Mega Rad Gun Thread

[SubarashiSundown]

Why do Americans like sks's so much?

When it was being imported enmasse it was cheap reliable and parts were readily available. Plus it has a drip especially if you have a working bayonet and retro glass on it

 

[WelperHelper99]

When it was being imported enmasse it was cheap reliable and parts were readily available. Plus it has a drip especially if you have a working bayonet and retro glass on it

Basically yeah. The Bayonet is especially fun to swing out, just that motion man, it's peak.
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In any case, favorite M60?

Gotta pick the original for me even if something like the E4 is objectively better, like that long barrel and flash hider

 

[Club Sandwich]

Basically yeah. The Bayonet is especially fun to swing out, just that motion man, it's peak.
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In any case, favorite M60?
Wyświetl załącznik 6661835
Gotta pick the original for me even if something like the E4 is objectively better, like that long barrel and flash hider

i'm partial to the M60E3 - lot of good experiences using one back in the day. it's an excellent light-weight "raider" platform with trucks, armored vehicles, brown water stuff, or doing air assault with. the E4 being a marginal improvement for more open areas, but other than stealing a top cover for the rail, i never really used an issued one. the M60B was a weird one to use on a pintle (dismounted from old Huey's). i think the Coasties have a bunch now, as well as the USFS has a few too for mountain drug field area control.

 

[WelperHelper99]

i'm partial to the M60E3 - lot of good experiences using one back in the day. it's an excellent light-weight "raider" platform with trucks, armored vehicles, brown water stuff, or doing air assault with. the E4 being a marginal improvement for more open areas, but other than stealing a top cover for the rail, i never really used an issued one. the M60B was a weird one to use on a pintle (dismounted from old Huey's). i think the Coasties have a bunch now, as well as the USFS has a few too for mountain drug field area control.

I think this is a B btw

But I believe you. The E3 looks light, perfect for a raider role where you need to go fast and haul ass. The cut down barrel certainly adds to that. I feel proud in a way as a American that the M240 never fully replaced it. Still has use as a lightweight 7.62x51mm. There are newer lightweight 7.62 machine guns, some in US service, but the pig is still kicking. Love seeing videos of it firing, has that slow staccato chug a lot of GPMG's don't since their fire rate is higher than 550-650.

 

[The Polaroid Man]

Why do Americans seem to have love for either the latest HK416/M27 clone/Soviet-era SKS/AK reproduction but none for the CAR-15?

Had the honor of serving with this thing and I loved it. Sure it’s from the 60s but it was simple to maintain/remedy with Decent range, light-weight and great if you’re carrying massive weight through the woods or in closed quarters.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

Why do Americans seem to have love for either the latest HK416/M27 clone/Soviet-era SKS/AK reproduction but none for the CAR-15?Wyświetl załącznik 6661874
Had the honor of serving with this thing and I loved it. Sure it’s from the 60s but it was simple to maintain/remedy with Decent range, light-weight and great if you’re carrying massive weight through the woods or in closed quarters.

There certainly is love for it but as far as owning one goes there's a hurdle in the form of a tax stamp, a crappy arm brace or the barrel and flash hider being comically long to reach 16".
Most people focus on the GAU-5/"Colt Commando" iteration.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Why do Americans seem to have love for either the latest HK416/M27 clone/Soviet-era SKS/AK reproduction but none for the CAR-15?Wyświetl załącznik 6661874
Had the honor of serving with this thing and I loved it. Sure it’s from the 60s but it was simple to maintain/remedy with Decent range, light-weight and great if you’re carrying massive weight through the woods or in closed quarters.

The CAR-15 is a cool shorty rifle, it's just hard to own as a civvie, short barreled rifle laws and all that. And the moderator is considered a suppressor, so if you want a accurate clone, that's a tax stamp and lots of paperwork. Easier to own a M4 clone with a 16 inch barrel or a 14.5 with a pinned brake to make it 16 inch, cheaper too.

