JohnC

Build your own? Mega Maten? Almost 100 pages here: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_121/516132_The_BIG_Mega_MaTen_Answer_thread__FAQ_covering_LPK__Barrels__Bolts__Stocks__EXT__Check_here_first_.html&page=1

Nice AK! :up: It's 100% assembled in TN with USA parts? Or?

Fixed your video so it id embedded now. :up: Looks fun! He build that himself?

Just an update on the rail fitment.... So I moved the old rail back to my Colt LE 6920 after I got the new Troy MRF-C 7 inch finally. When I went to install the rail last night, it would not fit together. I looked and the top half of rail was sitting on the XLP gas block and needed to come down to be level. So I had to break out the Dremel, take a sandpaper roll and remove material in the area around the gas block. Just taking the roll and placing it between the valley where the gas tube normally runs to trim back the corners on each side gave me the clearance I needed to fit the gas block. I also noticed when trying to install the rail that my drive rod, the part that holds the spring and rests on the barrel nut, had a mark where it looked like it made contact with the rail when I was trying to install it. So I again took out the Dremel and clearanced an area from the barrel nut forward (just enough) to be sure no contact was made there. Afterward, i got it all back together and everything fit and had plenty of clearance. I just wanted to get that out there so you all would know before you got the Troy rail, that it will need a small amount of clearance to work to fit under the Adams Arms XLP gas block. Mega Pistol build is DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jeff might be able to do that for you: http://gunsandleather.com/gunsmith/

I left my Mustang GT at my parents while going to MTSU at first and drove an old 230k mile 1987 F250 (until it overheated and popped a head gasket via letting my dad drive it and he didn't check the coolant like i told him to [radiator had leak]). I had a cheap detachable face Pioneer CD player in the dash with face on, but the truck looked so old, they skipped it and went for the newer nicer cars. Had they even looked, they'd probably busted my window and stole my CD player. I got lucky that day. Sometimes having an old beater and not having to worry about it is better than having an expensive new vehicle.  

Trust me, I know how you feel. I built a AR15 Pistol with small, lightweight, and cheap in mind for a SHTF truck gun. It morphed in to over a $2k build that isn't very light nor compact. :meh: But man does it handle and shoot nice! http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/90272-mega-arms-ar15-pistol-build/ So my AK47 Pistol will be the truck gun for now.

Sig Brace :dunno:

I think a 7.62x39 out of a 10in barrel is going to do plenty. Look at any pistol with a 7.62 bullet and less powder and barrel length and they're plenty lethal. Also, if a 28 to 40 grain 5.7x28mm out of a Five-seveN pistol with 4.8in barrel is lethal (see 13 dead at Fort Hood terrorist attack), I think a 62 grain 5.56x45 out of an AR Pistol will be fine. I doubt your threat is going to be very far away in a SHTF active shooter aka terrorist attack, so these rifle caliber pistols ought to be fine. Plus, in a self-defense shooting, you don't want to be shooting at someone 200 yards away as I bet a DA will see that as a situation you could have escaped and might try to charge you. :shrug: All opinions here, so take it fwiw. :up:

Here it is... https://proshop.tac2.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=56 Similar to the above^

Let me grab a link to one I seen a while back. It has law tactical folder, folding pistol grip, and the barrel has a quick detach, so it'll fit in a small bag like something you'd take your gym shoes home in. :up:

If it works, why join the frenzy? It might bankrupt a company making a good product. Not taking sides and I don't own one... But I don't operate in adverse conditions like mil/leo's so if my EOTech worked flawlessly as a civilian owned range toy, I would not try to get a refund.

Never. If you leave a gun in your car over-night, you're at a high risk of it being stolen and I am not one to want to make it so easy for a criminal to get a gun like an AR or AK. :meh: What if a meth-head gets it and then decides to do a home invasion? Just take the thing inside when you're home. It might be a PITA, but its is better than the alternative. Night is the time thieves break in to cars. I've lived in places where entire rows of cars got broken in to in the early AM (mostly 3-4am). When I lived out by MTSU, I actually woke out of deep sleep to glass breaking, but was so tired I fell right back asleep. When I came outside the next day, all the cars in the row in front of my window had broken drivers side windows and had anything of value stolen. Some of the jobless thugs make a living trolling apartment complexes in the AM. They break in to any vehicle that looks like they might have something of value and then they sale the loot for a real low price just to move the stolen goods and make a quick buck. Alarms won't save you. If they know it has an alarm, they get under the car and cut the battery cable. On of my friends had a Jeep SUV with a radio system. Being a 4x4, they got right under there and cut his battery wire and alarm horn thingy and then ripped his jeep apart to get that system out - all while he slept.

