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Accuracy International AT-X

Mlok is great on carbines with skinny barrels and light weight handguards. It's not so great on precision rifles since the hardware protrudes into the barrel channel. The AI keyslot is technically better for precision rifles which use heavy barrels and have thick walled handguards. But it has downsides of lack of accessories and in looks.

I put the mlok rail on my AXSR just for looks. While doing so I know I'll never use the mlok because it's worthless since the hardware interferes in the barrel channel means I couldn't remove or change the barrel.

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PortaJohn

We have house in the Upper Canyon that survived last years fire but the flood caused some damage. We were just going to start on the renovation but now this hit. Highest crest recorded and not sure whether well have a house or not.
Cousin in Ruidoso went the house this morning and reported a total loss. Water when as high as the kitchen countertop and structural structural damage. Hope to salvage some of the furniture I made for it and going to be a tear down with no plans to rebuild.

Any mountain bikers out there 2.0

I ride there time to time with my wife. The stuff in Bella Vista is pretty good, the last time we were there we did the Tunnel Vision & Back 40 loop. It's pretty sweet to have a 50 ish mile single track loop with minimal repeat. There are some fun trails out there. I like Hobbs as well but damn I'm destroying tires every trip. I am a weight weenie and cringe at tires that are over 700g. What tires are you having good luck with out there?

I am currently on a pair of Continental Dubnatols but I haven't been out there with them yet.

Have you ridden out in Jasper? I enjoy the Upper Buffalo Headwaters trail system and Rope Swing has put a lot of money into the trails at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. They are pretty good.
I haven’t been to Jasper but have done all the Bella Vista trails at some point.

I have pretty much stopped XC riding in the past couple of years since my wife stopped riding. I spend a lot of time at the jump lines and flow trails now so I’m on tougher casing tires like the Maxxis DHR2.

Also about 2 years ago I swapped to an ebike which is terrific for this area and sessioning all the downhill lines.

Accuracy International AT-X

Nonsense. There is an explicit set of standards for MLOK. The wiki page has a pretty good overview but you can get the entire standard from Magpul. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-LOK

Whether certain manufacturers adhere to those standards is a different story. Ironically, to my knowledge, AI has never published the standard for Keyslot. But MLOK absolutely has a standard for dimensions, fasteners, torque, etc. It has a full TDP.
I think you have shown a spotlight in your post on whats wrong with it.....magpul.

Vudoo - upside down assist button?

I couldn’t find anything on this, so please forgive me if this is common knowledge. I know there have been lots of ways to adjust Vudoo mags…

I recently purchased some Vudoo mags, and a couple of them have the assist button flipped upside down which makes the follower a little lower than normal. The user said that he shot CenterX out of those mags. Has anyone heard of this? Any idea why?

I have never had any issues out of any other Vudoo mags I’ve ever used with SK and CX, so I never would have guessed I would need this. I haven’t tried them out yet, but just wanted to see if anyone had heard of this and knows what it might “fix”.

Thanks!

Any mountain bikers out there 2.0

Some of you guys need to come check out Bville sometime. I’ll give you the tour.

They are also building a downhill park here, complete with a lift to the top. Supposed to be open next year.
I ride there time to time with my wife. The stuff in Bella Vista is pretty good, the last time we were there we did the Tunnel Vision & Back 40 loop. It's pretty sweet to have a 50 ish mile single track loop with minimal repeat. There are some fun trails out there. I like Hobbs as well but damn I'm destroying tires every trip. I am a weight weenie and cringe at tires that are over 700g. What tires are you having good luck with out there?

I am currently on a pair of Continental Dubnatols but I haven't been out there with them yet.

Have you ridden out in Jasper? I enjoy the Upper Buffalo Headwaters trail system and Rope Swing has put a lot of money into the trails at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. They are pretty good.

Long range build advice

When I'm shooting through virgin brass for my 375, I tend to ask friends to come to the range and run through a number of rounds.

One trip I was going up to a private range and a friend was coming along. So, I ended up loading 30 rounds for the 375 for load dev, and 30 virgin, thinking that my friend would go through the 30 virgin rounds. The night before, he texts me and says he has Covid. Well... shit...

- I go by myself.
- I run the 30 for load dev
- My shoulder is going
- My cheek is feeling it
- I run the first 10 virgin rounds
- My shoulder hurts
- My cheek hurts
- By the last 10, I'm aiming at the target, pulling my head away from the cheek riser and scope, and wincing as my shoulder takes the hit

EDIT: As an aside, I can shoot my 300 PRC all day, and while my shoulder may feel it afterward, it never "hurts"
Damn man you need a better brake! lol
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