We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:30:07 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Before I launch into this discussion - I reload now and again, but it's vanilla, using standard data. I gunsmith, but I'm not a designer, I'm a repairer of milsurp (hell, anything, if you ask me to), nor do I do custom work. I'm looking at starting to build my own guns - but they will be older guns, originals of which are unobtainable with my projected lifetime income, and the ones available shouldn't be shot, anyway. I'm talking hand gonnes, wheelocks, matchlocks, etc. There are several manufacturers out there who will provide castings and forgings, rough finished stocks and... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:03:34 -0600 Robarm's new XCR is looking interesting, offered in 6.8 makes it more so. I have a little bit of trouble parting with the cash they ask for, but they are one of the few designing new, US semiautos and seem to have a following. Great read, good luck with the rifle building aspirations. I am a lowly AK builder myself, but the sense of accomplishment is all the same. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11616 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11616 Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:33:17 -0600 didn't do, just think of the course history may have taken--as in, Horatio Gates as C-in-C of the Continental Army. Shudder. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11612 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11612 Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:20:48 -0600 Midway has a DPMS upper for about 600 bucks. I've seen 'em in Shotgun News for less, from other makers (and of course in other sizes and styles). Scary, innit?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11587 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11587 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:26:59 -0600 Sigh. I really didn't want to know that... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11574 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11574 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:04:59 -0600 I've seen several manufacturers offering 6.8mm uppers as well as complete rifles/carbines. The most advertised is Barrett's M468. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11573 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11573 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:53:59 -0600 on the list.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11568 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11568 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:38:18 -0600 Let me know if you are ever building your own Ferguson Breechloading Rifle. I might travel out to the armory and build one alongside you. I've been in love with that gun ever since I discovered Louis L'Amour as a kid. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11567 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11567 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:34:58 -0600 real gun. The M-14 didn't last for the same reason the M1911 didn't--it suddenly dawned on the bean-counters that they could ship umpty-scads of 9mm/5.56mm rounds in the same volume as a mere scad of .45 ACP/7.62mm. A shame, because the M-14 with selector switch gives you some nice options at ranges in excess of 700 meters. But, if I have my druthers, I'll take rockets (okay, it's a zen thing--"Become one with the rocket, then one with the target. Then--touch!") Gratuitous disclaimer: Mister Chairman, I am not now, nor have I ever been, involved with chipping my own flints. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11540 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/the_new_68mm_spec_ops_round.html#comment-11540 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:01:51 -0600