Does a .22lr have enough recoil to bump-fire (or using the sliding stock)?

Jesus.  This idea is just full of win.
 
It's making my idea to water-cool my 7970 through my aquarium seem like weak sauce. 
 
I haven't done it yet, 'cause it's only 55gal aquarium, and I'm still unsure if the heat exchange in my basement would dissipate that heat fast enough before creating fish-soup. 
 
Should I come across a nice sum of money that my wife doesn't find out about, I think I'm going to steal your idea, DeathAndTaxes.

Whoah, I just googled "bump-fire".... and that is TOTALLY AWESOME!     I just added an SSAR-15 to my Amazon wish-list. 

Thanks to jwzguy for the magazine!   I've updated the "Accessories" placeholder with a pic.

I've got lucky so far and had a few users offer me parts, but I would recommend talking to the owner of http://www.bitcoingunparts.com/
 
It seems that if he doesn't have what you're looking for, he can try to get it and will work with you.  Note that you won't be able to buy a fully functioning gun (or the lower receiver) w/out going through a dealer, unless you have a FFL permit.  That's the only stickler here for buying direct with bitcoins.  So I had to cash out some coins for that first initial purchase, but now that that's tackled, the sky (and my current bitcoins) is the limit for stuff I can buy for it.
 
I posted a couple pics up in my placeholders of a couple parts.  I have a few parts being mailed to me as we speak, so I'll update in a few days when I get them.

After years of collecting dust, I'm starting to go through my old crap and realizing I need to get rid of stuff.
 
I don't even know if either of them work yet (no time to fire 'em up at the moment), but if there was interest, I'd try to get them started and see what's on them.  If they don't boot I could sell as-is, although the most likely culprit for non-booting those old machines would be a dead CMOS battery.
 
My IIsi, if I remember right, had A/UX (Apple Unix) running on it, although I don't have those installers anymore.  heck I don't even know if I remember the root password.
 
I have a few other older Mac stuff, too, but just need to dig them out and see.

I have 4 sticks of 512MB PC2-5300 ECC-registered ram.  Part number: hys72t64000hr-3s-a
for 1btc ea (plus shipping costs calculated in equivalent btc - USPS)

 and

7 sticks of 1GB PC3200 ECC-registered ram.  Patriot memory, part# psd1g400er
for 2btc ea (plus shipping costs calculated in equivalent btc - USPS)

Or the whole lot for 14btc (I will pay for regular USPS shipping out of my own pocket in this case).  If I ever find the 8th stick of RAM that I think I had of the Patriot, I'll add that as well, but I think I lost it.  I'll make sure that it's shipped with a tracking number. If I ship internationally, I'll need to see the costs for that, and might split it with you (I've never shipped internationally before) so tell me where you live out of country before we make a deal.
 
I will ship USPS, unless you absolutely need Fed Ex or UPS, in which case I will whine since it's a further drive for me.  I will calculate costs for shipping to you via other methods (or if I ship singly and not the entire lot).

Right now the only gun I have in my house for home defense is my .45/.410 Judge.
 
Once my aunt is finished hunting up in Alaska, I'll get my 30-30 back that she borrowed.  My brother currently has my 20ga that I need to get back as well.

The AR-15 will be my "all-around fun" rifle.  I'm new to the AR-15, I had no idea how much modding you could do to really personalize the crap out of what you want your gun to be.
 
I can appreciate humor and poking fun at us hicks out here in the sticks.  I'm not mad, I just didn't get the jokes from earlier.
 
No harm, no foul, no offense taken.

I just want to be prepared, just in case.    My bars of silver and gold would plummet in a worst-case scenario, and my guns and bullets would suddenly become worth a lot.
 
Full disclosure:  I come from a hunting/butchering family (4th generation), and while I moved out of the country, the country didn't quite move out from me.
 
I also ride Harleys and go water-skiing in our boat, so I can have civilized fun, too!

If there's a joke in there somewhere, I'm too stupid to see it.  What's the punch line?