 

[Club Sandwich]

Why do Americans seem to have love for either the latest HK416/M27 clone/Soviet-era SKS/AK reproduction but none for the CAR-15?Wyświetl załącznik 6661874
Had the honor of serving with this thing and I loved it. Sure it’s from the 60s but it was simple to maintain/remedy with Decent range, light-weight and great if you’re carrying massive weight through the woods or in closed quarters.

i still use an old 733 sometimes for action shooting, and had a CAR-15 for a short bit of time and it was excellent, perfect size for a lot of work where size matters. i do think the 733/933 and the like have a place as a light carbine for police or security work which is almost all on foot or in/out of vehicles. it was always a little weird most places opted for the 14.5" or even 16" barrel for patrol carbines vs something shorter. i guess just to standardize on an "M4".

 

[The Polaroid Man]

The CAR-15 is a cool shorty rifle, it's just hard to own as a civvie, short barreled rifle laws and all that. And the moderator is considered a suppressor, so if you want a accurate clone, that's a tax stamp and lots of paperwork. Easier to own a M4 clone with a 16 inch barrel or a 14.5 with a pinned brake to make it 16 inch, cheaper too.

Darn shame. It’s a decent home defence weapon.

I hate that people who are privileged to live in gated communities or travel with bodyguards get to restrict the way normal people defend themselves and their loved ones especially when police response times have worsened in some areas over the past 5 years.

i still use an old 733 sometimes for action shooting, and had a CAR-15 for a short bit of time and it was excellent, perfect size for a lot of work where size matters. i do think the 733/933 and the like have a place as a light carbine for police or security work which is almost all on foot or in/out of vehicles. it was always a little weird most places opted for the 14.5" or even 16" barrel for patrol carbines vs something shorter. i guess just to standardize on an "M4".

Standardisation just for the sake of it unfortunately seems to be a universal belief when it comes to Military/L.E across the globe.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

i guess just to standardize on an "M4".

Standardisation just for the sake of it unfortunately seems to be a universal belief when it comes to Military/L.E across the globe.

Delta had an allegedly high effectiveness with it so it phased out the M16 in standard usage, it was on magazine covers and it was relatively light so I guess people sprang for the new default M4 setup which is a shame. Rifles got carried by hearsay and it screwed up a lot of potential with normalization.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

You only got two shots, plus the knife itself.

The only reason one would use a knife gun is to get to their sword gun.

 

[DocAwe]

The CAR-15 is a cool shorty rifle, it's just hard to own as a civvie, short barreled rifle laws and all that. And the moderator is considered a suppressor, so if you want a accurate clone, that's a tax stamp and lots of paperwork. Easier to own a M4 clone with a 16 inch barrel or a 14.5 with a pinned brake to make it 16 inch, cheaper too.

And the worst part is the "suppressor" really sucks.
It just reduces the boom of the short barrel to sound more like the bark of the 20" M16.

 

[SHIGGSHOGG]

Savage makes their .22 receivers out of the most cheese grade fucking bullshit "steel". I had to weld the back of the bolt slot as over time I've worn/battered it to the point of a large burr coming off one side. I was able to measure .0012 of forward/backward play in the bolt which was giving me 5/10 light strikes with CCI standard, a very thin walled ammo.

I emailed them a month beforehand asking for bolt parts as I thought it was a spring issue and they wanted me to send them the entire fucking gun. Ridiculous for something that's $200 and has zero resale value, especially with how I've changed mine.
These lazy fucks must have used easy machining leaded steel with no intention of longevity as this shit filed like cast aluminum. At least the weld layer should last a while longer as that filed like a 30-40 HRC steel while shaping things which is probably what a hardened 41 series steel would be at for a receiver.

Looking at what bolt .22 I should get next, I want something with a good 16 inch barrel but doesn't weigh as much as an AR-10. The Savage B22 seems to be much less of a piece of shit from the one I've shot, but it was much heavier than the MKII. I don't mind choking up on a youth rifle as the length savings are worth it imo.

 

[Geoff Capes Vapes Apes]

Looking at what bolt .22 I should get next, I want something with a good 16 inch barrel but doesn't weigh as much as an AR-10. The Savage B22 seems to be much less of a piece of shit from the one I've shot, but it was much heavier than the MKII. I don't mind choking up on a youth rifle as the length savings are worth it imo.

Tikka T1X. 5.5lb in a synthetic stock so pretty much the same as the MKII, I have the UPR version ("Ultimate Precision Rifle") and it is an absolute tack driver. Dead silent with subs and a can as well.

