GUN TALK: Doubletap

[Impaled Nazarene]

looks like its time to get a bigger job and move out. my dad insists on being the only gun owner in the house. So basically now the only reason he votes republican is because he's bigoted it seems.

I'm sorry to hear that.

On the plus side now you can get an apartment, pop in a gun safe, and start collecting.

Problems are: I won't rent. No idea where to move to. Won't be able to keep the car. No guarantee of a quality job that isn't torture. Not enough money.

[Democratic Exodian Territories]

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about ~10 minutes with a dremel to make these adulterations:
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It fits fine and flush with the AR-18's internal feed lips, and still engages with the AR-15's mag catch. Will have to take to the range this weekend to see how it feeds.

nice.

[Taihei Tengoku]

Took it to the range last week, it doesnt feed at all. The rounds push the magazine lower than just the follower.

[Telconi]

Took it to the range last week, it doesnt feed at all. The rounds push the magazine lower than just the follower.

Feed issues are the worst, I spent hours on my wife's carbine with a Dremel so it feeds correctly.

[Hurtful Thoughts]

Took it to the range last week, it doesnt feed at all. The rounds push the magazine lower than just the follower.

So you're saying you needed to cut the notch for the mag-catch a bit lower than anticipated?

Lessons learned: Dremmel-test with dummy rounds, or in a super-clean situation and a firing-pin free bolt.

However, if feed/cycle testing ammunition through a questionably dremmelled P-mag... make sure the ammunition matches the chamber.
-Getting a 5.45 stuck in a 5.56 can be embarrassing. (and frustrating to fix)
-Getting a .300 BLK chambered is just plain dangerous.

[Chernoslavia]

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about ~10 minutes with a dremel to make these adulterations:
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It fits fine and flush with the AR-18's internal feed lips, and still engages with the AR-15's mag catch. Will have to take to the range this weekend to see how it feeds.

*Tiocfaidh ár lá Intensifies*

[Taihei Tengoku]

Took it to the range last week, it doesnt feed at all. The rounds push the magazine lower than just the follower.

So you're saying you needed to cut the notch for the mag-catch a bit lower than anticipated?

Lessons learned: Dremmel-test with dummy rounds, or in a super-clean situation and a firing-pin free bolt.

However, if feed/cycle testing ammunition through a questionably dremmelled P-mag... make sure the ammunition matches the chamber.
-Getting a 5.45 stuck in a 5.56 can be embarrassing. (and frustrating to fix)
-Getting a .300 BLK chambered is just plain dangerous.

A bit higher. The notch is too low with rounds in, not too high.

[Impaled Nazarene]

Is what happens when you tamper with rifle.

[Hurtful Thoughts]

So you're saying you needed to cut the notch for the mag-catch a bit lower than anticipated?

Lessons learned: Dremmel-test with dummy rounds, or in a super-clean situation and a firing-pin free bolt.

However, if feed/cycle testing ammunition through a questionably dremmelled P-mag... make sure the ammunition matches the chamber.
-Getting a 5.45 stuck in a 5.56 can be embarrassing. (and frustrating to fix)
-Getting a .300 BLK chambered is just plain dangerous.

A bit higher. The notch is too low with rounds in, not too high.

So why not just extend the notch?

You may lose positive control of the mag (can become over-seated) but that can be fixed by taping around the magwell edge. Future P-mag mods can have the notch properly located.

[Taihei Tengoku]

A bit higher. The notch is too low with rounds in, not too high.

So why not just extend the notch?

That's what I'm going to do once I get my hands on a suitable file--file the top edge upwards maybe by a millimeter.

[Hurtful Thoughts]

So why not just extend the notch?

That's what I'm going to do once I get my hands on a suitable file--file the top edge upwards maybe by a millimeter.

Diamond deburring tool.

[Taihei Tengoku]

I think the burr I have is too large for the slot provided.

[Hrythingia]

Anyone here familiar with the good old SA80?

[Taihei Tengoku]

It's like my AR-18, but worse

[Len Hyet]

Anyone here familiar with the good old SA80?

What about that piece of crap?

[Hrythingia]

Anyone here familiar with the good old SA80?

What about that piece of crap?

