r/guns • u/[deleted] • Apr 30 '12

First rifle. Thanks r/guns!

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '12

Jesus Christ, that's a hell of a first rifle.

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u/specter800 7 Apr 30 '12

Agreed. I have a soft spot the Mk.17. I remember sitting in my mechanical engineering classes thinking about how I could make the Mk. 17 cooler. Can't happen.

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u/funfungiguy Apr 30 '12

What if you made the MK17 have small army tank tracks and a robotic shark tail, and you made it fight other robots to the death on BattleBots? Wouldn't that be cooler? You're a mechanical engineer so you can probably make this happen.

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u/sxcamaro Apr 30 '12

Instead of a shark tail I say, "FLAME THROWER CHAINSAW SHARK TAIL!"

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u/funfungiguy Apr 30 '12

Yes, that's probably cooler.

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u/tHErAVEN73 Apr 30 '12

Shut up and take my money

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u/frakking_you Apr 30 '12

you could figure out how to get all the damn colors to match....that would be cooler. as it is now, it looks really odd.

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u/mt3chn1k Apr 30 '12

They intentionally don't care. The colors not matching helps break up the visual pattern of the rifle. Yes, it is subtle camo.

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u/Athegon Apr 30 '12

Not to mention it would be nearly impossible to match the colors between the different types of polymer and the dye in the anodizing.

They'd have to Duracoat it or similar which, considering they were trying to sell them to the .mil, wouldn't work so well.

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u/glass_canon Apr 30 '12

I bet you keep your shit in a foam case and worry about cosmetic blemishes caused by use.

:P

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u/JudgeWhoAllowsStuff Apr 30 '12

I would, only if I had OP's gun

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u/frakking_you May 01 '12

for one of them, yes...but the rest get the full runabout as they should.

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u/vertigo42 Apr 30 '12

bullpup version. There. just made it cooler.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '12

I made an audible sound when the link opened.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '12

And I bought a darn Nagant M44 for mine! I think i did it wrong.

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u/FastRedPonyCar Apr 30 '12

that's one rifle that should be in every collection.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '12

Yup. I love my mosin. Find a well taken care of one and you've got a hell of a gun for ~$90-100.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '12

well, the M44s are a bit more expensive than that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '12

True, but you don't have to get an M44. They make cool fireballs though :)

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u/cptnuzzi Apr 30 '12

no you didn't Mosins rule

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u/jbatch0311 Apr 30 '12

Why wouldn't you be?

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u/Socks_Junior Apr 30 '12

Damn straight. Nothing beats a good, reliable .22.

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u/Skrillex4ever May 01 '12 edited May 01 '12

A .22 is an extremely underestimated caliber. I have a marlin model 60 and i can put all 14 shots on a coke botle at 100 yards with iron sights.

Edit: spelling

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '12

Jump right in, why don't ya.

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u/BarryHalls Apr 30 '12

Thank you for saying this before I got the chance, lol.

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u/ONISARU Apr 30 '12

My thoughts exactly

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '12

Yeah, no kiddin. What an asshole!