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Beautiful work, sir. Frame's a Caspian--they were instrumental in tech support in the early days, so it was nice to be able to throw them the business. There's another reason I have to start with a new slide: a custom radius cut--where traditional L/S's are cut all the way back to the...- Diamondback
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Yeah, typo's on my part, meant ejector. :) Original concept was an "optimized and handed" pair of 7" on Para doublestack frames--optimized meaning as you hold one in each hand, slide stops and ejection ports outside, thumb safeties inside, and ambi mag catches to use standard right-hand mags on...- Diamondback
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I'm building in .450 SMC, basically an improved and less battering .45 Super. The idea was using the extra two inches of slide mass to help tame recoil, and the extra two inches of barrel for better muzzle velocity, accuracy and terminal ballistics. Tyler at Fusion recommended a 20lb recoil...- Diamondback
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Construction underway on that 7" Longslide. (This pic is a partial test-fit only.) Frame assembly only needs: *Hammer/Sear/Disconnector group - pending funds *Ejector - needs decision; getting contradictory tech advice on long vs short for "magnum" loads *Trigger - have yet to find a GI-style...- Diamondback
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Twenty years ago, I actually had the guys who cooked up the SMC consulting on the build, and they recommended a Clark/Para ramped barrel for the chamber support. Per Fernando Coelho formerly of Triton Ammunition who developed it, the move to rifle primer actually REDUCED primer-flow problems...- Diamondback
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Yahoody, that's part of why I'm capping it at 7 (AMT Longslide Hardballer) and running hot loads. Eventually I'm thinking load development for the heaviest .451" hollowpoint I can find loaded for pressure not MV, target around 27000 psi. (P-max for .450SMC is 28k IIRC.) Briley spherical...- Diamondback
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No, we're using the precedent for how Thompson/Center Contender and AR15 pistols can switch-hit as long as the receiver is first completed as a pistol and the stock and short barrel are never on the receiver at the same time. (Hence the rule about "stock is last part on and first part off," and...- Diamondback
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Share your own art here :)
Something I just knocked together as a "thanks for the help and memories" for my FFL before she closes her shop and moves out of state.- Diamondback
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Also, a design study I put together for a writer friend, based on the Longslide I started doodling for myself in college and now am gearing up to start building... the specs she set for me were "This weapon has to be powerful, elegant and a bit retro with a little bit of a sinister twist...- Diamondback
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@DeaconKC Not sure if the email you used over there is still active, but sent you an email through the Aerodrome--might be passing through your area next summer enroute to an F-106 Delta Dart reunion in Knoxville. Allow me to introduce the Ruger Charger Modular Weapons System... basically a...- Diamondback
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Well, not so much active since the lines are being slow-rolled at the moment, but I'm doing historical consulting for Ares Games on their Wings of Glory WWI/WWII and Sails of Glory Napoleonic naval miniatures lines, have been for quite a few years now. Last release we were working on to put...- Diamondback
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
Professor Williams was one of my big formative influences on politics and philosophy. Vaya con Dios, Doc...- Diamondback
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A "his and hers" pair with a couple stories behind them... a US M4 and a Canadian C8A3. M4: This one started because, with my aspirations of academia and belief in hands-on learning, I wanted to have a modern counterpoint to pair with a Garand for "Then vs. Now" lessons. Many of the parts are...- Diamondback
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Still under construction as a Weight & Balance Mockup (hence the "blank" lower with no components and the lack of upper components), but latest update: If the BT's will allow me to continue sharing my Development Engineering work, I'll try to slide up a couple more showing the "Discreet Carry"...- Diamondback
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Kirk, maybe I'll deal the whole crowd in after I've received Pro sign-off. Part of the rub is that the prototype is specially optimized to the unique needs of a left-handed, light/flash-sensitive operator... and the handguard that holds it all together I have literally the last one of its kind...- Diamondback
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"Too much" is when your hardware consumes more time and effort than the training to use it. :)- Diamondback
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Who're you kidding? You always need spares, malfunction-prone ones restricted to Range Training, prepositioned stashes... back in college when my now-ex had a stalker problem (we met because I was hired to provide Executive Protection services; to most Loungers who were here when I joined so...- Diamondback
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Nice! The girlfriend's a Canuck and wants to learn to shoot, so I'm thinking about building her a C7 or C8 to borrow when visiting. Mind if I pick your brain on hardware sometime? :) (Personal opinion: every free citizen should know how to operate their country's standard-issue basic service rifle.)- Diamondback
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Nothing "vintage"--a local LEO and I have been working on developing a briefcase-size Personal Defense variant of the AR15. Exciting project from a technical perspective, but half the crowd here would call for my expulsion on sight if I posted pics. Not that I'm around much anymore anyway to...- Diamondback
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Been a while! Tried to send a message through your Netscape mail, but got a bounce... :(
Been a while! Tried to send a message through your Netscape mail, but got a bounce... :(- Diamondback
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