Recent content by swhiteh3

I have several pairs I wear for training. And I have bad ankles. But in competition I like the reduced weight, and more importantly - the extra breathing that low-tops can do. If you're even a small bit prone to blisters - you want the more breathable footwear you can manage. If you have...

It's honestly never been an issue with me at all - and I'm not a small guy. Me and my gear exceed 300#, and I can't say I've seen any downside at all when it comes to "not being able to carry the weight". Just my $0.02.

I can’t think of any circumstances where I would bring Gore-Tex boots to Mammoth. I’m not saying they don’t have their place anywhere, but I prefer a very light low top trail running shoe. Check out the Mammoth 2021 thread for a discussion on shoes.

For me, it was a really easy transition. But I have heard a few people complaining about it. I certainly wouldn’t buy a brand new pair and bring it to a match like Mammoth for the first time, but I would say that about any shoe. I wouldn’t bring any shoes I don’t have at least about 20 miles on.

I will be there! Haven’t missed a Mammoth since 2013, so I am not going to start now!

More and more low-top Altra Lone Peaks!!

The death marches are the fun part! LOL!

So after very systematically testing all aspects of the rifle / ammunition system, and collecting a lot of data, I think the root cause was drag on the sear. I was using a Bix'N'Andy with a MEDIUM sear. When I measured the offset per Bix'N'Andy instructions, the measurement indicated that even...

No doubt! But I think there are manufacturers who might take on that job if there was a clear plan. If I was trying to keep this "secret", I would not post it here. But I think there are enough people who would like to be able to shoot a more ballistically capable .223 gas gun that it would...

Its a recent Nucleus and per Ted, has a 16# spring. Given that it sets off factory ammo of multiple different brands with zero issues I’m inclined not to look too hard at the rifle. Also, I’ve taken this Dillon/CCI ammo to another rifle and also had issues. Not saying that maybe the rifle...

So first I modified the Dillon slightly more to seat the primers deeper. That required a bit of polishing on both the primer seating cup and the spring. Now I’m averaging about 0.002” deep with a bit of crush. Then I loaded 60 rounds from the Dillon, and half of them went across my RCBS...

Funny, I do aerospace level 3DP for a living. :) I do wonder about the 6ARC platform. I need to learn more about that cartridge (base diameter, coal, etc) to see if using that as a stepping off point might make sense. For this project, I can not use 223 AI as much as I might like to. Must...

I’m brainstorming the idea to help win national level team matches, like Mammoth, where 223 is often a requirement and gas guns provides a large advantage in certain scenarios. I train a lot. (Not as much as I should, but a lot LOL!!)

Glad you like them! Care to share the lot # and the best matching G7? I'm curious if the new batch is going to G7 as high as previous batches.... And yes, if I'm going to have a barrel for 115 DTACs, it's going to be more than 170 freebore.

Can you expand on that? I don't see why a company could not utilize the .308 magwell with a custom magazine to fit it. Of course, it won't be compatible with the standard magwell on other AR15s. Am I missing something?