So where are the technical specifications? How much more concentric than "insert brand name here" action is this? How much less run out is their? What is the rockwell hardness of various parts? Is the action forged? In the bolt forged? If not way not?
I am listening to the podcast right now. I am switching between it and Timcast IRL.
So far though it would as if a car magazine or podcast said "Today we review the latest 2023 Chevrolet Corvette" and you get "It is a two door Chevy with power windows, AC, automatic transmission and a V8." and your left wondering why they even bothered to write anything at all!
What other guys? What other company. If you can not say it for those of us that are not fanboys why talk about it at all? Again you mention someone from Snipershide but then do not say his name because you do not want to call him out! Then do not mention it at all!
3 Lug bolts have been done by plenty of OEM's not really a new thing. Coned breach, trapezoidal lug, interrupted thread and on and on. Given all the time this podcast took up and all the words used nothing of significance was said. $425 for a second bolt? That is insane!
Terminus's web site is terrible from a prospective customer stand point. Very little clear concise information calling out the specific differences between each model and what set's each model apart from the other.
When he mentions "Mazack" he is talking about Yamazaki Mazak Corporation which is not a specific machine it is a Japanese company that makes high end machining equipment.
I hate when insiders or experts do not say what they should like when the owner of Terminus says (aprox:33:11)" With a barrel from the right people" Joel never tells us who "the right people" are again that is cowardly anti-litigation talk that no one can back up or prove. If you can not say it publicly than you should not say it at all in a public interview! This is not a matter of OPSEC it is a matter of fact versus hyperbole, marketing nonsense and flat out lies. If you can not tell where one and ends than they essential become the same thing. If I went to my transmission shop and asked my transmission guy what parts I need to build a 4L80 that can take 850HP from my LS he will flat out tell me! None of this stupid nonsense of "well if you get the torque converter and frictions from the right people" who exactly are the right people?
This interview high lights what I have said is wrong with this sight and almost all of the sights on the internet and all of the magazines about guns and gun related hobbies! It is like a sandwich made out of ideas and air and nothing of substance like listening to a politician talk! NO matter how much you consume you are left wanting for more for something of substance not just air and empty speech!
Joel should have said you take my action and this barrel machined by this gunsmith and you are guaranteed to get a 1/4MOA result every time! If that is a true statement that can be backed up and is documented. If not it is no better then me telling someone what my opinion is and I am no expert. I have been around real experts and real men that are not afraid to speak the truth though so I know the real deal when I see it or hear it! I still remember what the world was like when men still acted like men when a hand shake or your word was golden!
Maybe in this interview Joel was not at his best it happens to all of us but he did not sound like an "expert" let alone someone I would trust on their word alone. He did not sound as if he was speaking with authority and confidence he felt like he was trying to tap dance around the truth in an awkward manner so that he said nothing that he could be held too!
I am jaded for sure and I do not mean to defame anyone and I apologize if I have offended anyone and do not mean to libel anyone either. I do not know either party above. As a customer of the shooting and gun world, competitor, enthusiast and hobbyist I am tired of being feed sandwiches that have ZERO substance between the slices of bread that are a lot of words with no real substance. That is what we get from teachers, journalists, politicians, preachers and on and on we deserve to have a place that is fact based and zero spin where people say what they mean and mean what they say!
We deserve to have EXPERTS that can speak with authority and can document and back up everything they say. You should be smarter after having listened to an expert in any given field not just entertained! I do not know anything of substance after having listened to this podcast. I want more than just entertainment and the consumption of spare time when I listen to someone that is considered an "expert" in firearms design or manufacturing I expect to learn something I did not know before that I can now implement in my life other wise it is just entertainment.
We did not learn anything of significance about his actions or what makes them substantially better than any of the other actions on the market outside of "not 100 year old 2 lug technology" .
For those not 50 years old and older this will get you up to speed on fat bolts and three lugs or more! It is not definitive it is a quick dirty guide to catch you up!
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Cheer's and God Bless!