And in our "play money", it's even better - currently equivalent to a little less than US$310.
It's a fairly low-cost suppressor, but by all accounts quite good - not top of the line, but OK. Will certainly drop the noise down from "damaging" to acceptable levels, which is all I need.
NZ has a lot of companies that make suppressors for firearms. When I was doing a comparison price-search I came up with quite a few and some of their offerings cost as much as a new rifle.
Just ordered myself a new set of scope rings that have a slightly higher "saddle" than the ones I've got - whilst still being "medium" height - the bolt on the ZKK barely clears the occular part of the scope and when I tried putting some Butler Creek Flip-up scope covers on it, I couldn't work the action because the cover made the eyepiece just that little bit too "fat" for the bolt to pass under.
The objective cover is fine.
Also ordered myself one of these AccuCover
flip up covers as they fold flat - something the Butler Creek one doesn't do, which is a pain when I'm wearing a hat to keep the sun off.
Also, the little triangles are supposed to help you centre your eye properly as you line them up with the cross hairs, ensuring a proper centred sight picture with no parallax errors.
Will see if that claim pans out.
edited 6th Jan '15 3:15:09 AM by Wolf1066
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The M-4 Carbine Is Here to Stay
Unlike many armies, the U.S. Army deploys worldwide into every possible geographic setting and climate.
In the decades since adopting the M-16 series, the Army fought in Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Kuwait, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan. It fought in jungles, deserts, cities, flat plains and rugged, high mountains.
The possibility of fighting anywhere on the planet means there is no one-size-fits-all solution for the Army. Compromises are inevitable.
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A Firearmblog twofer:
A Dissection Of (Yet) An(other) M4 Hit Piece
This sequence of events left a lot of people out in the cold, and it’s partly from this that a lot of the discontent with the AR-15 family of weapons stems. As a result of controversy both online and off, sensationalist journalism regarding the weapons, such as this article
from The Atlantic, is not uncommon. From time to time, it is necessary to respond to such pieces, so that a more sober discussion of the subject can occur.
What Really Happened At Wanat?
In discussions about the suitability of the M4 rifle for combat, the Battle of Wanat comes up quite a lot. To some, Wanat represents the continuation of past mistakes; more dead soldiers with jammed rifles, of course of the faulty AR-15 pattern.
Does Wanat really support this argument? Did soldiers actually die that day with jammed M4 rifles in their hands, brought down by enemy gunfire aided and abetted by government corruption and negligence?
edited 7th Jan '15 4:26:00 PM by TairaMai
I tried to walk like an Egyptian and now I need to see a Cairo practor....That Atlantic piece was pure trash. Not only did the smuck admit to lacking the discipline to arrange for guns to be cleaned, his and his troops, despite knowing there was a risk in not doing so, he got a lot of his info wrong. The only victims of anyone were victims of his stupidity.
The biggest problem with the M-4 and M-16 is direct impingement. We can make a good piston version of each but we can't be assed to do so for some reason. The M4 needs a heavier barrel and chamber. Someone shared that nice article where the shorter that barrel gets the harder it gets to use and shooters are basically firing their own personal flash bang in their face.
Who watches the watchmen?
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...And That Little Girl Was Me =^.^=
Ain't just the British who ditched the FN FAL for something considerably worse in every way.
The Insas is a very bad rifle.
The Indians don't like the idea of relying on an external supplier for their weaponry. Self-sufficiency is their big watchword. They still have warehouses full of Vickers MGs and Inshapore Enfield-clones in case they ever need them.
edited 13th Jan '15 7:15:50 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiIndia is chummy with anyone who sill sell them weapons.
Ever had a problem so bad your .50 Cal BMG needs under barrel 81mm Mortar?
Can anyone identify what kind of revolver that is? Something form Colt?
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.Green: Wow I totally missed this thread for some reason. Yes the Russians mount 100mm Gun Mortars on some of their IFV's for example. The BDRM family of vehicles IIRC. There was self propelled and mobile artillery variants as well.
A little digging even the French had a 60mm version that was surprisingly versatile. It could fire standard 60mm shells by drop or breach load but could also direct fire AP or HEAT rounds.
AFP: Funny you mention that. The M224 mortar can operated in "Hand Held"/Assault mode with a smaller squarish base plate. Because it has a trigger system on it you can load it with a live round, brace it against something and give it a flatter trajectory and fire off a shell that way.
edited 17th Jan '15 10:40:27 AM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?

That sounds like a good deal even in US dollars 400 bucks that is. Custom threading to fit a specific suppressor.
Who watches the watchmen?