Recent content by jbailey

Well, the Baltic states are members of NATO and we have a treaty with them that an attack on one is an attack on us all. They - or at least some of NATO - did show up in Afghanistan after 9/11 to help us. But @232593 is right. Putin is absolutely getting his ass kicked in Ukraine. What Guards...

See cover of the Wall Street Journal today - 5 Dec 2023 - for the article covering the story (requires subscription, but you can see the picture) https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukrainian-sniper-breaks-cover-to-claim-world-record-hit-of-more-than-2-miles-2b1c820e?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1...

Well said sir, well said. We, the people, need a refresher on natural rights. It is a forgotten concept, taught by only the most eclectic ethics and political philosophy college-level classes instead of the broad social studies or civics high school-level classes that everyone should attend...

Schmidt spotted in real world... wonder what reticle he is using? GRI2D?

My favorite Sean Little pic from his days here on East Coast

God made 200,000lb Caterpillar D10s with 20ft blades for a reason. 35cu yds in one push!

I'm voting for the cat too.

Yes correct. Swarov attorneys also correctly cite the EU patent on the US patent. '26 is expiration, for both US and EU. EU legal status is up in air with some court cases that might have overturned it there, at least Leica thinks so.

The US could be a more easy to defeat legal issue. The US patent looks like a word for word copy, although I didn't read every word of the US patent after the first few paragraphs. To me, the US patent is invalid, based on obviousness from the '06 Euro patent and could be proven in court of...

So I'm not an optical expert, but I do know something about patents/IP. You can't patent FOV - but you can patent a device that generates FOV, if this device does so in a fashion that is 'novel' and 'not obvious' to someone expert in the art/science of optics. I don't know if the device in the...

Really well written analysis. Thanks. You are assuming the ROCA fights, which may or may not happen, or at least I don't feel well enough informed to make that call. I'm all for giving them Javelins, Stingers, HIMARs and Harpoons/NSMs however with the hope they do fight. Additionally, another...

Love the USMC! All those Marines just love to shoot and help other shooters. Wish I could make this...

I hate to be the bearer of more bad news, but I want to make sure the facts are correct.... SO: I just looked at the US patent ('544) that @koshkin referenced in post #1232. This is the governing patent for the US market. It is exactly the same as the European patent (EU '411) from a cursory...

Guys, Braving 100*F heat and no shade, @TheOE800 and I went the extra mile to get you guys the latest testing evaluation of his 6-36x56mm S&B. CONCLUSION: We confirmed the numbers on the S&B website: 100m FOV is 6.2m (20'6") at 6x and 1.0m (3'5") on scopes for the US market. METHODS: one...

@TheOE800 and I are going to field test the FOV this afternoon on his US version. We are going to test it against his Vortex 6-36 and against the specs S&B is reporting. We will test it at 6x, 25x and 36x. We will report back with results. I will also pass along my opinion of the GR2ID...