• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    For sure, it’s not like America has a long history of fucking up amphibious landings or helicopter based airborne operations. Grenada had like 1500 dudes armed with sks defending it and they only lost like 10 helicopters. Surely it won’t be worse than that…right?

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        Helicopters naturally understand that army personnel belong on the ground, and their natural instinct is to get them there in the fastest possible way.

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        1 month ago

        Same, my yugo is what I used to use to train friends who are new to rifles. Just wish 7.62 was cheap and easy to find as it used to be.

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          nice. mine is a chinese version. but yeah. cleaned up well. i still have a ton of 762 but dont hit the range often.

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            I was really lucky finding mine, got it from a dude that bought a sealed barrel full of them in the early 90s. It took like a gallon of mineral spirits to clean all the cosmoline off and out of it.

            I still have a couple ammo cans full of 7.62, but it’s getting harder to find for a decent price, so I’m kind of hesitant to fire them off willy nilly. It used to be my primary caliber, so I have a mini-30 that i usually save it for.

            I’ve been putting 5.56 together for a while now, but the ar just isn’t my favorite platform so ive been lacking the motivation to finish it. Plus, I don’t really get to hit the range very often either. Most of the outdoor ones around me are full of right winged chuds, and they make you sign up with the nra to become a member.

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              clubs here are the same too. it’s annoying. i won’t join the nra for obvious reasons and the indoor ranges are often right wing nuts too.

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                Same. There’s one not overtly right winged indoor range near me, but I dislike indoor ranges in general. This one is particularly lax when it comes to gun safety, and you can tell by the plethora of bullet holes in the ceiling and lane dividers. Last time I went I got barrel swept like three times just walking by the store counter.

                I unfortunately live in one of the most conservative states in the union, and people are just idiots when it comes to firearms down here.

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                  lemme guess: TN? I lived there a while. there was an indoor range in bellevue outside of Nashville that was … yeah. interesting.