Comments by "GunFun ZS" (@GunFunZS) on "Garand Thumb" channel.

Your practice time shows.
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@zack9912000 just look at a foot pounds chart for any of them and you immediately see that what you said is embarrassingly wrong. 40 is absolutely more powerful than 45. Whether you're comparing a standard pressure to standard pressure or + p to + p 40 beats it. A lot of 45 has decent terminal performance up close but sheds velocity so quickly that it won't even mushroom reliably within surprisingly short distances.
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Yep I was given a Hi-Point JHP 45. It had been previously stolen and used in a lot of crimes and then recovered and beat ATF sort of restored the serial numbers and gave it back to the original owner who then gave it to me. And fortunately my state now requires FTF transactions to go through an FFL. And we had to pay 30 bucks to get a gunsmith to clean up BATF's restoration of the serials before any ffl would transfer it. From what I understand besides just putting the acid where the cereals used to be insane the metal structure pop up there are at least three other locations where one can find the serial numbers in a high point. Incidentally the total cost of transferring that gun was about $66. Pretty sure $66 is about what a used high point pistol is. And it's been kind of fun to have. It's a great test bed for 45 ACP loads.
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My EDC is 9 mm so I certainly don't hate nine. But this bandwagon has always been just that- a stupid bandwagon. Said it exactly right most people think that 40 falls between 9 and 45 on power but it's actually hotter. You can't find a jhp in 40 Smith & Wesson that doesn't outperform the very best 9 mm. That doesn't mean 9 mm isn't enough. But it does mean if your uncle who isn't into guns gets a 40 caliber handgun and walks into the store and says give me a box of 40 caliber hollow points it's almost certain he made a decent choice. If you do the same thing in 9 you might come out with 9 mm rip or something that won't penetrate adequately.
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Eric M apparently satire does not translate through YouTube comments. I would not be sad if Steve ballmer and Michael Bloomberg were bankrupt. Nor if Bob Ferguson were disbarred.
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@electricgamez5415 but the blunt is fact is in most cases: The gun does not leave very unique markings on the cases or the bullets. Rather it's sort of like that scene from my cousin Vinny. It'll tell you the type of gun and the type of bullet more than it will tell you this gun. It's like saying the killer had this blood type versus the DNA identified it was this guy. Distinctive tool marks where and polish out of guns as they're used, and unless they get distinctive damage they are probably going to become more and more generic for their model. The other thing that people don't seem to understand is that in most cases most investigations are not using the full battery of forensics tools that are possible those take time and money and apartments have limited resources of both. it is very rare that police departments actually take fingerprints for anything way back in the 2000s when I was working in a prosecutor's office, I had seen internal memos the effect that we should request fingerprints only when it would make the difference for a case because it cost us $86 per sample that was sent to the state crime lab and for a case he usually need to send dozens of samples because you need elimination prints. It's kind of a similar deal for tracing firearms or bullet cases it takes one level of examination to go oh yeah this came from a Glock. it takes a lot more work to say this came from exactly this particular Glock. and in general you only need that If you have the particular clock in which case you probably already have more than enough other evidence to prove that this guy was the shooter. Whereas if you were trying to figure out who did the shooting and you don't have the suspect and you don't have the gun getting high detail on the The brass is a very expensive long shot. It will only pay off if you eventually get the guy and the gun. however if you get the wrong guy and he is a defendant he may say I want analysis on those cases to prove that it is not my gun- and that's an easier thing to prove.
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I vote M1. The M14 is a lot of money for what it does, and there are modern guns that do what it does better for half the money. So if you want magfed performance, get a decent AR10 or g3 or something like that. If you want historical feel, why go by halves?- Get the garand.
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Est Mer that's kind of funny because I was actually given a High Point pistol by a client who is a liberal who doesn't believe in violence . It was stolen from him by a gang member who was later killed . It was recovered from the crime and eventually returned to him by BATF . The serials were kind of messed up , by the BATF . So we had to pay a gunsmith to clean them up . Pretty sure the whole process cost more than the value of the used hi.point. It's kinda growing on me . I Can work up loads for 45 AARP, with complete confidence that nothing valuable will be damaged .
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Disappointing to hear about the hollowpoint issue. This was the most appeling thing I had seen in PCC. Especially since it is a semi locked breach and could theoretically handle higher pressure ammo.