I appreciate the humor, but where I live, I can order everything I need (except the lower, which i've already purchased from a dealer) shipped to my door, and be completely legal.  I love living in the middle of nowhere.

btw, I don't know if edited posts show up as "unread" or not in terms of the forum showing up as boldfaced or regular.  So you might check my place holders from time to time for updates.  I'll try to note them here as well when I update with a picture or text or something.  Since today is new and fresh and I'm figuring a bunch of stuff out, it's more likely to be edited today, and then will go dormant until parts arrive.

Yes, I can legally receive everything (but the lower receiver) through the mail to my door.
 
If anyone following this thread has any AR-15 parts, (especially new-ish) that they'd be willing to sell for this project, I'd be interested to hear what you have. 
 
Make sure you view the posts above as time goes on, as I will be editing the placeholders as I get stuff.  But again, this will be ongoing, possibly over several months, so it will take a while.   My 7970 can only crank so fast!

I'll edit the lower placeholder when I get pics, but yeah I purchased the stripped lower receiver from a local dealer (with cash from btc), so I'm legal, and passed the background check.
 
 
I initially wanted the entire purchase to be via bitcoins, but not finding a dealer who would accept btc, I needed to use cash for the lower receiver.  Hopefully this will be the only "cheating" I will need to do.   I will have to "cheat" and buy amazon gift cards as well, but have already accepted that fact until btc gets more popular.
 
I also started a thread on www.ar15.com hoping that I can garner interest in bitcoins there as well.
 
So this will be a fun/interesting project!

accessories placeholder (optics, rail accessories, magazines, etc)

edit 3/5/12:  purchased a 30 round magazine (.223/5.56) directly from jwzguy for bitcoins.  Thanks for helping with my project.
edit 3/7/12:  received the England (made by Royal Ordinance) 30 round magazine from jwzguy.  Thanks again!



edit 3/5/12:  I forgot I had a magazine stored away that my grandpa had.  It was made by Adventure Line Manufacturing in Parsons, KS.  It's been stored away for at least 20 years, and was loaded with blanks.  No idea if the magazine or rounds will work properly but I will find out as soon as the gun is put together.

barrel assembly placeholder

upper receiver assembly placeholder

edit 3/5/12:   purchased a charging handle for 5.56 btc (the irony is not lost on me!) direct from Eveofwar.   Will post pictures upon its arrival.

stock placeholder

lower receiver assembly placeholder

edit 3/5/12:  Purchased a Spike's Lower receiver (stripped) from a dealer.  Paid with money I got from trading bitcoins.  For newbies (like myself) this part is the part that's considered the "gun".  As in it has the serial number, and it's what you have to buy from a dealer (or you need your own FFL license to have it shipped to you)




Also just placed an order for a Lower parts kit from Amazon.  Paid for by an Amazon gift card I bought with btc.

So I was thinking to myself the other day, can I purchase/assemble an AR-15 funded solely by bitcoins? Surely I can... so this thread will document the various parts that I find that I purchase using only bitcoins, either directly or indirectly.

What is an AR-15?  For those who don't know, it's a gun that can be assembled by a plethora of individual parts.  There is, quite possible, a bajillion different things you can do with them.  They're like the Honda Civic of the gun world, except much much cooler.

So that out of the way, my goal is to either trade bitcoins for AR-15 parts either directly (giving bitcoins to individuals or companies for direct trade) or indirectly (purchasing either amazon.com gift cards from a service, or selling the bitcoins for cash on an exchange, and then using that cash to buy the parts, from an individual, dealer, or gun show).

I'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to AR-15, so please don't make fun of my purchases in case I buy the "wrong" company or part. This goal is to see if I can get a "free" gun (minus the cost of electricity). I think it's possible, so that's why I'm doing this.

Note that I'm keeping this entirely legal, so I won't be buying fully-auto parts, since I'm not authorized to own such guns..


This thread may take a while, since I don't have an awesome computer, and cannot mine coins quickly. It will also depend on market price of the coins as well. If the value of coins drops a lot, this project may never complete (or I may cheat and buy it anyway). If the value of coins goes up, I will be able to complete it faster. Note that all shipping costs will also be paid for by bitcoins.

Away we go.....!

I ask because I tried to send an email to the contact on the website, but it bounced back to me.
 
anyone had any problems with buying anything from them recently?
 
If so (or if not), are there any alternatives for buying Amazon gift certificates?