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retired Green Beret "Super" Dave Harrington Died at 64

I saw this at Soldier Systems Daily- retired Green Beret "Super" Dave Harrington died at 64 of brain cancer. Unfortunately I never had a chance to train with him. Rest in peace, MSG. Condolences to his family and friends.



"In Memoriam – Dave Harrington

September 21st, 2025
MSG Dave Harrington was friend, inspiration, instructor, and mentor to many readers of SSD, me included. Although we were never close, everytime I saw him he acted like we were lifelong friends and he wanted to catch up. He passed away last month but I’ve been waiting for a proper bio to share this man’s incredible story.

May He Rest In Peace, he more than earned it.

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David Alan Harrington
August 1, 2025 (Age 64)
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
Special Forces

David Alan Harrington, age 64, transitioned to glory on August 1, 2025, in Greenwell Springs, Louisiana. He was a beloved, son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend who will be fervently missed by all who had the honor of knowing him. Dave was born on November 2, 1960, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to James Harrington and Nell Marhefka. He graduated from Live Oak High School in Watson, Louisiana in 1979. After graduation, he followed his passion to serve our great nation and began his lengthy career in the U.S. military. Dave served fearlessly in the U.S Navy, and the U.S. Army from 1986-2004. He earned numerous commendations, honors, and medals throughout his years of dedication. Dave was a respected Army Ranger, Green Beret, and Special Forces veteran. Some of his accomplishments include the meritorious service medal, National Defense Service Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, Expert Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Royal Thai Army Airborne Wings, Special Forces and Intelligence honors and many more. He is a true American hero and will continue to be celebrated for his incredible sacrifice and commitment to our country, his family, friends and to his integrity. He was known as “Super” Dave Harrington for many reasons.

Dave spent the first half of his life serving and protecting others. He spent the second half of his life teaching others to protect themselves. After completing his military career, Dave entered the Firearms and Outdoor Industry. He is widely recognized as a prolific and exemplary firearms instructor and competitive shooter. He enjoyed sharing his knowledge and skill with individuals and groups, from high-level military tacticians to civilians wanting to become more skilled with their knowledge and use of firearms. Through Combat Speed, LLC and Martial Gun, Dave trained countless people to better their mindset, individual skills, and overall confidence to be their absolute best – which was, to him, always something to keep training towards, no matter how good you thought you were. He was a sponsored competitive shooter and was supported by so many companies along the way that believed in him and his outstanding skill and his drive for excellence. Dave was an unwavering supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights and an avid hunter.

Words are not sufficient to describe the impact he has had on the firearms and outdoor community. He will forever be known as one of the VERY best of the best; not just for his skill, but for who he was as a man. Intense, loyal, focused, deep-thinking, accountable, trustworthy, dedicated and kind-hearted are words that only scratch the surface of who Dave was. He was a unique human being blessed by God with immense talent, an immeasurable will and great strength for endurance.

Dave exemplified excellence through his strong work ethic and unwavering devotion to doing what was right. He embodied this belief: “Do the right thing, at the right time, every time.” He loved his country. He loved his guns. He loved his family. He loved his friends and good times together. He loved AC/DC and playing the guitar. He loved his cats. In his final days, he loved hearing Psalm 91 read aloud. He would want you to read it and think of him. He said what he meant and meant what he said. He was impactful, honorable, and unforgettable.
Dave fought valiantly until the very end at 3:33AM on August 1st . Two of Dave’s common phrases were, “That’s all I got” and “OK, here goes” … They are the perfect exit and entry from his last moments on earth and his first glimpse of eternity. He would not want us to mourn him in sadness, but to simply look ahead to the day when we will see him again.

