Hey gang,
You can skip the next paragraph (background story) and go straight to the bullet points if you like.

I'm sure this has been best to death. I tried YouTube and there's so many questionable reviews it's hard to trust anything. Here's the situation I'm fleeing NY for my life this year. I bought 113 acres in Arkansas with a little house for my wife and I. We're pretty remote as the house is a half mile from the road and surrounded by woods. I have a pump shotgun and will get a 9mm pistol for close quarters home and personal defense. For more midrange property protection and shtf stuff I'm getting a 223 wylde 16" AR. I bought a red dot for it but can't use it because of astigmatism. That's ok because I'd like like some magnification for target identification anyway. I'm looking for a 1-4 or 1-6 LPVO. I don't need much magnification because most of the property is heavily wooded. Only the driveway and a couple paths have maybe upto 100 yds of narrow sight line. There's one power line clearing that 400 yards but probably 85% of the property is so wooded really you can't shoot more than 25 yards most of the time. I obviously don't need a high dollar, high magnification LPVO with 1000 yd clarity.

I'm looking for a LPVO with these charteristics for under $500
1 Reliable brand with a known good warranty
2 1-4x or 1-6x
3 Simple illuminated reticle that doesn't need to be daylight bright or have ranging.
4 As clear and bright glass as I can get for the dollar.


Preferred but not required
1 Low profile capped turrets as to not block vision
2 Cross bars in reticle to guide my eye to the center for quick acquisition.
3 Black color


I'm considering a Burris RT6. If you have any suggestions regarding scope or weapon choices please let me know.

Thanks all and have a Merry Christmas
Ron

I have been looking and even asking the manufacturers which not one has gotten back to me.
Is using a ultrasonic cleaner with specific Carbon cleaner the best way, or a suitable way for cleaning the suppressors?

I have a Zermatt Origin SA (20 moa rail) with a Criterion pre-fit barrel in 6.5 Creedmoor, Hawkins 34mm medium rings, Area 419 hellfire brake and a Triggertech primary flat trigger. Barrel and action have 280 rounds of match factory ammo through them. Action, barrel nut and barrel (26" MTU) are all from Northland Shooters Supply. Barrel was properly headspaced with go & no-go gages and then torqued to Northland's spec using their 4" wrench. Asking $1300 shipped from my FFL to yours. If you want to do PayPal you cover the fee, otherwise Zelle or PayPal F&F is fine. I have purchased other things from the Hide but it is my first time selling so if I'm missing something or you have any other questions let me know.

I've cleaned and reorganized my reloading room. I've loaded sufficient cartridges for working tests and next steps in load development. I've accumulated some needed tools (AMP Press), powder (H1000 and Retumbo), primers, and bullets. I've prepped all of my fired brass. I've even cleaned every rifle and coated the inside barrels with light oil. Short of doing goofy stuff like "sorting bullets", or other semi-meaningless activities ... does anybody have any good ideas about productive and useful reloading activities I could engage in while waiting for the freezing cold temperatures and snow to stop? Maybe I should just learn how to "hibernate".

*Labradar
*tripod stand
*original flat stand
*recoil trigger
*power pack
*pelican 1500 carry case

$725 shipped

So I tried smoking my first raised rabbit. It was about 9-12 weeks old.

225 for 2.5 hrs.

It came out ok on the front quarters, I went another hr on the hind quarters as the temperature didn’t hit 160. They came out mushy. Not a wet mushy, just mushy. They were not dry in any way either.

I went about another hour on the back mid section but raised the temperature to 300 thinking it might need to dry out a bit but had the same results as the hind quarters or slightly worse. I think it might have “steamed” cooked the thicker parts?

I thought I would go I higher temperature and shorter cooking time on my next try. Something like 325 until I hit 160.
Thoughts on this?

Detailed cooking advice would be appreciated.

Some news items are too important for PortaJohn...


"Mon Dieu! I slipped and fell on zee shell!"

This is a good "hey honey, check this out" item. The womenfolk always appreciate a true connoisseur of worldly events.

Disturbing X-ray pic slideshow top of article at link. Probably not a good screensaver for work

Selling my 16” unfired factory upper with non ambi sr15 lower asking $2500 plus ship but will talk. Just don’t need 2 16” knights in safe


Text for faster response 5707607246 first I’ll take it via text gets it

So me and a friend were debating the needs of a person shooting hitting nrl22x matches and rimfire prs matches.

What’s your school of thought and why.

Would you rather a top tier gun. Like a vudoo or a rimx and pair it with a Arken ep5 or a stroke eagle

Or

Have a cz or a b14r paired with a top tier scope. Think zco or razor gen3 etc.

Where do you put the money. The scope or the gun. And please don’t say both. We all know that the best gun and the best scope is the best combo.

Buenos Aires celebration. Supposedly 5 million shoed up. Fuck cities and fuck crowded cities.

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$90 each shipped.

Time to step up. Get out your resume and get in line. You will be either in front of me, or behind me. Good luck!!!

