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I haven't really planned or thought this out, so it's all pretty off-the-cuff and I'm not sure where it's going. It's an important day for me, though, and it's not really something I talk about, or get to talk about, with most people in real life. Most people I know aside from my close friends, don't even know about it. And I guess I just want to talk about it a bit.

June 11th, 2022 was a Saturday, I was finishing up some work before going to meet my realtor at a few house showings. I'd been looking at houses for awhile, with the pandemic buying, money printing and plunging interest rates making buying progressively more difficult. It was a sunny, nice day, I remember that. I finished up what I was working on, realized I needed to meet my realtor, and since it was such a nice day, I grabbed my jacket, keys and helmet, deciding to take my BMW R1200RS. And that's the last thing I actually remember; I have a few memory fragments, pieces of seconds and poorly formed memories. The next thing I remember is coming to in the hospital the next day, or day after, I'm not exactly sure. My dad was there. I didn't know where I was, how I got there, or why I was there. I was laying flat on my back. I asked him why I was there, what happened. I remember telling him, "I'm so fucked." And then I don't remember much else for some time after that.

"Male 35 years old, helmeted single rider in high speed MVA, s.p. motorcycle vs car" is what the hospital intake form said. While I was on my way to meet the realtor, a Lexus pulled out directly in front of me from a parking lot, trying to cross two north-bound lanes to reach the two south-bound lanes. The driver told police he "never saw" me. When I say directly in front of me, I mean --directly-- in front of me. In what ended up being a lucky break for me, the driver behind me caught the entire thing on dash cam and turned it over to police.

Friday before the accident I was a strong, semi-jacked, outdoorsy type guy that loved to motorcycle, lift weights, kayak fish, had fished competitions, hike, camp, and had recently been skiing in Colorado with some good friends. I loved my feisty Brittany Spaniel more than the salt in food. I could squat 315#, bench 255# and deadlift 355# at 168 lbs and had previously overhead pressed 160# at 165 lbs body weight. And now, I was laying in a hospital bed, in the ICU, with no idea how I got there, or why.

I broke my left orbital, upper jaw, some bones in my sinuses and cheek. I broke my neck at cervical vertebrae C6, C7 in several places. I ruptured the ligament on the left side of my C-spine, and my C-spine had displaced a bit over 7mm. I had a spinal cord injury (SCI) at C5. My left distal radius was broken and badly displaced and my left ulna was displaced. I had broken my pelvis at the pubic symphysis, pelvic ring and IIRC had some separation or displacement of both sacroiliac (SI) joints. Thankfully, my pelvis did not displace. I also had a bilateral avulsion of the rectus abdominis --my abs tore off the bone. As I would hear repeatedly, I was absolutely lucky to be alive; I was told by more than one doctor and ICU nurse that most patient they see with my injuries don't survive them. In another bout of good luck, a prominent neurosurgeon was at the hospital and he was able to get me into emergency surgery stabilize my cervical spine anteriorly (from the front), put it back into place and relieve the pressure on my spinal cord.

Because of the broken neck and SCI, I was in a neck brace and entirely immobile. I couldn't move my legs, could barely move my arms and hands and was extremely weak. I would later learn that my dad called my oldest brother and sister and they came to the hospital as well, and, that in spite of the success of the first spine surgery, the surgeon was preparing them for the reality of caring for a quadriplegic and that it was highly likely I'd be in a chair for the rest of my life. In the next day or two, I'd have my second spine surgery to repair and stabilize the spine from the posterior (back). My memory of the first week or two is still pretty sparse from the head trauma and buckets of IV opioids, but one thing that does stand out clearly: after that second surgery when I was back in my ICU room, the surgeon came to check on me. I was half asleep and I have this thing I do where I rub my feet together to help me sleep. I was rubbing my feet together, a little bit but moving them nonetheless, when he came in and he stopped, looking at my feet and said, "oh my God, he's moving his feet." At the time, I didn't understand why this was significant, but according to this neurosurgeon, it was incredible.

A week or so later I was transferred to another hospital where my pelvis was repaired. This time only one surgery.

