Back when I adhered to my old school beliefs, it was either an Aimpoint or an Eotech if you are serious about your equipment. Shoot, to give you an idea of how long I was using aimpoints, I got my first one to put on top of a .38 super open gun and the aimpoint was anodized blue from the factory. I had to run the stacked battery option to get the dot bright enough.

When everyone started raving about the newly released Romeo5, I was a non believer, but I had to get one to see for myself. I still have that optic. When the 4t was released, I was getting ready to buy an Aimpoint, but after doing some research, I bought the 4t instead. I haven't regretted it for a second.

I can't steer you away from the Eotech. It's a tried and proven optic, provided that you can live with the downsides; specifically size, weight and battery life. If you're running night vision, I'd say go Eotech and live with the downsides. I don't get to run NV much, but the times I have, I preferred the Eotech. Clean dot and good view through the larger windows. I also think the Eotech does better with a magnifier.

If the pluses of running the Eotech outweigh the minuses for you, go Eotech; otherwise, Romeo 4t or some flavor of it.

There really isn't much more to want with the 4t. All 7075 construction, including the mount. Screw holes are sleeved with stainless inserts and everything you could typically need is in the box. I've also found the reticle to be useful and I like being able to swap. With the Eotech, you just have what you have.

Still, I have to admit ... I don't own an Eotech now, but everytime I get behind one, I'm impressed. Kind of like getting a really expensive LPVO because you want the best you can get, but in a small light package, running that for a while and getting used to it because it does its job, and then getting behind a mid tier 2-10 that is bigger and heavier, but that shooting experience is just so much better.

Specifically the feeling I get when I spent the last month running 3k rounds with my 1-8 NX8 and I get out to a range where I get to run my rig with the 2.5-10 Leupold Mk4 on it. For actually shooting, I'd take the $1k Leupold over the $1750 NX8 any day.

Mulepackhunter said:

Here is an option for two part design using the taper. I think this will be the best option. Again the red is the taper mating surface. The ring will push into the taper just as the RR brake does and will lock up tight. I'll face the front of the two parts while assembled so the witness between them should be minimal.
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This is indeed nice. Rough idea on cost and weight for this?

We haul ours all over the place and it has been flawless

Missing minute on the surveilance tape
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Gonna drop that into a Corolla?

Capri_Man said:

The suppressor has been in my dealers possession since june.

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Then your dealer needs to reach out to SS and see what the hold up is. My guess is SS doesn't have any information on you paying for the stamp. If you bought the stamp at the same time as the suppressor, then they haven't linked them for some reason. Are you do an individual or trust? Regardless, your dealer has to work with SS to get it straightened out so the certification step opens up.

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And look at their grandchildren...

What industry is your wife in? I want to switch to that field, lol.

flogxal said:

I was shooting my 16" .223 Wylde yesterday at 600. Credo 3-9x scope. And was wrestling with Strelok, which kept wanting to give me holdover for my last outing at 304yds. So I had some misses. And they were not always easy to spot at 9x magnification.

I struggle to see splash at 600 at 9x.

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I run an NX8 LPVO on my 12.5" and unless I have a spotter, I usually don't even waste my time beyond 500. Where I usually shoot, it's covered with vegetation and not much gets kicked up as it is. My 16" has a Leupold Mark 4 2.5-10 on it. I can get past 500, but how far depends on the conditions. I can see out to 800 on a good day, but its dicey.

Lawless said:

I don’t care what people joke about, I support PSA with my business and believe they are patriots.

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^^^^^

Delayed blowback is much nicer, Thats why people compete with them. Jp, Mean and CMMG all have some type of delayed unlocking of the bolt. Their might be others as well that Im not aware of. IMO any blowback 9mm is all about the same. They just need to have so much mass in the bolt and buffer to work correctly it just makes the recoil impulse shitty.

The other upside of a delayed setup would be the lower likely hood of an out of battery discharge. Like anything else just kinda depends on the budget and what you want out of it.

gkgeiger said:

Well, that is the Unlimited target, guys with $4-5k rifles (me for one) would love to say that we shoot 2350 or better 80% of the time. I recently shot a 2300 with my Lilja barreled 457 and was thrilled. You should compete in ARA unlimited. Oh, did you plug the close ones?

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Oh, there was a time when I lived and breathed rimfire. I didn't have the time or money to compete in anything but my local match, but the competition at my local match was fierce. We had a few pretty renowned shooters showing up with those $3k+ rifles. Custom Anschutz and other custom actions that I don't remember the names of. I was shooting a Shillen barreled 40x in a McMillan stock, with the action glued to the stock. I think I was running a Jewel trigger. Rimfire can get pretty sick, even on a local level.

The guy that ran the match, in an effort to level the playing field, required that you run the supplied ammo. That was Wolf Match Extra. If I recall right, that was the equivalent of SK Rifle Match, back when SK was loading for Wolf.

Someone shooting a perfect score was not unusual, nor was counting "X's" to declare a winner.

In any case, you do have to take what I said about my results with a grain of salt. What you can do in practice does not always directly correlate to what you'll do in a match. You can't choose your match conditions. What I said above applies in good conditions with little wind and is more of a testament to the capabilities of the equipment than my skill.

Yes, I do plug the close ones and either it broke the line or it didn't.

These days I just shoot for pleasure and to compete against myself and my friends with my trusty CZ457.

Anyway, I think the point I was trying to make is that you can find accurate ammo, even cheap ammo that will shoot accurately. What you pay for with expensive ammo is consistency from lot to lot and within each lot.

You can't buy a box of cheap stuff, find that it shoots well and declare that that ammo shoots well. More often than not, cheap ammo is going to varying wildly from lot to lot.

I see lots of guys that swear by CCI SV and Norma Tac 22, and yet when they put it down on a score card they can't understand it when they drop 500 points on a card after having shot all of those 1/2" groups. Of course, at least some of that is shooter error.

Still, I have run across some stellar lots of Federal Auto Match. I get it by the case to run through my semi autos, but I always test them in the bolt gun. When I find a lot that does decent in the bolt gun, I set that aside.

Here a CZ 457 Varmint LH in Premier2 with full length bridge

Gemsbok said:

I spent a few weeks cleaning up radium contaminated soil from a site where an old air plane was tossed as a target (or just decoration).
Lots of glowie dials in those old beasts.
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That brings back memories.

pucker said:

I’m sure there’s no pressure from the “VIPs” this squadron is tasked with chauffeuring around DC. /s

This procedure (requesting/approving visual sep of aircraft, on conflicting routes, at night, in an area full of lights) exists, despite smart people knowing it’s dangerous, for some reason.

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After the first incident I had a conversation with a former marine pilot who flew in DC area. That is exactly what he said happens.

Still available

Cowpokey said:

I’d still like to blame someone on the ground…like a baggage handler or gate check attendant.

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Or… follow the precedent set by the JAG in Germany and blame a crew chief who saw the Eagle taxi and should have known there was a problem.

Price drop to $600

Holliday said:

@DocUSMCRetired should sectors/groups produced on my iPad, sync through the cloud with my iPhone and vice versa?

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No, Sectors do not cloud sync.

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I bet he sleeps safe and sound, let's not overlook the suppressor.