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@Andrew Blade
Its all good man. You seem like the sort of chap who actually remains balanced when he evaluates stuff.

No i didnt spot the 6.5 Creedmore. I dont know much about the round but i did see they had a springfield M1A in it now which i reviewed as a candidate for my M-LMG. It lost out because the M1A cant have a full auto trigger pack dropped in.

I also respect you for choosing the 6.5 grendel because 6mm rounds rock, we're of very similar thinking. The x39russian cartridge is quite common in the US, there are, like, 7 manufacturers of it so you'll never have to import. But the only reason i chose the 6.8 is due to using the same STANAG magazines as the .223, there is way more research into those and how they behave and making them reliable.

Yeah, some of my guys may end up aquiring some 9mm 154gr weapons in that case. What do you carry it in?
I am super-duper sorry, Banzai. I love LWRC's stuff, and I was a huge fan of their move into the piston world, but you're gonna have a bad time with an LWRC piston gun after a few thousand rounds. LWRC does not use a BCG/buffer-tube combo that prevents carrier tilt, and after a while, that BCG is going to be scraping against the base of the buffer tube. It might not be a deal breaker for you, but if you're planning on getting them for their durability... In the real world, you would be disappointed after a while.

In addition, the 6.8 SPC does not use .40 casings, not even close. the .40 casing is way way way too short to accomodate the 6.8 round, not to mention the 6.8 is 6.8 mm and the .40 is 10mm in diameter. The 6.8 SPC and SPC II use the .30 Remington case.

I love the Sig 716 DMR :) They solved the carrier tilt problem by using a proprietary BCG design that floats the bcg over the buffer tube floor.


I thought that both the 6.8 and .40 and 10mm came from the... taka taka
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30_Remington
So you can neck down any larger into a smaller. But not in reverse. That dog wont hunt.

Yes, i was aware that carrier tilt was a general problem plaguing ARs, i thought i'd get away with it for a while and didnt want to make the budget list into indevidual rifle components, thats why i included a littel redundancy, but HEY! I have a CNC that can make carrier shims or whatever.

I notice you hate the .40 :) i dont. And i think ive stolen a bit of a march on you. Heres my thinking. No Civilian or police pistol caliber will penetrate body armour these days. So what do they have to penetrate? A glass windshield for a start. So what do you do when your using a 9mm? Go up to 147 grain so it penetrates and doesnt dowhateveritdoes? But the 9mm loses some of its appealing characteristics when its as heavy as 147, range for one. Do you know what round has all the benefits and none of the drawbacks? Its the .357sig! ofco... i mean the .40+P! The .40 already has a projectile thats ~145gr and can fit enough powder to make sure it goes through that glass/wood/cardoor. Infact with a .40 you can make it replicate any caliber from a 9 to .357sig to light 10mm load, without having to switch platforms. I dont hate the .40! I hate the 9!
Oh! And don't ever get a rifle chambered in 5.56 "because in the case of the apocalypse, everybody else has the same thing, so ammo will be everywhere!"

... If you find ammo laying around, you know what else is probably within the vicinity? A firearm chambered in that caliber. No one is going to take a dead guy's AR-15, but leave all of his ammo for the next guy to grab. If you scavenge ammo, you're also scavenging guns, so no need to get the most popular offering just because it's compatible. There will be no shortage of compatible weapon systems.


This comment alone.

Made my day.

Please see the Application notes before reading this on the previouse page. I dont want anyone to get annoyed as to why ive done things.

Notes on application:

I created this application after about 4 years of thought on creating a clan center with disaster preparadness folded in. This took into account real world sources of money, it just so happens i have enough money to make a start on it and i also know one other wealthy backer, who, we'll pretend for this game is interested in it. With this i was able to work out a relativly conservative (ha!) budget. Bare in mind that i intend to run this as a colony game and have atleast 20 people, so funding of this size would not be uncommon for that many people.

The people ive included are not all PCs but i may use them from time to time to spice up interactions. I will also have a number of non-NPC characters who i'll flesh out as appropriate. I hope you have some random tables for recruitment drawn up!
Actually i wouldnt mind some help coming up with a location. I dont live in the US so i dont know any good areas. But basically my stronghold will be located on the outskirts of a city by a mountian with a lake behind it. I want somewhere with that raccoon city feel so pleanty of trees and colder climate. I initially thought east coast but i could streatch to somewhere elese. I would like to be based around other players if possible.

Wait untill you see my gear, i put allota work into this badboy and i would love some criticism.
I plan on starting with 9 and going up to atleast 20.
@ClocktowerEchos Haha, when i was looking up something for my characters one of the companies i clicked on the product root and it turned out the other thing they made was ball barings, which i tried to steer well clear of. Im gonna be sorry when james bond catches up with me.
Still working on my WIP btw. Its probably 75% done.
Oh man im WAY into this. Its only what ive been thinking about for the past 4 years.

Would you be ok with my picking a fairly large clan of people for the story? Atleast 3 families, and may infact keep growing. They will all be connected together through a common clan in the Scottish sense. The budgeting will be real world, except there will be a fairly large cash injection initially as the family has a few wealthy backers. However as society deteriorates there will be no banks to draw money out of and no dividends from shares so we'll be on our own.

I hope the disaster is something a bit different from zombies, of all the disasters that one is the least likely. Not that it woulnt be fun.

I used to be a prepper, and i love colony games. Lets get this on like diddy-kong.
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