All in all, I spent three months in the hospital and in care facilities, recovering, rehabbing and learning to make peace with a different reality. I learned to rollover again, to sit up, feed myself and use a knife and fork, to put my socks on and get dressed, and to walk again --which is the thing people always ask about. I spent the next 9 months in day rehab and outpatient rehab for physical and occupational therapy, and had to completely relearn how to use my left hand. In the meantime, I lost my dream job that I had landed only 5 months before my accident. I still had my dog, though, and my best friend and her husband took me in for several months because I wasn't able to live on my own. And I learned a lot about myself and the human spirit.

I'm going to wrap it up here, for now, and get off this couch and get some pistol shooting in. There's so freaking much I could say on this, hell I could probably write a book on it. Maybe I'll add more to this later. But for now I need to step away. Anyway, for anyone that stayed until the end, thanks for reading my story.

If anyone has any questions about my injuries, the accident, SCI stuff, rehab, whatever, I'm pretty likely open to answering them. I recall there was another thread on here dealing with a fundraiser for a shooter that suffered an SCI and there was a decent amount of questions about it, so I'm pretty willing to share my experiences.

But right now, it's my 3rd Life Day, and I'm going to go celebrate.

One of the most powerful leaders in Mexico is floating a plan for his country to seize a large chunk of the United States’ land as the riots in Los Angeles continue to rage.

Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña, the President of the Mexican Senate, responded to mayhem on Monday by promoting La Reconquista, a radical idea supported by individuals who want the American Southwest returned to Mexico. In his remarks to reporters in Mexico City, he revealed that he once told Trump he supported building and paying for a wall if it included the U.S. territories that were once part of Mexico.

“I was at Trump Tower when President-Elect Donald Trump was days away from taking the oath of office for the first time as President,” said Fernández Noroña. “I said ‘yes, we’ll build the wall, yes, we’ll pay for it, but we’ll do it according to the map of Mexico from 1830.”

Fernández Noroña then held up the 1830 map, which shows the states of California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and more as part of Mexico.

“If you can see, maybe a third or at least a quarter of the North American territory was part of Mexico until 1846,” he explained. “We were stripped of these territories.”

“We were settled there before the nation now known as the United States,” Fernández Noroña added. “The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo establishes rights for the people who were settled in those territories, which were not respected.”

After blabbering about the American city of Laredo and the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo, the Mexican Senate President returned to Los Angeles.

“With this geography, how can we talk about liberating Los Angeles and California?” Fernández Noroña asked while holding up another map showing the American Southwest as part of Mexico. “Liberate them from who? The Mexicans who are settled in that place are settled in what has been their homeland.”

“The two names don’t deceive, the most spoken language in Los Angeles is Spanish,” he said with a smirk. “You don’t need to speak English to live in Los Angeles.”
“The United States government has the right to implement whatever immigration measures it deems appropriate, certainly,” Fernández Noroña added. “But they have no right to violate the dignity of migrants. They have no right to separate families.”

These remarks come just two days after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum egged on the violent protesters and lashing out at the Trump Administration for even trying to lay down the law. During a speech in Mexico City, Sheinbaum hailed the rioters as “good men and women” who just want to support their families.

She also threatened another insurrection when she called for Mexicans in America to mobilize and take action if the U.S. decides to implement a tax on money sent home to Mexico. Remittances make up roughly 4% of Mexico’s gross domestic product.

Perhaps Mexico’s top leaders will change their tune if Trump raises tariffs on their country again and cuts off foreign aid.


HILARIOUS!!

Finishing my build for an ar-10 using a .936 gasblock

right now deciding between:

SLR Sentry 9
Superlative Arms .936
JP Enterprises .936

anyone have experience with these and can give perspective?

Lone Peak Razor Ti, long action, with a 22” Bartlein #13 Varmint/Sendero 7.5tw carbon fiber barrel, chambered by Straight Jacket. Barrel and action have 120 rounds. Asking $1650 shipped and insured with Triggertech Special two stage or $1500 without.

KRG Whiskey 3 Chassis Folding
Gen 2 I think... Pre pandemic purchase - $600 + Shipping

KRG Whiskey 3 Fixed
Gen 1 or 2 ???? Pre pandemic purchase - $450 + Shipping

Selling my KAC PVS 30. I’m the second owner (purchased from a fellow hide member). There are a couple of small scuffs that were there when I bought it (see pictures) but overall it’s in great condition.

