I wonder how much gas leakage there would be and if it's more annoying than on a classic AR15? Probably wouldn't want to run one suppressed I'd imagine.

>>103342
I've never really understood the skeletonizing upper/lower receivers either. There's really nothing on them to remove without compromising the integrity of the gun.
If a guy wants to spend money weight savings, then he should look first and foremost at the barrel, then at the optics/mounts. I also wouldn't mess with the bolt carrier groups either, as that is a direct and poorly tested change to reliability.

I do wish aluminum sleeved barrels were more of a thing. Last I checked the ones from Lothar Walther were around $800 which is "just buy a different gun" territory.

>>103343
>holes escape rather than fragment
I don't know...

Noop

>>103362
Heh, yeah do that with a non-milled tube and see what happens.

You might browse through /z/.

Don't build anything illegal.

Pretty cool stuff. Ever see Shawn Woods' primitive archery videos? Knapping my own glass arrows heads is on my to do list.

Pic related: my 3D printed fletching jig

  Derp. Forgot the link:
https://www.youtube.com/user/historichunter/videos?flow=grid&sort=p&view=0

>>103265
>>103266

I actually should 3d print my own fletching jig. I own a 3d printer. It would make my life a lot easier to not have to rely upon the range owner's equipment to make my own arrows, which I will need to do by myself eventually.

Also, range report. Today was my first day shooting these bamboo arrows and comparing them against my shoot from yesterday with my carbon arrows.

My carbon arrows weren't able to hold a group at 10m, and I rarely actually hit the target at all.

My bamboo arrows held a group at 20m on a standard 18m traditional archery 40cm ring target. Zero misses.

It's really bizarre. Everything on paper says that my carbon arrows should be better. Everything. Spine charts say my bamboo arrows are too lightly spined. They flex unevenly depending on how you flex them! Yet, they fly straight in flight, and my carbon arrows wobble about as if they are *under spined*.

I don't get it.

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>>103272
If you get a hang for knapping please share it. I never could get something passable out of glass.

Here's the STL's of the jig, by the way. I just used some nails for the hinges and that's fine since they aren't a terribly important part.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:609300

>>103167
That thing is S E X Y.

>>103167
That

Right

There!

Also isn't there some fiddling you have to do to the gas system on these (Model 11 and A4s) to make them cycle correctly when you chop the barrel?

>>103176
Model 11s should be long recoil, the gun might cycle a little harder with less barrel, but IIRC these guns have friction rings to adjust cycling. Not sure a bit less barrel it'll make that much difference to begin with, the front end of a shotgun barrel doesn't weigh that much.

>>103167
>Barrel is same length as magtube
I will always love this for some reason.

Much to the disappointment of my wife, an Auto 5 and another Model 11 followed me home from a semi local show. The guy was highly motivated to move them which made me leery, but after getting them home and scrubbing them down, I feel my purchase was a deal.

The new Model 11 requires a new recoil spring, trigger spring, and main spring retaining screw.

The Auto 5 is functional the way it is but could use new furniture (a couple cracks and chips) and a friction ring.

After I get them all up and running I'll take them out, see which patterns the best, and keep that one in it's original configuration. The other two though... Chop! Chop! I'm thinking one 18.5" with mag extension and the other SBS.

Not bad for a grand total of $600 for all three shotguns. Well, so far...

>>102349
Reminds me of Animorphs covers.

>>103261
'Cause bitch I got extendos

Or maybe even Fitz'd?

>>102626
1937 Custom 3.5 with Ken Driskill Stags and a Brazilian badge.
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1980-present/381761-combats-few-j-frames-added-624-lew-horton.html

>>102628
Lately, I've been dreaming about a Fitz'd S&W 24. .44 special really does seem like the best cartridge for the concept (big bullet, relatively easy shooting), but do you really want to do that trigger guard modification? I get it, but... Jesus Christ.

*heavy breathing

>>99054
I'm not sure how closing a slide on a loaded mag would be any easier than closing a slide with no mag. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if the guns were new and needed to break in a bit.

>>99055
>I'm not sure how closing a slide on a loaded mag would be any easier than closing a slide with no mag.

Because it tends to be the mag spring which pushes up the slide lock in most designs? On a loaded mag, there would be no mag spring pressure on the slide lock as the bullets prevent the follower from engaging with the slide lock.

Personally, I always sling shot in stress situations and usually only use the slide lock for manual lock backs.
The exception being my Beretta 87 Target, which has a huge slide lock lever and is easy as hell to operate (and reach).

>>99059
>I'm not sure how closing a slide on a loaded mag would be any easier than closing a slide with no mag.
I know how the magazine follower and the slide release interact.

wize fwom ya gwave!

