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Re: Firearms training and familiarities for US Army mental health specialist
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02-12-2017, 10:26 PM | #42 | |
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Re: Covert carbines in .300
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I would pick whatever works the best--probably some kind of AR-15 pattern rifle chambered for .300 BLK. Alternately, you can go with "these don't exist quite yet but they look really damn cool" weapons: http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2015/...-2016-release/
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02-13-2017, 01:06 AM | #43 | |
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Re: Covert carbines in .300
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To some extent, having individual black ops operators buy the weapons on the commercial market using phony IDs might bypass this, but in that case, nothing that couldn't be bought at a gunshow would be available. Nothing that requires Class III status, NFA tax, etc. Semi-automatic only, no suppressors and probably not barrels threaded for them (even if technically legal, it brings undesirable attention). If they can get the surpressors through an alternate source (any .30 caliber suppressor would do, right?), it might not matter that the weapons are not selective fire, as highly skilled operators will rarely have occasion to use that feature anyway.
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02-13-2017, 01:38 AM | #44 | |
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Re: Firearms training and familiarities for US Army mental health specialist
I wasn't aware, which is a weird oversight for me, considering I read his autobiography not that long a go.
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Incindentally, which pistol would be likeliest to feel comfortable to use for a 5'6" woman weighing less than 110 lbs. (hand size normal for her height and weight); a standard M9, a Glock 17 available to the teams guys or an M11 borrowed from some of the plain-clothes personnel associated with the Project*? I've fired a Glock and a SIG P229, but never a P228 or a Beretta. The Glock felt clumsy and bulky, whereas the SIG felt perfect in my hand. I don't know if the P228 grip feels as comfortable as the P229 and the Beretta looks huge, but I don't know how it feels to hold in comparison. *Army Counterintelligence, DARPA, DIA, what have you. Fair enough.
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02-13-2017, 03:22 AM | #45 |
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Re: [Modern Firepower] Technothriller gear for secret DHS team in 2017
A long time ago not long after the Vietnam war ended I read a article that as a test/showing off Green Berets would take a table that had dismantled weapons, M-16, AK-47, French rifle from the era they controlled the place, Japanese from Ww II and assemble them all blindfolded. Their job was to be able to train locals on all the stuff that might be available to insurgent groups they train.
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02-13-2017, 03:55 AM | #46 | |
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Re: [Modern Firepower] Technothriller gear for secret DHS team in 2017
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I don't know if they train with a lot of types of other weapons, though. Probably several models of machine gun, rockets and mortars, but assuming that they spend a few points on each, normal rules for familiarities might suffice. In any case, my PC is made without Cross-Trained for any other specialities. *Well, Guns (Longarm) in all campaigns we play, as we're using Hans' Alternate Guns Specialities from Pyramid.
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02-13-2017, 08:52 AM | #47 | |
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Re: Covert carbines in .300
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So, I imagine that in a few years, suppressors will be common as dirt. Even right now, you only need to pay a $200 tax. My dad bought one. I could go out and get one right now, no problem.
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02-13-2017, 09:00 AM | #48 | |
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If there are any computerised checks involved, that's too much of a risk.
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02-13-2017, 03:47 PM | #49 | |
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02-13-2017, 05:42 PM | #50 | |
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I've wondered if 'hand-making' (at our TL, more like machining or CNC-ing) a suppressor can ever yield a dB reduction that matches top commercial models. At the very least, the tools needed to turn out a -3 suppressor in 9x19mm or -4 suppressor in .45 ACP (the apparent real-world maximum at our tech level) should be bulky, pretty expensive and you might need to illegally copy a commercial model, for which you'd probably need pirated blueprints. More commonly, a 'home-machined' suppressor will most likely be only -2 or so.
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