I’ve run it a few times hunting at night and everything worked flawlessly.

### shipped via FedEx with a signature required.

For Sale...
Vortex 30% Off MAP Certificate @ EuroOptic
Expires July 25, 2025
$OLD Shipped & Insured

(PayPal Accepted per forum rules or Postal Money Orders)

I have a couple of these that are new, I don’t need them.

$340 shipped

It finally happened. I've tried to do this for months, and the fourth or fifth time was the charm between weather, work conflicts and methodology problems.

First, huge thanks to Ben of Roaming Shot in Slaughter, LA. Ben runs the best 1,000 yard range in the region that I'm aware of - air conditioned with an expert and a work bench close at hand.

As is known, I'm a fan of the 6.5 Grendel, and I own a few examples of it - over the years, between builds and group buys and so forth, I apparently made enough of an impression on Mr. Craddock that he named a run of barrels after my likeness. I have no interest or commission from these, and it may have been a shrewd business decision on Craddock's part to get me and my friends to buy even more. It worked - then Murphy's law kicked in. The initial barrels that shipped had a problem from the factory. When they realized the issue, Paul proactively contacted customers, got them back, and replaced them.

So, getting mine built took a minute longer than I'd hoped, but the wait was more than worth it. Between me, my sons and our hunting buddies we ended up with three sets of twins - (2) 13.9" with a .625 thickness Pangris Mod 1's built on Thunder Ranch edition Aero matched sets, (2) 18" .750 fluted RTR's that are rebarreled SOLGW rifles, and (2) 14.5" .750 fluted Pangris Mod 2's, one built on a Battle Arms Ultralight matched set, one built on an Aero green anodized matched set, both with Smoke Composites furniture.

To make a long story short, my first couple trips to my home range were unsatisfying. I have an SWFA SS 20x I use as a reference scope, and I couldn't get the type of group I expected based on my prior experience with Craddock. I'd have a three shot clover and then I'd throw one or things would open up. One method problem was rushing - with one scope, once I dialed in "ish" at 50 and moved to 100, the barrels - particularly the skinny ones - were just not producing the results I hoped for.

So today, we used multiple reference scopes and shot others in between, i.e. they cooled down for at least 20 min between strings. The result, praise Thor, was excellent. Ben proved all 6 barrels were shooters. We started with Hornady 123 ELD and it provided 1" or less in the first 4 rifles. My BAD 14.5" eats ELD-V 100 gr and that also went MOA or better for 5 shots. I was very happy in general.

Naturally, number 6, one of the 13.9" .625s did not cooperate. As a matter of fact, with Ben behind the trigger, he was vocally surprised at the size of the groups, so we let it cool down again and shot some other stuff - and then printed about 10 shots that were the worst of the day, probably a 2.5" vertical string, and over an inch wide. We decided to let it cool again and then try another type of ammo. In the most significant display of ammo preference I've ever seen, 30 minutes later it put 5 rounds of Nosler 120 gr into about half an inch. Pictures labeled "Ammo matters" are the same gun back to back. I would not have taken that bet, but I watched Ben put Noslers through the same hole twice. I had been ready to throw that rifle in the river on previous trips. It further reinforced to me that it takes not only skill but time, equipment, various ammo and the physical resources to really determine what a rifle can do.

I'm happy to say we also ran my sons' Craddock bult AR-10s which I had about given up on - to the point I offered them for sale because we couldn't get them to run reliably with a can - but dual ejector bolts have turned them into boringly reliable hammers. To be clear, he built the uppers on my parts to my spec previously so I got what I asked for. The Shilen barrels he turned for those have always been laser beams.

Last but not least, we played with the Athlon Cronus CL35 640 and it continues to impress. This unit has a built in laser range finder, ballistic calculator, 10 profiles etc etc - but what had me baffled is it has yet to require zero'ing across multiple rifles to be minute of pigyote from the word go. I need to work up a precision protocol and determine reliability and so forth - but - in short, I'm sold. I put it in front of my 20" Noveske with a VX6 HD 3x18 50mm and a 12.5" Noveske with a VX6 HD 1-6 with a 30mm tube and it shot dead center with the 1-6, about 2" high with the 3-18, and then did it again cycling on and off. Very, very impressed.

