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Posted: 2004-10-23 07:18pm
by Ma Deuce
Jean Paul wrote:Um, is it legal to make a 3d computer model of a firearm?

I mean if someone were to take said mesh, and plug it into a CNC machine shop...
:roll:

I'm just going to pretend I didn't see that, because frankly it's one of the stupidest things I've ever read...

Posted: 2004-10-23 07:20pm
by The Cleric
Jean Paul wrote:Um, is it legal to make a 3d computer model of a firearm?

I mean if someone were to take said mesh, and plug it into a CNC machine shop...
Only if you're retarded.

Posted: 2004-10-23 09:36pm
by Alyeska
Ma Deuce wrote:
Alyeska wrote:Accuracy is just as important in close range and the ability to rapidly fire and shift targets and aim faster is a marked advantage over the M14.
I fail to see how the modern versions of the M16 (A2/A3/A4) can shift targets faster than the M14, seeing that they're only slightly shorter and lighter...
Recoil. The more recoil you get the longer it takes to aim. This is more important when it comes to shorter range combat.

Posted: 2004-10-23 10:44pm
by Sea Skimmer
Julhelm wrote:7.62 NATO has better penetration and more power than 5.56, while the 5.56 is easier to control and has supposedly better tumbling characteristics, from someone who has used both the G3 and the FNC.
Even when it tumbles, and the SS109 SAP ammuntion everyone now stupidly uses doesn't, 5.56mm is still less much effective at stopping a man then 7.62x51mm.

Posted: 2004-10-23 11:11pm
by Howedar
Jean Paul wrote:Um, is it legal to make a 3d computer model of a firearm?

I mean if someone were to take said mesh, and plug it into a CNC machine shop...
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Cause, you know, even if this weren't terminally stupid to begin with, do you think 3d artists precisely model the inner workings of their subject? And even then, since precisely when is constructing a firearm illegal?

Posted: 2004-10-23 11:45pm
by Rob Wilson
Alyeska wrote:
Ma Deuce wrote:
Alyeska wrote:Accuracy is just as important in close range and the ability to rapidly fire and shift targets and aim faster is a marked advantage over the M14.
I fail to see how the modern versions of the M16 (A2/A3/A4) can shift targets faster than the M14, seeing that they're only slightly shorter and lighter...
Recoil. The more recoil you get the longer it takes to aim. This is more important when it comes to shorter range combat.
Only if you are the feeblest person on the planet, and never trained with the weapon, would the difference in recoil be a problem. Believe it or not the recoil from a 5.56 weapon is a problem for people that never fired before. But practice helps them get used to it. Strangely enough the same thing happens with 7.62 :shock: :P

I'm still waiting for the empirical evidence for your assertation.
Julhelm wrote:7.62 NATO has better penetration and more power than 5.56, while the 5.56 is easier to control and has supposedly better tumbling characteristics, from someone who has used both the G3 and the FNC.
And adequate training ensures that any soldier can control a 7.62 rifle as easily as a 5.56 rifle in rapid fire (as opposed to auto). From someone who's used the SLR, L85A1, L86A1, L1A1, FN MAG, M-16, FN FNC, AK-74, G3, G-53, Galil, Dragunov, PKM, and a fair few other 7.62 and 5.56 weapons. :P

Posted: 2004-10-23 11:56pm
by Darth Wong
Howedar wrote:
Jean Paul wrote:Um, is it legal to make a 3d computer model of a firearm?

I mean if someone were to take said mesh, and plug it into a CNC machine shop...
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Cause, you know, even if this weren't terminally stupid to begin with, do you think 3d artists precisely model the inner workings of their subject? And even then, since precisely when is constructing a firearm illegal?
Most graphic designers have no clue about how to construct a real 3D model, although I have made real true-3D models for engineering purposes instead of this "mesh" crap, and the modeling software can easily produce a rendered image. Although I agree that it's highly unlikely that the picture in the original frame was from a real 3D model instead of a graphical mesh.

Anyway, regarding the legal issue, you should know that Jean Paul hails from the UK. Maybe their laws are different in this regard.

Posted: 2004-10-24 01:52pm
by Ma Deuce
Rob Wilson wrote:Only if you are the feeblest person on the planet, and never trained with the weapon, would the difference in recoil be a problem. Believe it or not the recoil from a 5.56 weapon is a problem for people that never fired before. But practice helps them get used to it. Strangely enough the same thing happens with 7.62
Which means the US Army would do well to adopt this :D (rather than the XM8, which is really nothing more another generic "rabbit shooter", despite the wank the US Army and H&K are putting about about it)
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I think Julhelm did a mesh of one of these as well (but with a flat-top receiver) ...

