military keyboards yoaerodynamic wrote:
you have an action key on your keyboard?rdx-fx wrote:
Perspective;RAIMIUS wrote:
"Off target, off trigger"
In a previous job (Brigade Fire Direction Control), my "trigger pull" was 2oz.
(Control+Action+Enter keys on a keyboard, to send a fire mission to up to 72 mixed M109 self-propelled howitzers & tracked MLRS rocket/missile units.)
A "negligent discharge" on that keyboard is positively NOT an option.
aerodynamic wrote:
you have an action key on your keyboard?
Trotskygrad wrote:
military keyboards yo
went to a gunshow today and almost came home with a 1941 Lithgow SMLE. it was only $225 and it was in great condition but the bolt and receiver #s didn't match. oh well, i'd rather waste money on a ruger single action or sig 522.
if i ever end up like one of these old fucks sitting behind a table of overpriced winchester 94s someone please cut my head off.
if i ever end up like one of these old fucks sitting behind a table of overpriced winchester 94s someone please cut my head off.
There's no point in getting involved in the arse end of 'collectables'. When the bottom drops out of a market the bottom is the first bit to drop.
If its not perfect condition and everything matching don't bother.
Then again, I don't own anything for the sake of collecting, if I don't use it its sold or thrown out.
If its not perfect condition and everything matching don't bother.
Then again, I don't own anything for the sake of collecting, if I don't use it its sold or thrown out.
Fuck Israel
i'm not really interested in owning a gun i couldn't or wouldn't want to shoot. I passed on the Lithgow because i have an ingrained dislike of guns with mismatched critical parts. it's always easier to sell a matching gun. not that i ever sell anything i like enough to buy.
it's amazing how many overpriced generic hunting rifles with crappy scopes they can fit into one convention hall. so many pencil barreled model 70s chambered in 300 savage with foggy tasco scopes- it's hard to buy just one. and who isn't shopping for a rusty old 16ga. double barrel? there are racks and racks of 'em. why do the vendors even drag this shit out? and then they sit there looking pissed because people aren't fist fighting each other for first crack at that stevens single barrel popgun- the nice one with the cracked stock and rubbed through bluing.
it's amazing how many overpriced generic hunting rifles with crappy scopes they can fit into one convention hall. so many pencil barreled model 70s chambered in 300 savage with foggy tasco scopes- it's hard to buy just one. and who isn't shopping for a rusty old 16ga. double barrel? there are racks and racks of 'em. why do the vendors even drag this shit out? and then they sit there looking pissed because people aren't fist fighting each other for first crack at that stevens single barrel popgun- the nice one with the cracked stock and rubbed through bluing.
Isn't there some book published annually which lists the 'value' of old guns?
I guess people get suckered into believing they're buying something which will appreciate in value somehow, like Franklin Mint garbage. Deceased estate auctions are full of crates of that rubbish.
I like my money
- In something I can use, my budget for guns and tools is not limited
- In an investment - term deposits have been pretty good
- Tucked into a strippers g-string
I guess people get suckered into believing they're buying something which will appreciate in value somehow, like Franklin Mint garbage. Deceased estate auctions are full of crates of that rubbish.
I like my money
- In something I can use, my budget for guns and tools is not limited
- In an investment - term deposits have been pretty good
- Tucked into a strippers g-string
Fuck Israel
And the vast majority of them seem to be chambered in .270 or 30-06...Reciprocity wrote:
it's amazing how many overpriced generic hunting rifles with crappy scopes they can fit into one convention hall.
It's so bad around here, I hardly bother to shop in the local gunstores.
Everything is ordered through Brownells, Graf & Sons, or Midway.
'Normal brass? Of course we gots normal brass! Are ya slow or sumptin'?!'
.. No, NORMA. Swedish. Like Nobel Prize
'Oh, ya mean like that thar Prize they gave Al Gore an that Barack Osama? No, we ain't got no Cal-ee-fornia kinna stuffs here'
'300 Winchester Short Magnum? Ah think yer confused. You muss mean that .308. See, issa 30 caliber, but shorter thanna 300 Winchester Magunumum'
... No, same length as a 7.62x51 (or .308), but fatter. Has the ballistics.... nevermind.
'Le' Pew-ah? No, we ain't got none o' that French crap!'
.. No, Lapua. Finland.
Like Larry the Cable Guy running a gun store, with Henry Ford as the purchasing manager.
Pistols? Anything you like, as long as it's a 1911 clone .45 auto, a Glock 9mm, or a .357 magnum revolver
Rifles? Wide selection of .270 to 30-06 to 300 (win) mag. With a choice of crappy plastic or crappy wood stocks!
Hell, we even got that them thar Tactical Sniper Force Delta AR-15 - jus' like the Marine Core snipers used in the Fallijastanigan
it's about half and half around here. some are conventionally chambered; .270, 30-06, even 25-06 and 35 whelen. then there are the wildcats. I'm supposed to wet myself because Gomer is selling a whole pile of hunting rifles chambered in 270-06, 243 ackley improved and god knows how many fucking weatherby calibers? And apparently you can't truely appreciate the winchester 94 until you own three chambered in .32-20.rdx-fx wrote:
And the vast majority of them seem to be chambered in .270 or 30-06...
oh well, gunshows are still fun. Where else can I be tempted by an HK Mark 23 and those beautiful reproduction Sharps rifles?
oh i want one of those.rdx-fx wrote:
aerodynamic wrote:
you have an action key on your keyboard?Trotskygrad wrote:
military keyboards yo
No, you don't.aerodynamic wrote:
oh i want one of those.
