Yes the pre Defender series vortex were not reliable enough. The Defender series is whole new animal. Fantastic quality

I got started shooting matches in 06 and matches back then were something else.

SupressYourself said:

You think that's something, Tikka puts their barrels on with an impact wrench. I think their spec is about 8,000 yard-tons.

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I've heard the newer ones are not as bad. But yeah, I had to cut my 1st Gen CTR's barrel (relief cut) to get it off. Fucker was torqued on there to some stupid level of ft/lbs.

Nodakplowboy said:

When I was a young farmboy in the 50's and 60's the wheat variety most raised (at least on our dirt) was Waldron, a heritage wheat.

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Nodakplowboy said:

Waldron was famous for long straw and heads.

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Wheat used to be 5-6’ tall. It sure is short now, crossed with grass.

I have 2 noveske barreled uppers; I bought the 10.5" one from them and it can cycle subs unsuppressed and it came with a fixed gas block. The other is a 7.9" barreled DIY upper that I built with an AGB so that I could adjust for supers... which I have found I haven't shot much of and so it always stayed fully open.

I was going to try a different AGB but on a whim decided to try the OEM non adjustable GB since I have liked how the 10.5" upper shoots and the relatively little gas leakage it has. (Given how hard the GB pin was to hammer in, I think it will stay this way )

I shoot long guns left-handed and even with an AGB tamming recoil, a low flow/ high back pressure can will eject gas in my face. It is for this reason I prefer higher flow cans. Both of these uppers have KAK down venting BCGs which help.

I have found the HUX cans to be the highest flow and if I was shooting a lot of supers, I'd likely pick the FLOW 762 Ti (which I have and which I like a lot for 556 and 308). But for subs, the HUX cans seem not to perform as well. Fine? Sure, but... There are a few posts elsewhere here with more first hand comments that the HUX cans aren't ideal for subs. (To be clear, I *love* my OSS and HUX cans for super sonic gas gun stuff.)

Should I shoot supers out of these uppers, I'll put a heavier buffer in. I know that's not the best solution but I accept the trade off.

Other uppers have either a regular or piston AGB and so I'll use them if I'm shooting supers.

If that's your intent then cheap range grade ammo might be a better deal for you .

Maybe consider commercial remanufactured ammo.

Bump! Buy the rest for $185 shipped!

Bump w/ price drop!

Bump.

I will tell you from experience (30+) years as a Paramedic, death is a hard one to predict even for people that have been placed into Hospice care. I had an uncle who was in Hospice 5 or 6 times(it's an huge industry) he just wouldn't die. While I personally don't think I will be long lived it is IMO a many faceted calculation ie; genetics, history such as smoking, alcohol, drugs, obesity etc. to predict anyone's demise with any certainty especially considering death is sometimes just dumb luck or fate. Idiot's doing stupid things not withstanding as that is a constant factor LOL. But considering how many people I saw die horrible, traumatic and totally unpredictable deaths and the circumstances they died, I think it's only human to have some thoughts and perhaps premonitions on our own mortality.

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At the very least, subject them to an intensive audit and fines with compounded interest, just like they would do to John Q.

Bump. Still available.

That's looking good .

Sometimes I can't smoke, high winds / strong fire danger and now another burnt out fire box .

A brisket cooked as roast beef is great eats, kind of cook carrots and potatoes separate in some of the ajus after separating off the fat. Or you can aggressively trim fat especially that big wedge between flat and point.

Another way I like it is seasoned like fajitas and slow roasted with some onions cilantro stems and peppers in with it. Separate fat from liquid and toss out the veggies since they will be fat soaked and lost all their flavor.

It's all making me hungry.

Mike Casselton said:

@lash Are you driving and texting?

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I wish that I was Mike.

You think that's something, Tikka puts their barrels on with an impact wrench. I think their spec is about 8,000 yard-tons.

Here are some 27” Bartlein 400MODBB MTU blanks that LRI just did. (6mm bore for reference) I don’t know what they weighed beforehand but I know unchambered MTUs weight a lot more than these! The Murder Hornet is 4lbs. 15.5oz and both of the Pattern X are identical at 5lbs. 0.5ozs.