Dave is survived by his stepbrother Eric Wesley Harrington (Pamela Harrington) of Baton Rouge. Brother, Peter Wayne Harrington of Portland, Oregon, aunt and uncle Sue Harrington Talley and Wayne Talley of Greensburg, LA, cousins Vickie Harrington Smith (Charles Everett Smith); Elizabeth Harrington Robertson; Renee Harrington; Shannon Harrington Kennedy-Perri; Fred Newman, III; Mitchell Newman; Darren Talley and Cherae Talley Slack, and numerous other cousins, nieces, nephews, and cherished friends.
Dave is preceded in death by his beloved father James Edward Harrington; Mother: Gay Nell Marhefka; brother Jon Everett Harrington; paternal grandparents Pearlie Everett Harrington and Hazel Margaret Young Harrington; uncle & aunt Bobby Gene Harrington and Beverly Williams Harrington; aunt and uncle Lela Ann Harrington Newman and Fred Newman, Jr.; and cousin: Kara Danette Talley Worthington.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Dave’s memory to either the Special Forces Trust (sftrust.org) or the Black Dagger Military Hunt Club (www.blackdaggermhc.org/how-to-support/).

This obituary is courtesy of Bonnie Cooper’s tireless work at Special Forces TAPS on Facebook."

SOLD Mcmillan a4 adjustable r700 sa LH

Mcmillan a4 adjustable comb via thumb screw. R700 inlet SA left hand. Comes with unknown make bottom metal and action screws. Short pic rail forend, flush cups on right side. I believe m24 barrel channel. I did remove a little material for bolt knob clearance. $450 shipped. I can do Usps m.o., or Venmo.

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Optics Nightforce NX8 2.5-20 Mil

Selling a lightly used Nightforce NX8 2.5-20x50 Mil-C, F1
W/ box and accessories. $1400 shipped tyd. Leave me a DM if you want it.

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SOLD XLR Envy Pro

XLR Envy Pro for Rem700 SA and clones. Chassis has been used in about 4 or 5 matches. Has your typical wear and tear in the magwell but overall is in good shape. Action screws are a little gummed up from loctite. Screws in the rear buttstock have a little rust on them.

Comes with:
Rear bag rider
Rear buffer tube weights
Folding stock adapter
External weights
Full length top rail
Thumb shelf

Please note: I purchased the external weights on here from a fellow hide member. He had some sort of rhino lining material on them. I sanded the material off and repainted with spray paint the best I could. Obviously the paint has wore a bit since then but overall they serve their purpose.

$750 shipped conus
Paypal ff or venmo only
Please PM only

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KRG Chassis Accessories-Whatcha Wanna See

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Alright everyone, I've had some requests for improved grip panels and some other pieces. What those pieces are, I want to keep secret as not to sway opinion.

A nice hide member sent out this chassis set, and I've got scans and reverse engineered all components. Now we are ready to bust out some new parts!

Ready, set, go with your suggestions.

Firearms Sig Cross Magnum 300WM with Nightforce NX8

Sig Sauer Cross Magnum 300 Winchester Magnum Elite Dark Earth Bolt Action Rifle - 24in
with Dark Earth Nightforce NX8 - 4-32X50mm F1 - TReMoR3 Reticle, Dark Earth XTRM Ring Set - 1.00 Medium - 30mm - 4 Screw. Backfire Recoil Pad, AICS magazine. (Suppressor shown in pic not included)

Extremely clean and and essentially brand new (both the rifle and the optic). Only 40 rounds fired on a flat range after unboxing, just to function test the rifle and zero the optic. Original packaging included.
$4150 local (Reno,NV)
$4210 shipped to your FFL
$4700 trade value


Desirable trade items..
SVD Dragunov 7.62x54R

Optics:
Nightforce NX8 2.5-20×50 F1 Mil or Tremor (+$)
Leupold Mark 5HD 3.6-18×44 FFP MRAD (+$)
Steiner T6Xi 2.5-15x50mm SCR or T6Xi 3-18x56mm SCR2 (+$)

Uppers:
.223 Wylde SS 16” or 18” upper (SoLGW, Seekins, Noveske, Radian, ADM, Shaw Customs, Blackout Defense, etc.) plus $.

or a combination of any of the above optics and upper.

