No.1993
>>1992cool stuff. my dad was a land surveyor before i was born and ive always liked talking to him about it. he has the same leica tripod in the garage, just much older, and a lot of other 80s and 90s equipment
No.1998
>>1992please stop abusing that drill and buy an angle grinder those bearings are made for axial loads not radial ones if you don't stop i'll be forced to call the authorities
No.2004
>>1993Nice! Do you have and pics of old equipment?
>>1998Call the authorities, I don't give a
FUCK.
No.2020
>>>/kc/1205Old pics from me surveying. Will transfer some of the pics itt later.
No.2021
>>2020too bad that auroch didn't gore you…
might have saved some drill bearings.
No.2023
>>1993Leica is OK, Trimble is far superior imo. Easier user interface, and the DC has way more functions and options than Leica DC's.
>first two picsRattle snake den under the prickly pears
No.2030
cool pics
No.2031
>>2030thx budy
>pic 1Trimble r8 base setup. Ran opus on site today. The company I work for doesn't usually use base setups
even though they are way more efficient than vrs>pic 2Three wire level
No.2041
gud pics spudy
got any babes pics?
kthx
No.2042
>>2031a lead acid battery?
in this day and age?
No.2044
how much do you get paid to do this and how hard is it to get into?
No.2046
>>2042Ye, most companies have marine lead acid batteries, because they charge the base all day.
>>2044>how much do you get paid$46k per year now, I'll be getting a raise at the end of my 60 day probation back to what I was making at the other company I worked for to $50k. That's entrance level pay scale,
which I'm sure varies state to state most party chiefs make $62k - $73k per year.
that doesn't include 401k, or benefits health, vision, dental, short/long term, etc You can also obtain an rpls
registered professional land surveyor or an fpls
federal professional land surveyor loicense, then you start making bux. I imagine the pay scale is different by region, North/South or union/nonunion, all that shit.
>how hard is it to get intoSame as anything I'd imagine, it helps to know someone. Rally depends on how much building is being done in yer area budy. Put it like this, I have no hs degree
ged and 2 year tech school
aviation maintenence, mostly construction back ground,
I've done all kinds of stuff tho, hospitality, music gigs, security, etc and had no prior knowledge of how to survey. I grasped it faster than anyone at my old company had seen anyone grasp it, these guys were 20+ year career surveyors.
as in very rairly had a job other than surveying So I rose up the ranks pretty quick. If you're not an idiot you could be running a crew in 5 years, depending. I was running crews after 8 months.
>pic Old, abandon farm equipment in a tree line next to a field I came across the other day.
No.2049
>>2046youre getting paid a little less than me but i
rally want to go do more outdoors stuff instead of standing at a bench welding shit all day. though yah like you said region does play a part, i make like ~$52k/year right now without counting overtime and im just barely middle class where i live but i can go one state over and live like a fuckin king at the same salary but i dont wanna move
>it helps to know someonewhat if idk any surveyors? guess i could ask my brother he does siding work on new construction so hes gotta have some contacts
>Rally depends on how much building is being done in yer area budythankfully there has been nonstop building in my area (or close enough at least) for like 2 decades and it doesnt seem to show any signs of stopping even with this shit ass economy. one town out here i lived in for awhile went from a mostly forested place people just passed through to get to the city to big ass suburb/shopping district and theyre still making condos and expanding neighborhoods
>all that other shiti dont typically have a hard time grasping most things especially math because i enjoy it so im not worried too much about that. what does having a crew entail tho? do you have to micromanage some fuckers or do you just delegate some shit and they run off to do what they do? i'd gladly attempt to lead a team but if i gotta breathe down someones neck i'll wind up starting a fight through sheer autism because like any sperg im obsessed with my standards
No.2055
>>2049>what if idk any surveyorsWalking into the office with a resume in hand is a big thing. They are still mostly old school, meet irl, hand shake kinda people. Ask to talk to the field coordinator.
>non stop building That's good, try not to get stuck on a construction crew, unless you want to be on new build sites all fucking day listening to bullshit foreman trying to weasle more work out of you. I like topographical surveys because you're inna woods all day. Lots of cool stuff out there.
