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I was lucky in that my family in Houston stayed dry. I realize that this has been a catastrophe of Epic scale and that the next hurricane following it makes it even worse. But the lack of coverage of the monsoon flooding in Bangladesh and Pakistan is rather disturbing to me as it has killed at least 1,200 people and the people's lives there can be hard enough for the floods hit

A year or two ago I hunted up a childhood favorite: the cave of spearS. A young man coming of age in the stone age, and the person his tribe experiences...

 

There was another book I cannot remember the name, sadly. I remember some of the plot points and developments. I read it in 1978 I believe.

Kickstarter?

It might be a thought... Simplicity I'd like to do some research on weather certain aluminum Alloys can be forged

Sweet looking gun.... chamber it in 7x43mm and then we can talk seriously.

 

 

Well, they seem to offer several options. And if they mean to get millitary customs then I hear that 6.5 is likely to be the next Calliber of choice.

.280 British would be great, 6.5 Creedmoor would also I believe the .250 savage or .250 savage improved would be superb.   Both are effectively obsolete mostly because the original guns for the .250 had too slow a rifling twist to reliably stabilize bullets longer than a 100 gr spitzer cup and core bullet.  That and everyone is obsessed with velocity.   a 110 gr spitzer boattail at 2860 would generage about 2000 ft-lbs of energy, which many have long argued is the maximum cutoff for a controllable automatic rifle in a normal weight range.  

 

The new M80a1 load with the 130 gr bullet at iirc 3000fps is said to be very effective.     I wish I had the money to try developing a modern derivative of the Voss copper tubed aluminum bullets.  A steel core inside an aluminum body with a copper jacket for bore contact and weight distribution...   I figure instead of 106-113 grains, about 130 grains, but with a significantly higher BC than a traditional bullet of that weight...

I still think the V&V way to convert strength Etc to hand and damage was the best I can think of

I still think the V&V way to convert strength Etc to hand and damage was the best I can think of

The Expressions on their faces when their holy water and religious icons had no effect was wonderful. It was even funnier when they engage them in melee combat and ruptured the power conduits! The video has gotten many hits online

The people who thought that my Guardians were skeletons were quite surprised that I had stolen the idea of shock Bones from arduin

Convincing people to run a campaign where the Technologies are limited can be difficult. We did and approximately Neolithic game one time my character had an atlatl and wore an oiled wool felt poncho. Weather protection and light armored... orcs were the ultimate survivalist, Iirc, though that might have been a different game

Puppet virus? Infects cyberbrains turning ordinary people into flesh puppets. Forced to commit crimes, prostitution, or corporate espionage.

 

Best adventures drawn from Cyberpunk anime resources.

 

Or creative player chatacter background history.

 

QM

I once played a character in a similar setting who had NO implants. His dad had been a top cyberneticist and he knew just how easy it would be to put "extras" into devices.

 

Rumors leak that a major cybernetics provider has been putting back-doors and worse into devices. Using unsuspecting people as spies, for instance. The don't have to control people (usually), just monitor appropriate people and their activities. Shades of NSA wiretapping...

I hate trying to post for my phone it always glitches on me the RFB is not convertible to multiple calibers and although I actually like kel-tec,( my wife has a p3at that will make headshots of 50 ft and has never missed fired or failed to feed) I think that the MDR is a better overall solution but I could be wrong I'm obviously going to wait quite a while before I could ever think about buying anything right now.

The other day I was thinking about Wildcat for the 308 length actions that would use a short magnum case shortened and blown out to 50 caliber. Shorten it to the point where a variable is Glee efficient bullet like the Amax will fit in the magazine... I don't know whether it would have to be as short as the WSSM cases... but a 750 grain bullet at 1050 ft per second might be interesting. If time and money were free it would also be fun to make a 375 bore Wildcat using the same case I think one could approach the 375 H&H quite closely

At a MSRP of US$2,200 per unit for the 7.62 NATO version of the Desert Tech MDR, they are a VERY spendy option compared to the Kel-Tec RFB (which is quite a machine if you can get your hands on one). The RFB also has an easy to reach (no tools or teardown required) adjustable gas valve -- which has led many an idiot (who didn't bother to tune it) to complain that the RFB won't cycle when, in fact, one can (and must) tune it to cycle for the specific ammo one is running (and/or for suppressor use). If memory serves, the RFB has 10 tuning positions. By comparison, IIRC the MDR has a 3-position adjustable gas valve -- and the handguard must be removed to adjust it. This means you'll be soaking more recoil than you must on the MDR ... since you can't tune it quite as precisely as the RFB. It also means if you switch up ammo in the MDR from something that cycles reliably to something underpowered that doesn't, you need to break out the tools and remove the handguard to make your adjustment.

 

So -- the MDR is pricier, less tunable, and less user friendly (when you need to tune it) -- than a RFB. On the plus side, the trigger on the MDR is likely a bit more crisp than that of the RFB, even through they are within a half pound of one another. However, it should be noted that the RFB trigger can be brought down to a nice 3-3.5lb trigger with a crisp break ... for about US$100. Factor that into the pricing and the MDR is still miles (and years) behind the RFB. I know people will poo-poo Kel-Tec because they are Kel-Tec, but the fact is, Kel-Tec has some very innovative and reliable rifles ... that are sadly marred by 1) prejudices based on Kel-Tec pistols and 2) availability problems caaused by very low production numbers.