I was on Calguns and they told me to buy an AR Pistol new, it has to be single shot. WTF? If you build one, it can't be from a new stripped lower; has to be 80% and then built in to single shot, etc. Example:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-supreme-court-assault-weapon-20151207-story.html The Supreme Court gave an apparent green light Monday to lawmakers who want to restrict the sale of guns such as the rapid-fire weapons that have been used in the recent wave of mass shootings from Paris to San Bernardino. The justices by a 7-2 vote turned down a 2nd Amendment challenge to a local ordinance in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park which banned the sale or possession of semiautomatic guns that carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition. In dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas said the high court, by refusing to consider a challenge to that law, was "relegating the 2nd Amendment to a second-class right." The court's decision was not a formal ruling -- the justices simply decided not to consider an appeal by gun-rights advocates. But it strongly suggests the majority of the court does not see the 2nd Amendment as protecting a right to own or carry powerful weapons in public. "The court’s decision will encourage gun control advocates to push more cities and states to enact assault weapons bans," said UCLA law professor Adam Winkler, an expert on gun rights. "The justices appear anything but eager to enter into the 2nd Amendment fray again," he added. "Perhaps, like many in America, some of the justices are viewing gun control through the lens of the recent mass shootings." The court's only two previous decisions upholding gun rights struck down city ordinances in Chicago and Washington, D.C., that prohibited residents from keeping a handgun at home for self-defense. Since then, the justices have repeatedly refused to hear appeals from gun-rights advocates who have sought to extend the 2nd Amendment right beyond handguns at home, to include, for example, carrying weapons in public. The high court's action comes at a time of renewed public debate and fear over the use of military-style assault weapons in mass shootings in recent weeks. Advocates of bans on military-style weapons had pointed to mass shootings before this year and argued that rapid-fire rifles and handguns posed a special danger to public safety. California and seven other states -- Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York -- have adopted laws similar to the Highland Park ordinance as have several other cities in the Chicago area. The court's decision not to hear the appeal has the effect of upholding the laws in Highland Park and elsewhere. In the aftermath of the San Bernardino shooting, several California lawmakers have proposed additional restrictions on gun sales to close what they characterize as loopholes in the state's restrictions, which already are among the toughest in the country. The justices meeting in their private weekly conferences had considered the gun-rights appeal over two months at a time of repeated mass shootings. Gun control supporters argue that the recent shootings demonstrate the need for tighter controls. Opponents of gun control say, to the contrary, that the shootings demonstrated the limited effectiveness of such measures, since France and California already strictly regulate gun sales. Because the court decided not to consider the appeal, the justices in the majority did not issue a written opinion. The dissenters in Friedman vs. City of Highland Park, Thomas and Justice Antonin Scalia, wrote to explain why they thought the court should have considered the appeal. The decision upholds "categorical bans on firearms that millions of Americans commonly own for lawful purposes," they wrote. "If broad bans on firearms can be upheld based on the conjecture that the public might feel safer (while being no safer at all), then the 2nd Amendment guarantees nothing." The case began after Highland Park adopted its ban on semiautomatic weapons in 2013. Dr. Arie Friedman and the Illinois State Rifle Assn. filed suit and contended the measure was unconstitutional. They argued the weapons affected, including the AR-15, were among the most popular guns sold in this country. "The millions of Americans who use such 'assault weapons' use them for the same lawful purposes as any other type of lawful firearm: hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense," they argued in court papers. But a federal judge upheld the law. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Chicago, did the same in a 2-1 decision in April. Appeals court Judge Frank Easterbrook said judges should defer to city and state officials who seek to protect the public's safety. "Assault weapons with large-capacity magazines can fire more shots, faster and thus can be more dangerous in the aggregate," he said. "Why else are they the weapons of choice in mass shootings?" Friedman filed an appeal with the high court in July, which won the backing of theNational Rifle Assn. and the state attorneys from 23 mostly Republican-led states. Bans on rapid-fire weapons have been upheld by federal appeals courts in San Francisco and New York in addition to the 7th Circuit panel that upheld the Highland Park ordinance. Dan Gross, president of the Brady Center, a gun-control advocacy group, said the court’s decision was a victory for common sense. "By rejecting this case, the Supreme Court sided with a community that has taken action to protect itself from the type of violence we’ve seen in San Bernardino, on college campuses and in movie theaters. The American people have had enough of gun violence," he said. But Chuck Michel, a Long Beach lawyer and president of the California Rifle & Pistol Assn., said he still wants to see a formal ruling from the high court on the reach of the 2nd Amendment. "It is only a matter of time before the Supreme Court takes a case, sets things straight, and properly subjects this and similar unconstitutional laws to renewed challenge,” Michel said.

Sorry for the crap video, but holding the camera one handed/between my knees to record wasn't easy. Lol https://vimeo.com/148192344 I have the rail off right now because I'm waiting for the new one to come in. The one I tested that fit was the Troy MRF 7 off my Colt LE6920. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Law Tactical folder finally came. I have one issue with it that I am going to contact them about. The Bolt Carrier Extension part fits loosely in the Adams Arms BCG. I tested it on my mil-spec Colt LE6920 and it fit better. That said, I think if I can find some o-rings that can take some heat, I can take-up the excess clearance. I'll get a video in a second...

Why not just get an AK pistol?    Cheap ammo and cheap gun. :up:   On sale here for $459 and they come with two steel 30rd mags that lock the bolt back on empty.  But out of stock: http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-rifles/zastava-pap-m92-pv-pistol-hg3089-n-detail.html?Itemid=0 https://youtu.be/BGazuiBdGvk In stock here as of this post: http://www.jgsales.com/yugo-zastava-pap-m92pv-ak-style-pistol,-krinkov-pattern,-7.62x39,-wood-stock,-new.-p-57965.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJvNZprEwo   I have one myself. If you don't put a flash hider on it, it'll fit in a backpack fine. Removing the flash hider is simple, though.

Rifle or pistol? AR pistols are a lot of fun. Great at closer ranges. Less weight and easier to carry. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wouldn't base a decision solely on a torture test unless he's Mil/Leo or a survivalist living in a jungle. Is he going to be using it in a harsh environment or battlefield?

I can agree with that. I doubt 99% of us here would be putting a handgun through that much abuse in a lifetime, so these torture tests really only serve as sacrificial entertainment. lol It is fun to see how much abuse some of these guns can take, though.

I hate yellow jackets and wasps with a passion. I've gone to war with them numerous times around my parents house. I've made Raid rich buying their Hornet and Wasp killer.

If the FN Five-seveN is in your budget, try one out. I love mine. http://www.fnhusa.com/products/handguns/fn-five-seven/five-seven/ http://www.fnhusa.com/products/ammunition/ That said, I'd still like to try the PMR30. :up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOu5ZGfgtVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79JHYiaQlE4 Thoughts on this?