>what does having a crew entail tho? do you have to micromanage some fuckers or do you just delegate some shit and they run off to do what they do?You're responsible for what the crew does if you're a party chief. i.e. you tell your iman
instrument operator to do xyz task and he fucks up its your fault. In theory you'll be with the crew all day, so they will be following your lead. In a perfect world your iman and rodman will have an idea of what to do, so you won't have to follow them around all day. Some companies only have 2 man crews, some 3
depends on the instruments and equipment they have No.2058
>>2055>Walking into the office with a resume in hand is a big thing. They are still mostly old school, meet irl, hand shake kinda people. Ask to talk to the field coordinator.looked around and the closest surveyor office is like an hour away fug. i'll keep this in mind tho ive never been turned down for a job after being interviewed by people like that
>try not to get stuck on a construction crew, unless you want to be on new build sites all fucking day listening to bullshit foreman trying to weasle more work out of youi dont mind that so much because im not afraid to tell someone to eat shit (politely ofc) when i think theyre trying to steal my time
>I like topographical surveys because you're inna woods all day. Lots of cool stuff out therethis is what i
rally wanna do idc if i had to take a slight pay cut at first
>2 or 3 man crewsi can manage that its when i gotta keep track of like 8+ bozos that problems arise. is there always a crew or are there topographical surveyors that work alone? im guessing thered be safety reasons for having at least 2 people in that situation
No.2078
>>2058> is there always a crew or are there topographical surveyors that work alone? im guessing thered be safety reasons for having at least 2 people in that situationIf you're doing topos, there
should be at least 2 people. Yes it's for safety reasons. The terrain can be treacherous,
cliffs, bluffs, thick woods and of course wild life. Idk what region you live in, where I am there are bobcats, mountain lions, coyotes, wild boar, rattle snakes,
some gators
several types of venomous sneks tbh. So imagine where dudder lives, there's fucking panthers, bears, pythons, alligators, all manner of bullshit. In the northwest, grizzlies, etc. I mean even deer or elk can fugg you up p gud if they wanted. Some places are OK with you
carrying a piece protecting yourself beyond a machete. All in all an encounter with wild life
usually ends well for everyone. As for the rest of whT you said, sounds like you're the guy for the job. If you find yourself around a construction site
not full of mexicans ask someone. Usually some body can point you towards the surveyors, or can tell you the company name at least. Good luck bud.
No.2079
>>2078>not full of mexicansis this where the worker exploitation happens or…?
No.2080
>>2079It's where
everything happens
No.2082
>>2078im slightly too far north for gators but yah we got all that other shit too i was thinking about shit like rattlesnake bites when i mentioned safety. im a little ways away from mountains but theres still plenty of hidden ravines and shit everywhere in the woods
>not full of mexicansa needle in a haystack situation here unfortunately but like i said my bro might know someone
even if he uses spics himself>>2079its certainly where out of square framing and poorly slapped together roofing happens
No.2084
>>2083idgaf about sweat no more welding in a 100+ degree shop has made me immune to physical discomforts but not the incredible monotonous boredom
god i want to leave this FUCKING JOB i shoulda gotten into tig welding when i had the chance that shit is way less gay than what im doing now. pays more too but now im done with all welding fuck it im talking to my brother asap to see if he knows any surveyors looking for help
>chiggersi think i'll get a set of those just for weed h'wackin my lawn those little cunts get me even if I'm wearing jeans
No.2089
>>2084just come to the west coast and work with me at the shipyard
we dont pay our welders great but theres a lot of variety- and we train our welders in house
we've got some pretty talented guys. 20 pass fillet weld sorta stuff that come out looking great
does get pretty dirty tho. also all the burned marine paint has got to be cancer inducing, i reckon
No.2091
>>2089lolno dude they pay welders fuckin phenomenally on my coast so even if i wanted to stick with this shit id just move a couple hours towards the ocean.
though like i said i dont wanna move, i got my current house right before interest rates skyrocketed and im not planning on buying/renting another one when my mortgage is like a quarter of the average rent price right now. im like the only one i know thats still able to save money without having to slash a whole bunch of luxuries because of this
plus i do NOT typically get along with people from the west coast, maybe youre cool idk but holy fuck so many west coast people ive encountered had a smug faggot aura about them that made me grit my teeth like nothing else
No.2092
>>2091>smug faggot auraya i agree.
