Boomstick's and shooty shooty bang bang's - The GUN Thread!
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Broadly speaking yes; a fluted chamber greatly assists extraction, especially on early full-automatic weapons.
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this is why the 2A should cover MANPADS at the very least, if not full AA systems (fire control + launchers)
this is why the 2A should cover MANPADS at the very least, if not full AA systems (fire control + launchers)
Jesus Fucking Christ, the chemtrails conspirancy is actually true in Spain. What the fuck?!
Yinko
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If it's true there, then where else is it true that hasn't admitted it yet? I mean, did Spain say they they were the ones doing the spraying? Is this true for all EU countries?
I mean.
Planes using Chem trails are to high for MANPADS, and full on AA systems are not as easy for one person to control.
Most aircraft would be flying to high and fast fir anything below a SAM to shoot down.
Good luck importing those from anyone since US MIC only makes 3 kinds
Not to mention those 'chem trails' are most just degassing from inside the fuel lines and engines of those air craft and gets mixed with the normal contrails that are produced by jets, not purposeful chem spraying.
There have been cloud seeding experiments and operations before, like when Aspen paid to have it done to try to boost snow levels at the resort (and ended up with the snow dumping on Vail instead of Aspen because you cannot control wind patterns), but the vast majority of cloud seeding experiments come back with the same unreliable results.
Turns out you can seed a cloud, but controlling where it goes or what it does afterwards is not really feasible.
No, it's not. The Youtube video that kicked off that belief is false from the get-go -- it misidentifies a U.S. Air Force C-130 equipped with a water cannon for firefighting as a Spanish aircraft equipped with some form of chemtrail dispenser, because the person who wrote the video is either too dishonest or too dumb to tell the difference between a high pressure spray of liquid water and supposed chemtrail mist.
The physics behind contrails are clear and well-understood. The conspiracy theory claim that they *must* be caused by additional, nefarious chemical additions is ludicrous -- even if such chemical additives existed, they would not be the cause of contrails.
bintananth
behind a desk
My youngest wants to learn how to shoot. As far I know she's never touched a firearm.
I'm going to make her use my great-great-great grandfather's Tanageshima matchlock and read the drill manual he wrote.
Tanageshimas are muzzle loaded, don't have sights, and are very fussy. You also have a lit match which can not be doused while you load one with gunpowder.
His manual tells you how to aim and fire one in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm.
I'm going to make her use my great-great-great grandfather's Tanageshima matchlock and read the drill manual he wrote.
Tanageshimas are muzzle loaded, don't have sights, and are very fussy. You also have a lit match which can not be doused while you load one with gunpowder.
His manual tells you how to aim and fire one in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm.
Damn what next you gonna make her Gin her own Cotton too???? When I was taught how to shoot a firearm. My Mom (My Father had passed the year before) Taught me how to shoot a full powered 12 Gauge Pump Shotgun. She wanted me to be able to defend myself when I was home when she was at work.
I recommend you start with modern firearms for safety sake.
bintananth
behind a desk
I'm starting with something large, antique, and heavy because I don't want her to do this:
The gun is always loaded, even when it's not.
The first thing Lucille will be told to do after reading the manual is dissassemble the Tanageshima, clean that museum piece, and put it back together.
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Dude start her out on a Modern Weapon. Because the end goal of all weapons training is to know how to use said weapon in a shit hits the fan situation. And Muzzle loader in this day and age is not that type of weapon. Those days have long passed. She WILL NOT be able to load that weapon in time defend herself from someone with a modern gun. Point blank and end stop.
What I think is that he's going to teach her first responsibility and the vital importance of safety by using the ancient weapon as a prop and teaching aid. I doubt that she'll ever fire it.
Not a good way to train someone. You train with a similar weapon you will use the most. That is why my mom chose the 12 gauge pump. I learned that platform and near 4 decades later have mastered it's use. Standardize the training for better knowledge retention.
bintananth
behind a desk
Bingo.
Although, she'll probably be firing the Tanageshima within a month or two.
EDIT: It didn't take long for uneducated peasant conscripts to be taught how to use firearms way back when matchlock muskets were top-shelf army equipment.
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When was the last time it was actually fired? Because anything that ancient needs to be checked by a specialized gunsmith on a regular basis if you're even *thinking* about using it.
Yeah it literally might have micro fractures in the steel. And you can't see those with the naked eye. And the last thing anyone would want if for it to literally blowup in her hands.
bintananth
behind a desk
Last Saturday.
It was made in 1852 and is only a few years older than our family's 7-shot Spencer breech-loading rifle.
It is, however, a mid-16th century Portugese design that was current in mid-19th century Japan.
Dude, just start the kid out with a .22. You want to teach responsibility, but without scaring her away from shooting, too. You also might not want to trust a noob to your museum piece. I would probably use the museum piece as a reward, but that's me.
Treating the gun as if its loaded would be a good first lesson, with trigger discipline being a very close second. There's plenty of hunter's safety shit you could go over before even handing her a gun that can actually fire.
Treating the gun as if its loaded would be a good first lesson, with trigger discipline being a very close second. There's plenty of hunter's safety shit you could go over before even handing her a gun that can actually fire.