DM me to discuss options.

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Highly Custom Savage Rascal

A build from last fall:


Camouflage

None of the following is highly impressive, but it was a fun project I did for a female.

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Household hardware Carbon fibers Plastic Nickel Titanium


Plastic Toy


Gun Firearm Rifle Shotgun Trigger


Air gun Shotgun Gun barrel Trigger Carbon fibers


Firearm Gun Air gun Shotgun Gun barrel


The build goal was:

An * ULTRA*-light, take-down, highly accurate, backpack survival rifle.


Starting with a stock Savage Rascal, single-shot.22, I pulled the barreled action out of the stock.

I stripped down the action, chucked it in a lathe, and turned the little barrel profile down to a slimmer profile still yet. = weight loss.

I then clamped the barreled action in a padded vice, and began slugging the barrel & lead lapping it until the bore diameter was uniform for the length of the barrel.

Beyond that, I lapped 90%+ of the tool marks out of the bore. The bore nearly looks as pristine as a hand-lapped premium barrel blank. There was one particularly deep Gun drill mark I was afraid to totally polish out, as that would have put me borderline or too big on bore diameter.

I pulled the little, already really good Accu-trigger apart and did some stoning of critical surfaces. The trigger pull is amazing.



I removed the two pillars the action screws thread into. I drilled and tapped these out, one size bigger, to accommodate "thumb screws" I sourced from Mc-Master-Carr, so the barreled action could be easily taken out of the stock to make a tidy package that will drop in even a very small backpack.

Coming from a life of various formats of competition shooting, the factory sights bugged me.

Oh, they are ok for shooting - but quite crude & floppy, & with no precise reference when it comes to adjusting the sights/zeroing the rifle.

So I went to work.

I ordered the tallest front sight I could get for the rifle.

This gave more visual clearance through/above the groove in the scope mount that is there, so you can still use the irons despite the scope rail.

The groove in the scope baser worked but looking through the irons and through the scope base groove, the iron sight picture was "visually crowded."

Installing the tallest front sight nicely eliminated this.

With some nice diamond Jeweler's files, I thinned the front sight blade and turned it into a partridge-style front sight.

The rear sight frame got drilled & tapped for two little #4-40 hex head SS screws.

Viola! Micrometer windage & elevation turrets on the rear sight.

Well, "micrometer" is a serious stretch, to say the least. I added fine reference scales also, so it can clearly be seen how far the rear sight is actually being moved.

Back to the scope base:
The cut in the scope base to provide clearance for the loading port in the action was minimal, leaving little room to actually load this single-shot rifle.

So into the milling machine the rail went. I opened up the loading port relief on the scope base until it is the full size of the loading port that Savage put in the action itself. Nice.

On the rail, I mounted a waterproof rechargeable red laser sight.

(Disclaimer: I strictly adhere to all hunting/game laws and will not hit the woods with anyone who does not.
However, being truly lost in big wilderness & legit starving is its own thing. As I have said for decades about such things: "If you're gonna force me to choose between arguing with a judge, or arguing with an undertaker, I'd rather try my luck with the judge.")

Where the customer frequents the outdoors- it's giant trackless forest in her area. And there are many, many beaver ponds scattered through that wilderness.

If one is helplessly lost, and truly in a life-or-death situation, where there are wild beaver ponds, it's easy to "make meat," especially at night. Hence the Lazer. & etc.

Atop the laser sight, I mounted a day-use small red dot sight, since the customer is a beginner when it comes to riflery. Life or death, lost in the woods, is an unforgiving environment to learn marksmanship. all the more with old school irons. I set her up for success, the best I could with a dot, clean, crisp trigger pull, and a phenomenally accurate barrel.

Both these electronic...for a last-ditch survival rifle? If one or both fail- the three clamping screws of the laser can be loosened with a coin, metal zipper pull, etc. and the laser & dot sight can be removed fast. The Irons are good to go.