we'd probly get along fine. everyone here has a pretty similiar sense of humor
i worked with a fresh out of school guy from Bend, Oregon and i wanted to strangle that faggot because he just exuded smug elitist overconfidence
then he got cucked by his gf after she started fucking like 5 other guys at her startup that were carbon copies of him and he quit lel
No.2093
>>2092>convincing you to move to the west coast the posttheres enough fags over there for you to get your rocks off with already. dont try to swindle people into moving there to participate in your faggotry you double nigger
No.2095
>>2092well im sure theres people id get along with in sweden too but im not about to ignore the fact its full of faggots and niggers
>got cucked by multiple other smug bitchboislel indeed hopefully that was a rough enough wake up call that it humbled him a bit and hes less of a faggot now sometimes those types do learn
No.2096
>>2093tell me what to do again and i'll rape you bitch
>>2095>hopefully that was a rough enough wake up call that it humbled him a bitdoubt it tbh
No.2097
>>2096>I'll rape youProof you're an aids ridden turbo faggot from the west coast. When will the big one come and sink you faggots into the ocean?
No.2098
>>2097your body, MY choice.
No.2099
>>2096well then itll just keep happening until he wises up
idk what happens to people like that that prevents them from learning from experience. like >we're all more or less brainwashed in the same way from kindergarten all the way to graduation (college or high school) in this country so its not like they undergo some unique form of mental abuse in school. must be higher concentrations of something in the air/water in certain areas that produces that sort of behavior like frogs turning gay type shit
No.2100
>>2099Unironically, gen A and Z are completely mindbroken
very few of them will be breaking the conditioning. Like bezmenov said, there's a fundamental difference on how they see reality
No.2101
>>2100theyre gonna hit the drugs really hard. america is spiritually dead even in (especially in) small communities, kids are bored and theres nothing bigger to latch on to. meth/fent are real cheap nowadays and keeps getting cheaper. govt doesnt to anything to fix the problem just hands junkies welfare and opens up a couple methadone clinics. in a way im glad i dont have kids cuz shit is fucked and keeps getting worse.
No.2117
>>2116can i check female holes tho
No.2119
>>2116so are you walking in circles dragging that stuff around with you or do you have multiple stations set up at the beginning of the day and just walk between them checking the numbers?
>>2118more like homodude i hope you rubbed your greasy workballs on it
No.2120
>>2117I was checkin yer moms hole at lunch.
>vid related>>2119For this project we have two set ups, so we only need to set the gun and back sight up twice for the whole site. Basically, yes, I am walking circles with the prism and data collector, because that's how my party chief does things.
inefficiently imo tbh when I'm running a crew, etc, I don't pass anything. I don't like to walk more then I have to, thats not how you time management.
that's how you walk around all fucking day for no goddamn reason when it's murder hot sweating your ass off instead of knocking some stuff out, taking a long break, repeat No.2122
>>2120explain
>>2117 spigga mom's hole to the class like im dudder
No.2156
dream fuckn job spro
No.2190
is austin as much of a fag shithole as everyone says it is
No.2193
>>2190Yes and no. It's certainly not weird anymore. Everything these ironic mustache having faggots came here to see and experience has either long since died, or has been systematically eradicated by those same nigger faggots who wanted to experience it in the first place. Then they fag the place up with the same shitty politics and niggardry
despite being crackers that caused them to flee what ever shit hole they left from to begin with. They've made the cost of rent so fucking high I can't realistically afford a house, and I make 50k/year base hourly.
not including ot there hasn't been a swim-able amount of water in the green belt in almost 3 years. I mean who would have thought? The city is built on a fucking aquifer, and when I concrete foundation the whole place up for trustafarians so they can spend daddy's money on over priced housing
1400/month is the lowest you can find for a 650 sq ft apt here in a sketched out neighborhood full of bums, junkies, and wanna be ghetto mother fuckers the rain
which is minimal at best has no where to go ex eot into the storm drains, rather than refill the aquifer. Now that double nigger musk wants to put his stupid fucking magnet train or what-ever-the-fuck it is underground. Hummm let's see, bore into a limestone stone aquifer under a city which is known for flash floods when it rains, ? Profit, what could possibly go wrong amirite? I guess I'm not really making it look all that good huh? There's still some really good people here, though few far and in-between.
og austinites the only austinites who like what this city has turned into were too retarded,or rich to give a fuck to begin with, so naturally they can't be bothered now, except when someone calls them on their unwarranted self importance.
which does not happen __nearly__ as much as it needs to I've only lived here for 10 years
inb4 cali and the city is unrecognizable to me sometimes. There are a
very few original venues left, that still host local musicians. However any bird brain with a guitar and an over priced apartment on riverside who's lived here for 1 year thinks they are a fucking local
the joke when I moved here was: "10 years, 1 of which was spent in prison and these fucks think they are a texan!" I'll just stop there for now.
