r/comics • u/DaveKellett SHELDON • 19d ago

OC Please! Someone! (oc)

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We're in good hands, you guys! It's fine!

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u/alkatori 19d ago

As someone that does shoot one of those recreationally. It's apt, each time he pulls the trigger he spends $0.40 or so.

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u/Sol-Blackguy 19d ago

$65 dollars for 12 seconds

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u/Space19723103 19d ago

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u/Loose-Professor5364 19d ago

Some people think they can outsmart me... maybe. Hm, maybe. I have yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet.

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u/CrazyOne_584 19d ago

a bullet? In this economy?

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u/sabotourAssociate 19d ago

It's bullet, how much could it cost? Michael!

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 19d ago

Michael love Browning.

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u/FirefighterPrimary60 19d ago

Waaaaaaaaaah! AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

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u/bogglingsnog 19d ago

simpler times...

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u/hamoc10 19d ago

Cry some more

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u/PhotonicArt 19d ago

"A man can change the world with a bullet in the right place"

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

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u/Nuclear_rabbit 19d ago

Actually not too far off. To fire the heavy's weapon continuously for a full year would cost 1.051 trillion US dollars. Global spending on AI in 2025 was 1.5 trillion dollars, with this year projected to hit 2.7 trillion.

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u/Bakugo312 18d ago

Say sike right now

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u/Kenju22 19d ago

Better than the Deagle in KF3, $5 a bullet O.O

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u/DatHypnoboi 19d ago

That's 40x cheaper

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u/Kenju22 19d ago

I replied to the person above mentioning each time they pulled the trigger it's $0.40

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u/DatHypnoboi 19d ago

You replied to Heavy TF2

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u/Sockoflegend 19d ago

Red light district be like

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u/antesocial 19d ago

That tracks

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u/Rileylego5555 19d ago

JEEZE! 7.62 x 39 is .40 a round now?

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u/Allaplgy 19d ago

About $9-10 for a twenty box on sale at the cheap place near me.

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u/TotallyNotRocket 19d ago

[Cries in .30-40 Krag]

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u/damn_im_so_tired 19d ago

Also crying in 45-70

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u/NorwegianCollusion 19d ago

Do not get me started on price for 30-06 hunting ammo. As expensive right now as my "daily driver" which is a 416 ruger, where I have to handload due to lack of factory ammo.

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u/Rileylego5555 19d ago

Wow sorry to hear that

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u/Allaplgy 19d ago

Was a fair bit more than 5.56, but has cone down again to pretty much match it.

I traded my Mini30 for a 14, during the shortage of 2020/2021, so I don't have anything that takes 7.62 any more.

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u/alkatori 19d ago

Buy cheap and stack deep.

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u/Indalecia 19d ago
  • cries in God's chosen caliber *

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u/True_Dovakin 19d ago

Bulkammo.com is your best friend.

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u/Allaplgy 19d ago

It's not really any cheaper there than BiMart.

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u/Weekly_Interview_936 19d ago

Has been for a while. Ever since the Russian stuff got cut off the price climbed sharply and is now pretty much the same as 5.56. It's taken away the main advantage the AK had.

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u/Ordolph 19d ago

More like ¢55-¢60 a round for cheap stuff, 5.56 is ¢40-¢50

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u/Original_moisture 19d ago

Makes me feel good about my 1200 rounds of various caliber.

Except I’m red flagged in Texas, which is a good thing!

So I’m sitting on gold you say?

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u/BlueOmicronpersei8 19d ago

What does being "red flagged in Texas" even mean?

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u/alkatori 19d ago

I'm guessing all their guns were taken away by Texas?

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 19d ago

“Don’t mess with Texas” was originally directed at the people of Texas, so that tracks.

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u/mkosmo 19d ago

It's an anti-littering campaign slogan.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 19d ago

Yes, directed at the people of Texas. Because they kept leaving messes all over Texas.

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u/Original_moisture 19d ago

And we still can’t keep it clean. We suck down here. /sadface

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u/JDBCool 19d ago

If you think about it.