Due to an excess of RL stuff, it was only a few weeks ago that I finally got the chance to send the pistol back to Glock.

They shipped it back the same day they received it, with a letter saying they replaced ejector, extractor, extractor spring, firing pin, striker, disconnector, and gave me a new replacement for the beat-up factory Glock mag I sent with the gun.

I took it to a range, fired 150 rounds, and got brass to face, again.

I asked around and it was suggested that I try Winchester "NATO" 9mm, which is apparently pretty stoutly loaded. With Winchester "NATO" 124gr ball ammo it lofts the spent brass over my head instead of smacking me in the face. It has been recommended that I shoot an additional 500-1000 rounds so that the ejector, extractor, and recoil spring can wear in and the ejection pattern can change to something more consistently away from my face. In the meantime, I've found that some production lots of Tula steelcase 9mm mimic the ejection pattern of the hot "NATO" ammo, so that is what I will be using for practice in the hopes of breaking the gun in and making it somewhat usable.

It's still annoying, and most of my preferred 9mm defensive loads are 147gr (Gold Dot, Ranger-T), which have a softer recoil impulse and are in this particular gun more prone to giving me brass-to-face.

>>102897
I fixed my Gen 3 G19 brass to face by buying a Gen 4 trigger housing with ejector, pulling out the Gen 4 ejector with my fingers (some guys use tape covered pliers), and transplanting it into my Gen 3 trigger housing. No more brass to face even with mousefart plinking loads.

>>102926
It's a pretty easy habit to get into when the consequence of a mishap is BLOWING YOUR FUCKING COCK OFF!

  >>102920
>>102924

>>102916
This is why you get a Kydex/leather hybrid holster

>>102924
It's neat holster but I rather carry one extra round in the chamber

Folks, this is why y'all gotta get yourself a springfield XD. Not only is it made by an AMURICAN company instead of Yerepeeans, but it has a grip safety just like my 1911 (its a kimber, i carry it every day) so you dont accidently shoot yerself unlike those dangerous plastic commie guns. what kind of cheap bastard doesnt have a safety on his carry gun?

>>103140
You should have renamed the image to HS2000.jpg for more irony.

  The entry to the magazine tube could use some work. Quad loads are tough but doable.

  >>103130
The first shotgun load went well. The second, I dunno what the fuck happened. The lifter was stuck in the down position and I couldn't get shells into the magazine.

>>103129
Not sure how or why, but when I hit your webm to watch it, my phone instead displayed a webm of Lana Rain dressed as Asuka sucking on two dildoes. I was confused, but pleased.

From the actual shooting webm, looks like it didn't feed and then failed to release a fresh round. Weird. Any idea what it could have caught on for the feeding stoppage?

Mossbergs failing with cheap ammo usually ends up being a rough chamber/feeding thing, but the trigger bits fucking up is new to me, I've always been spoiled with metal trigger assemblies due to my 590.

>>103133
I hate it when that happens. I don't think the dick on a stick was really into it.

While I was shooting I didn't look into it, because timer, but watching the video now it looks like the shell tried to feed but caught on the entrance to the chamber. It looks a little mangled in the stills.

Just racking the bolt does not release a round from the magazine tube, so that's the second time running the bolt. You have to drop the hammer with the bolt forward to release a shell.

1. Round doesn't chamber.
2. Rack action. (no shell released from magazine)
3. Pull trigger, click, shell released.
4. Rack action, shell chambered.

So if this happened again...

A. Pull the bolt back a little then push forward to try to chamber the shell.

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>>103134
Ahhh right, that's probably handy for switching to a slug but malfunction clearing then needs an extra step.

I see, I see.

>>103088
And this...this is the double, same manufacturer. Using again the Jones-patent underlever action, mated to a pair of 30" barrels (1:48" twist, 1.326" bore diameter), four 13oz mercury recoil reducers in the maple stock. Finished weight 44 pounds, though this one was built to the specifications of a particular customer. Stolzer believes with some modifications to the design (shorter, more tapered barrels being the main aspect), that could be reduced to about 32 pounds...which is still heavier than a Barrett M107, and about the same as the heavier M82A1.

>>103089
If my math is correct... and I think it is... 3500gn x2 = 1 lb. of lead in two shots.

>>103090
That's precisely correct, because a 2-bore (or 2-gauge) by definition fires a half-pound lead ball. Gauge or bore refers to the number of lead balls of a diameter to fit the gun's bore can be cast out of a pound of lead. Eg. a 12-gauge round ball is 1/12th of a pound.

While looking for Stoplossed's lightweight AR thread, I came across another Bat Guano elephant gun thread.

Dagnabbit Bats.

>>96505

Yeah, an old elephant gun thread mentioned here:
>>103069