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Recent content by stefan73

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    Bartlein Barrels Update

    Add in the requirements writers for some of the contracts aren't always the best/greatest, in some instances and you get bigger problems when you have to MOD the contract because they missed something or didn't know how to properly account for end user requirements/needs. It's a crazy world we...
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    Cerakote process really that “potentially bad"

    Terry, hopefully I can get Branden down to visit again and shoot a match with us in Leesville. I took this picture (sorry my picture isn't very good) of a rifle and optic Branden aka @Short-bus painted about 10 years ago. I always wondered what happened to that rifle?
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    Rifle Scopes Beware of fake Spuhr Mounts.

    Or it might be the fakes breaking? BTW, I have two that I have had for 10 or more years that haven't broken but I also know how to use a torque wrench and follow the directions.
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    Anyone using USOptics?

    Most of the issues I saw with people operating the USO SN3 T-PAL's were operator/user error. I am still using my old SN3 T-PAL, cool design with the EREK that I bought 14 or so years ago. I like US Optics and would like to buy some more. Ilya said their optics are good and he is a wealth of...
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    Night Vision Now @ SOK: Guide Sensmart Thermals

    Probably because this is what they can afford for a system like this. Lets face it most of us can't afford a Skeet IRX or something of that type expense. For the price point this looks promising. I have a couple of things my funds are tied up in before I can buy more toys.
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    Most Durable LPVOs

    .50BMG has a weird recoil impulse. Obviously most optics weren't built for it. We used to destroy a lot of optics. I had a little Super Sniper that held up for about 1,000 rounds before catastrophic failure. To be fair I also have problems with my Nightforce NXS on my .50 BMG (bolt gun). I...
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    2024 Night Vision and Thermal Advice

    Yes, the full power lasers are a bit of overkill. Actually they are. The full power illuminator however isn't overkill and that is where the full power laser units shine IMO.
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    I think we're going to get a GSD for the family. Not 100% decided yet, but close.

    GS are great dogs. Be careful where you get one since there are a lot of shitty breeders out there that claim to be good but really suck! GP are awesome dogs and definitely very independent and loyal. A good friends GP Brutus is awesome as a protector but has caused some problems (FEDEX, UPS...
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    2024 Night Vision and Thermal Advice

    You can find "full power" IR lasers and illuminators for a relatively decent price. I would recommend something with a co-aligned visible laser which makes sighting in that much easier. Like a PEQ15 or something on that route. Have fun!
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Pistol options under $2500

    I shot a TSO that had a LIGHT, very LIGHT trigger! It was incredible. My Shadow 2 ACCU from CZ Custom is not as light as that TSO trigger.
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Pistol options under $2500

    I have a Langdon Tactical P30L on order. Their Beretta work is incredible from what I have been told!
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    Range finder for thermal

    I think Seth thought he had it also but it wasn't correct. I believe the AMRF was a demo version for an Israeli contract bid that didn't happen? Not sure on that but I believe that might have been the case. So, I doubt the cabling was widely available for the unit. Doesn't the Nvision Halo...
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    Finding a wife

    Never tell a woman to "calm down":eek:, that's like lighting the fuse on a cannon and saying "don't go boom" unless you want the spicy life because that's how you make things spicy (like Lorena Bobbitt spicy).:LOL::LOL:
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    Finding a wife

    Look at the drone community and its impact on the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Ever improving open source long range guidance for drones. A drone hobbyist can provide a lot of information.
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    Finding a wife

    He has a point though. Look at Feinstein, Swalwell and then the card carrying communist CIA director John Brennan. Influence, propaganda peddling leading to indoctrination is a solid tool also. There are people on this board who have a lot of influence and touch a lot of communities (I would...