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My girlfriend has been getting into shooting over the course of this year, going from zero to having basic skills down, and acquiring an FN 509 Tactical, Ruger 10/22, and Ruger 22/45.

Right now we’re continuing to refine fundamentals, but she hopes to get into casual competition next spring or so. Totally rational or not, her dream is to do local fun matches with an MP5. She’s been drawn to them since first seeing one at a gunshop and not knowing what it was, and has shot several that folks at our friendly local range let her try, and it’s her favorite firearm by far.

She’ll have some money together next year and wants to buy an MP5 clone, almost certainly by MKE/Century. She still hasn’t decided on regular vs K, and agnostic on lower so long as it has or we can add an ambi selector (she’s lefty),

My concerns:

— what are the top genres/forms of casual competition where an MP5 would be a decent option? (My understanding is an MP5 isn’t the absolutely most competitive platform, but chosen by folks who enjoy the platform more than shaving off every micro-second)

— Is there any shooting sport where a short K is at an advantage, or is a full-length universally better?

— do I understand right than a lot of competitions don’t allow braces, or don’t allow “but the court said and I joined GOA” unregistered with stock, and it’s absolutely mandatory to Form 1 SBR and engrave to be allowed to compete at even the most casual level?

Thanks for any thoughts on helping her decide on a form of MP5 that speaks to her, but also wouldn’t rule out too many forms of competition. For ergonomic context she’s 5’1” and lefty, so controls and LOP are considerations.

I’m currently in the Marine Corps DEP and switching to the Navy. My Marine recruiter told me he already completed and submitted my release paperwork to his higher-ups, so at this point we’re just waiting on them to process it.
I was told releases are handled on the first of each month, but August 1st passed and it’s now August 14th with no release yet. My Navy recruiter is waiting for the release before they can move forward with me.
I’ve already taken the ASVAB and gone through MEPS with the Marines.
For anyone who has switched branches while in DEP, how long did your release take after your recruiter submitted the paperwork? Even a rough timeline would help.

My fiancée is 5’1 so a lot of milsurp stuff is kinda unwieldy at her size, but our LGS had a Carcano carbine and she found the overall balance and length of pull to be great. But she’s shot an 8mm Mauser and Arisaka with standard loads and found them to not be enjoyable after a few rounds.

We’re not going to hunt with it or anything that needs full-power loads, and I’ll be taking my single-stage press out of storage for the first time in years in the fall, so would it be a viable option to get the little Carcano, some 6.5 brass, and maybe some basic cast bullets and load up relatively light loadings for it, just for plinking at the range?

If the soft-loaded milsurp idea is viable, but another platform and cartridge would be smarter, I’m open to hearing that too. Thanks!

I read a lot of John Taffin going into the 2000s, and have always vaguely wanted to have a *really* big-bore SA revolver. I’ve also long been a fan of the .32 family of revolver cartridges, and used to own a 32 H&R Ruger Single Six but sold it thinking I’d buy one of the then-new Single Sevens in 327, but never got around to it.

Now life/career/finances are doing nicely and I mean to get caught up on long-planned purchases, but finding either of those models is like hunting hens’ teeth.

Do folks expect Lipsey’s or whoever will have Ruger make another run of each anytime soon, or is there some risk they’ll never be produced again, or is it just a total mystery for now?

Later this year I want to buy a CQB/“backpack” rifle braced pistol. I really like fully folding stocks since I hate how shorty ARs are spoiled by that buffer tube, so the buffer-less PSA Jakl really appeals to me. (Broadly speaking the Jakl is AR15 ergonomics but with a long-stroke piston like an AK-47).

Simultaneously, my girlfriend has been looking at a 9mm PCC, either an MP5 clone, Kuna, or Stribog. While helping her research that, I found out the Stribog is offered on a larger frame in 45 ACP and 10mm. I found out my old military buddy on the other side of the country has an A1 10mm Stribog and loves is, but now it’s offered in A3 so it’s roller-delayed and not blowback.

So for CQB, but also for a theoretical capability to range targets out to 150-200m, potentially use in steel challenge or applicable tactical games, which of the two would you advise?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organistrum

> The organistrum is an early form of hurdy-gurdy, with a soundbox shaped like an 8 attached to a rectangular extension.[1][2]Generally considered the ancestor of later hurdy-gurdies, the organistrum differs substantially in that it was played by two individuals: one turned the crank while the other pulled the keys upward to change the musical pitch of the strings. In other examples a player pushed levers forward to create the notes.[3]

I’ve been meaning for years to get a bufferless AR-esque rifle with a short barrel, just for a cool piece for the collection. I already have an Armalite AR-180B 18” bbl, with folding stock; debated cutting that down but figured it’d be better to keep it as-is and buy a purpose-built shorty as a “braced pistol.”

The Jakl has really caught my eye, and I’m looking at the 5.56 10” format. Plus with the long-stroke piston and the triangle stock it even scratches my Krinkov itch in a vague way.

But like a Krink I can expect the fireball and blast on this would be obnoxious. I’m not planning to routinely run a can on it, so envisioning some kind of linear compensator or blast deflector. From glancing around it seems the Midwest, KAK, and Noveske are among the options. Anyone have any presence running some kind of muzzle device to make a 10” 5.56 less uncomfortable?

I'm interested in the Comm Strat MOS, but I've been hearing a lot of different things about how much travel is involved. Is it true that this job travels a lot? What are the main pros and cons of doing Comm Strat? And if it doesn't actually involve a lot of travel, what are some other MOSs that do?

I’m getting some mixed messages from Google, so thought I’d go right to the actual experts:

— is a 380 ACP Stribog actually any smaller than a 9mm Stribog, or is it the exactly same receiver, just slightly lighter because it’s a simpler operating system?

— my understanding is the 380 Stribog doesn’t come in roller-delayed, but does it come only in straight blowback, or just in locked breech, or are there different variants?