Looking to get everyone's thoughts on this..

AI At-XC Action VS Terminus Zeus Action

I am either going to wait and buy AT-XC or do a custom build using terminus Zeus Action in AI AT-X Chassis.

What would make the AI worth the extra 1500? other than its an AI and its cool.

I have read very good things about the Zeus action and its reliability.

Rifle would be used for PRS style shooting along with possibly hunting with a Carbon barrel.

So people keep talking about DEI. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Yeah... whatever. Faggots.

The acronym is backwards. It is DIE.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. DIE

Because however you want to describe it, when you use Diversity, inclusion and equity in your hiring or your organizational structure... people DIE. At Boeing. At Amtrak. In Hospitals. At Rally's in Butler, PA. In the Military. On police departments. In fire departments. In engineering accidents.

DIE is killing people.

We DO NOT any longer refer to DEI.

We refer to the hiring and retarded staffing practice as what it is. DIE. Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. Because the practice causes people to DIE.

You heard it here first.

DIE motherfucking lefties woke faggots. It's your mantra. DIE! You should embrace DIE. You should yearn for it. You should be the DIE.

Sirhr

Up for sale is my ATACR 4-16x42 F1 with Mil-R reticle. Overall looks really good, a few marks here and there from use, but nothing major. The windage cap knurling has some marks, the elevation lock button has a ding, and some slight mark’s on the body, very slight ring marks. Glass is in great shape, can’t see any thing at all on there. All I have is the scope. No box, no caps, no tool or anything. What you see is what you get.

$1550 shipped conus. PayPal F&F preferred but can accept other methods and insurance on buyer if that’s wanted.

Guys, I have a friend who wants to get a plaque made for a buddy of his who was a soldier and this is his patch. Best pic I could get unfortunately, but I figured someone here could identify it for me.

If anyone can give me info or a link to a better pic of this patch or a link to read about it, I’d greatly appreciate it.

It's being reported the CIA informed the USSS they already had that roof manned.

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Safran Vectronix Vector X

The Vector X binoculars are a new release from Safran Vectronix. Safran are attempting to bring an all-in-one package to shooters that combines the features of a Range Finder, Ballistic App/Kestrel, and a Spotting Scope. There are other products already available similar to the Vector, but the Vector is a quality and reliability increase that caters more to the Professional Market vs the Hobbyist.

Like any all-in-one option, there are features and abilities that need to be sacrificed. This results in compromises needing to be made. It’s up to the individual shooter to determine if these compromises are acceptable, so lets break down the Vector X and see what it can, and what it CAN’T do;

Initial impressions;

Quality. As soon as you pick up the Vector X, you know you are feeling something of high quality. Every feature, every detail is refined and feels strong. Some alternatives brands feel plasticy in the materials they use. The Vector’s feel and look are one of attention to detail at every step of their design and construction. They come with an excellent molle compatible storage case that has additional spaces for cleaning equipment and accessories and will absolutely provide the necessary protection to the bino’s when not in use.

Spotting Scope/Binoculars;

The glass quality is exceptional in the Vector X. There’s no chromatic aberration and no strange tinting like that which is present in other brands Bino’s. Additionally, the Vector X features an ocular focus for the reticles inside the optic, and a target focus, or parallax adjustment. These increase the clarity and ability to see through the optic without eye strain.

Out of the box, the magnification is fixed at 8x, 10x or 12x on the Bino’s, depending on the model. We tested the 10x version. You can purchase “range enhancers” which screw on to the objective end of the binoculars to increase the magnification by 40%. We attached these and they increased magnification to 14x on our model but can go as high as 17x on the 12x Model. They also come with their own purpose designed storage case, which is great.

As a basic observation tool, the bino’s are excellent. But can they replace a spotting scope?

Yes. They can. BUT, with sacrifices.

The Vector X binos come with arca mounting plates for use with a tripod out of the box. No more weird lasso type mounts.

