CStroud said:

Yeh so I got the medium bridge, but unsure if I want to cut it that far back now as all my barrels are 18”+. Decisions decisions.

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I would keep it as is and start calling your rifle James William Bottomtooth III.

mvphilly said:

He should have went right for Waltz. Never mind the little fish.

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Victims purpose could have been to send a message. I'm sure it sent a message through the rest of the party of what will happen if you don't toe the party line. They were the ones that didn't toe the line, and the world saw what happened to 'em. Doesn't matter if they were small fish in a big pond, the message was clear.

As for the suspect, he was either smuggled out of the country (not likely because living men can still talk), or he was liquidated, or he'll be found by LEO's on the DNC payroll and they'll do the liquidating when he resists. Either way, he'll never be given the opportunity to talk.

Mike Casselton said:

All of this reminds me of the average golfer. (AKA a hacker)

Golfer: Man, my game sucks ass. I can't keep my drive in the fairway.

Salesman: What you need is a new set of these clubs. They hit 25 yards further with a 6% increase in accuracy.

Golfer: You mean they'll help my game?

Salesman: Of course they can. And, with some (a lot of) range practice, you'll be hitting them right down the middle of the fairway.

Golfer: Fuck yeah. I'll take them!

Salesman: Don't forget these new shoes with orthotic soles, and you'll want these new spin regulated balls. They will steer themselves back to center with an off hit. And a $550.00 bag to carry them.

Golfer: Sold. Do you take Visa?




Like the golfing hack, the Army (brass) is trying to buy hits on the enemy with new equipment instead of taking the time, effort and money to actually teach troops how to hit where they aim. (If they are in fact aiming)

On top of that, there's the profit to companies and potential retirement jobs for those who get contracts awarded.

I'm not saying we need to go back to the A-1.
I do think having optics and suppressors is a huge benefit.



Not understanding how to use the supplied equipment is the issue...

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I don’t even think US Army senior officers are thinking about hits on target when making decisions about small arms.

They already know that small arms play almost zero role in Full Scale Combat Operations, so they don’t really give a rip. If one of the lower self-esteemed Generals wants to whore himself out to some small arms company, they couldn’t care less as there aren’t any numbers that excite them after seeing where the meat actually is, both in terms of actual explosive ordnance delivery in-theater, as well as big money.

Small arms are just not something that matters to them in the big picture. As we see with the M7 and M250, it manifested as a total piece of trash this developmental cycle, and nobody in a decision-making capacity cares. So now Joe will have to embrace the suck some more, especially Mortar teams and Weapons Squad, along with RTOs.

It will be fun to watch how all the attachments deal with it when they show up with their M4A1s and SOPMOD carbines, like USAF, FOs, Combat Engineers, Drone Operators, K-9 Handlers, and other enablers.

The maneuver organization will have to supply ammo to attachments, so they’ll probably complain and say those guys need M7s too. USAF will tell them to pound sand, so they will have to provide 5.56 in the supply line either way.

SOCOM has already made it clear they want nothing to do with NGSW after the gross negligence and failures that plague the systems. This indicates it might last a few years until the obvious sinks in and it’s canned, or they continue to double-down on it as another set of weapons for limited combat arms use.

The ammo cost is going to kill live fire training though.

I counted it up its about 1320 rounds. They also have a packed case of 30 carbine in bandoleers with stripper clips.

Looking dang good. How are you liking the mk8?

kthomas said:

If you're talking about the USS Liberty, that was unequivocally a deliberate act by Israel.

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While folks endlessly bring up the Liberty...

Let's see... We should nuke Japan again over the Panay Incident.

Gas North Korea for the USS Pueblo.

Smart bomb China for the Hainan Island incident... Were they rammed our plane and then wouldn't give it back until they had dismantled it.

And certainly the Germans have not paid for the Lusitania yet... so we ought to firebomb dresden again.

Oh and let's not forget the Soviets shooting down KAL 007 and killing a US Congressman in the process (not that a Congressman was any great loss)

Then again The USS Vincennes shot down Iranian Flight 655...

The US Army Air Corps 'Accidentally' Bombed Switzerland about 75 times in WW2. Oops.

An FB111 Put a smart bomb through the window of the French Embassy in Tripoli in the '80s (I thought that showed some real style... since France would not let the US fly over its airspace to pummel Moammar's tents.)

Oh and I seem to remember we also put a smart bomb into the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. Oops... I think we had to apologize for that one.

And there was that bad day in 1950 when USAF planes mistook a Soviet Airforce Base for a North Korean air force base... and blew the shit out of it. That was kind of a big oops...

And who can forget the time we dropped three H-bombs on Spain, which exploded 1000 pounds each of conventional explosives, scattering a shit ton of Plutonium all over a fishing village... There was that. (Not to mention dropping one in South Carolina.) One safety away from turning a big chunk of Spain into a new Gulf... (Gulf of LeMay?) Same with South Carolina. That would have sucked!