Posted: 2004-10-24 04:06pm
by SirNitram
Darth Wong wrote:Anyway, regarding the legal issue, you should know that Jean Paul hails from the UK. Maybe their laws are different in this regard.
The lack of armed riot squads bursting into game stores stands against this. Jeez, I remember some twit talking about drawing pictures of guns being a 'Gun crime' now. I wonder if this Jean Paul ran into that retard.

Posted: 2004-10-24 04:28pm
by Alyeska
SirNitram wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Anyway, regarding the legal issue, you should know that Jean Paul hails from the UK. Maybe their laws are different in this regard.
The lack of armed riot squads bursting into game stores stands against this. Jeez, I remember some twit talking about drawing pictures of guns being a 'Gun crime' now. I wonder if this Jean Paul ran into that retard.
Who the hell considered drawings of guns to be a crime?

Posted: 2004-10-24 04:36pm
by SirNitram
Alyeska wrote:
SirNitram wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Anyway, regarding the legal issue, you should know that Jean Paul hails from the UK. Maybe their laws are different in this regard.
The lack of armed riot squads bursting into game stores stands against this. Jeez, I remember some twit talking about drawing pictures of guns being a 'Gun crime' now. I wonder if this Jean Paul ran into that retard.
Who the hell considered drawings of guns to be a crime?
I simply quote the FUQ, as it happened to have it.

Quote #492 -- C.S.Strowbridge -- Insults

Spyda: Death toll from US high school shootings over the past 3 to 5 years: 69
Transcend: Shootings or "gun incidents"? Because they count a kid drawing a picture of a gun as a
"gun incident" now...
Me: Are you mentally retarded? Seriously. This isn't a insult it will determine how I debate you
in the future. And after you answer that question maybe you can tell us how can someone fatally
draw a picture of a gun?

Posted: 2004-10-24 05:21pm
by Julhelm
Rob Wilson wrote:And adequate training ensures that any soldier can control a 7.62 rifle as easily as a 5.56 rifle in rapid fire (as opposed to auto). From someone who's used the SLR, L85A1, L86A1, L1A1, FN MAG, M-16, FN FNC, AK-74, G3, G-53, Galil, Dragunov, PKM, and a fair few other 7.62 and 5.56 weapons. :P
There's still the weight issue. A soldier armed with a 5.56 rifle can carry more ammunition than his pal who has a 7.62 rifle. Also, 5.56 rifles themselves tend to be lighter than their 7.62 battlerifle counterparts, which is a pretty important consideration if you're going to carry it around for prolonged periods.

Posted: 2004-10-24 05:39pm
by Ma Deuce
Julhelm wrote:There's still the weight issue. A soldier armed with a 5.56 rifle can carry more ammunition than his pal who has a 7.62 rifle. Also, 5.56 rifles themselves tend to be lighter than their 7.62 battlerifle counterparts, which is a pretty important consideration if you're going to carry it around for prolonged periods.
Yeah, but the greater weight and size of 7.62 NATO is compensated for by the fact that it's much more lethal than 5.56 NATO, considering it carries about twice the muzzle energy. Still, the ideal cartridge for an infantry rifle would probably be somewhere in between, like the 6.8x43mm SPC...

Posted: 2004-10-24 06:12pm
by Julhelm
Which is why we should adopt a middle caliber, that retains the 5.56 pros of less weight and easier control, and the 7.62 pros of lethality and impact force.

Posted: 2004-10-24 07:36pm
by Alyeska
5.56mm weapons CAN be lethal if armed with the right cartridges.

Posted: 2004-10-25 10:42am
by Ma Deuce
Alyeska wrote:5.56mm weapons CAN be lethal if armed with the right cartridges.
Yeah, but you have to go "all or nothing" when designing 5.56mm cartridges. If you make them good manstoppers, they have very poor penetration: Despite being fairly good manstoppers, the Vietnam-era "tumbling" rounds couldn't even penetrate the windshield of a car. The later SS109 cartridges had good penetration (as they were designed to), but...well you know the rest.

Posted: 2004-11-03 11:54pm
by Illuminatus Primus
MKSheppard wrote:
Alyeska wrote:M14 can't be fired very quickly while retaining accuracy. The M14 is a superior long range weapon but inferior at close combat compared to the M16.
And the M-16 was supposed to be the replacement for the M-1 Carbine,
while the M-14 was the Battle rifle. Unfortunately, someone saw the
US Military buying two rifles, and ordered them to buy the cheepest one.

That someone was McNamara.
Wow, that would've kicked ass.