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Post by Horsie on Mar 19, 2016 17:44:56 GMT
It's going to be .938" at the gas block, which is heavy as fuck, but it means I have to be careful with my choice of handguard, it'll be a tight fit no matter what I get.
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Post by demonnachos on Mar 20, 2016 21:27:11 GMT
I really need to stop getting dragged into youtube comments, but I can't resist the comedy gold. Not only do I have two idiots who referenced that I am white as counter arguments in sword related discussion (I wish I was joking), but I think I have a top contender for second-silliest katana claim (Not much can top "The only thing that can stop a katana is samurai armor"): "the katana is tipbalanced. there is no doubt about that. it's balance point is usually 45- 50 cm down from the hilt, close to the very tip. go and google some pictures of authentic katana and you will actually see the point of balance. it's at the line that forms the triangle at the tip of the blade.
the katana also has no counterbalancing pommel or stabilizing guard(which are all present in falchions, viking swords, other carolingian era swords, migration era swords and knightly swords. the falcata has a heavy hilt, in case you didn't know). the katana is a tipbalanced weapon. the katana, being a sword, will not have the same balance as an axe. grow up, boy."
The katana has an average of 70cm for blade length, meaning he thinks is it balanced both 20 cm from the tip and less than 5 because the "triangle at the tip of the blade" he is referring to is the rapid tapering that narrows the point for better thrusting performance (most mid-tier and below modern ones lack this tapering and some have lines on the blade to make it look like it has it).
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Post by Canuovea on Mar 20, 2016 21:33:38 GMT
Well... they are generally balanced closer to the tip then European swords. But... That's a lot.
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Post by demonnachos on Mar 20, 2016 21:47:32 GMT
A bit more than the average longsword, but less than most sabres. Many tulwar for example have balance points at the 7-8 inch mark while most katana are in the 4-5 inch range. My khopesh is 6 inches from the hilt despite a mere 19 inches of blade so proportionally it is even more blade heavy (but it is quite light so it doesn't feel heavy at all).
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Post by Canuovea on Mar 20, 2016 21:50:32 GMT
Indeed!
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Post by demonnachos on Mar 20, 2016 22:08:46 GMT
Also dis:
If you notice as the camera zooms out a bullet hits the grass in the foreground, and after the delivery of BRRRRRRRTTT!! the gunfire stops.
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Post by Canuovea on Mar 20, 2016 22:11:58 GMT
Yikes! Even if that didn't kill anyone, the BRRRRRRRT would have made me run for it.
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Post by demonnachos on Mar 20, 2016 22:15:08 GMT
That was a dispenser of freedom convincing terrorists to adopt the 'Murican Way.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 20, 2016 22:30:45 GMT
That's terrifying.
Just started watching this documentary about the Mi-24, seems to be a Russian documentary dubbed into English, interesting so far.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Mar 23, 2016 16:01:07 GMT
It's going to be .938" at the gas block, which is heavy as fuck, but it means I have to be careful with my choice of handguard, it'll be a tight fit no matter what I get. That is a big ol' heavy barrel. If you got a steady hand and a dremel you can usually make em fit. Of course they won't take em back if you fuck it up. Went to the gun store and asked if they had any mags for the M1 Carbine. The guy goes in the back and after a few minutes he comes back with a surplus mag pouch and two 15 round mags already loaded up. Says it's fifty bucks. I says "sold". Seemed like a great price for two mags, a pouch, and 30 rounds of ammo (even if it is steel case surplus). Unfortunately it's not the jungle pouch that the soldiers used to put on the stock cuz it had the extra large belt loop, it's the desert case with the smaller one, but I think I can still get it to work.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Mar 23, 2016 16:09:03 GMT
On that Warthog vid I love how you don't hear the gun until way after the bullets get there.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 23, 2016 21:13:26 GMT
I figure it ought to, I did a bit of reading and I've found a few people talking about using the handguard I want with barrels like mine (on carbines though, seems there's little love for fuck-off heavy DMRs).
That is a pretty good deal, I've found a couple of M1 Carbine mags at gun shows around here and they usually go for about $40US each.
I've got a belt that's similar to that pouch, it's got 10 pouches for M1 Garand clips. I just use it for keeping my clips together when I go to the range, but I've been meaning to find an M1911 holster to hook into the eyelets along the bottom of the belt.
It sounds kind of like the engine brake on a semi.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Mar 24, 2016 7:46:29 GMT
I've found I'm pretty much the only one in the US that wants to make an A1 clone. 20 inch barrels that aren't varmint style and upper receivers with a carry handle are basically impossible to find. Everyone wants carbines and flat tops or free float bull barrels.
I can get ProMag 15 round mags online for 12 bucks, but I'd have to pay shipping and handling and I'm not overly fond of ProMag products. These are KCI, which I don't have much experience with. They're another low end mag company but they feel a little heavier than the ProMags that I've handled. One of them seats perfect and the other needs a little finesse to get to seat right. I'll have to dink around with that one. That's the downside of steel mags though. It's also why people prefer the surplus mags to the civilian aftermarket ones for the M1 Carbine. Chances are good that they've already been fitted by a military gunsmith.
Once seated they both run the ammo fine when I run it with the charging handle. Might take em to the range tomorrow and see how they roll live.
I also found the true culprit on the mag it came with. After buffing it a bit the damn thing still wouldn't roll right. Turned out the creases that were stamped on the body to give it rigidity were stamped just a smidge too high. The rims of the cartridges were snagging on it. A little work with a small grinding stone took care of it. Should work now.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 24, 2016 22:48:12 GMT
I know what you mean, I'd have been hard pressed to find a 20" barrel, let alone a 24" barrel, if I hadn't looked at custom work.
I think I might make a second upper once I've got this build finished, and I'll probably try to make it like a sort of A1-style rifle. I like the look of the A1, but I prefer the sights on the rifles from A2 onwards.
That's good, faulty mags are a pain in the ass.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Mar 27, 2016 12:46:22 GMT
I thought for a moment that I had a problem with my M1 Carbine. I happened to notice all the ammo that I ran though it with the charging handle had tiny dimples in the primer.
A search online turned up that the M1 has a free floating firing pin and that's normal. Slam fire is possible, but exceedingly rare given the short bolt throw. Still makes me nervous to see it though.
Also found out that ARs are free floating as well and the same dimpled primer occurs with them too.
Good to know.
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