Keyboard was noisy, bulky, and has horrible ergonomics.
Computer was a lunchbox 486, SCSI drives, and 10 years out of date when we got them.
Replacement cost for a SCSI cable was $3000.
Whole system was around $25,000.
Stack of manuals for the system was 7 feet tall, letter sized pages.
Actual system was 124KB, including the Unix OS and fit on one 128KB floppy.
So, printed out in hex, the system would've been about 75 pages.
For some reason, the installation procedure was 20 floppys for the OS, then another 10-20 for the program - but a binary dump of the entire OS+system was 1 floppy...
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they don't stock guns in .357 SIG? weird, thought that was pretty popular.rdx-fx wrote:
Pistols? Anything you like, as long as it's a 1911 clone .45 auto, a Glock 9mm, or a .357 magnum revolver
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are you being facetious?
yes, lolReciprocity wrote:
are you being facetious?
might as well have said 10mm auto...
.40 S&W is way more popular than 10mm and .357 SIG
My best effort was:rdx-fx wrote:
Like Larry the Cable Guy running a gun store, with Henry Ford as the purchasing manager.
Pistols? Anything you like, as long as it's a 1911 clone .45 auto, a Glock 9mm, or a .357 magnum revolver
Rifles? Wide selection of .270 to 30-06 to 300 (win) mag. With a choice of crappy plastic or crappy wood stocks!
Hell, we even got that them thar Tactical Sniper Force Delta AR-15 - jus' like the Marine Core snipers used in the Fallijastanigan
"Hello, I'm looking for a Millett rearsight for a Smith and Wesson K38"
"Why would you want to put a military sight on a revolver?"
Fuck Israel
Anyone happen to own a H&K UMP?
But...but...an ACTION KEY!rdx-fx wrote:
No, you don't.aerodynamic wrote:
oh i want one of those.
Keyboard was noisy, bulky, and has horrible ergonomics.
Computer was a lunchbox 486, SCSI drives, and 10 years out of date when we got them.
Replacement cost for a SCSI cable was $3000.
Whole system was around $25,000.
Stack of manuals for the system was 7 feet tall, letter sized pages.
Actual system was 124KB, including the Unix OS and fit on one 128KB floppy.
So, printed out in hex, the system would've been about 75 pages.
For some reason, the installation procedure was 20 floppys for the OS, then another 10-20 for the program - but a binary dump of the entire OS+system was 1 floppy...
not likely. at least not an american or anyone else from a civilized country. closest thing woud be a USC.DefCon-17 wrote:
Anyone happen to own a H&K UMP?
threads where someone asks if anyone owns an AK47 usually go like this.
"But I found one for sale online"
"That's not a AK47"
"Really? It looks like one and says AK47"
"But it's not a AK47"
"O really so what is it than ?"
"It's a WASR"
The "does anyone own a UMP" question reminded me of that.
"But I found one for sale online"
"That's not a AK47"
"Really? It looks like one and says AK47"
"But it's not a AK47"
"O really so what is it than ?"
"It's a WASR"
The "does anyone own a UMP" question reminded me of that.
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unless you're LE or PMC.Reciprocity wrote:
not likely. at least not an american or anyone else from a civilized country. closest thing woud be a USC.DefCon-17 wrote:
Anyone happen to own a H&K UMP?
Then your company/department would own the gun but not you, iirc. Might not be that case for some LE, idk.
I'd make the same clarification if someone asked about an M-16. enjoy new jerseyMacbeth wrote:
threads where someone asks if anyone owns an AK47 usually go like this.
"But I found one for sale online"
"That's not a AK47"
"Really? It looks like one and says AK47"
"But it's not a AK47"
"O really so what is it than ?"
"It's a WASR"
The "does anyone own a UMP" question reminded me of that.
Hmm...well access to one would work too.Trotskygrad wrote:
unless you're LE or PMC.Reciprocity wrote:
not likely. at least not an american or anyone else from a civilized country. closest thing woud be a USC.DefCon-17 wrote:
Anyone happen to own a H&K UMP?
Then your company/department would own the gun but not you, iirc. Might not be that case for some LE, idk.
sounds like Defcon wants a model for a photoshoot . . .
Maybe.
I shot a full auto UMP in Florida, owned by a gun range.Reciprocity wrote:
not likely. at least not an american or anyone else from a civilized country. closest thing woud be a USC.DefCon-17 wrote:
Anyone happen to own a H&K UMP?
First two or three shots were sort of controlled, the rest not.
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Fuck Israel
oh and your local gun dealerDilbert_X wrote:
I shot a full auto UMP in Florida, owned by a gun range.Reciprocity wrote:
not likely. at least not an american or anyone else from a civilized country. closest thing woud be a USC.DefCon-17 wrote:
Anyone happen to own a H&K UMP?
First two or three shots were sort of controlled, the rest not.
full-auto dealer samples, forgot about those.