Kinda like that time the king of England took away Massachusetts’ legislatures. But I have a feeling the king here will fair better this go around.

Anyone else see the face?

Last I checked the LDS have actual industrial arms manufacturering capacity.

Steam allows games that let people role play being a pervert on a Japanese train. I’m not sure they’ll take action on this.

The bullet is heavy. The pressure wants out it’s easier to breach a little bit of brass than to move a heavy bullet. The greatest risk here is the fragmentation of the brass casing.

On the heat issue prolonged fire would cause the metal to soften allowing for increased degradation of the rifling.

The easiest ways for it to happen would be either a poorly made barrel or a barrel not designed for a specific projectile. Different barrel twist rates are better for different cartridges. A heavy bullet is better in a faster twisted barrel. If you fired a very heavy bullet in a slow twisted barrel you would likely not have it reach a proper stabilization.

Controversial take but having the industry fixed at $60 only will increasingly encourage predatory models as inflation continues. Price should be reflective of the quality and content of a product, not a fixed standard.

Maxim’s inspiration:

“I was in Vienna, where I met an American whom I had known in the States,” Maxim told the Times of London. “He said: ‘Hang your chemistry and electricity! If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each other’s throats with greater facility.’ ”

It’s the cotton gin logic. Eli Whitney thought his invention the cotton gin would reduce the need for manual labor on cotton plantations and reduce slavery. Instead it made cotton farming more profitable and revitalized slavery.

But the other one has better pirate vibes. And if you aren’t looking cool, well, what’s the point?

Unfortunately the best grenade launcher has already been made.

Only a modest step down from Turkish shotguns.

I think the more direct translation is “WORLDSTAR”

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/chinese-national-arrested-federal-case-alleging-massive-scheme-shipped-millions

The US had a similar case last year

This is probably the best version of this format I’ve seen. Audibly laughed. The IAR really do be like that.

I can’t hear you over the sound of my reduced muzzle climb as a result of an inline stock

This history lesson will only take one minute #trustmebro.

30 minutes later

My best guess is a proof of concept of the idea of rotating bullets 90° for their desired mag geometry.

Here’s the final version of the concept.

A lot of really cool posts there