Solid day at the range - thanks to Paul Craddock for building me some of my favorite guns, thanks to Ben of Roaming Shot for building a 1000 yard range and being so generous with his skill set, and thanks to my sons and hunting buddies for the loaners so we could put lead through paper. Oh, and to Athon for the T&E unit, although I don't think they are getting it back at this point.

Due to the nature of the range, target photos are with a cell phone through a spotting scope, apologies for the quality there - but - I'm satisfied that with a little more effort re: ammo selection and break in, they should all hang with the best of them.

Selling my last Aero Solus Obsidian. This one has been a back up and was one from the first run of obsidians they did. This one has probably 2000 rounds through and who knows how many dry fires. 0 issues with it. DM if you’d like some pics.
308 bolt face.
$700 shipped.

For those of you shooting iron sights or red dots on your rifles, regardless of your zeroing scheme, how far are you typically shooting?

Are 80% of your shots inside of 150 yards? Shorter distance than that?

How often are targets 300 yds and beyond?

Mk13 Mod 7 chassis. In great condition, has some wear in the magwell from inserting/removing mags but that’s about it. Comes as pictured (older picture from when I bought it but nothing has changed, just sat on the box).

$2500 shipped, Payment via PayPal F&F, Venmo, Zelle, USPS MO. Only trades would be LA FDE AICS 2.0 or ATACR 7-35. SOLD

i bought a bergara barreled action in left hand and will right away take off the 18in factory and chamber myself a shilen ratchet barrel. My question is I am planning on using sk ammo. What chamber should I go with and why?

Page 3 is an eye opener by the way it’s written. A the future date it said it happened. over all it’s makes 2020 look like child’s play. Remember event 201 on YouTube.

-GA Precision Remington 700 Short Action (Custom from their shop, trued and worked over).
-19" Rock Creek Barrel, Threaded 5/8-24 for the badger FTE brake (included)
-1:10 twist
-Timney Hit Trigger
-Badger bolt knob
-Badger scope base
-G prefix receiver.
-Oversized recoil lug.
-McMillan A3, painted camo (my own paint job). Standard fill, pillars, not bedded.
-SOL Strategic M5 bottom metal and AI 5 rd mag.

750 rounds down the tube. See pictures for 5-round group. Excellent shooter, hate to let this one go.

Asking $2100 shipped to your FFL.

Money order or Cashiers check ONLY. I will not reach out to potential buyers, so if you get a message, it is a scam.

Feel free to message with questions. I am happy to facetime or talk on the phone to confirm a sale. Your ffl must accept from a private individual.

REDUCED! $9,000 shipped to your FFL. This is a complete M24 Sniper System with Deployment case and all accessories. This is not the made up kit that Remington put out. M24 Return stock with Remington 700 M24 action and M24 trigger (not the stock civilian trigger). The barrel is code marked PE. The action is marked Rem 700 M24 and the serial number is C6973876 Leupold Mark 4 M3-10x scope SN 44336G there is an "I" or "1" two spaces ahead of the ser. no, Leupold rings. Original scope case with kill flash and sunshade. Redfield Palma International rear sight, with Big Bore Interntional front sight and two Redfield insert cases with inserts. Pelican accessory box. DRMO purchased Hardig deployment case marked 3312B. This is the sniper weapon system for the B Split Team of SFODA-3312. SFODA-3312 (SSG Miller received his Medal of Honor for his actions while serving with Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 3312, Special Operations Task Force-33, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, in Konar province, Afghanistan, on January 25, 2008.)
Purchase includes
M24 Sniper Weapons System, 7.62x51 (This particular weapon is one of the most accurate I have ever used, see pics). M24 system match trigger
Leupold Mark 4 M3-10x with Leupold rings
Hardig transport case
Flash hider
Harris bipod
Redfield Palma rear sight and Big Bore International front sight
Sight kit with two Redfield aperture sets, Kill Flash, sunshade, and spare parts
Pelican Box with Seekins torque wrench, and misc. parts
Two Turner saddlery slings, one new un-opened synthetic and one used leather,
Manuals
One packaged Otis cleaning kit and one small Otis cleaning kit
US cleaning rod kit
Small parts bag, wrench, sling swivels, magazine follower, spare firing pin, misc spare parts.
3 ammo carriers





Video of this gun shooting ping pong balls at 100yds
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I have 2 bricks all same lot. $360 shipped.