Tl;dr austin is an over priced hellhole with a parking lot of a freeway which causes aneurysm inducing traffic across the city because they never learned how to infrastructure until it was too late. There are still some cool things, you really have to want to find them though.
No.2197
>>2193why did you go to prison
No.2198
>>2197I didn't, I could have typed that better.
It was a joke among austinites up until about 2017 that, "anyone who's done a year in the pen and lived in Texas for 10 years thinks they are one of us now".
Currently and vapid cunt, or soy-brained faggot who lives here for a year and has been to 6th street and broken spoke thinks they are "such an austinite, like its so totally cool here" even though they fail to grasp they are the ones ruining everything they wanted to be a part of here.
No.2217
This vid is what I located from previous vid
>>2216 as viewed on the data collector.
No.2239
>>2198youre supposed to get your frens together and beat people like that up until they shut up or leave
No.2309
>>2239I wish it was still old austin :P
In other news:
>setting mobile mapping targets This I'm really not sure of the majik behind.
<my understanding>car has fancy scanner >scans the road ways, easement, etc>based off our control 3d maps the whole thing>mfw I surveyed myself out of a job in 5 years No.2318
>>2217>>2216always wondered what those looked like
some yahoo tried having me run some numbers to 1/16th of an inch off one
you still got work in budy?
No.2323
>>2318Ye I'm still working. I got in with a new company as a crew
party chief. Pretty nice, take home truck and 55k/year
roughly im hourly though so that fluctuates.
No.2355
>>2332fuckn lol'd @ side view mirror warning
nice pics budy
No.2356
>>2355Goddamnit I'm losing my touch…might as well post n00dz and dox now >:(((((
I'll post some turtles I helped cross the highway as soon as I get back to civilization.
No.2362
>turtle helper
gud man you will go to heaven
No.2378
cool ass job budy
No.2510
>>2502Double niggers painted the targets in the fucking road
Can’t upload vids I’ll have to reformat them on the comp when I get home
No.2519
>>2502>mobile lidarwut surveying budy?
do you have to just dodge traffic when they paint in the middle or do you get a stop sign leaner?
No.2520
>>2519Surveying about a 15 mile stretch of highway that’s getting extra lanes. We are in between the boarder and a check point. The highway is getting extra lanes added I believe.
>dodge trafficYeah basically playing frogger for 3 minute intervals. Each target has a mag nail at the apex of the chevron that needs 4 3 minute location epochs.
tbh you can reduce that to 2 30 second shots and average but our tech is stuck in the past. Pretty amazing we got him to let us set up a base station we should have floggers, crash trucks, etc I guess the client was too cheep to pay for them. We have some signs, vests, and the lights on the truck
wew such safe amirite? the simple is these Mexican trukrs dgaf
for the most part and drive like savages. Wouldn’t be that big a deal if the guy who put the targets down wasn’t a fucking retard and put them further off the shoulder like he’s ’posed to do and not in the lane.
Lotsa hipitty hoppers out there. Found a monument from 1936 too
>pics related No.2524
>>2520how out of the way is that monument? i love it when im walking in random spots where no one else usually goes and i come across shit like that
No.2528
>>2524>how out of the way is the monumentHonestly it’s about 15 feet or so off the edge of pavement in the row I’ll see if I can get a better pic I’m back on this god forsaken road again this week we have a 6 mile level loop to run >:((((((
>random spotsWhat kind of monuments have you found? I haven’t come across too many out of the way like that, it sounds pretty cool
No.2529
>>2528i'm in VA so it's mostly civil war and revolutionary war plaques. they'll be hidden off the sides of random backroads that no one except a handful of local residents will use so they'll frequently be hidden by vines and other growth because no one maintains those. they're all over the state, but from what i've seen they're more concentrated towards the eastern half. idk as much about the civil war as i should i guess there were a shitton of battles here
No.2531
>>2530if theres shit blocking the plaques that i can clear with my hands i will otherwise no
>or would niggers and woketards come destroy them? one thing i noticed is woketards and niggers only violated monuments within specific cities and didnt touch shit outside of them. theres a park straight up called "stonewall jackson shrine" (its where he died i think) that has a big ass sign advertising it on the interstate and there's also stratford hall (robert e lee's birthplace) out in the countryside and neither one of those were touched afaik, so all the smaller parks are probably completely unknown to the faggots.