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@granthoover9045 I got into 300 black because it is literally cheaper for me to train with than 556. I've had it quite a few years, and it always has been. It's a matter of how you buy ammo and when. I think it is perfectly reasonable to buy a lot of ammo when you can and it's cheap. Typically this enables me to share a lot of ammo. There's nothing I could do that could prevent people from hoarding when it is vscarce and from over paying. In general more consumption will equal more production and I think you are wrong to blame other people for buying what they want to buy. The other thing about people buying when ammo prices are low is it keeps the factories in business and producing. Or total ammo is made market prices stay lower because of economy of scale. This means there is more ammo to go around even during a crunch. So literally they are helping the situation you are complaining about from two sides One the people who buy up when market demand is low aren't buying when it's high so they aren't taking ammo out of the market, 2 they're keeping manufacturing capacity up, 3 They are often sharing. As for 300 black itself. I can't remember a time when 308 Winchester was cheaper than 300 blackout. A lot of the time it's similarly priced to other comparable calibers. But it's always cheaper for reloaders. If all you want is a cheap planker and you're not going to reload there are other calibers that make more sense such as for instance 762x39 or 22LR depending on what kind of thing you want to do. Or 9 mm for that matter. It's pretty irrational to get angry at somebody for wanting a different thing than you want. Training looks different for different people and for different purposes. 300 blackout does what I want to do. It's versatile low recoil and works really well out of a small package. Anything niche is necessarily more expensive than anything popular just because economy of scale is a thing. But I am not a millionaire. I'm on the tightest of budgets and your assumption that only rich people can afford 300 black without being irresponsible is just straight up wrong. I shoot 300 black because number one it does what I want to do and number two it does it very affordably. It's been 11 cents a shot for subsonics and 14 cents a shot for supers for the last several years for me. Both of those are currently about $0.03 more as I replace my materials. Those numbers are bigger for other calibers. This would be a dumb time for me to hoard commercial 300 black but that's also true for all the other calibers. The degree of how foolish it would be varies. Bottom line I feel like you are yelling about how gravity is unfair. Market pressures exist. They are unavoidable. It is pointless to resent people who have the opportunity to by what they want when it makes sense to buy. Resenting them in no way can change availability of what you want for the better. Every system has a knowledge gap. New people invariably overpay until they know what that system is. People who shoot a lot have specialized knowledge. And that knowledge allows them to understand that it makes sense to buy at sometimes rather than others. There are also people who prioritize things other than buying ammo all the time. That's fine too. I don't want government subsidized ammo. That is never made things cheaper for everybody long term or increased freedom.
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Interestingly though most of the people who have Draco's aren't going through the kind of round counts the most people have SBR AR derivatives. Also problem with some of those Draco's was the tumbling and yelling at the muzzle rather than at impact. I do like the shorty AKs though. Or anything with a folder. Out of a short barrel 762x39 is superior. 300 blackout is pretty close to the same thing but it's a little more versatile in terms of what's actually on the market. That's the thing that's funny to me about all of these debates is like who cares what the military is carrying? I am not hempered by their purchasing bureaucracy. It would never be a choice for me between a shorty AK and 762x39 and a shorty AR in 556. And be choice between a shorty AK and 762x39 and a shorty AR in 300 blackout. I'm in that case I'm pretty much going to go with the latter every time.
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I think the cmmg radial delay it is the one I would want to see the comparison point.
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As a fashion statement, yes.
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The part where he said something about how he launched 480 OUNCES per trigger pull was funny.
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This video is the most worthwhile thing that has ever occurred on this channel.
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He's failed to consider the tactical advantages of a five point QD sling. It's great for attaching one of the points to my tactical QD scope, so if I have to make a rapid switch to irons, I don't lose my scope, NV optic or whatever. Plus the straps can form a pentacle of protection around me.
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just be aware that you will need to replace the plastic coating on the browse either with something like a clear coat spray paint or perhaps car wax.
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@granthoover9045 you got it all wrong though. Paris is for lovers, and 300 blackout is for people who make their own. Most of what I shoot in 300 blackout is about 2/3 the cost of the cheapest 223. And I generally never get below about 800 rounds in inventory of both super and sub flavor. I can't make my own powder and primers but everything else I can and pretty efficiently too. You should like this and you shoot a whole lot more than people who are relying on whatever the local gun store has in stock. You are also getting a lot of gaines over the people who buy online. The buy it cheap stack a deep still applies though but then it's applying to powder and primers. Going to give an amount of budget and space you can fit a hell of a lot more powder and primers than you can commercially loaded ammo. And then there's the other end 300 blackout gives you a huge versatility in projectiles and types of loadings. You can make some really good performing stuff. If you look into the performance on things like MakerBullets, or even relatively common things like pushing the Hornady V-Max 110 or the Barnes tak-x, or nosler 110 black tip.... You'll see that inside a couple hundred yards they are just devastating for anything defensive. 300 blackout in a shorty isn't the gun for all roles. But it is a gun that's pretty good for LARPing around in the woods and amazing for home defense in an area where you have close neighbors, or for a gun that can legally ride with you in the passenger seat while loaded. That one's assuming it's a pistol and you are able to legally carry a loaded pistol with you as most of us are who choose to.
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This is such a weird meme to me because 5.7 costs the same or less as 45 ACP most times I've look to buy it.
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I have an online freind in Oregon who has one of these.
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 @PaddyInf that was Napoleon.
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@PaddyInf I'll have to look into that. Both were very willing to throw a lot of lives away.
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