tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post6597314543142699775..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: A Little GB-22 UpdateSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35414488760195103362017-05-13T09:04:01.241-04:002017-05-13T09:04:01.241-04:00Ah, but with that gun you get a "two-fer"...Ah, but with that gun you get a "two-fer". If you're surrounded, you can get them on BOTH sides with the same shot!<br /><br />And besides, it's not like you don't know what's going to happen with the breech. Stay clear of it when you fire and it's no more dangerous to you than if you were dumb enough to put your finger in front of the barrel of a short pistol when you fire it...Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-69685712941624160372017-05-12T23:07:27.070-04:002017-05-12T23:07:27.070-04:00Violates my First Law of firearms: a gun needs to ...Violates my First Law of firearms: a gun needs to be less lethal to the guy behind it than to the one in front of it. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-90544668884368511532017-05-12T16:20:38.397-04:002017-05-12T16:20:38.397-04:00Why build such a piddly little toy gun when you co...Why build such a piddly little toy gun when you could go 12 gauge with far less work:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbcMwPdoEd0<br />???<br />}:-]Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-36886182982442882192017-05-10T10:16:40.750-04:002017-05-10T10:16:40.750-04:00Thanks for that helpful tip.
Thanks for that helpful tip. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-25565901395664447872017-05-10T09:47:04.175-04:002017-05-10T09:47:04.175-04:00Aguila Colibri or Super Colibri would be excellent...Aguila Colibri or Super Colibri would be excellent. In a rifle, the firing pin falling is louder than the report from a Colibri. They recommend against using those in rifle length barrels, but I only use them in one rifle, a single shot, that has never had one stick in the barrel yet.R. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14671744603049623005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-53136567304415447102017-05-08T09:27:18.196-04:002017-05-08T09:27:18.196-04:00The subsonic ammo is a natural for this because it...The subsonic ammo is a natural for this because it doesn't matter that it has too little gas to cycle a semiauto. <br /><br /><i>Are you planning on bluing, or browning, or maybe powder coating? Electroplating? CNC engine turning? </i> The best answer is yes. One of those, I'm just not sure which. Something to protect the metal, so probably not the engine turning. I think some of the small pieces have picked up dots of rust - and that's in an air conditioned room. (There's rust, I'm just not sure it wasn't there when I got them. <br /><br />I hadn't thought of pulling bullet and powder from a round, though. I have an <a href="https://www.midwayusa.com/product/685703/rcbs-powr-pull-impact-bullet-puller-kit" rel="nofollow">RCBS bullet puller</a> but didn't consider using it. It was a little unnerving to try on a centerfire round and rimfire seems more dangerous. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-55672632631874543392017-05-08T08:07:21.762-04:002017-05-08T08:07:21.762-04:00Metal white-out exists, you just don't yet hav...Metal white-out exists, you just don't yet have it.<br /><br />You could work up to a live round test.<br /><br />Pull the bullet, dump the powder and fire the primer. <br />Or use .22 blank for a nail gun for the test.<br /><br />For the live fire.<br /><br />Pistol in a vise pointed straight down and aimed at a bucket of dirt or soil. That will be the trap as Joe Mama said. (kitty litter might be OK, but soil or sand will be fine)<br />Step away and activate the remote trigger device. (that sounds cooler than saying pull the string) <br />Check on the results. If satisfactory then repeat live fire while filming. <br /><br />Are you planning on bluing, or browning, or maybe powder coating? Electroplating? CNC engine turning? This is the perfect time to try out processes. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-8338550750124866632017-05-08T05:52:36.233-04:002017-05-08T05:52:36.233-04:00"A subsonic 22 shouldn't be any louder th..."A subsonic 22 shouldn't be any louder than a nail gun or a hammer, right?"<br /><br />Until you get nipped by a ricochet. ;-)<br /><br />Make sure you have a trap.<br /><br />Agree that the quiet, subsonic .22 will test primer strikes.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.com