Ho ho just wondering. As my standard issue I was wondering what people thought about it here. Can be rather pestly but I haven't used any other automatic weapon so I have nothing else to go by really.

[Len Hyet]

What about that piece of crap?

Ho ho just wondering. As my standard issue I was wondering what people thought about it here. Can be rather pestly but I haven't used any other automatic weapon so I have nothing else to go by really.

To be completely fair the A2 fixed almost all of the A1's problems, but didn't fix the inferiority of the bullpup design.

[Hrythingia]

Ho ho just wondering. As my standard issue I was wondering what people thought about it here. Can be rather pestly but I haven't used any other automatic weapon so I have nothing else to go by really.

To be completely fair the A2 fixed almost all of the A1's problems, but didn't fix the inferiority of the bullpup design.

I don't mind the bullpup too much really, it would feel weird for me to have the magazine further forward. It does seem to jam a lot, even when I take extra care to make sure that it won't (which is harder than one thinks when on exercise and you're sprinting from a to b and hitting the forest floor covered in pine needles and all sorts of other lovely things).

[Len Hyet]

To be completely fair the A2 fixed almost all of the A1's problems, but didn't fix the inferiority of the bullpup design.

I don't mind the bullpup too much really, it would feel weird for me to have the magazine further forward. It does seem to jam a lot, even when I take extra care to make sure that it won't (which is harder than one thinks when on exercise and you're sprinting from a to b and hitting the forest floor covered in pine needles and all sorts of other lovely things).

Well to each their own. I regularly commit Gun Heresy by saying I don't care for Glocks.

[Taihei Tengoku]

It fires a round really close to the point of aim almost every time when you pull the trigger. That said it's a less elegant, sophisticated, or well-executed design than almost every other bullpup rifle.

[Hrythingia]

It fires a round really close to the point of aim almost every time when you pull the trigger. That said it's a less elegant, sophisticated, or well-executed design than almost every other bullpup rifle.

Well yes it is rather good to get a good grouping with it on the target range.

[Taihei Tengoku]

To be completely fair the A2 fixed almost all of the A1's problems, but didn't fix the inferiority of the bullpup design.

I don't mind the bullpup too much really, it would feel weird for me to have the magazine further forward. It does seem to jam a lot, even when I take extra care to make sure that it won't (which is harder than one thinks when on exercise and you're sprinting from a to b and hitting the forest floor covered in pine needles and all sorts of other lovely things).

If you have a blank firing adapter on expect your gun to run like a bolt action. The only thing I've found to work reliably with a BFA on is an M240.

[Hrythingia]

I don't mind the bullpup too much really, it would feel weird for me to have the magazine further forward. It does seem to jam a lot, even when I take extra care to make sure that it won't (which is harder than one thinks when on exercise and you're sprinting from a to b and hitting the forest floor covered in pine needles and all sorts of other lovely things).

If you have a blank firing adapter on expect your gun to run like a bolt action. The only thing I've found to work reliably with a BFA on is an M240.

I usually fire it on exercise with a BFA yes. Also bloody hell, the amount of mess blanks make in the working parts comapared to live rounds is ridiculous. Especially when the colour sergeant wants them sparkly silver for inspection.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I don't mind the bullpup too much really, it would feel weird for me to have the magazine further forward. It does seem to jam a lot, even when I take extra care to make sure that it won't (which is harder than one thinks when on exercise and you're sprinting from a to b and hitting the forest floor covered in pine needles and all sorts of other lovely things).

Well to each their own. I regularly commit Gun Heresy by saying I don't care for Glocks.

I'm not a fan of them either.

[Hurtful Thoughts]

What about that piece of crap?

Ho ho just wondering. As my standard issue I was wondering what people thought about it here. Can be rather pestly but I haven't used any other automatic weapon so I have nothing else to go by really.

Functionality-wise, it works.

Ergonomicly, it's a very distinctly British mess.
-The considerations the designers gave no cares about, they gave absolutely no cares.
-So it prob sucks if you're a lefty or not sized like what a normal person was back in 1982.

The other bits were how well the furniture stays on the gun, and what other corners the unionized workers took when they were told they'd be fired regardless of how well they put the rifles together.

Later reworks with better sourced internal components tended to fix most problems... although the stock probably still tends to dissassemble itself at poor times.