you just put a normal 5.56 mag in to catch the 5.7 brass?

Exactly... although you have to take out the spring.. and I usually have to modify the bottom a bit when using PMAGs and a couple other types.

So it's just a mag casing

I color code them to make sure I'm using the correct one

Yes, exactly

So, in theory, you could hook a vacuum cleaner to the bottom of the empty mag...

Hahahah yes

Cool shit

As a non-practical choice, I going along with my favorite firearms, I do have to mention the Rhino Chiappa, preferally the 40 or 60 versions. I love that they have the picatinny rail builtin. Those grips though.. ahhh I think its best to use some black kiwi and really spread and rub it in to darken that wood grip

so banestrum, what's your favorite guns

@Somnio I love me some turn of the century selfloading pistols and rifles

oh no

Machine pistols and specialty guns are also a soft spot of mine

C96 is probably my favorite gun, aesthetically

I assume you mean 1890s-1920s stuff like gewehrs, mosins, and 1911s

for turn of the century

Yeah, that's a pretty good date range

I'm also a sucker for carbines in general, especially pistol caliber ones

i hate that old stuff, lol

Some day I'll realize my childhood misconceptions and build an M1 Carbine in .45 ACP

all those old 100 year old guns are all super beat up and super expensive, you can't really collect them all

my specialty is Cold War stuff

I love just about everything from World War 2- Present

thoughts on bolt actions?

what kind of bolt actions

@Somnio I don't mean to use, mechanically is what interests me

Much as I love the C96 I've basically accepted that even if I get a good one it's going to be a bit of a pain to use

why not get a norinco lookalike?

@Deleted User there is good bolt actions like lee enfields and mausers that feel like sex when you shoot them, and then there's Mosin Nagants which are as smooth as a cactus

SMLEs are sexy

@Deleted User I made a promise to do some other stuff before I get my FID

So all that's on hold for a while

good luck with your collection bane

I hope to have many one day 😃

You can get a lot of older guns pretty cheap if you look hard enough, lots were produced in high enough numbers to be plentiful today or are just not of interest to collectors

I think the real issue is all the oddball calibers

For modern stuff I still favor wood/metal or all metal guns

@Deleted User I'd love to see a modern take on a straight pull military rifle

The Mannlicher is pretty sexy

Yeah, something like that in aluminum or polymers in some large caliber would be cool