 

[BikeLock]

I’m worried about how my gun will take the gassing. If I’m not ejecting around 4 to 5 o’clock with a suppressor how can I change that without an adjustable gas block?

To tune my over gassed PSA 10.5 I got an adjustable weight buffer, and tuned the weights until I got the ejection pattern I wanted with Wolf Steel, and then checked it with real 5.56 to make sure.

With a regular buffer I was pitching cases at around the 2 o'clock, lul. I would've just went with an H3 buffer and it probably would've been fine, but the local shop didn't have one, so I bought the adjustable buffer off the shelf.

Why do Americans seem to have love for either the latest HK416/M27 clone/Soviet-era SKS/AK reproduction but none for the CAR-15?Wyświetl załącznik 6661874
Had the honor of serving with this thing and I loved it. Sure it’s from the 60s but it was simple to maintain/remedy with Decent range, light-weight and great if you’re carrying massive weight through the woods or in closed quarters.

I sort of have the "modern equivalent" a MK18 Mod 0 ish 10.5 clone of sorts. Due to the Knights rails and other stuff hung on it it is no longer light and It makes me kind of sad, tbh.

If you want a "clone" you have to get one with an 11.5 and a non-functioning 4.5" moderator permanently attached to the barrel, which isn't "technically correct as the XM177 used a 10.5, I believe. I think Brownels or the H&R Retros offered some rifles like that at one point. The most notorious is the DPMS version with an A2 carry handle and the extra grande 5.5 in moderator attached to a 10.5, which does indeed, look goofy.

 

[John Badman]

Does anyone know a good quick detach cantilever for a 30mm tube? I’m trying to lighten my gun below 10.1 lbs.
I picked up a fully kitted acetac plate carrier with level 4 ceramics that come in at 6 lbs 8 ounces per plate. I don’t know the quality of acetac, they’re very budget and the whole package came in under $600.
I’m thinking I want to run all QD sights for the lpvo, a NV functional red dot, and a thermal clip on if I buy one. I’m taking off the magpul bipod and using just the vertical foregrip to train between lense and offset irons.

If I like the plate carrier enough to keep it and use their assault pack attachment I may want a setup where I can store the scope in a waterproof tube and the red dot in a similarly padded and sealed cube to toss inside the rear pack.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

Looking at what bolt .22 I should get next, I want something with a good 16 inch barrel but doesn't weigh as much as an AR-10. The Savage B22 seems to be much less of a piece of shit from the one I've shot, but it was much heavier than the MKII. I don't mind choking up on a youth rifle as the length savings are worth it imo.

These look interesting. Can take any 10/22 carbon fiber barrel if you want to save weight.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2023/08/28/rimfire-report-volquartsen-summit-straight-pull-rifle-review/

 

[Falcos_Commisar]

Why do Americans seem to have love for either the latest HK416/M27 clone/Soviet-era SKS/AK reproduction but none for the CAR-15?Wyświetl załącznik 6661874
Had the honor of serving with this thing and I loved it. Sure it’s from the 60s but it was simple to maintain/remedy with Decent range, light-weight and great if you’re carrying massive weight through the woods or in closed quarters.

Because moronic NFA and people jerk off HK products Way too much

 

[Taser Confetti]

Why do Americans seem to have love for either the latest HK416/M27 clone/Soviet-era SKS/AK reproduction but none for the CAR-15?Wyświetl załącznik 6661874
Had the honor of serving with this thing and I loved it. Sure it’s from the 60s but it was simple to maintain/remedy with Decent range, light-weight and great if you’re carrying massive weight through the woods or in closed quarters.

Palmetto State and Brownells make CAR-15 clones minus the modulator/equipped with braces so obviously there's a market for it.

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

Looking at what bolt .22 I should get next, I want something with a good 16 inch barrel but doesn't weigh as much as an AR-10. The Savage B22 seems to be much less of a piece of shit from the one I've shot, but it was much heavier than the MKII. I don't mind choking up on a youth rifle as the length savings are worth it imo.

I like my B22, but I can see how your past experience may put you off - I've got a few thousand through mine with the only issue being occasional FTEs when the chamber gets dirty. If you have the cash for it, the CZ 457 is pretty fantastic, but also not particularly lightweight.