The Vector X has 3 reticles etched into the lens of the Right tube only. The left side is clear. Through the right tube, and on the left side of the image, there is a small, MILRAD based reticle, similar to the MIL-C reticle, however there’s a small section of grid separate to the left or right of the reticle depending on which side the reticle is on. The grid pattern is spaced in 1 mil increments. The reticle positioned on the left is to be used as the bino’s come out of the box with their factory set magnification. The middle reticle is a small cross hair for the Laser Range Finder function, and on the right, there’s a larger MILRAD reticle, that is designed to be used when the magnification range extenders are fitted. This means that all 3 reticles are visually present at all times and you reference the reticle that corresponds to the magnification setting you are using.

We took the bino’s out for a shooting session and as we were taking the extenders off and on, we had to switch between the reticles. This didn’t cause any problems for us, in this instance, being well rested, but putting fatigue or stress into the mix, there’s a likelihood that a mistake could be made when referencing a reticle.

We were, however, able to accurately see trace and observe impacts, and the reticles performed their functions.

Note; The reticles are on the periphery of the lens, and we did find ourselves shifting our head positions to get a clear view of the reticle. This didn’t effect all of us. So it’s only a concern if you have a head like a potato.

We pondered if having both reticles present was really the best way of doing things and if maybe etching the reticle in the ocular piece and having removable ocular pieces might be a solution to avoid the dual reticles.

So, can you dump your spotter for the Vector X? Yes, but you don’t get the magnification range of a dedicated spotter, you don’t get the refined Milling of a dedicated reticle. For practical applications in the field, the Vector X will still provide you with knowledge, but if you’re trying to zero at a range or spot precision impacts, you’re going to be left wanting. Having said that though. Our rifles have 20x + magnification in them. Zeroing is on the shooter, so it can be argued that the Vector X is redundant for this purpose and therefore it’s not a consideration.

Laser Range Finder
Brilliant. The Vector X dominates our Terrapin and the other brands we have. The refined aiming mark is pretty well spot on. We took the Vector X and Terrapin to the coast to get some longer sight lines. The surf was rough and there was heavy sea spray. The Terrapin X failed to cut through the spray and was able to reliably range a piece of white cardboard approx. 50cm tall and 70cm wide at 1250m. This isn’t reflective of what the Terrapin can do, just in the conditions we were in. The Vector X cut through the atmosphere with absolute ease and ranged our cardboard up to the maximum distance we could actually get to which was 1978m.

Unlike the Terrapin X, there’s both a Lase button AND a menu button WITH separate navigation buttons on the Vector X. This is our main gripe with the Terrapin. Once we lase, we have to wait a couple of seconds before we can go again. The Vector X doesn’t have this lag.

The Vector X is a powerhouse as far as it’s LRF function goes. It’s ruined our opinions of the other options out there. The Vector X is just superior.

Applied Ballistics Function

The Vector X wants to replace your Kestrel and other ballistic programs. It comes with the Applied Ballistics software installed.

The gun profiles are set up for the Vector X using a dedicated app called the VECSS. We are unsure what this stands for at this time, but the App is excellent. If you’ve used a Kestrel 5700, it’ll be very similar to the Link app. This ran very well and everything, including powder temp variations was able to be input.

All this then gets sent to the Vector X via Bluetooth. This was a super simple process and worked great.

The Vector X has on board environmental sensors that, when compared to the Kestrel, were close enough that they could be called even, and variation may have been just a result of where we were holding them/storing them before turning them on.

Inside the Vector X is a small HUD display. Like the reticles, it is only visible in the right tube. The HUD provides most of the information you’d find in your kestrel. Elevation hold, wind hold, and direction of fire are all displayed cleanly and are plenty large enough to read.

The HUD display is between the 2 reticles and just under the centre reticle for the LRF. This means it doesn’t impinge upon your view of the reticles, and vice versa.

The separate menu buttons and their respective scrolling buttons are exactly what you’d find on the Kestrel. You can scroll through menus and change the display to provide you with different information. These include; Environmental information, Gun profile information and profile select, range card, and then settings for the Binoculars. It’s great. It’s so easy to navigate through. Huge win here.