its almost like the niggers only fucked shit up where they could loot and didn't actually care about anything the woketards were crying about
No.2532
>>2531none of the roadside monuments are ever bothered btw i went on a tangent about parks like a schizo
No.2534
>>2531>its almost like the niggers only fucked shit up where they could loot and didn't actually care about anything the woketards were crying aboutHummmmmm……by job I think you’re on to something
No.2553
>>2531ya once you get in the sticks in VA they really don't give a fuck
was driving up around richmond and there was a hugeass dixie flag hanging from a tree on some guy's property right by the highway, wonder how many seething lefties that created
No.2555
>>2551>pic oneFinished row mon
punch hole is where coordinates 0.0 out at technically 0.007 S and 0.018 W>other pixStuff from my walk about. Working an angle at the shake shop. Will update this coming week
No.2556
>>2553i think i know the house you're talking about they're not even that far outside of richmond. it's the one you can see from 295 right? i wonder how much that flag cost because it's gotta be at least 30 feet long
No.2559
>>2557Local honey I got for 20 bux.
No.2560
>>2558so yeah it was probably the house i'm thinking of right off the interstate. i haven't been out that way in awhile either i hope that shit's still flying fuck the northern out of state cocksuckers and fuck niggers
>>2559actual fresh honey straight from the hive? hell yeah that's the only kind you should ever bother with
No.2575
>>2560> actual fresh honey straight from the hive?Correct.It tastes flowery and very sweet. I bought 2 small jars, and 2 jars with honey comb in them for some friends. An update, the girl at the shake shop I’ve been talking to and I should be going out this coming week. I’m not holding my breath, still in a town of 2300 people what else is there to do. Oh yeah bought a
5.7 at the
gun store on the town square for
900 bux brand new w/
3 mags and the case post pix of everything soon.
No.2589
>>2586>>2587gud notes. not even joking idk what it is but it satisfies my autism when i see organized notes and sketches
the 5.7 looks neat, but what's so special about that round and why is every gun that uses it so fuckin expensive? $900 isn't a bad price for something that shoots 5.7 ime, the handful i've seen at gun stores in my state were all like $1100+
No.2591
>>2586how long do you they make you take drafting for? rock solid
gz on the f&n too. hows it shoot compared to 9mm?
>>2589better penetration, can punch IIIA in a handfun
No.2592
>>2591vary interesting, the price tag doesn't seem so bad now
No.2593
>>2592theyre sick, babby riflels
was going to buy one until i found out they make these. p close & already had 10mm
No.2595
>>2594sick drip
whats this conch lookin thang? if u blow it does it flip the magnetic poles?
No.2597
>>2593i've been wanting a 10mm for awhile too but i only ever see glocks chambered for it and i don't like glocks. don't really wanna order anything online because i like to hold a gun before i buy it, but i may have to for a 10mm. however there's a couple shops i know of that have 5.7 pistols that i can go and fingerfuck before i buy
>>2594yeah what's with the conch shell?
>>2595it summons the four horsemen to come pick you up to go get some drinks at the beach
No.2608
>>2597ye best thing to come out of glocks is p80s imo. their long slide 10mm looks fucking retarded too
if u order online, fwiw i went 1911 for the yims and its the most comfy fun i own. pearce rubber grip & whatever plates. 10mm out of full steel body is a snack
No.2609
>>2608what manufacturer did you go with? i looked up 10mm 1911s and the price range is from like $500 on the lower end to almost $2k on the higher end. i'm probably not getting some RIA piece of shit (i have one of their revolvers and it sucks bad, the sights aren't aligned properly at all), but i don't wanna sink too much more than $1k into a pistol either
No.2610
>>2609springfield, paid 1k. about 1000 rounds through it w/zero issues
looks lik they stopped making the underrail model in 10mm which is dumb
no rail ronins are $917 msrp
https://www.springfield-armory.com/1911-series-handguns/1911-ronin-handguns/1911-ronin-10mm-handgun/ No.2611
>>2610>springfieldare they still backstabbing traitors that shill for gun laws? i stopped fucking with them years ago because of that
No.2612
>>2611full turn around to my knowledge
right after that bs when Dicks stopped carrying semi auto, Springfield told em to jam it up their ass. gud enough for my mcbucks on a 1911
No.2613
>>2595It’s for
summoning the four horsemen to pick you up for drinks at the beach and flipping the magnetic poles announcing the start of meetings.
