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In this entry I'll write about being emo, Black & Decker, "the best" foods, and talk a little bit about the MK1 I said I was going to write about a few days ago.
Lately, again, I've been in a bad mood. I've been angry, sad, and nervous. They're all for good reasons (none of which I feel like sharing), but usually I've never allowed myself feel that way. I'm not really sure why I feel like this now, though apparently a lot of other people have the same problem. I guess, for me at least, it could just be the season. I recall feeling this way the past couple years before this one, though it's usually in the mid fall, not nearly winter.
Oddly though, I almost like the feeling. I hate the feeling a lot more than I could ever like it, of course, but it's weird (maybe stupid is a better word) that I could like feeling bad. Maybe that's what "emo" is? In any case, it's been bothering me more than the feeling bad itself. It's pretty dumb to care about things either way, I think.
On a lighter note, I've noticed that what's labeled as "the best" really isn't that great. A few foods that I've eaten that are famous for being "the best" were really just mediocre. Except for Cattleman's BBQ sauce. That stuff really is great.
I've also recently realized that most of my power tools are made by Black & Decker. I don't know why they are practically the only brand I have. They're not bad or anything and have lasted a while (though I don't really abuse or use my tools a lot), but lately, the stuff I've seen advertised that they make seems a little useless. Powered adjustable wrench and tape measure? Electric jar opener? I played around with the wrench in the store, but I don't really see them as being necessary solutions to big problems. Useful, I'll give them that, but worth it? I've also played around with their auto jar opener, which as genuinely dumb. The basic idea really is that bad, since it did work for the most part, but the thing was huge, and only opened jars. If it could do cans, and pop open bottles, then maybe it would be worth the counter space it takes up, but I still don't think so.
Anyhow, I did finish the suppressed MK1 project. It didn't come out that great though. The gun is actually louder with the suppressor, and it doesn't sit correctly. Drilling a hole in the dead center straight through a piece of wood is actually a lot harder than I though, so in turn the suppressor doesn't sit perfectly straight. Since I wanted to use baffles made out of thinly cut dowel instead of foam, the hole needed to be wider than they should be, and therefore weren't as effective as I think they could be. They did, however, work slightly better than the foam to reduce the report, though like I said neither were as quiet as the gun without the barrel. It still looks pretty cool, and the slight angle of the silencer is barely noticeable. I might want to try using the leftover barrel bit to make a snub nosed type of thing, however, since I think that would look pretty cool.
A few pictures:
What the pipe looked like before I cut it down to size. I was almost considering leaving it like that.
Looking down the good end of the gun.
The shortened inner barrel. The gun doesn't seem any less accurate, though I didn't really test it before and after cutting. Power was one thing I didn't think about, and one thing that would definitely be affected. I admittedly haven't tested that yet.
This is the piece of the barrel that I cut off. "I guess this is just extra?" 
Tactical copper? Not really much point in this pic...
What it looks like now. I decided to leave the grips I made a while go on there, since they work well, even if I'm not sure I like they way they turned out. I made to fit my fingers, sort of like a target pistol.
I'll get a few more pics up later, mostly of the details of the can.
One thing I've realized I really wanted whiling building the MK1, is a GBB MKII or MKIII. Come one Marushin, you've made a GBB Nambu, make something people want. And NOT in 8mm!
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Update
December 13
Could just make another entry, but meh.
Firstly, the pics of the MK1 I promised. Didn't take that many though.
You can see how everything doesn't line up perfectly, and how the holes aren't perfectly round. I had to sand them to make them slightly larger in certain spots. I also have to do a bit of touching up on the paint as you can see.
And no, my head's not behind the camera...
Sort of an assassin's breifcase thing. I chopped up the Super 9 in this pic a while ago, to sort of model it after RW's Blazing Skies, and I thought the MK1SD went well with it. The case is actually an old laptop case. You can see the S9's shells in the pen straps, though I don't know why my recorder is in there...
You can see in the above pic of the full MK1 the dents in the rear part of the can. Basically I used a large pin punch to do that, to help secure the rear end of the suppressor in place. The front cap part uses a small grub screw (couldn't get a good pic of that, sorry) as well as some glue, while the center part uses only glue, in order to make them easily removable, yet still fairly permanent.
I've also sanded down and refinished the Skorpion's grips. They're a bit more rounded at the front and back of the grip, as well as being a little bit more evenly shaped in the middle of the grip (no more funky Y-shape where the finger grooves are). I wanted to see what linseed oil would look like, so I finished them with that instead of the usual clear coat polyurethane I use. They don't seem to look any different, unfortunately, and linseed oil is a bit more time consuming to apply, so I'm not sure I'm going to use it again.
You can't really tell anything from this pic, but I thought I would show it. This is after the sanding but before the finishing.
On an airsoft-unrelated note, it was snowing earlier today. It's seemed to have stopped now though, and begun to sleet. I don't mind the snow most times, but since I'm the one that has to shovel it, it can be a little annoying at times. I remember this one year, where it snowed and then iced and then snowed and the iced and I had to clear the driveway. It was not fun. I ended up having to beat through the ice with a sledge hammer (being careful of course not to damage the pavement below it), then shovel it. I just hope I don't have to do that again...
Also probably worth mentioning is that I've been up for 22 hours. Just in case it reflects in my writing and it seems like I'm drunk, you know why.
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