To view the information, you are required to look through the binos though. That’s a little inconvenient compared to the kestrel but it works. The Vector X however, doesn’t give you wind speed or direction. You need to use a separate device for wind, OR, be very confident in your wind calls if you aren’t going to bring another device with you. The wind information is manually input into the binoculars to give you a hold. If you already have a Kestrel, do you need the AB function? Probably not. Not that kestrels are heavy and bringing one with you to get wind info is a huge burden, but you’re paying for a capability you already have.


Symmetry



We’ve talked in detail about each of the features and what the Vector X is trying to achieve and what it lacks, so lets talk about how they work in a real world application;

We shot out to 650y from a couple of different angles to have to change wind calls. The target was a 30cm steel plate.

We ran tests to see how long it would take for the spotter to give the shooter a wind hold and elevation hold with the Vector X vs our dedicated gear.

The Terrapin is Bluetooth linked to the Kestrel. We ranged the target with the Terrapin, which sent the data to our Kestrel and we gave the hold and wind, then jumped onto the spotter and our shooter took the shot. No dramas. Accurate wind call, accurate elevation, clear impact on target through the spotter. The majority of the time here was lost jumping between the LRF and the Spotter. Interestingly, we decided to adjust the mag range of the spotter without looking until it looked right and we thought we could see what we needed to. This was 15x. 1x off the Vector X with the range enhancers fitted. So the mag range really isn’t an issue.

Time to test the Vector X. We ranged the target, got the hold, didn’t come off glass, shooter took the shot. Results were faster than using the separate gear. But, there’s a couple of issues with the tests. First, we pre-positioned the spotter and the terrapin on target. They were ready. To lase, the Vector needs to be centred, then adjusted to see the reticle to spot the shot. Additionally, the shooters already knew the wind call from the previous string of shots.

The solution,? Get up and move and reset ALL gear as if we had just got to position. With this test, the Vector X was the clear winner. 1 device, spotter doesn’t have to move themselves or gear. Loosen a knob, align, good to go.

This wasn’t just as trip to test the Vector X though, it was a yippy shoot to burn through some powder and get some reps up. This is where the bias evolved. People progressively started navigating towards the Vector X as it was far more convenient than jumping between different devices. This is probably the most telling when it comes to preference. We can analyse. We can extrapolate. But when it comes to what works and what people like, well it’s the thing they reach for first (or argue over!). And here, there was no mistake. The Vector was the pick.

Bluetooth
Bluetooth connection between the device and phones/kestel is super easy. HOWEVER, when we first started using the binos, we tried to connect the Kestrel. The HUD displayed KSTRL in that it was working, however when we checked the app and the setting in the HUD, we couldn't see anything that denoted the kestrel was providing anything over to the Binos. The HUD still stated atmosphere was "sensor" which is what it is set to to use the Bino's environmental sensors. It didn't change to KSTRL in that setting so we believed the Binos was still the source for environmental data. This turned out to be incorrect. When we checked the App, the app settings, which state "sensor" when the Bino's are providing environmental data, had change to "manual" for manual inputting. This caused us confusion as to where the environmental data was coming from. This was solved by sitting in the car with the heater on and leaving the bino's out in °3C weather. The Bino's took on the data from the Kestrel and the temp now reflected the toasty warm of the car. Once we were aware of this quirk, we set everything up in the app, hit connect on the Kestel, and it was done. Seemless and immediately provided range to the kestrel and environmentals to the binos.

Conclusion

Is the Vector X a one stop solution? Well… Yes and No. It is absolutely functional at everything it does, and straight up dominates as a range finder and progressively, what it lacked became less and less of a concern. But, here’s where the Vector really wins out;

Our dedicated single use equipment weighs 6.1kgs all together. With the range enhancers fitted, the Vector X weighs 1.3kgs, and 1kg without the range enhancers. Even with the heavier of our 2 tripods, the weight is just over half of what taking all our dedicated gear weighs. This was emphasized when we were walking up and down hills to get to some of our firing points. In a field setting, where carriage is a consideration, the Vector brings 90% (arguably more) of what you need to the table for half the weight. We have very much enjoyed using the Vector X and it’s going to be hard to move them on. Their convenience is going to be greatly missed. Especially how good the LRF function is.