No.2615
>>2612i guess i'll look through their shit again but tbh i don't put much faith in words from a company that's retarded enough to try and fuck over gun owners just so they can maybe run some competition out of town. they'd have to get the NFA repealed to make up for that shit.
i do like the look of that ronin tho, think i'll treat myself to that for my birthday this year
No.2617
>>2613badass way to start meetings. gotta get one for zoom meetings and letting the woman know i'm starting to poop
>>2615thats the correct approach. i cant keep up with all the dickheads that need boycotting tbh and almost impossible to find gud quality under 2k
hope she treats you well, those civil defense rounds are worth scoping if youre gonna city or nightstand it. 2300+ fps fast af boy
No.2622
>notice hi-point sells a 10mm ghetto blaster
>am now torn between saving up for the nice looking ronin or purchasing the ugly hi-point now for the novelty of having a hi-point
only reason i never got a hi-point was because i already have multiple 9mm and fuddy fahvs. maybe i'll just get both
No.2647
anyone here ever handled anything made by "italian firearms group"? this caught my eye while i was narrowing down my choices for a 10mm:
https://www.classicfirearms.com/tanfoglio-ifg-tfstock3p10-stock-iii-full-size/
No.2651
>>2649>>2647nope. hear the higher end ones are gud and i've never held a badly ergo'd wopfun. the diff between poly and steel frame in a cm is def worth upgrading for imo. the natural reset after bark is divinity itself
dig the looks on that 2nd one a lot
t px4 respecter
No.2652
>>2651yeh i really like the second one too, and it holds more per magazine than the ronin would.
really considering it now, but >polymer is still making me hesitant. i would like a nice sturdy steel frame too
decisions decisions
No.2653
>>2652ive run a G40 and its not deal breaking. but if you do eventually go steel you wont wanna go back
mag cap is a big point tho. what about some of those other IFGs?
i lik cz looks and may get one now. from what i'm reading so far may need a trigger job, apparently p sloppy but thats ez
No.2654
>>2653oh i've got a couple steel framed handguns and they're mostly a fuckin dream to shoot
>other ifgsi like the looks of them but i'm trying to keep it below $1k for now
>czi've got a cz75 and i love it, though the slide is narrow and that takes some getting used to if you've got meaty fingers. wdym by it needs a trigger job?
No.2655
oh also i don't like glocks i really fuckin hate how they feel in my hands so that's why i haven't gone for one. idk why they're so uncomfortable for me to hold it's not like they're that different from other guns
No.2656
>>2654>triggereither new spring or assembly. not sure who makes what for em
again just repeating shit i read no personal exp: reset is a lot, spongy wall, and their DA is long. i'm picky af about triggers tho and may not be bad irl
not glock fan either, grip angle makes the sight pic on my natural presentation off. always feel like i'm pointing way off target
No.2657
>>2656oh ok. maybe i just got lucky but i've had zero issues with mine. i'm also not super picky either, as long as it isn't ridiculously light or revolver trigger heavy then i can deal with it. still think it's worth it though it's easily the most comfy gun to shoot that i own
No.2658
oh i say oh too much
No.2661
>>2657was peepin into dem ifg's budy
No.2664
fuck it i'm gonna order that compact ifg, if i like 10mm i'll get a 10mm hi point too
No.2669
of hapy laber day surveybro
No.2671
>>2669thx budy smoked ribs and brisket what about yous guise? hope yall had a good one
No.2672
>went to go buy the compact
>out of stock
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT
guess i'll just get a hi point then lel. had my eye on one of those mossberg shockwaves at the store i was gonna have it shipped to so may as well grab that too since hi points are only like $200 after all the fees and shit
No.2682
got muh hi point 10mm nuclear artillery
fuckin thing is heavy as shit for a handgun, but as a result the recoil is way easy to manage. i only put 50 rounds through it today, a couple didn't cycle properly and i thought it was the gun at first but i looked more closely at the rounds themselves and a couple looked like they had little dents in them near the primer. i did get the cheapest ammo at the store though so i'm not surprised somenof them are faulty. they were tearing some decent chunks out of the stumps i was shooting at though, definitely hits way harder than 9mm that's for damn sure
no regrets for this purchase but i'm still mildly upset i took to long to get that ifg compact
No.2694
fired 100 more rounds through the hi point yesterday and found out it was the magazine causing the feeding issues, just had to bend the feed lips back a little. there were still a few dented rounds that didn't feed properly though so i should probably get a different brand next time if they're letting that shit fly.
any recommendations there?
