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design

  1. Near miss

    Atlas bipod feet have been redesigned

    I had one feet have its rubber come off around a year ago, asked Atlas why it was built so crappy, just glued-on rubber, on a nice piece of aluminum. (compared to the bipod itself you could think it is a knock-off). Well, few days ago the other foot started loosening up so I emailed them again...
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    Gunsmithing .223 suppressor design

    Hi to everyone. newbie here. I would like to know if anybody here have a design for a suppressor to be used in my M4 11.5". I lived in the Philippines & it's perfectly legal to fabricate a suppressor and I would like to ask if what's the diffrence between using a conical baffle and a K baffle in...
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    Suppressors Silencer design considerations

    These are general silencer theory questions. Do you think slowing and cooling the air is more important (more baffles) or providing more room for the gasses to expand (less baffles)? I know both are important but I'm curious what your thoughts are on the trade offs. The more baffles the less...
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    Suppressors Silencer design

    I had a request for silencer designs suitable to make on a hobby lathe, so I thought I would post a few of my drawings. For those live in the USA so the only way to make a silencer here without a license is to submit the ATF form 1 (Application to Make and Register a Firearm). The forms can be...
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    Army experiments with new bullet jacket design

    http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/us-army-team-tests-radical-new-dimpled-bullet/
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    Rifle Scopes Feedback on Falcon turret design

    Hi, I've been talking with Nick at Falcon about their turret design, which is currently like this: I'd love to see more room for your own custom BDC markings (printed on stickers) etc. which would in no way reduce the usability or anything. If the current design is Y cross section, I'm...