One final thought
There is a separate model of the binos available called the Vector Radical X. These are the same bino’s with the reticles in the right tube, however they do not have the AB function or the LRF. We feel this might’ve been a missed opportunity here. We already have a Kestrel that gives us all our ballistic data, and it’s weight isn’t a massive consideration. A model of the Bino’s without the AB function, but including the exceptional range finder, probably would have been the best compromise in our opinion.

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A federal judge in Florida threw out the prosecution of former President Donald Trump on Monday in the “documents” case because she ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith had not been appointed in a constitutional or lawful manner.
Judge Aileen Cannon granted a defense motion after ruling that Smith, who was not confirmed by the U.S. Senate as other U.S. Attorneys have been in the past, could not lawfully bring the indictment against Trump in federal court.
“In the end, it seems the Executive’s growing comfort in appointing ‘regulatory’ special counsels in the more recent era has followed an ad hoc pattern with little judicial scrutiny,” Cannon wrote, according to a CNN report.
The stunning development came on the first morning of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and will excite an already emotional gathering in the wake of Trump’s attempted assassination Saturday.
Many conservatives believe that the slew of prosecutions — two federal, two state — and civil actions against Trump were part of creating the climate of hatred that could have encouraged the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.
As Breitbart News noted in early June, Cannon scheduled a hearing on the constitutionality of Smith’s appointment, which had been raised by the defense as well as a number of outside amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs.
Last month, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas suggested in a concurring opinion in Fischer v. United States — which said the Department of Justice had abused its power in prosecuting January 6th defendants under a statute about witness tampering — that Smith’s appointment was likely unconstitutional. Smith’s took aim at Thomas’s arguments in an unrelated filing in the case last week, which raised some legal eyebrows.
Democrats and media pundits have bemoaned the fact that Judge Cannon even chose to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Smith’s appointment. They even organized mass campaigns to file ethics complaints against her.
Smith brought charges against Trump in Florida — the site of Trump’s private residence at Mar-a-Lago — alleging that he had mishandled classified documents when he left office. Judge Cannon looked askance at the fact that Smith convened a grand jury in Washington, D.C. — a notoriously anti-Trump jurisdiction — rather than in Florida.
It is not clear if Cannon’s ruling affects Smith’s separate prosecution of Trump for January 6-related charges in Washington.

6.5 creed non OCD small pocket brass from my AX I had. 100 is new. 200 was fired twice then sent out for annealing and SS wet cleaning then trimmed on my Girard. 182 had the same treatment and then fired 1 more time. All in the ALPHA hard cases. I never had any issues with this brass even though it was pre OCD production. $300 shipped

Brand new never opened 6x24-52 with Pr3 reticle

$1200 shipped lower 48
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B14r heavy barrel mdt 40 moa rail anarchy outdoors bolt knob kit with big Bertha knob will come with factory trigger timney is available if you want it $1000 shipped to your ffl shoots great just going to bulid a rimx also have one xlr envy pro with the jv comp kit includes all weights with bag rider c6 buttstock and extended arca rail weight $1200 shipped will make a package deal if interested not going to spit anything up.

Just curious what everyone is using to pack their Garmin Xero C1’s in? I have a waterproof camera box but it is huge compared to the chrono and tripod. Anyone found something that fits it well and won’t take up half my range bag? Pictures or links to what you’re are using would be greatly appreciated.

I finished a move and had my powder supply stored in my garage in Florida for about a year. I was starting a new project that called for some Vitavuori N133 and was happy that I had an old jug of it.

I dreaded finding a strong smell coming from the mostly empty 8lb factory container (maybe 1 lb left). It smelled sharp - something like either chlorine or ammonia. I dumped the powder in the toilet and flushed it thinking all is well. I started filling the empty jug with water and a brownish / yellowish vapor started coming out. It's unclear whether it was powder in suspension or some reaction with the water. I immediately sealed the container and took it outside. I may have inhaled a little. Even though I don't have a cough, my lungs don't exactly feel good.

