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Queer Armorer
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I arm queer folks. “Live free or fucking die.” -JStark1809. YouTube channel full of weird advice and weirder guns. I stream, run a software company, and Rainbow Reload. And I am perpetually tired.
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Even funner fact: He also applied for an automotive muffler application using a similar internal design and mechanism. So "fine, lets compromise, gun muffler" both has grounding in reality and pisses off everyone who is being annoying about the use of the term "silencer" in the best way possible.

An application for a "muffler" filed by H. P. Maxim, using the same concept of chambers giving gas time to expand and therefore reduce the sound they make.
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Fun fact: Maxim's original application for a muzzle device was for a "silencer" according to his own chosen wording on the application. "Suppressor" might more accurately describe what that device often does but it is NOT wrong to refer to them as silencers, merely somewhat misleading.

The patent H.P. Maxim was granted in 1924, titled "Silencer for guns." It is a very thick tube with a large hole in the center, with a bunch of chambers cut into the tube while leaving a thick wall on the outside. The gas, escaping behind the bullet, will push into the chambers as much as it will push forward, giving the gas more space to expand before it's pushing air and creating noise.
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So, the machine gun ban might be getting thrown out in the near future. Not "someone sort of thinks it's unconstitutional" it might get thrown out. "A judge has said it's unconstitutional and let someone charged with it go" it might get thrown out. Exciting times. www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...

Kansas judge dismisses machine gun and Glock switch charges, citing 2nd Amendment
Kansas judge dismisses machine gun and Glock switch charges, citing 2nd Amendment

A Kansas judge dismissed federal machine gun charges, including for a Glock switch, based on the Second Amendment and a SCOTUS gun rights decision.

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Hi there, and welcome to #FridayFucksorSucks! It's a weekly game with simple rules: guns fuck, or they suck. This week, we have the Portuguese AR10. Designed by Armalite but with the rights sold to a Dutch manufacturer, and a run of 5000 examples were adopted by Portuguese Paratroopers. Vote below!

The original, Portugese contract AR10's look almost like an AR10 in a movie where they specifically want to avoid what our eyes know the AR10 looks like by smashing in new, weird looking details. The waffle magazine, short polymer handguard with an additional metal handguard, and a very beefy grip and stock.

Photo Credit: Wikimedia
The AR-10 used polymer furniture for the wood and shorter part of the handguard, giving it a wood-like vibe in some lights but becoming clearly "fake wood" when a bright light was applied to it as here.

Photo Source: Modern Firearms.net
The charging handle is essentially the same trigger shape turned upside down and attached to the bolt carrier. Pulling back on it was arguably more natural, however the opening at the top for the handle meant there was a top-down hole for dirt to fall into and cause problems. Photo Credit: Guns magazine
With an optic mount and cheek riser added to "modernize" it is somewhat more capable, but also the gun highlights the flaws with this early-adopter platform as while these are interesting the fact that they have unique (read: wildly different) hardware means they are locked out of a lot of the upgrade paths made available for other AR10's and can best be thought of as their own thing.

Photo Credit: u/herrjanneman on Reddit.
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This channel is directly supported by individuals like you. I don't have sponsors, I focus on giving accurate and accessible firearms information to an audience that is often excluded and as a result of the venn diagrams the channel exists in I can't monetize outside of direct support from y'all.

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Hi there, and welcome to #FridayFucksorSucks! It's a weekly game with simple rules: guns fuck, or they suck. This week, we have the Portuguese AR10. Designed by Armalite but with the rights sold to a Dutch manufacturer, and a run of 5000 examples were adopted by Portuguese Paratroopers. Vote below!

The original, Portugese contract AR10's look almost like an AR10 in a movie where they specifically want to avoid what our eyes know the AR10 looks like by smashing in new, weird looking details. The waffle magazine, short polymer handguard with an additional metal handguard, and a very beefy grip and stock.

Photo Credit: Wikimedia
The AR-10 used polymer furniture for the wood and shorter part of the handguard, giving it a wood-like vibe in some lights but becoming clearly "fake wood" when a bright light was applied to it as here.

Photo Source: Modern Firearms.net
The charging handle is essentially the same trigger shape turned upside down and attached to the bolt carrier. Pulling back on it was arguably more natural, however the opening at the top for the handle meant there was a top-down hole for dirt to fall into and cause problems. Photo Credit: Guns magazine
With an optic mount and cheek riser added to "modernize" it is somewhat more capable, but also the gun highlights the flaws with this early-adopter platform as while these are interesting the fact that they have unique (read: wildly different) hardware means they are locked out of a lot of the upgrade paths made available for other AR10's and can best be thought of as their own thing.

Photo Credit: u/herrjanneman on Reddit.
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Hell yes, I love this for you. ^.^

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This is a positivity and wholesomeness thread. If you've got something positive to share or just something wholesome you want to show off, please do. Please and thank you.

You cannot kill me in a way that matters.
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Struggling just a little bit. Gonna focus on art stuff and try and distract myself with production for the next few hours, which is good because I need to finish this next episode. But if you've got good news or just some general positivity to share, I'd love to see it. <3 <3 <3

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Be kind to yourself. This is a threat.

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Queer Armorer
@queerarmorer.bsky.social
I arm queer folks. “Live free or fucking die.” -JStark1809. YouTube channel full of weird advice and weirder guns. I stream, run a software company, and Rainbow Reload. And I am perpetually tired.
655 followers82 following406 posts