No.2696
Popped off the 5.7 this weekend. Goddamn that this is fucking badass! It’s the most accurate pistol I’ve ever fired, barely any recoil considering, very nicely balanced. Was having some trouble with the mags on my fal feeding after about 3 full mag dumps. Might just need to oil the bolt better, or the mags might be junk.
No.2697
>>2696you just shoot paper or did you try it on something fun? it's almost pumpkin season and the property i use for shooting is about to be covered in seeds and plant guts
No.2698
>>2694out of the cheapie plinkers cci blazer aluminum has been great to me. had issues w magtech, havent shot s&b in 10mm but its been fine other chambers
if yeem going pumpkin huntin pick up two boxes of that liberty 60gr and two deep them orange menaces. ur going to want the second after shooting the first
No.2699
>>2696sweet. patrician funs taste
No.2700
>>2697>paper targetsYes, and a car and 4x8 piece of 1/4 inch plate steel. The 5.7 didn’t penetrate the steel, the fal had no problem with it.
>pix relatedThe targets, and stuff everyone brought out
No.2702
>>2701nice. i need to get me one of those LBVs at some point so i don't have to stuff my magazines in my cargo pockets and look like a shoplifter when i shoot
btw in regards to the FAL feeding problem i'm not sure exactly how similar a FAL and a PTR are but muh PTR does the same shit sometimes if i've been shooting a lot in one sitting and spraying a little oil into it usually fixes the problem. you using steel or aluminum mags? i have both kinds and i've found the aluminum ones have feeding issues more frequently
No.2703
>>2698the stuff i picked up was s&b. maybe something was up with their equipment and i just got a bad batch, none of the shit exploded the hi point so whatever
i'm definitely gonna pick up some of that liberty shit and play with it at some point tho
No.2704
>>2701sick fam photo. need to get a new raifu at some point, but cant decide on caliber
>>2703oops my s&b are 12 ga. have some armscor too but not enough fired to say one way or another. visuals fine tho
hi point could be a picky eater
No.2705
>>2704nah most of it was just the magazine it worked okay after i corrected that issue save for a couple of particularly defective rounds in that first box. apparently a lot of their mags' feed lips are bent in slightly too far
No.2706
>>2702dont recommend putting oil in your mags in general
getting lubrication on your ammunition may result in excessive load on your locking lugs since you don't get as much friction between the expanded case and chamber wall
i imagine it would be less serious in a roller delayed action like a PTR but you might have excessive extraction speed and parts breakage. not sure if you could blow a case out but the possibility would increase
No.2707
>>2706no i didn't mean oil the mag i meant spray some on the bolt area
No.2708
as in take the mag out and spray a bit inside the receiver
No.2709
>>2702>look like a shoplifterlel I feel that feel
>steel or alumsteel, they are all metric, the fal is metric too. idk if the problem is me firing 308 or 7.62 through it. will test that another day
up until now it hadnt been something i had considered No.2712
>>2709unless the springs and followers are shit then then the mags should be ok, steel ones are hard to fuck up unless you're literally throwing them at walls and shit
>308 or 7.62didn't think of that, were you using .308?
No.2713
>>2712I was using both. The most recent times I’ve fired it I’ve had a bit of both, never paid enough attention to which was which though when firing. I will be next time I target shoot though
No.2714
>>2713iirc .308 has higher pressure and there's a very slight size difference. they're still interchangeable obviously since you were shooting bith but FALs were built to use 7.62 NATO. maybe that pressure difference is causing issues?
No.2715
>>2713>>2714the differences are probably similiar to the difference between 556 NATO spec vs .223 REM:
chamber dimension tolerances and case wall thicknesses etc.
on a modern firearm everyone just designs conservatively anyway so it will work fine either way
>FAL issuesDSA is notoriously shitty QC tbh. theres a lot of reasons why things might not be working quite right, all the way up to the receiver being built completely out of spec. sad but true. im still troubleshooting issues with my build on a DSA receiver
No.2717
>>2705thats good
just got an ad for trueshotammo btw. forgot about em but their bundle sales can be nice, gud company
No.2718
>>2717>200 rds for $470i know it's a gud deal these days but i really miss muh 1000 rds for $500 bulk deals at gun shows. now they're like $800 or some shit for that last i saw
No.2719
>>2718 error post
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No.2720
>>2719u havin real bad luck with that filter aintcha?
