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In Poland in the village of Konradowo 20.01.2025. A man decided to renovate the floor in the attic of a house renovation. A Mod 98 Mauser rifle, a Beretta 38 submachine gun from 1939 and a Sturmgewehr 44 submachine gun with 3 magazines and were found 

Ammunition in the amount of 403 pieces, as well as an ammunition belt with 12 pieces of ammunition of unknown origin. The weapon with ammunition was secured by the Police. There is currently no information that anyone has tried to obtain this weapon for a local museum.

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6 hours ago, Colin said:

Very much so, Keltec was always one of my favorite stops on the Shot Show circuit, they really do employ several good idea fairies and are not shy about it. They are also affordable for most Americans.

I steadfastly maintain that Kelgren ranks right up there with Browning.  

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5 hours ago, Markus Becker said:

Maybe! The rotating barrel reduces length an the internal mag saves weight. Should save volume too, so more room for rounds.

Back in 2019 a certain person from Alabama reportedly carried a .38 revolver. @shep854

Not exactly as much capacity and quick reload as a compact semi. Yet, some weren't worried. 

The PR57 comes with 20(+1). That's more than a service size Glock and the loading with the clip looks not slow. Not like the strippers of the C96 or SKS but more along the charger loading of the Swiss. 

 

As much as I like that little wheelie, it is old and parts are likely close to failure, and I do prefer autos.  Now I carry a Sig P365, and a sweet little pocket blaster it is!

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4 hours ago, bojan said:

 

It is better than 16" for terminal ballistics and only marginally worse than 20". I have somewhere local tests with terminal ballistics of 5.45x39 (7N6), 5.56x45 (SS109) and 7.62x39 (M67), with 10, 12, 14, 16 and 20" barrel length, will try to find them and post them.

OTOH... for 99.9999% of civilian owners it makes no fucking difference.

Here in the States, 16" OAL is by far the most popular due to infringements...we can't get any shorter without tyrannical permission.

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IIRC NFA says "shorter than 16""?

Posted
10 hours ago, rmgill said:



I thought the new hotness was 10" ARs with arm braces or setup as an SBR?

10 inch is so 2019. Keep up.

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2 hours ago, shep854 said:

Here in the States, 16" OAL is by far the most popular due to infringements...we can't get any shorter without tyrannical permission.

There is the 14.5 inch barrel with pinned/welded FH that counts as a 16. I used to think that was silly, but if you want a legal rifle but want to tactically deploy under fire out of SUVs in downtown Ramadi (or Detroit), it would make sense.

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1 hour ago, Ivanhoe said:

There is the 14.5 inch barrel with pinned/welded FH that counts as a 16. I used to think that was silly, but if you want a legal rifle but want to tactically deploy under fire out of SUVs in downtown Ramadi (or Detroit), it would make sense.

Yep.  As long as a muzzle device is permanently attached that makes the barrel 16" or longer, the length of the actual rifled bore is irrelevant.

If you go the bullpup route, the overall length of the firearm still has to be at least 26"

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2 hours ago, shep854 said:

Yep.  As long as a muzzle device is permanently attached that makes the barrel 16" or longer, the length of the actual rifled bore is irrelevant.

If you go the bullpup route, the overall length of the firearm still has to be at least 26"

 

 

The first AR15 I bought has an 11.5" barrel and a 5" flash hider permanently attached. Looks like a Vietnam-era CAR15.

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On 1/23/2025 at 1:39 AM, R011 said:

So is 7.62 x 54R that much more tapered than .303?

The taper is 0,38mm for the 7,62x54R & 0,75mm for the .303.

The rim protrudes 1,06mm for the 7,62x54R's & 1,02mm for the .303's.

The radius change from shoulder to rim is 1,44mm for the 7,62x54R & 1,77mm for the .303.

The chamfer at the end of the rim is 20 degrees for the 7,64x54R & 45 degrees for the .303.

 

So the 7,62x54R has less taper then the .303, but it has a more problematic rim.

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15 hours ago, bojan said:

 

It is better than 16" for terminal ballistics and only marginally worse than 20". I have somewhere local tests with terminal ballistics of 5.45x39 (7N6), 5.56x45 (SS109) and 7.62x39 (M67), with 10, 12, 14, 16 and 20" barrel length, will try to find them and post them.

OTOH... for 99.9999% of civilian owners it makes no fucking difference.

The 18" also gives you the option of C-clamping that handguard, with enough handguard sticking out in front to reliably rest on a support, such as a barricade, or attach a bipod. Depending on your size and stance that is.

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16 hours ago, alejandro_ said:

https://x.com/ArkadiuszMolis1/status/1882543800868032538

In Poland in the village of Konradowo 20.01.2025. A man decided to renovate the floor in the attic of a house renovation. A Mod 98 Mauser rifle, a Beretta 38 submachine gun from 1939 and a Sturmgewehr 44 submachine gun with 3 magazines and were found 

Ammunition in the amount of 403 pieces, as well as an ammunition belt with 12 pieces of ammunition of unknown origin. The weapon with ammunition was secured by the Police. There is currently no information that anyone has tried to obtain this weapon for a local museum.

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Not that it matters, but that looks like a basement floor and not an attic floor. Interesting that half-split logs were laid on bare earth with hand-hewn logs as joists.

The wall masonry is interesting in that it looks field stone that has been masterfully smoothed on the inside. 

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7 hours ago, shootER5 said:

 

The first AR15 I bought has an 11.5" barrel and a 5" flash hider permanently attached. Looks like a Vietnam-era CAR15.

Cool!

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3 hours ago, Olof Larsson said:

The 18" also gives you the option of C-clamping that handguard, with enough handguard sticking out in front to reliably rest on a support, such as a barricade, or attach a bipod. Depending on your size and stance that is.

A 'Dissipator' configuration, with a rifle-length handguard around a 16" barrel is another option.  Also, the current full-length free-float handguards give plenty of gripping surface.

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9 hours ago, shep854 said:

Cool!

 

It was used when I bought it in 1993 ($400, which was a steal at the time) and other than swapping out the BCG it still runs like a top.

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4 hours ago, shootER5 said:

 

It was used when I bought it in 1993 ($400, which was a steal at the time) and other than swapping out the BCG it still runs like a top.

Around that time, I had a chance to buy either an M16A1 clone or XM155 clone; I went for the A1 clone, then foolishly sold it later.

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NVM;

 

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L85 that works? Does it at least still weight a ton?

Posted
2 hours ago, bojan said:

L85 that works? Does it at least still weight a ton?

I don't know, but I'm interested.  For some reason, the SA80 has always appealed to me; moreso when it works.

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A rare failure, to be sure, but illustrates why staking is a Good Thing (I'm not implying that particular screw can be staked, its just the principle of the thing);

 

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27 minutes ago, Ivanhoe said:

A rare failure, to be sure, but illustrates why staking is a Good Thing (I'm not implying that particular screw can be staked, its just the principle of the thing);

 

Watch 'School of the American Rifle' videos.  Chad has a near obsession for getting ARs as exactly correct as possible.

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I have been.

One thing I've learned recently is that there is a threadlocker that is between blue Loctite and red Loctite in strength. Its an orange threadlocker from Permatex. I bought a tube, haven't tried it yet.

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