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Post by lrich on Jul 27, 2011 21:13:11 GMT -5
looking good
Also, for interests sake (since those fins look pretty much exactly like the ones my family have and I can't see the logo), are those commercial Scuba Pro Jet fins or, like a lot of other equipment, did the government commission a Marine Specific Variant?
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Post by lrich on Dec 4, 2010 13:21:01 GMT -5
mine was durable, and survived about a month of abuse before I could get to a shop to make a wood replacement. I found though, it was much strong in compression/tension as compared to shear stresses.
Basically, I had no problem dropping it (accidentally) vertically onto the stock, from a few feet, and I was able to use the gun+stock to help pull someone up an embankment with no problem. However, the plastic showed signs of bending stress when i accidentally carried the gun crosswise through a doorway and it hung up on the stock.
Overall it should survive normal abuse, but don't expect to be able to use it to hold up a car or for doing pullups holding the barrel and stock.
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Post by lrich on Sept 19, 2010 14:16:59 GMT -5
They would have used that most likely only when using the drum magazine for the 1928's (due to the curve, it wouldn't have been as useful as other bags for holding anything else, IMO), and the 1928's were relatively rare compared to the m1/m1a1, which didn't accept the drum. As well, the drums weren't highly regarded, since they rattled and needed winding, so the chances of finding someone in WWII using a drum compatible thompson (1921, 1928, not m1a1) with a drum would be pretty low, therefore the probability of that bag type being used would be low.
To sum it up; it was probably used, but very rarely
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Post by lrich on Mar 29, 2010 21:54:46 GMT -5
Hmm, reminds me of an MP3008 chambered in 7.65x17(or 25)mm, but I'm still working on finding the right gun
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Post by lrich on Mar 28, 2010 13:02:50 GMT -5
Good call, I figured that if you recognized the gun in the picture, there is only one such gun that even resembles that even remotely, so someone would make the connection.
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Post by lrich on Mar 27, 2010 11:04:48 GMT -5
Well, either way, I was first ;D , and I have one that is really, really odd (but i did my homework, and it was trialed, and made in the 20th century) Sorry for the dubious picture, it's the best i could find, but I imagine that if you will either know or not know this gun, because of its distinct lines.
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Post by lrich on Mar 26, 2010 20:03:18 GMT -5
Thanks for filling in Adler, and is that the Madsen LAR M/62? Made by Denmark in the 1950's, chambered in 7.62x51 mm (Nato)
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Post by lrich on Mar 25, 2010 19:43:01 GMT -5
Is that the gepard sniper/anti-material rifle? Hungarian made 1990-present, 12.7 or 14.5mm (Recognized that one extra quick, because I have been working on trying to make an airsoft version of it, but it has a very unique mag setup) Also, if I'm right, can i cede my turn to adler (or tw449)? I don't have any other good guns, and hone of those two more than likely does.
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Post by lrich on Mar 25, 2010 16:31:19 GMT -5
Wait, sorry... read the rules. All guns have to be from, or used in the 20th century. I'll let it slide ONCE... don't do it again. *edit* Added "or used in". sorry, I saw the 1999, so i figured it would be just under the wire, and of course, that is correct.
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Post by lrich on Mar 25, 2010 15:07:59 GMT -5
And yet it isn't (though the two can use the same magazine), Better hurry up though, I bet adler has his alarm set for 12:46 AM (Seattle time) to post the answer, as he already PM'ed it to me ;D
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Post by lrich on Mar 25, 2010 14:46:08 GMT -5
True, thought i got that one almost immediately after i saw it. Maybe so you aren't completely locked out have something like every 5th gun, no timeban Also, hopefully this isn't too distinctive, but i think it looks kinda cool (and the name sounds sweet)
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Post by lrich on Mar 25, 2010 12:17:46 GMT -5
Well, to ruin your chances of having all the fun, and hooray for wikipedia surfing (when I'm bored, i go down the list of experimental weapons from a country, 2 days ago was Britain), I believe it is the Mars Automatic pistol, produced approximately from 1900-1907, chambered in 8.5mm (interesting caliber), 9mm and .45 caliber, made in Britain As well, (imo) it was the Desert Eagle of its say (really powerful, but too powerful to be useful for the military)
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Post by lrich on Mar 24, 2010 13:42:26 GMT -5
