You're just like the rest of us then.....
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You're just like the rest of us then.....
now heres a man with an eye for quality. i think ill keep my .22 Beretta with sound suppressor well hiddenNice pics everyone! :thumbsup:
now heres a man with an eye for quality. i think ill keep my .22 Beretta with sound suppressor well hidden
afraid not mate, in another life i designed and manufactured noise suppressors for certain clientele, started as a hobby really for my own curiosity and it just went from there. i must admit though that i did take apart a french suppressor to gain some understanding as to the process. wasnt overly impressed with their design, so i left it to my imagination and limited understanding and after a few misses i hit the ultimate in suppression without compromise to ordinance accuracy. now i am talking 13 years ago and i have no idea as to what is on the market now...Are you kidding! You better share that little Beretta. I love suppressors! Is it a Tomcat / Gemtech marriage? I'd love to see it.
after a few misses i hit the ultimate in suppression without compromise to ordinance accuracy. now i am talking 13 years ago and i have no idea as to what is on the market now...
hmm, just browsing the sites now, my god, there r even sites with explanation on how to go about building suppressors, good grief, lol, in those days, sans computers, it was trial and error. those were the days, lol, now in australia a pea shooter has to be licensed. bloody do goodersAh....understandable. There has literally been an industry explosion in suppressor technology over the past 5-7 years, primarily lead by three companies. They're achieving more suppression and increased robustness with ever decreasing size.
Sorry Jugg, but your trigger scale may be broken if it's indicating a 1lb double action trigger. Maybe you meant 10lbs though which is still respectable for a N frame.
Gunsmiths who can achieve a sub 8lb trigger pull on K, L, & N frames and still prove to be functionally reliable are a very rare breed and very expensive. I used to shoot a S&W JP 686 in competition and it was tuned to a very light 8lbs. Jerry Miculik shoots his record setting revolvers at about 9lbs double action pull which is about as light as he can go without out cycling the speed of the action.
The muzzle engery (ME) measured in kinetic energy (KE), disproportionately favors projectiles moving at high velocity and can make them seem more powerful than they actually are. For example, a .223 roughly equates to a (ME) of 1250 ft-lbf, while a .44 mag roughly equates to a (ME) of 1000 ft-lbf. It would appear the the .223 would be better for defending yourself from a black bear because of the higher muzzle energy, but it isn't. One good way to measure relative energies is to calculate the weight of the projectile x its velocity. In other words a 125 grain projectile traveling at 1750 feet per second equates to a Power Factor (PF) of 218,750 (125 x 1750). A 230gr .45 projectile traveling at 900 fps equates to a (PF) of 207,000 (230 X 900). As you can see, when using the more realistic Power Factor formula the .357 doesn't produce twice the amount of relative energy or recoil of the .45. When taking the same (PF) formula to the .223 vs. the .44 mag the figures are, 55gr x 3200fps = 176,000 (PF) and 240gr x 1500fps = 360,000, which is also about the difference that the shooter feels in recoil.
Regarding level III-A ballistic protection, remember that it's a minimum rating and will likely protect against threats of higher standards. Level II will likely prevent the level III-A test standard from penetrating. Likewise the Level III-A prevents penetration much higher than its test standard of 9mm FMJ submachine gun. The limiting factor is usually blunt trauma to the back side of the vest that the National Institute of Justice specifies as 44mm into a soft clay test surface. A trauma plate in conjunction with Level III-A can easily handle energies that far exceed 124gr FMJ at 1400fps. If you have some special reason to defeat III-A armor, I would suggest rifle calibers.
I like your picture and your Rayovac! :thumbsup: What kind of bulb does that thing use?