then stopped. Bravo had, while not quite wiped, but decimated beyond combat effectiveness. They moved to link up with us.

Problem was, Bravo brought the hell to us. While we were under fire, they were in a maelstrom of angry slavs. At this time I am hit again and pass out. When I wake up, my team is dead save for the team's Rifleman. There we were, huddled behind a rock under sporadic fire. That's when I heard it. The slow lumbering roar of a tracked vehicle. it was the owner of the autocanon that had fucked up Bravo. Thankfully my Rifleman had an AT4 light anti-tank launcher. He fired and the M136 rocket hit home. The armor, a BMP-3, started cookin off hard. The PKT ammunition belts exploded and the 20mm cannon rounds flew off into all directions. It was like fourth of July. Theeeeen another one rolled up. My Rifleman caught a PKT burst and died.

So there I was, cowered behind a rock, crying, as an angry Russian armored vehicle looked for me. Finally it fucked off looking for other days to ruin. So I scavenged what I could off the rifleman. A bandage and a few extra mags is all I got. Over my squads channel was the call for a general retreat. So I got up and started running back North. Thats when an Angel of mercy came in in the form of an AH-1Z Super Cobra. Halle-fuckin-lujah. It was then promptly ripped apart by 20mm Auto cannon fire.

That's when it felt like something jumped up and bit me in the buttocks. Except this thing crippled me and killed my legs. I had to crawl the rest of the way to the extract. I bandaged and started my journey, passing out two more times before finally passing out on the beach, on a desolate wintery island, with hundreds of Russians crawling all over the place.

ArmA 2, Losing is fun.

I want to read more posts like this, thanks.

Next time I run into a really memorable moment, I'll post it.

Last two major missions I played were kinda lame. One was one I made. Underestimated the distance of engagment on that particular terrain. 500 meters+. No one was having fun.

Before that I was doing some kick ass MOUT only to have a scripted artillery strike that killed me and half the platoon and half the town and half the world and half the universe.

The standard for being "BTFOd" sure has dropped. I don't care how much experience you have with guns, fully automatic assault rifles simply have no place in a civilian's hands. End of story.

You have no place in Civilian hands because you're dumb. End of story.

hey class


case closed

>FAL
>Assault Rifle

lol