I first made 20 rd magazines for 2 reasons. I got a great deal on 20rd mag pouches, and my friend lost my high cap, so i was left with only 1 low cap magazine (this was ~2 years ago, so before KA started making mags). Therefore, i needed magazines, and i wanted them to fit in the pouches. First, I took a CNC machine, and gutted m85 mags for springs and made 20 rd. length magazines out of polypropylene (and aluminum tape on the outside for a metal feel), I've used and abused them for over 1.5 years and they work great, though the tape has taken a beating. As I ran out of mag springs, i ordered a metric ***ton (80) of shotgun shell mags to gut for springs, but found out they have square springs, so i got lazy, and just plunked the shells in plastic externals (Awesome part is you can make "cute" little minimags) Both times admittedly i did skip making the "feedlips", because before i lost the high cap, i had already bent those feedlips, and those were metal, so i figured plastic ones would just break or even bend faster Also, the first idea has a seem (they are clamshell, pinned together), while the second doesn't, its 1 solid block with a hole milled in it for the shell (and i left these unpainted for the picture so you could see the shell and magazine, otherwise these would be all black)
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Post by lrich on Mar 22, 2010 20:23:50 GMT -5
I say you go tanker, you get to drive a tank ;D, you get to hear the beautiful sounds of the tank, and there is less chance you get hit or killed . if you are going with that, why not go airforce? Then you get to fly jets, which is sweet (or UAV's, which is cool in the fact that you don't even necessarily have to go over to the mideast) Other than that, also, don't forget proper nutrition and rest times! You'll need protein to build muscle, and carbohydrates to refuel your body, and don't forget healthy fats as well. (And look up more on nutrition if you so desire) As for working out, more is not always better, especially just starting out. Working out with some muscle soreness is ok, but if its really painful, take a day off to recover. Also, generally give your muscles ~48 hours to recover (so that would mean every other day), more if you work them hard, otherwise you will end up sabotaging your gains by not giving your muscles a chance to repair and grow. It helps to do different things different days, like upper body+a little cardio one day, lower body+cardio the next and repeat. Obviously, customize to your goals and liking, but that's just to hopefully prevent you from making the beginning mistake of doing too much and getting nowhere.
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Post by lrich on Mar 22, 2010 1:33:56 GMT -5
Well, there are a few things, i like this article, as it rings true, there are no weights at bootcamp; www.stewsmith.com/linkpages/noweightatboot.htmStew Smith has a lot of good articles, just pointing that out Also, though this is just my thoughts, i would combine high rep/to failure exercises (pull up, push up, etc.) with weight training, steady state cardio and HIIT workouts, because if you combine the four, you have a recipe for success. The pushups/pullups/situps/other "to failure" items help you build muscular endurance (useful for crawling, holding your gun, hitting the dirt/getting back up again and again), HIIT helps with explosiveness (sprinting from building to building), steady state cardio gets you ready for long marches, and weight training gives you low rep power (useful for moving obstacles, etc.) Also, for the steady state cardio, don't just do straight running, also include stair running, hill running, biking (helps with stair and/or hill running) (i like stationary ones) and swimming (use different strokes, helps with building arm endurance to allow you to not get as tired holding a gun all day) because in the military, you wont only be marching on flat ground. By no means is this exhaustive (i don't feel like giving an entire writeup ;D), but hopefully it helps
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Post by lrich on Mar 17, 2010 0:41:16 GMT -5
if it made before 1980 by Iver Johnson's Arms it is model 1500 if after - model 600 That's right, by following the original rules. Technically the picture i posted up is the RAI Model 500, but all the guns you named are nearly the exact same gun under different manufacturers/names, so you've got it.
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Post by lrich on Mar 16, 2010 20:11:29 GMT -5
I know it... and I'm sure Adler does too. You've all got 12 hours... I'd be disappointed if you didn't But i thought you decided to give 24 hours to everyone else?
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Post by lrich on Mar 16, 2010 19:27:05 GMT -5
I going to go with knock off mp40 aka, i think it's the Star Modelo Z-45, chambered in 9x23mm Largo, used in places such as Spain (where it was originally made), Cuba, Portugal etc. You got it , but it wasn't a knock off , it was influenced by the MP40. True, but i was too lazy to type out that its appearance indicates mp40 influence, so i just wrote knockoff Now, for the next gun hopefully it isn't too easy (random one that I knew because it would be an easy one to make an airsoft project of).
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Post by lrich on Mar 16, 2010 18:57:40 GMT -5
I going to go with knock off mp40 aka, i think it's the Star Modelo Z-45, chambered in 9x23mm Largo, used in places such as Spain (where it was originally made), Cuba, Portugal etc.
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Post by lrich on Mar 14, 2010 17:06:22 GMT -5
I think also the main problem with WE making a garand is that WE makes gas blowback, gas in magazine guns, and truthfully, the Garand is not exactly the easiest gun to make Gas Blowback without external air. Simply put, the en block clips, even if you used the size of the clip+rounds would most likely not be large enough to provide ample gas for the minimum 8 shots with any noticeable recoil (or even move a the decent sized bolt of the m1). Meanwhile, magazines aren't quite so cramped for space, which would explain why an m14 and other guns using magazines would be viable.