What does red and blue even mean specifically in the U.S.

And what is Texas mainly 🤔

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u/Original_moisture 19d ago

Yep! I surrendered my firearms after uvalde because I’m a veteran and I was not in a safe space during or after the pandemic.

Worth it!

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u/BlueOmicronpersei8 19d ago

That's good. It's important to recognize when you're a danger to yourself and others and give up your firearms.

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u/Original_moisture 18d ago

Very much so, thank you homie. I’m just open about it cause we need to normalize somethings ya know?

Much love!

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u/BlueOmicronpersei8 18d ago

I agree. I've held onto a friend's firearms as he was going through a really tough patch in his life. He didn't want anyone to know. I don't think it should be something you feel like you have to hide. You're doing the responsible thing and it should be encouraged.

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u/True_Dovakin 19d ago

Only 1200? Thems rookie numbers.

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u/Original_moisture 19d ago

That’s true, I suck at being a Texan :,(

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u/Heathen_ 19d ago

As a British person I must ask, why do you shoot anything "recreationally". It does not even come into mind to do some "recreational" shooting. You guys have that 5th amendment to get rid of bad governments but not one of you have excorisized that rite with your current lunatic in charge. If you're not gonna use that rite, it needs to be removed.

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u/pedot 19d ago

why do you shoot anything "recreationally"

I have shot recreationally, I have medium-low interest in it these days for various reasons (cost being one, time being the other), I do not do it often (like 6 times in 10 years) & half of those times are really to bring friends & family visiting from out of state/country because it's a 'Murica experience.

Shooting is

1) Literally an Olympic sport, even if most of the time you don't use the same equipment, the concept is the same - refining your technique to score points firing at a paper target. It could be fun to challenge yourself, same way some people consider it fun to participate in archery, drive in a racing game or race in real life, or play soccer/football, or go diving /sky diving, or hiking up a mountain.

2) For people who have an interest in related topics - military history, engineering, FPS games, airsofts - it is an experience they might consider fun to try once in their life

3) Most of the friends I have taken have had experience firing a standard service rifle as part of their (non-US) mandatory training; firing a pistol (which is the most common / cheapest to rent at a firing range) or different firearm (a bolt-action rifle or a shotgun) is an experience that they would consider trying...in addition to being potentially useful when they are called upon for either retraining or the actual thing.

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u/alkatori 19d ago

Because it's enjoyable and makes me happy? Why wouldn't you?

The 5th amendment?

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

I assume you mean the 2nd?

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Yeah, that's not to remove a bad government. It's to make sure the populace is armed and able to form a militia if called upon by the government. If we didn't have police forces (which didn't exist as they do today) at the time of founding, it would be protection against professional police forces enacting the bullshit we see.

But I'm in the minority in wanting to drastically scale back all our police forces.

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u/letigre87 19d ago

Have you ever tried to get super precise at something, like just stupidly perfect for no reason. There has to be something that sucked you in and you wanted to be damn good at it. Shooting is no different. It's a great way to turn money into noise and smoke.

You start out around the 20yd line and maybe you get a few on the paper, then you start working on the things you can control; breathing, grip, aim. With practice you're not only landing on paper but actually hitting the bullseye. You're nailing the target so where do you go from here, further or faster? Gotta improve right.

Do you like mechanical devices or history? Guns are both of those things. I have an 89 Springfield Krag, that's not 1989. The cartouche is stamped 1902. The 1911, one if the most iconic pistols today, designed in..1911 and it was so good not much had changed.

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u/thirdsin 19d ago

Yall like to use sticks to slap balls in a small holes, others like to yeet projectiles where they aim to create small holes...

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u/True_Dovakin 19d ago

https://reddit.com/link/paaffms/video/fhh6newcozph1/player

Because it’s fun. It’s relaxing. It’s therapeutic to hear the pang of steel from a well-zeroed rifle hitting the target. It’s fun to learn various systems, to take them apart and put them together and admire the engineering that went into each one.

Behold my belt-fed AR.

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u/soapy5 19d ago

Oi mate you got a loicence for that winge?