When I inspected the cardboard box that the powder was stored in, I found it slightly discolored and brittle. It seems pretty clear to me now that vapors escaped and were degrading the cardboard. The label confirmed that the powder was from 2004.

I strongly suggest inspecting old batches of powder and keeping them stored somewhere where they can't cause damage (not inside the house!).

Yet another piece of shit retreats and refuses to engage

According to Erik D Prince’s twitter account, the sniper that took out the assassin was 488 yards out.

We know that the (2) different 2-man sniper teams kitted in black, visible by every media camera at the event, did not take the kill shot.

Can anyone confirm?

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Looking for some conservative IL gun owners/friends in the Springfield area and it’s surroundings. My wife is tired of hearing me bitch about our governor Prickster and the other gun buddies don’t care. PM me if you wanna discuss IL politics, shoot, and drink beers.

Alright... my google fu sucks apparently.

Who is making trump fist pump coffee mugs and bumber stickers?

Please and thank you
Shred

BMA.

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Before asshole shot at Trump
Local hero’s confront him man before shooting - saw his rifle and ran away . Sounding more live Uvalde every minute.

Media reports that there were 8-10 shots heard during the attempt to assassinate Trump ( yeah, I know about the accuracy of the media reporting), but only 3 people hit? Trump, Corey Comperatore and one other person, Representative Ronnie Jackson's nephew, were reported as shot. Where did the other shots land?
Hmmmm?

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With all the "heaviness" and rage going on right now re: the assassination attempt on Donald Trump (Yeah, I said it MSM 'cause that's what it was!!!! ), I thought we deserved a break and I'd write something light and pleasant about a recent accomplishment of mine. The category: "DIY Home Plumbing."

I know.. I know. This might seem like nothing compared to what I see you guys do. But I consider it an accomplishment, and it saved me a bit of $$$ calling a plumber to do it. In particular, I had to replace my master bath's vanity drop in sink. It's the standard Glacier Bay 19" almost circular vanity sink you can buy at Home Depot, along with the hardware (Glacier Bay faucet) and a Novatto "Pop up" drain with overflow. Apparently, there are several YouTube DIY videos on how to remove/replace this very sink. Well, it worked! The old sink was original equp. from when the house was built, and it was starting to corrode and leak around the drain into the cabinets. Both the standard and overflow drains were affected.

The "Before" Picture of the sink (after pulling it out):



The "after Picture."



The above shows the Novatto Pop up drain in the "closed" setting. This is what it looks like when "opened."




You just push the drain cap to open/close it. You don't need the drain rod.

The P-trap fits perfectly. Right now, though, I don't have the water turned on just yet because they sent the wrong damned hose lines (they sent ones for a toilet and not a sink... ARRRGGGHHH)! But the correct ones are already on the way. When they get here, I'll pull the new sink out once again, attach the water lines, and then do the caulk strip around base lip and then put it back in, aligning it carefully. Then I'll hook everything back up and let her rip! I really feel accomplished! After that, it's on to the same sink in the 2nd bathroom.

Again, I know this seems minuscule compared to a lot of the plumbing/electrical/auto-mechanical stuff you guys do. Then again, how many of you can assemble a full desktop Linux Ubuntu Tower from a bare case in 2 hours and have it up and running on the first Power on?????

Got a handful of gear to offload, wanting to sell it all as one so I can pack everything in the pack and only pay shipping once

Eberlestock upranger
Mag dump pouch for spent brass
5 MDT mags (3 dasher, 2 .308/6.5)
1 AICS mag (.308/6.5 with extension)
Sunrise tactical scope cover
Sunrise tactical bino cover
Swannys gear pint size game changer
Mini plate pad pro w/ plate
5 pairs of ear pro
Arca attachment for tripod for spotting scope and binos
22lr and centerfire range flags
2- kydex mag holsters
FixITsticks

$1000 shipped tyd

Assassination………