Still hand Bill
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Depends. A friend got his in less than a week from scheels last week. Individuals without common names are being approved quickly, ie hours or days. Common names may take up to a couple months. Trusts are slower. My last 3 were all about 3-4 months from submission to approval.
as far as time for approval, there has never been a better time to buy a suppressor.
Fyi my longest approval was 14 months, but there were several missteps in the process.
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There is an operational one at the ww2 air museum in Colorado Springs. They are planning a restoration of a second one. As others have mentioned they are big compared to other ww2 fighters.
I found the super/turbo charging makes them quieter than a p51 or F7. P51’s are not very cool sounding at idle/taxi speeds, but at full song are amazing. F7’s sound great even at idle. My distillery was right across the parking lot from the museum and I would hear them do run ups pretty regularly. Little Crow (Jack roush’s p51) was there for a few weeks and they flew it quite a bit. They used to chase it with a Lear jet, I assume so people could watch it fly.
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On 9/15/2024 at 6:50 AM, Badlands Bob #61228 said:
You should see the ceremony they go through when you buy a gun at Walmart.
I bought ammo one time with a rifle as the manager was slow to show up for the approval. Had to walk me to my car in a snowstorm.
no ammo, just walk you to the door, with ammo, walk you to your car.
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7 hours ago, bgavin said:
Several states are charging a tax along with yearly tags to cover that revenue.
the real problem with ev fires is they are a metal fire and fire departments have no idea how to fight a metal fire as it’s not something they normally do. They even make special fire extinguishers for metal fires.
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10 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
Only 200,000? I think it's a lot more that that! I've heard estimates on over a million at least!
Considering the AR pattern rifles are the best selling rifle in the us, they probably sell close to 1 million per year.
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8 minutes ago, Tully Mars said:
The best fix is to correct the arbor length. Larsen's articles describe how to do that. My RM's have Larsen correction, the 72's have been drilled and tapped and a allen screw installed with Tight Lock for adjustment of the arbor length.
I doubt sending it back will result in a correction.
This is the correct fix. Any open tops I have handled all have arbor length issues. I easily fixed mine by tapping them 4-40 and then installing a button head screw. I shim underneath to get the correct spacing. Now the wedge can be tight and barrel to cylinder spacing is consistent.
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With the recent FRT and bump stock rulings I could see the machine gun registry getting opened up again as a way to deal with “banning” those items. While it has not been brought up just making them illegal and having no recourse is unreasonable seizure, which could be ruled unconstitutional. Yet an open registry would let you keep the item or be paid for it. Since some states prohibit nfa item ownership it would be a ban for those people.
I am sure those who have invested in machine guns will fight getting the registry opened as it will devalue their investments.
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You can estimate the BC with Lab radar, you cannot with a garmin unless you have more than 1. I would say it’s has decent accuracy, but probably not enough for dialing in long range dope. Within +/- .02 would be my guess on accuracy. I have checked a few bullets and Barnes and Hornady data seems to be spot on. Others have been up to .15 off published. Always worse, so they are slowing down faster than expected.
to do the calculation, set up the LR to return speed at 25, 50, 75, 100 yards. Then get your data. Lab Radar is picky on aiming so don’t be surprised to miss a few data points. Take the data from a shot and plug it into the Hornady ballistic calculator, adjust the BC until it matches your data. Now you have an approximation of your BC.
I stumbled upon this when I looked at data for a particular bullet and it was going 400-500 fps slower an 100 yards than at the muzzle. Wondered why. Turns out the bc was worse than published.
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3 hours ago, Vail Vigilante said:
One thing about the foam plugs. Once you insert them and remove them, go back in with a different pair.
I always carry a package of them in my bag, it is easy to lose the other types, and if you have some of these, you will still be safe.
A word of warning on foam earplugs. Keep track of the used ones. We have a cat that likes to chew on things and ate one. It plugged her intestines and required emergency surgery to save her. We now don’t bring them into the house. The bag of them stays in the range bag.
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I will add one thing for those who don’t have access to any testing equipment (which is pretty much everyone), provided you don’t already have a hearing loss, you should not clearly understand speech with hearing protection on/in. If you can then either you are not wearing it correctly or it doesn’t fit you. A good hpd should offer 25-30 db of protection which is about at the point where people start to notice a hearing loss. So if you have a loss, a proper fitting hpd should make it very hard or impossible to understand speech.
note that I have read white papers that found foam plugs only offer on average 15 db of protection. This is due to users not installing them correctly. If they have instructions on how to install them performance jumps to the mid 20’s. 15 db of protection won’t get any sass gun to a safe exposure level for a match.
There seems to be a fallacy in the shooting community that protection is protection and it all is enough to protect our hearing. That is not at all true. The nrr of protection only reduces the sound level by that number of db at best. If you are using a 175db rifle, a measly 25 db of foam or custom plugs or muffs only gets you to 150 db exposure. Still far above the considered safe threshold of 140 db. Even at 140 db that’s only one shot per day. To get to 100 shots, you need to be under 130, to get to a 1000, you need to be under 120. if we work that backwards, a 25 db plug only gets you 145 db exposure for 1000 shots. That’s a rifle 22 lr. For 100 shots, those same plugs get you 155 db or about the loudness of a shotgun with target loads. This suggests that the common usage of a single protector is marginal for sass shooting.
