busdriver

The new EP pod is so close you should be tasting it

Haters gonna hate......

I see what you did there, fucker.

Spoo, how's that light working out? TRP report: 3k rounds, still only the one magazine related failure to feed. Springfield makes a good product!

wait, what? Those dirty bastards!

Reloading rile is not a path I'v gone down yet, for that exact reason. Maybe once the turret press has paid for itself, then it's Dillon progressive time......

Got a new toy, range time later tonight... ETA: The vestigial sights make accurate shooting a "challenge," but fun as hell doing my best gum-shoe impression at close range.

Ha! Dear, Doctor, same same....

^^ NICE Dr Hoppe's 9, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ignore all these years. It's just that CLP was all sexy in her does everything sort of way. It turns out she just doesn't work much, you're such a better cleaner. I mean sure you give me a headache at times, but we can work through that, please take me back. busdriver

Ultrasonic cleaner review: Bought for cleaning cases to reload. It works, but it's even better for cleaning dies, bolt carriers, etc.

T-minus, until some politician with an axe to grind says something dumb about not allowing a $5k, 20lb, semi-automatic rifle be legal....... Yes, I made up the cost.

Looked it up on the google machine. Didn't realize how big it is...

Your dislexia is mixing aircraft on you.

Not a fan of the xbox controller? I would have thought it'd be super intuitive.

1000rnd TRP report: One failure to feed (new magazine not fully seated) shoots about 2" at 25 yards (at least the best I could do) one ragged hole at 7 and 15. The serrations now feel great, I actually ordered a set of more aggressive grips. Haven't shot a Glock in two weeks. Oh yeah, shooting shit is fun.

Pretty sure 60_Driver had experience with those (or something similar) in another life when he was flying OV-10s.

I think composite fear is over stated by many, it's not as tolerate of dirty repair conditions but it's not impossible. That said, I don't think the concept of a smaller, updated version of the A-10 requires composites nor a single engine. Oh well, I'll certainly never be involved in building an A-10 replacement so it's all mental masturbation anyways.

Even Boyd went beyond basic EM theory

Care to expound on the nope, nope, nope?

Let us know how it goes.

Good Shit CH, thanks.

pbar, I was thinking along those lines. Something still capable of stable slow speed flight and long endurace, but better high speed cruise. I'll admit wasn't thinking about a tank killer, more an unimproved strip fighter that can rapidly deploy. Call it the CAS version of Rapid Raptor. ETA: Come on Lawman, it's a concept not a production aircraft.

Side fire has vastly more complicated exterior ballistics; but velocity drop off due to slant range doesn't really change. The wikipedia article is actually pretty damn good.

According to wikipedia the GAU-22 is supposed to have 1.4mil dispersion. Assuming the bullet doesn't start tumbling that could make for some very long range strafing, my understanding is that the 25mm made it's way onto the AC-130 because the 20mm was doing exactly that, hispeed does that check?. Obviously that doesn't account for kinetic energy. I guess my thought goes that if we built an airplane around the GAU-22 vice the GAU-8, how much more efficient could the whole thing be? Less weight in gun/ammo means less fuel to burn, less fuel weight means less structure to carry it, etc, etc, etc. Based on : I don't think A-X 2.0 stands a chance unless it's kept to the bare minimum required. That's what got me started down this cocktail napkin exercise.

Serious question for the Hog dudes and AC-130 types. If we were building a legit follow-on CAS aircraft, would a 30mm cannon be worth the 40% (rough I know) weight increase over a 25mm? I curious how small / light / cheap could you make this notional aircraft.