Lastly, I wrapped it all in Kryptek camo vinyl wrap, which looked great for a time. But it's shrinking & trying to peel at the edges now. awful. Oh well. Easy fix later.

Oh yeah- the plastic molded stock has a hollow cavity in the buttstock section going all the way into the hollow pistol grip.

I plugged the pistol grip cavity with epoxy, making a sealed storage area in the hollow buttock.

In there, she has 80 rounds of ammo, a tiny bottle of gun oil, the small hex keys to adjust the electric sights, extra batteries for the dot sight, and the little cell phone-style charge cord for the laser.

The hilarious part- if I added up the labor hours on hand work, machine work, "man & machine" hours, range trips etc, it would be north of $800! On a $130 rifle, LOL +.
But this was a free gift, pay it forward & all that.

The little thing turned out to be mind-boggling accurate, with match-grade ammo & open sights.

I hope some day she'll pay to get it hydro-graphic dipped in camo, to make the overall package "right as rain."

God bless yall.
Tres

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Suppressors Lipsey's Rugged Obsidian45 or Lipsey's Gemtech Lunar-45 Suppressor

My local gun shop has become a Class III dealer and I want another suppressor. On paper, both the Rugged Obsidian45 and Gemtech Lunar-45 meet my basic requirements for a pistol suppressor to be used with .45ACP and 9mm.
Does anyone have first-hand experience with either of these suppressors and, if so, what are your thoughts?

Thank you, Richard

SOLD NOS Accuracy International AX AICS Long Action

For sale. Will not part out. No trades. Downsizing. Getting rid of projects I’m never going to get to.
Accuracy International AX AICS Long Action 300WM chassis for RH REM 700 or clones. Bought for Mk 13 Mod 7 project. Never got around to it, or lost interest.
Brand new. New had action in chassis. 16” tube, with 2 accessory rails and stud swivel mount. Have both original pistol grip backend and thumb hole backend as seen in pictures. Currently has spaces and adjustable buttpad. Have AX adjustable interface for pistol grip backend, but never could figure out how it worked. Didn’t come with instructions. Have black pistol grip stock sides. Just not in picture. Additional buttpad and spacers. 2 300WM mags.
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Gunsmithing Ar10 feed cone dimensions

I’ve been running a 30 degree feed cone going about .030” deep on ar10 chamber ends with JP extensions. If you go much deeper you’ll be loosing case support. The problem I’m having is getting 6 creedmoors to feed with berger hybrid bullets. The elds feed just fine but that long skinny nose of the hybrid slips through the feed ramp and slams into the back of the barrel below the cone. Does anyone have a feed cone dimension that has proven to work with 6 mm hybrids and they are willing to share? I would imagine .22 creed would be even worse and want to play around with some of those in the future as well. Thanks
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SOLD WTS Marlin 336 in 30-30 with Leupold fixed 4x scope

Bought this gun 10 or so years ago to have a repeater when I didn’t take my encore into the woods. Zeroed it, and put it in the safe. Has never seen a hunt, and for sure has had fewer than 100 rounds down the tube.

Scope is Leupold 4x fixed power. It is very fast to shoulder and acquire a target.

This is not a JM gun. It has a cross bolt safety. If my price is off, please PM me if you are interested.

$750 shipped to your FFL from an individual.

Located just south of Nashville, TN.

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SOLD Leupold Mark 6 3-18x44 H-59 scope with mount

For sale; Gently used Leupold Mark 6 3-18x44 rifle scope with non-illuminated H-59 reticle. First focal plane. Mil/Mil adjustments. Zero Stop. M5B2 punch and turn elevation knob. Dust covered windage knob. Adjustable parallax knob. 34 mm tube.
Mounted in American Rifle Company 1 piece M-Brace 1.5inch high mount. Configurable level, plus Accuracy First left hand level. Original box and manual.
$1500.00 will not separate or part out. No foreign sales.
I have more photos but app is being stubborn.
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