r/armedsocialists • • 3h ago

News Armed community member kills mass shooter at Bend Oregon elementary school

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Today has been a bittersweet day for Bend Oregon. 3 children and one teacher were shot and killed by a 16 year old shooter. Another child and teacher have been taken to the hospital with critical injuries. More students and teachers may have been shot if not for the actions of the currently unidentified community member

Based on my limited research, I believe that the weapon or weapons used in the shooting have not been disclosed to the public.


r/armedsocialists • • 12h ago

Question Converting a wildcat M1 carbine back to USGI spec

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I have a .30 carbine M1 that was converted to some smaller wildcat cartridge in the 60s that I inherited from my grandfather. I'm not exactly sure what cartridge it is now, but it's useless to me as is.

Has anyone restored one of these back to stock spec? I'm at work now but I can get pics of it later if anything is needed. The action seems to be stock. The barrel is measuring around .25 cal.


r/armedsocialists • • 15h ago

Question Swap upper or new Build?

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Hey Everyone, just looking for some feedback.

I have a Springfield Saint Victor 16" chambered in 5.56 and with all the noise around the NFA I'm looking to add a shorter barrel, something around 10-11" with an eye to suppressing it later.

Theoretically, I could simply grab a complete upper from PSA and stick it on my lower receiver, no? Or would I be better served just getting a whole new gun? I'm more concerned with it being affordable to be honest but obviously I want to make sure everything is compatible

I'm more familiar with pistols than my rifle so please excuse me if this was a dumb question. Thanks!

Note: I'd rather not get something in .300 blackout as I'm trying to be narrow on my ammo ecosystem and keep it to 9mm and 5.56

EDIT: thanks to all who replied! Was a big help