Then there was the time that a guy with a wrench and no dummy cord on the socket almost turned Arkansas into a smoking hole.... Oops.

So... endlessly braying on about the Liberty is just stupid. In the Fog of War... stuff happens. Israel had NO reason to deliberatly attack a US ship as it was looking for US Assistance in the Six Day war... and deliberately attacking the Liberty would have jeopardized getting aid from LBJ. Moreover, the Liberty was an old US "Henry Kaiser" Liberty ship and hundreds had been sold surplus after WW2. They were used as tramp steamers and military ships and fishing boats all over the world. It was a lightly-disguised Intelligence-gathering ship... and easily mistaken for a number of the same types of ships being used by Egypt and other navies... Liberty did not look like a state-of-the-art U.S. Ship and was believed to be a threat. The 'old beat up' look of Liberty was part of its 'spy trawler' cover.

So while tragic... there is no basis for endlessly beating up Israel for the Liberty. We've been just as careless, reckless and accident-prone as anyone else has. Weapons are a dangerous business. Weapons in and around war zones... are inherently at risk. As are their crews. Sucked for the folks killed on Liberty. They were no less casualties of the Cold War than hundreds of others who served and defended and were in the line of fire when/where the Cold War went hot. Or when shit happened.

Sirhr

sirhrmechanic said:

Well, I don’t disagree. It has no place.

But apparently the commies do disagree. So do the left and Democrats who have run the gamut of political assassinations from Lincoln to present. So if they are going to kill their own fo being not left enough… perhaps they are saving lives in the long run.

Because if the dead couple had their way, they would exterminate Republicans, patriots or other good Americans like Pol Pot on speed.

So while their behavior is abhorrent, I have come to expect it to the point that if that’s how they roll… at least the dude didn’t kill anyone worth a damn. So not shedding a tear.

As I won’t shed a tear when the guy is picked up, charged, tried and electrocuted… the sooner the better.

Hopefully while he is running free he doesn’t take out anyone worthwhile.

Sirhr

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Dude is from Asheville. The land of Birkenstock, wypepl with dreads and smelling of patchouli. Camp fires, strumming guitar and folk songs on the Appalachian trail abound.

Taking this kit per our comms. Already in direct comms with the OP, so scammers don’t bother.

theLBC said:

i don't know if it would be good or bad. obviously the ayatollah is not a good person, but could his replacement be worse?
i think they are thinking more about lone wolf attacks in retaliation here.

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Probably bad. Be like us taking out Hussein. He was a bad dude but he doesn’t seem to have been as people made him out to be. And whether he was good or bad one thing is for sure, he helped to keep some stability in that region. I’d argue that things have been exponentially worse than they would have been if we just kept him there. I think taking him out was a mistake. Only way it could be good is if you took out a lot of the main players at the same time and somehow moved civilized people in and kept control at the same time. But that’s sort of like nation building and you see where that’s gotten us. At this point, I say we just step out of everyone’s biz. But that’s not going to happen.

JR1200W3 said:

Check out the camera backpacks. The eberlestock upranger just took that idea and did their usual on it(cheap canvas, floppy suspension system and straps). There's a plethora of bag sizes in that genre, all offering organization and tripod carrying capabilities. I've been using one for about 18 mos.

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Which bag is this?

Finally had some time for some real riding!
Mt Nebo is a bunch of fun! I didn't even get on any of the rowdy trails either. Nice the shoulder is holding up better and better. Finally getting to ratchet up the training.
We get to have some fun in Bentonville next weekend after the archery match too!

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Having both a couple Leupold 10x's with the M3 turrets and a USO MST-100... 10x isn't a hindrance for practical shooting at > MOA targets out to 1K.

Trying to shoot tiny groups at 100 might be different, but keeping it sub-minute isn't a problem.

Come on with it

This is probably out there somewhere because of the vast amounts of info on Vudoo, but I have not found it.
Can I get a drawing for the barrel thread tenon for a Vudoo gen2?

BCP said:

Probably like 2400 out of my 16", the 42.5 was 2550-2600, with a short 308 I don't really care about velocity it's not like my sig 716 with a 1-5x scope is going to 1000 yards.

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How do you like the Sig, have you tried grouping any match bullets? I get that optic is not optimal for that.

Here are the results with Universal and the Xtreme 165gr FP:
PISTOL Velocity Weather Condtion avg fps ES/SD

Probably a dollar a round but I'd try to get it for 75$ per 140rd or whatever the spam cans were

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot said:

fixin to be 8 weeks... Just hope its not 9 months again.

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3 Months now and nothing. so far still better than 9 months

For the love of god don't buy a 1/9 twist 223 bolt gun. 1/8 and 1/7 will both shoot lighter bullets fine, some of the best groups I have shot with one particular 1/7 barrel were with 50gr hollow points. 1/8 and 1/7 will allow you to shoot stuff up to 85 grain and still shoot the lighter stuff.

*Also, just buy a Tikka of choice. You will not regret it.