Recent content by shoobe01

I'll pile onto the not suggesting a fighting knife of any sort as a useful solution. Random thoughts: Don't just be aware, but make everyone notice you are aware. Don't be head down, but eye contact everyone, and /especially/ the creepy people off the side of the trail. Attitude does a lot to...

I totally missed that on the list, and by the time I noticed the photo and price you'd already taken it. So good for you but also damn you, sir!

Okay, I'll take one T-Pocket. I thought you said 1 available, but if more do tell how many and maybe I'll want more to spread around as stocking stuffers. Now to scroll up, find out how to pay you...

Yea! Was thinking of nudging you on the middle things in that list again. Eagerly awaiting :)

I wore a non-flipup skullcrusher to hold PVS-7s for about 8 hours straight, and I think my head still hurts from that, 20 years later.

It is mostly a pain to drill. Hard to keep it centered, kevlar requires good drills then dulls them, etc. I have heard from reliable sources that not-open-source testing indicated that more (small! as for 3/4 hole mounts) holes has no negative ballistic effects in actual live fire testing and...

Nightcap is awesome. The nightcap is your "helmet." Then you need a "shroud" the plate everything clips to. That bolts to the helmet (or equivalent). Shrouds are mostly the same as long as decent quality IME. The "mount" is the arm that attaches to the shroud, and to which night vision or...

Surplus is your friend. My favorite online place for a few years is KeepShooting. Some really, really good foreign surplus. They don't sell used up junk, so even if old it's lightly or entirely unused. Many items have reviews so you can tell what others think also, double check them. They...

Also: every town with factories will have a place to get tools calibrated. A bit of a slog as an individual to call them up and arrange for ONE thing to be done (vs on account, dozens or hundreds of things a year) but most will take you as a walk in, then confirm the rating or if a brand they...

No bombs. Driver detained. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/residents-evacuated-hwy-231-closed-amid-investigation-into-suspicious-vehicle

Crossfire DG3 https://crossfirepacks.com/equipment/dg-3-55-litre-patrol-pack/ LONG threads on other fora covering this I can share (here? are we allowed to cross-post?) but I've had one a good while, use it as my "assault pack" over a PC, very much as an overnight pack to your point after too...

Yup. Long existed. Skipping many other fun things like base bleed, this is using the XM1113 (presumably will drop the X sometime) Rocket Assisted Projectile. Looks like a normal round on the outside Inside, you loose some of the payload to rocket propellant. Once downrange a bit, rocket...

Any thought to make smaller ones? I have an objective that's around 1.45" would love to try your caps out since everything else of yours is awesome, before I go elsewhere.

Oh yeah, they are short, and short things are fun. But just imagine if the Soviets had not cheapened out (by going with tiny service rifle) and adopted something more like the original concepts. THIS takes full power 5.45. Yeah, magazine as pistol grip (I assume for stowage as a PDW most of all...

The AKSU-74's 8-ish" barrel was driven by space requirements, gave marginal performance even with an increased twist rate, due to loss of velocity mostly. Note the current carbine verson, the AK104, has a ~12.5" barrel. Hmmm... almost like 22-ish caliber projectiles all have to follow the same...