Who knows, we might still get one...
CRISIS Ammo shortage about to get even worse
- Thread starter Thinwater
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Yes, I only have to change the firing pin from centerfire to a little fork shape to do .22 blanks. They fit in the same hole as the shotgun primers, just a small amount looser. I plan on making the firing pin for them tomorrow and testing. A potential large customer wants to use .22 blanks since they can be shipped with the units without haz mat fees when any number of primers requires haz mat shipping.
Haz mat shipping is just a screwing anyway. They do not do anything different, you just get the shaft on the charge.
I keep asking, they keep saying COVID19 delays. It's OK, I still love 'em. 
But the $$$ I was holding back for the JAKAL is gone now. Short term reality trumps long term maybe for me.
But I spent it well
If they do get it on the street, I can probably sell a couple of boxes of ammo and pay for one
But the $$$ I was holding back for the JAKAL is gone now. Short term reality trumps long term maybe for me. But I spent it well
If they do get it on the street, I can probably sell a couple of boxes of ammo and pay for one
Hognutz
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I wanted the MP5 clone....I keep asking, they keep saying COVID19 delays. It's OK, I still love 'em.
But I spent it well
If they do get it on the street, I can probably sell a couple of boxes of ammo and pay for one
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I want to say well damn... but given everything else that's going on in 2020 I'm not surprised.
I want a muzzleloading blackpowder 10 gauge shotgun using a common spark plug threaded into the end and fired via a common piezoelectric grill sparker. No primer needed, reliable ignition, can use homemade black powder and shoot pebbles or bolts for bullets. Nobody could cut off my supply of anything! 
Seriously, though, when I was 16, I made a homemade cannon from a heavywalled pipe nipple and a cap. Drilled a small hole at the rear large enough to hold a split paper match. My bullets were short bolts covered with nuts. Using clipped paper match heads as gunpowder and a thin paper wad to hold everything together. After I shot a bolt completely through a filled galvanized garbage can, my dad confiscated and trashed it.
Seriously, though, when I was 16, I made a homemade cannon from a heavywalled pipe nipple and a cap. Drilled a small hole at the rear large enough to hold a split paper match. My bullets were short bolts covered with nuts. Using clipped paper match heads as gunpowder and a thin paper wad to hold everything together. After I shot a bolt completely through a filled galvanized garbage can, my dad confiscated and trashed it.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Glad I still have lots of lead balls and my flintlock... if it should come to that.
Got flints? If so from where? i cant find good quality ones.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
yes, I knap them myself in addtion to the ones I purchased almost 20 years ago... now to find the rest of my chert in my office and my knapping tools.
I just rooted around in the reloading corner and dug out all the sundry bags, boxes and coffee cans of brass that have collected through the years.
A first run cull was fairly productive.
A first run cull was fairly productive.
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Any day of the week.You made out, much better, imho.
Oh wait, I read that wrong. The other guy got the deal
Do you want another 686, chrome 6"...
If that is true about primers, how could you carry ammunition in your auto? Am I missing something?
LoupGarou
Ancient Fuzzball
I think he was talking about the plastic used in his 3D printer and that the finished product would not stand the heat and melt or at least get too weak to work right.
Loup
Not primers, the 3d printed part in PLA plastic.
I am going to make a new firing pin tomorrow to test the design with .22 blanks and see if it blows up. In the mean time, I am 3d printing a master to do some aluminum sand casting of these trolling motor mounts. I just drew this up tonight and the print will be done by tomorrow night. It is fun to make things that dont go bang every now and then.
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Yes, I will trade another 10.5" AR "Pistol" or a 16" 5.56 AR for another 4" or 6" S&W .357 in Nickle, chrome or stainless. 686 are stainless, not chrome, 586 are nickel or blue. It would bring me down to about 15 full AR's and 7 more builds in progress just needing bolt groups. I don't sell them but I have enough to trade for other toys. FFL to FFL transfer to keep legal.You made out, much better, imho.
Oh wait, I read that wrong. The other guy got the deal
Do you want another 686, chrome 6"...
West
Senior
Vary tempting, and yes then it must be stainless. Don't like how mine shoots. Bought it brand new. And it's always had some blow out at the cylinder-barrel.
Honestly like my Blackhawks better.
I have an unbuilt “ghost gun” AR 15 as a kit. Complete with MBUS sights. I haven’t built it because I don’t need it. Can’t sell it either.
I have a .45 Colt Blackhawk, awesome gun! If you shoot something with it, it will be one and done.
West
Senior
Geez....You don't collect all the Blackhawks? The 357 is a fine pistol too.
Got just one wheel gun, a sweet Dan Wesson .357,
that cased version with the 4 different length bbls. I
got shoulder rig for 8" scoped bbl and belt rig for 6".
Had bought it for my Dad almost 40 yrs ago when I'd
had my FFL. He put a scope on the 8" bbl & used it
deer hunting a bit, though usually used a 12 ga slug.
Now 95, his hunting days over, so he gifted the gun
back to me. I've got it set up with the 6" bbl & holster.
Panic Early, Beat the Rush!
- Shane
that cased version with the 4 different length bbls. I
got shoulder rig for 8" scoped bbl and belt rig for 6".
Had bought it for my Dad almost 40 yrs ago when I'd
had my FFL. He put a scope on the 8" bbl & used it
deer hunting a bit, though usually used a 12 ga slug.
Now 95, his hunting days over, so he gifted the gun
back to me. I've got it set up with the 6" bbl & holster.
Panic Early, Beat the Rush!
- Shane
Yup
Have my Pistol Pac too.
Have the 8" barrel on it for hunting and an old Bianch Phantom, shoulder holster.
hiwall
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That one looks super
cat killer
Senior Member
Kind of depends on how old you are and at my age I might have a lifetime supply.
beDplorable
Senior Member
slightly off topic, but if you need a pistol, antifa boy has one for sale..
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It sure had to be tempting to "rifle" through those piles and pick out a few for one's future boating trips.
bw
Fringe Ranger
Those doing the filming came out just fine.
Ouch, I retracted & cringed violently.
Needed a warning before viewing...
Panic Early, Beat the Rush!
- Shane
Tristan
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I've been telling folks for years to turn off the toob and enjoy life, or learn a skill, or...
They usually look at me like I just grew a third eye or something.
I also dabble in Glock making. I just cant get any parts right now that I dont make.
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Tristan
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When I get the correct plastic worked out, $14.95 each. This includes a steel spike that bolts to them for sticking in the ground. The back is solid for using double sided tape to stick to smooth things, it has two mounting tabs to run screws through to mount to wood and little slots to keep zip ties from slipping off to allow mounting to small round desk and chair legs. The four way slots at the top allow you to run the string in any direction from the device regardless of how it is mounted.
Tristan
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ArisenCarcass
Veteran Member
I misread, and thought 14.95 for the Glock lowers.........
I nearly sprained a wrist to put in an order before I reread the post.
Noice work though.
I took CAD/CAM courses in the .mil and at university, but it was so long ago......
I've almost got my wife to give the go ahead for a decent 3D printer.
You can print the Glock frames for about $3 each on a 3d printer. To make them correctly, you need a higher end machine that can print Nylon with glass fill. ABS would work, it is not as strong as PLA but PLA will warp all over the place if it gets left in a car or in full sun. It can warp in two or three minutes and be useless.