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Post by lrich on Feb 28, 2010 18:12:46 GMT -5
I read the description, and they are from a history channel production, so they probably look pretty decent.
However, I have found that 99.99% of the stuff from the productions are from the extras (and since most of the extras simply have to look the part, and not actually use all their stuff, and the fact that its cheaper to make sloppily sized pouches that look good than good looking pouches that work well, and since films have budgets, they often choose the first option for a large part of their extras, and therefore the pouches might be tight/loose/etc.
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Post by lrich on Jan 31, 2010 14:08:18 GMT -5
also, i found it a good idea to superglue the followers (what i believe the little black thing is) to the springs. That way you don't loose them, and after i did that to my magazines that had the spring popping out problem, the springs "magically" came out a ton less (I don't know how that fixed it exactly, but it seemed to).
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Post by lrich on Jan 24, 2010 1:10:18 GMT -5
Well, here are two reviews, which give you a decent size perspective: www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqILyoCwbswww.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb1nzrs77pIsounds like crap kind of, and as well, its apparently a gravity feed design and abs plastic, which, in my opinion is dubious, and wouldn't lend itself well to a conversion. I would say you were better off making a DP28 utilizing a p90 hop up (and maybe even the magazines, with a faux drum stuck on the mag sides) and maybe an m14 gearbox.
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Post by lrich on Jan 10, 2010 23:48:31 GMT -5
That, or if you wanted to, go with the good old gas in the magazine MP5K from Well or Maruzen, though it would take some serious modifications to get it all to fit and work.
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Post by lrich on Jan 7, 2010 19:12:20 GMT -5
Well, i am a little late, but better late than never i guess. This one is the prototype, (but i am putting up the picture to prove i am not totally hawking vaporware) and i forgot to grease the mold, so it pulled some of the mold out, which is why some parts look a little "funky." I will post pictures (hopefully soon) of one that doesn't have the "texture" I can make another mold but college started, so progress on actually turning these out is going to be slow As well, I agree with everyone, like i said, personally I would just make real-caps, but i wanted to see if there was going to be an overwhelmingly negative response to making realcaps.
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Post by lrich on Dec 31, 2009 18:26:35 GMT -5
Just to let everyone know, taking after AGM, i cracked the prototype while inserting the shell, so i have to make another. It should be done by tomorrow night though...
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Post by lrich on Dec 31, 2009 13:38:37 GMT -5
i im scared of them making it, just hicap and that's it like a middle finger. so i dont know if i should jump on every vfc bar midcap like a live hand grenade. Not sure what the first part means exactly, but if its a high cap, the bar magazine is stupid simple to make decent mid or lowcap copies (m14 mag + bondo), unlike those damn stg-44 magazines....
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Post by lrich on Dec 30, 2009 19:12:33 GMT -5
i really hope it will be a bigger production run (and maybe cheaper) than the mg34 though
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Post by lrich on Dec 27, 2009 2:20:07 GMT -5
At the moment, I am almost done with casting a STG-44 Realcap magazine (just finish polishing, mounting the internal mag and painting it), and i was thinking of selling them, in order to provide those who don't have the time to make their own a chance to have real cap magazines for the STG-44 (and to further fund my innovations). To prevent a "MGW" incident (since, with my schedule, it could happen), for those who care, if i decide to sell, i will only list up magazines that i am ready to ship out, and wont sell any "to be made" magazines.
Either way, the magazine would consist of a plastic resin sandwich, two halves mated together, with magazine internals embedded inside, for simplicity. For the real cap magazines, i am using airsoft shotgun shells, for 50 round magazines, i can use DE G36 Magazine internals, for midcaps, i would have to use probably m16 or AK74 magazine internals, and that is the reason for the price difference. The reason for the poll is to gauge where the main interest lies, in having a larger capacity at a higher cost, or being willing to reload a little more, and have a lower cost. Keep in mind, the price may change a little bit (shipping will probably be extra), but probably not too much (i did a rough calculation on the price of resin+internal mag+time to figure what the cost would be).
Pictures of a finished real cap will be up some time tomorrow, probably after ~5 PM Pacific, as I am going airsofting in the morning
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Post by lrich on Dec 19, 2009 11:46:43 GMT -5
>> You think they could've shown it firing? Also,I don't think the PPSH fired semi auto. Correct me if I'm wrong here. Either way,I'm getting a couple regardless. Worldguns.ru says it is select fire, and they are usually right. Also, pictures of the R/S show the same selector/safety in front of the trigger, and who the heck would bother copying that selector unless it was authentic? (It would be much easier, IMO to put one on the side of the receiver, like they did to the mp40)
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