 

All of that said, the MDR in 7.62 NATO looks like quite a gun. Putting the RFB aside, I'd own a MDR unless I had both staring at me in the gun shop and only one could come home with me (in which case it'd be the RFB).

 

Surreal

 

P.S. Anyone else note lack of BUIS on the MDB (in addition to the ridiculous optic he was running)? I suspect it arises from the same issue as other .308 bullpups -- lack of suitable rail space. In general, you can't co-witness on most .308 bullpups due to rail space and eye relief being at odds with one another -- but you often CAN (barely) run low profile BUIS. The top rail length on the MDB suggests that it -might- actually be able to allow for cowitness if a slightly smaller optic is used -- which would be a win over other .308 bullpups. (K&N Aerospace used to offer a slightly longer top-rail for the RFB, but Ken stopped making them about 18 months ago as I understand it. With his aftermarket top-rail on a RFB, one could barely fit BUIS on it with an optic ... and couldn't co-witness, at all.)

Desert tech mdr is finally shipping.  .308 only at first

 

GM6 Lynx .50BMG bullpup semiautomatic rifle with awesome full-barrel recoil that looks painful to shoot

 

Long recoil is good for reducing peak recoil impulse. FN was working on a shoulder fired 40mm x53mm hv weapon some years ago, and earlier a 76mms weapon Iirc called samourai that didn't catch on...

The trick with the minigun on the motorcycle is to squeeze off about 1/3 second of brrrrp at targets. It should be more than enough to force control rolls in your targets while the motorcycle dextrously maneuvers around larger vehicles sidelined by its fire to their tires, through windshields, etc.

 

i.e. No long brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp, but something more like well-aimed, short burst brrrp brrrp brrrp's at one or more targets. Quick bursts to put just enough firepower where it needs to go ... and no more.

 

You can do a lot with a little ammo ... like that.

Make it in .22 magnum so you can carry thousands of rounds. At 2000+ rpm cars could be cut in half, and recoil should not be problematic. Make a two stage trigger wit two rates of fire. 600 or so then as it comes on target, pull into second stage and jump up to 2 or 3 k rpm...

Competition? Nah.

Right here

You have my prayers and very best wishes.

Because stupidity is the most common thing in the universe

I'm working on a day off. One of my job functions is to monitor the news. Too much stupid going on. Why, after all the news coverage, do people think it's okay to lock kids and pets in cars on a hot day?

I turned in my two weeks notice yesterday my wife has been very sick for the last 3 days to the point that she probably should have gone urgent care but she couldn't have driven there without me coming home from work. My mom is back in the hospital the troubles continue with the my dad and the caregivers... life is a four letter word

I have to decide whether a commission-based sales program is the right step for me. I believe I can do it button the new security as I start out is nerve wracking.

Florida Man again?

 

 

One thing did bother me a little about the way they did the story.  The first couple of graphs are possibly a little misleading:  How many of the marriages are what they speak of vs. 18 year olds marrying their 16 year old girlfriends.  The latter while troublesome and damaging in their own right, is likely mutual youthful stupidity.  Rather than 14 year old forcefully coerced into marrying some 35 year old piece of sleaze.  I admit the 18/16 relationship makes me say "stupid kids" while 35/14 makes me say "someone should rip off that guy's _____"   (not to mention I want to beat parents who would coerce their daughters into such a marriage with a big tree branch)

You are nicer than I would be.     

Carthago delenda est. Back them into their last little hole. Break their last strength of arms. Kill all the males, young ones first. Give the females the option of death or being sold into slavery. Destroy all their works, no two stones atop each other. Poison the soil of their homeland so the ground defiled by their birth cannot bear any fruit ever again. Eradicate them so completely that in a century, scholars will have pointless and futile debates about what language they used. Make them one with smallpox, but this time have the b---s to break into the bioweapons labs, seize the last reservoirs of their loathesome existence, and feed those to a plasma furnace, reducing it to less than its component atoms.

They, and many other people should be glad it will never be "Greg Almighty" even for a day.  The bolts from Heaven that would hit them would not leave anything appropriate for an open coffin funeral.  Every one of their supporters, every supporter of Boko Haram, every supporter of the KKK, child molesters, rapists...   the world's population would be significantly lower.  Of course I would be Hellbound (I have thought of using that as the title for a story) but...            

I finally had to get power of attorney for my mom. Need it for my dad too, but... there is more money on my paycheck than I expected, which is good, but no explanation why... I fear to use it, because they have been known to make mistakes, then takes back the money on the next check. Margins are way too tight for that to be doable.

Died after a robbery. He'd be alive if he wasn't stupid enough to try to do a job he wasn't qualified for and didn't have the tools to perform.

Sounds like theft or shoplifting, not even robbery. He probably would have faced charges if things had gone differently. Whether this is how it should be is a different discussion.