Cleaning my gun storage out and tossed a little white box that my Origin came in when I bought it. OOPS, had two different bolt heads in there. Fuck.

This was probably two months ago and I just now realized it. I typically never throw boxes out, and this is why. Guess I’ll go back to my old ways.

Since they are clearly our enemies and are at war with us… and not just at a low level …

Can we start calling a spade a spade?

Because the ChiComs, slopes, zips, rice balls, bad-drivers, hop-sings, Manchurian soy-suckers, fortune-cookie-Ching-Chong’s, no-tikee-no-shirtee, are clearly our enemies and deserve no quarter. Including lamponing the shit out of them like the sub-human Tieneman-square-massacring tank-pilots they are.

Can we please start using the appropriate shorthand and calling them $&@?ing Chinks… without getting a ban hammer threat?

I am, of course, certainly glad to abide by community rules and *not*’refer to them as Chinks as long as the community standard applies.

But given the current state of the world, I do ask for an official ruling from the top. And will totally abide by what is decided.

Even if does favor the commie Chinks.

Sirhr

I recently had a frustrating and disappointing experience with Bullet Central regarding a malfunctioning Bix N Andy trigger. The trigger had locked up and wasn’t functioning correctly despite being used lightly and maintained as well as I could.

I reached out to Bullet Central support and was in touch with Jacob M . I provided detailed information, photos, and even a video to illustrate the problem. His response? Clean it. You are not cleaning it well. I disassembled everything to parts and assembled. Still not working. Response you do not know how to assemble so I will have to charge you.

2A companies are usually more customer centric than normal companies. This one is terrible.

I asked if I could send the unit in for evaluation and was told I could—but that any repairs would not be covered under warranty. I was shocked. No acknowledgment of possible manufacturer defect, no ownership of customer support responsibility—just a flat response that I’d be charged regardless.

The entire interaction felt dismissive and transactional. For a premium product sold by a company that markets itself as a leader in precision shooting, the lack of accountability and empathy was troubling. Jacob’s tone and unwillingness to assist meaningfully made the experience even more frustrating.

If you’re considering buying or servicing Bix N Andy trigger through Bullet Central, think twice. If anything goes wrong, don’t expect much.

I had very well priced Berger bullets over $1200 in the cart. Was checking with them why a coupon was not working before ordering. Thanks to this experience that business is going to someone else.

TL;DR: Poor warranty service from Bullet Central for BixNAndy trigger. Technician was dismissive and unhelpful. Would not recommend the company and because of the company being sole distributor the trigger which otherwise is amazing.

Gentlemen

I have two stocks from Terry Cross that just arrived, and they don't belong to anyone Terry said they are over runs. I can build a 308 or a 6.5 creed. One has a Rem VBC and the other has a Krieger Heavy contour and both are set up for the Badger EFR night vision mounts.

The build times should be appx. 4 to 5 months if anyone is interested let me know 310-275-8797

Thank you

Mike R.

Hey,

As many saw we had a weekend exploit with a bunch of scammers copying real members and causing some headaches.

One of the things we did was, we went in and recovered several of the hacked accounts and returned them to their owners

So that means, you can't report them from the weekend because nothing is the same. The team is going through and correcting a lot of these problems as we speak and that all started yesterday.

It sucks, they got in and were able to edit their accounts to resemble trusted users, that is part of their game. To ruin the experience for everyone. They (scammers) reported real accounts, spoofed real accounts, and generally just made a mess of things.

We changed a lot, we tied as much down as we can, and we are using the tools at our disposal to remove them. The Logs are being used to sweep the site as best we can. With VPN, AI, and the ability to have unlimited email addresses, it's a game of whack a mole but we are playing it.

Sorry this happened, continue to stay vigilant, but know many of the compromised accounts have been fixed.