Changing direction with my shooting activities. This gets used very little. Very cool setup. Pilots are in the pic. 6 dahers/creedmoor/.270/.300 win mag/6.8spc pilots

Trades Im looking for in this order
1. Barreled Action with Trigger. Looking for Impact 737 or Lone Peak preferred, would consider a Zeus. 6 dasher barrel with no to minimal round round chambered by a reputable smith. I have SaC modular for 6 dasher so Id like to stick with that. Trigger tech diamond single stage trigger. Or Bix and Andy Tac Sport
2. High end AR10 in 6.5cm
3. High end AR15 in 6 arc

I've narrowed things down to either a SR25 or LMT MARS-H and fwiw, I shoot Lefty and want a full ambi platform. I've looked at lots of other weapons and while I'd ask you to feel free to chime in with other options, I'm pretty settled on these two. I've shot both of these before and like them both a lot with the SR25 getting a slight edge. The LMT felt like cheating at 350y, it was so easy. I've also owned a Tavor7 and Scar17 (multiple times) and never felt the 'love' for either to be honest. Time in the Army has made me an AR-guy I suppose.

Items to consider:
Will go with a 14.5" or 16" barrel using a DA FH so that I can run my Sandman S
Will use multiple optics depending on intended use that day, including thermal
I already have a SR25 lower inbound (can either use it or sell and make a bit of money towards the LMT
Because of multiple factors, this will be my 'go to' gun
I work a LOT of hours with a schedule that lacks any sort of structure coupled with limited number of local ranges so don't have the time to perpetually fiddle with things

Which route would you take? The SR25 checks all the boxes except for cost; the LMT has other Pros like barrel changing (that I'd maybe only use to get a 20" 308 barrel) with the only Cons I can think of being potentially being overgassed and then having to mess around with buffers, springs, ez tube, etc. and about half a pound heavier.

All feedback is appreciated and have a Happy Christmas everyone!

BNIB. Impact Precision short action 737R with .308 bolt face. Right hand. AI cut.

Getting rid of everything that's not a 60 degree bolt throw so this is up for sale.

$SOLD shipped CONUS from me to your FFL.

Pic for reference.

So I am a certified old fart now and as such I was out for my afternoon walk when I found myself in a new and interesting situation. I found myself if not directly in, very close to someone's line of fire, I could hear the gunshots closely followed by ricochets (Subsonic, either pistol or PCC). If had to guess I was less than 100-ish yards from the rounds point of impact and rather close to being directly down range from the shooters position. The problem was that I was on a bike / walking path in a "good" part of town at exactly 12 noon, not up in the mountains on the other side of a hill from a DNR shooting range.

Obviously this was a freak occurrence of me just being in the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time, but it did get me curious. I have a ring doorbell and I see all the time people posting about gunshots at various timers of day and night. Are you guys seeing a rise in gun violence or random shootings where you live or is the ghetto slowly moving in to my neighborhood? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts or personal experiences if you have a similar one. I did talk to a sheriffs deputy and they did find spent cartridges but I did not want to ask too many questions and appear suspicious.

Brand new never used. Opened the ST box to check contents only. Has 2.0 firmware already on it. Moving a different direction with my reloading shooting. The AD has been used with the ATV4 (already sold) in the picture.

Only trades Im looking is a new or like new MPA Matrix Pro for rem700 clone. Color not so important. Do not want a regular matrix.

Usually I’ll default to tikka but I’ve read you can’t seat them long enough in a long action. So what’s the next best thing? Under $1k. Primarily used for hunting.

I am gathering the equipment I will eventually need to do a barrel swap on my Howa 1500, and other rifles in the future.

Yes, I know the Howa 1500s are a sumbitch to change, and believe me, if I have doubts, off to the gunsmith it goes immediately.

I am posting to verify the equipment I will need as I have never done this before and thus I am ignorant.

1. Barrel Vise (I am looking at the Viper)

2. Action Wrench (I am looking at the Northland Shooters Supply version)

3. Savage-like barrel nut from Patriot Valley Arms (I would likely get the barrel from them too)

4. Go and No-Go Gauge (Clymer brand seems to keep coming up in my search -- is there better?)

5. Torque Wrench (Does anyone have a brand to recommend?)

6. Crow's Foot attachment for torque wrench to fit barrel nut.

I welcome your thoughts.

Thank you.

-Stan

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........... a magazine for Remington 7600 in 270/30-06. Please contact me at tspearsrphATaol.com.
Thanks in advance!

That could sink a company. Or Joe and company will forgive their buddies?
These banks are so crooked its evil.

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SOLD PENDING FUNDS

AI ATX-Elite Sand (non folder) with the following

*Brand new comp trigger installed by AI
*Hoptic 2 round holder
*Elite Sand short forend cover
*Bugholes bag rider
*MDT elite grip
*Wie Bad mini cheek pad
*18” AI 6.5cm barrel(had it cut down for Thunderbeast ultra 7. TB brake included with barrel. Not Ultra7

*New TS customs 6 dasher Hawk Hill. Shot 15 rounds to check it. One ragged hole (.1-.2’s). 6 dasher barrel will come with a 6mm ace brake.

*2 AI internal weights
*6 AI external weights
*2 AI AX mags with HRD BR kits (original internal as well)
*1 AI AX mag for 6.5 barrel

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Killer setup but really liked my impact better myself over the three lug 2 stage trigger AI setup.

Rifle solo (with all the extras)$5100. Not parting out rifle stuff. Rifle has only seen bench and dry fire sessions on my tripod in my garage. Rifle shipped individual to ffl.

More pics up in a few hours. This is it with 6.5cm barrel

No luck on dragging San Fran off into the abyss but rocked far Nor Cal pretty hard.
Most of the North Coast out of power. I'm inland 60ish miles and responding to outages now.