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8 hours ago, Griff said:
Part of the molding process is to not move your jaw as that can change the shape of the ear canal
To go into more detail, take an open jaw impression as your ear canal normally gets larger as you open your mouth. To do this the impression taker should insert a bite block to hold your mouth open for the duration of the impression.
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9 hours ago, Cholla said:
I do not recommend the Axil GS Extreme earbuds if you have small ear canals. I struggle to insert them despite my best efforts. I was sighting in my hunting rifle when one popped out as I shot. It rang my bell. So, it’s $100 wasted because I’m past the 30 day warranty.
Try a true fit kit from Westone or tips from comply. They make 6 different sizes of tips. Three diameters and two lengths of each diameter. They are color coded by size. The green or blue are the smaller ones.
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13 hours ago, Montie Montana said:
I used to use the Walkers but got tired of the foam tips getting all grimey and not getting a real good seal.
I invested in the Westone custom molded DefendEar® DigitalX (DEDX) electronic ear plugs. I contacted the Product Manager, Jeff Ipson (jeffi@westone.com), and got a significant discount off of the retail price. They are pricey, but man, do they work well. The mold looks like the firm silicone plugs we have all had made while at a match...but theirs are a little harder and have a hole set up to take the electronics. I got the model 3 that has the "game mode" allowing me to easily hear people talking but protect my ears when the guns go off. The volume control is very good and I have it set on the low end. If I want it quieter because I am in a building, I can just turn off the electronics and it does a great job of blocking out the noise. They are really comfortable and pretty much don't feel like anything is in my ear.
glad you enjoy them. I was one of the people who brought those in and developed the product. As I remember from testing they are 26-27 db of protection, so not enough for lots of really loud rifles (double protection is better). I use mine for sass and hunting. Range time is double protection, sleep plugs and electronic muffs.
most of the “I can hear yet block impulse noise” that are not electronic work on the small hole principal. Ie you can’t stuff a fast moving fluid through a small hole. 3m developed one and it works ok for a shot or two. Not enough protection for the number of shots in sass. I would not use any of these products for sass if you value your hearing. I have read the white papers on development and the test data. They don’t offer enough protection to get noise levels low enough for the 100’s of shots a shooter is exposed to during a competition. If you want intelligible speak and protection, solid plugs and electronic muffs are the only way to do this.
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For maximum protection, foam plugs are the best. You can get over 30 db of protection if inserted correctly and your ears fit them. Ear shapes can vary a lot and some simply don’t work for foam plugs. Custom plugs offer mid to high 20’s for protection, but fit more ear shapes. Note there are different types of custom plugs. There are lab made which are molded from an impression made of your ears. These have the advantage of being able to made of different materials for longer life and better performance. There are also custom made that are simply impressions that are trimmed and then used as plugs. Down side of these is the materials are more limited as it has to be able to be used as the impression.
the final custom type is self molded. From testing lab made where the canals were short, I would expect these don’t provide much protection. I know I could not mold a plug that would provide any level of protection and I would not wear these.
Just for background I worked at what was the largest lab in the US in the new products group. We got to make plugs and test them daily. Even did user fit NRR testing of our plugs which is far more difficult testing than the typical experimenter fit testing (highly suspect imho). One of my fellow engineers worked with niosh to help write a better standard which unfortunately never got implemented. Btw they used to call nrr not really relevant.
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Chemex pour over. Got started down that rabbit hole by my brother who roasts his own beans.
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I know two racers who were killed by tank slappers. Both had them so violently that the pistons in the brakes were forced back into the caliper, resulting in no brakes at the next corner. In both cases it was initiated by a wheelie and not setting the wheel down straight. Scary stuff.
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There are now inductive annealers as well. I recently bought an anneal ease and it really does work well. There are many kits/plans out there to build one if you choose to go that route.
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8 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
Sort of like for EVs, eh? And, since water vapor, the byproduct of burning hydrogen, is very potent greenhouse gas, why would we want hydrogen power?
Every gallon of gas makes 2 gallons of water when burned. Any hydrocarbon makes water when burned, so maybe the whole greenhouse gas thing is about energy usage? Snugging down the tinfoil.
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They offer it blued and wood stock as well. Was at a shop yesterday and they had both options.
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With the recent SC ruling on bump stocks this may hold up and not make it to the SC.
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On 7/8/2024 at 7:56 PM, T.K. said:
ALEC LIED. HE HAD TO PULL THE TrIGGER!
I am not defending Baldwin, but as my grandpa the judge used to say, truth comes with a point of view. We all know he had to have pulled the trigger. A single action simply won’t fire any other way without being broken, damaged, or modified to do so. The FBI has verified all three of those did not happen.
He probably believes that he didn’t pull the trigger. Thus not lying, he doesn’t know that his memory of the event is not what actually happened and the actual events should come out during the trial. Ie he made the gun fire by pulling the trigger and pulling back the hammer, with a loaded round and pointed at a person, killing them.-
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I tried one of the universal bars and had issues with it sticking. Went back to mec bars and the press ran much better.
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Suppressor Aquisition
in SASS Wire Saloon
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Suppressors are their own entity and are considered a firearm. So in short, they are not registered to a gun unless it’s integrally suppressed. They can be moved between guns at will and provided they are in a trust can be used by anyone listed in the trust. if an individual, then they can only be used under that individuals control. That means no shared access to the storage location.
if a trust is used, each person on the trust has to submit for each submission. Not a big deal, but it slows the process down. Also I believe there is a political reason to slow down trust approvals.