>free ear prolike gud ear pro or just those shitty ones the military typically gets?
No.2723
>>2720it was my first time uwu
snagged axil muffs n buds, both auto dampeners. i lik em better than peltors & shellshocks but got me a round viking head
No.2726
>>2723im a fan of my sordins. i want to upgrade them to gel ears for maximum comfort
No.2732
>>2726got that good good
lost 1/3 my hearing so w/e for me. hope eeeebro recovered though
No.2737
>>2714>>2715Thx for the info budys havent been out again yet. I thoroughly cleaned Charlene though. Will post updates
In other news:
In case you ever need to know, goats will be your best friend if you give them tobacco.
>pix relatedThey ran up on me after lunch to get moar so I gave them the rest of my pouch then the land owner rolled up saying we broke his fence and I told him “lolno you have goats my guy gtfo” he called our office and my boss told him to fuck himself. I also got two help a couple of stranded motorists today too, Mr. Randy and his wife. They were high school sweet hearts and still are at it :D
I’ll post pix of my payphone I found a month ago when I get home.
No.2738
>>2737i lik gote
wish i had a yard big enough for one
No.2739
>>2737didnt know goats ate baccy fellow rollie chad. do they get a buzz?
No.2741
>>2739>do they get a buzz?I imagine so, they certainly have been expecting me to give them more every day we pull up since I hooked them up.
No.2742
>>2741test it out by denying them any once and see if they get mad and start being assholes to each other then you'll really be sure
No.2754
>>2712Tested the fal a bit today. There was another guy out there with one, he was mentioning to slightly sand the edges of the magazine to smooth it out. Same mag had issues feeding with the 308
which overall performed much more poorly than the 7.62 got the gas figured out
2.5 is the sweet spot No ejection issues after that, and the only feeding issue was with the wonky mag using 308 again. I was having issues sighting it in at 25 yards with the iron sights though. It was firing way high. Tried adjusting the sights all the way down, finally hit the paper.
2 is the lowest # the sight has, and 6 the highest No.2755
>>2754>way off at 25 yardswas the FAL beat to shit when you bought it? is the front sight bent at all?
No.2756
>>2754hmm that rear looks fucked. run it further than 25? new sight maybe cheaper than ammo tests and nigger rigging
fwiw handguard on my ayyarr is slightly off from receiver, moved
cants both to handguard and it pinholes but thats assuming you're getting an optic mount regardless
w/e tho raly kentucky windage is gud as any if you're used to it and not gonna distribute
No.2757
>>2754probly easiest way to address your fucked elevation would be an extended front sight.
DSA's can be crazy wack tbh
No.2759
>>2758so is the front sight bent?
No.2760
>>2759how would i know?
just gonna guess no, tho. FAL front sight is chonky and hard to damage.
No.2761
>>2760it was rhetorical, dsa's lack of quality control didn't answer that question.
if his front sight is bent even a little bit it could completely fuck up his aim. not being able to even hit the paper at 25 yards could mean he has a bent front sight or a warped barrel ime. if it's a newer gun then the barrel
shouldn't be warped tho, hopefully their quality control isn't that terrible
No.2762
>>2761>the barrel shouldn't be warped tho, hopefully their quality control isn't that terribleits actually that terrible.
anyway, i find it unlikely the sight is bent, because its a CHONKY site.
No.2763
>>2762>its actually that terriblehow tf are they in business if they're shipping out warped barrels lmao i would go on an autistic crusade if i spent $1k+ dollars or whatever on a firearm and the fuckin thing couldn't even hit paper at 25yds. hell i'd be mad if a $400 rifle couldn't manage that
No.2764
>>2763because they're the only source of FALs these day
nobody importing IMBELs anymore
No.2765
>>2763also for reference, theres a history of things like receivers having machining– to the point where magazines wouldnt even seat
like, just imagine that. entire production process and nobody even tried to put a mag in
No.2766
>>2765missing machining steps*
No.2767
>>2765>>2766that's fuckin infuriating i would leap at the chance to get paid to build guns and i would do it god damn well and these dummies just go and shit everything up huh?
there's a gunsmithing school/class or whatever not too far away from me actually i should go check that out
No.2772
>>2767don't its not a profitable business unless you have a niche tbh.
No.2773
>>2772how about i do it anyway just for the knowledge and also because not everything is about money? i just want spartman to have a FAL that doesn't shit the bed before it even fires a round
No.2782
>>2781that place looks vary safe you should camp there