Recent content by zenghost

Easy to work with and great comms.

Yes! I won't use the flat-head grip screws any longer after buying a few allen-head screws at DSG Arms and using them instead for installing grips.

Very good recommendation with BCM - I know you stipulated 18" barrel, but I'd not rule out 16". I put together a similar upper recently and started looking at 18" and ended up going 16" and not regretted it a bit.

+1 for Nightforce - I just grabbed one of their 2.5-10x42 Mil-R models from Sport Optics for my precision AR build - BCM 16" stainless middy. I like the approach of being able to optimize the gun for each role as opposed to trying to have one optic do it all. To that end, I am using a Bobro...

The 15" KMRs have been available - but sold-out last I checked. Last week I purchased a 16" BCM SS410 upper with a 15" KMR rail (pairing it with a NF 2.25-10x42). Incredibly light rails. You may be able to get a 15" KMR with a complete upper from BCM - just not separately at the moment...

Vertx highly recommended - their shorts also.

Surefire (Garin in particular) and Thunderbeast are two companies from whom I've purchased suppressors (also flashlights from Surefire - of course). Both companies have demonstrated remarkably responsive and helpful customer service when inquiring about ancillary issues (accessories, mounting...

Yes, by all means buy one. I bought a 60ft manila rope on Ebay that I think is a full 2" thick - about 1 lb per foot. It's a heck of a rope. If it gets wet, it gets heavier. Aside from undulating rope exercises, of which there are many, I roll it up (secure loops with a bungie cord) and jog...

I have taken Mac's TAPS course. Excellent course and excellent instructor - one of the best. With that said, although Mac heavily emphasizes being proficient in the basics, the class itself was not what I would consider basic. The basics, performed unerringly, under time constraints and in...

I was considering an AX, but really wanted a left-handed rifle. I ended up with a lefty AW with Viperskins. I had some prior exposure to the AICS and went into this set on trying the Viperskins/pistol grip. I certainly like the rifle and the Viperskins make the rifle much more comfortable (to...

Signed up for this class. Very much looking forward to starting to learn the basics from well-regarded instructors (Jacob, Graham and others). This is just what I needed, and it is reasonably close. I did not want to miss the opportunity.

As an aside to the topic, Pat McNamara mentioned something I found interesting during a class last year. He mentioned at some point he was involved in running or assisting in running the "operator training course" for their unit. Upon arrival of new members, they determined which eye was their...

Am left-handed, left-eye dominant. Shoot AR and pistol left-handed - no issues. No accommodations aside from ambi-safety to ARs, which works well for me though it is not absolutely necessary. Precision rifle is a different beast in my experience. I owned a RH Rem 700 and worked that way for a...

Use the Accu-shot bottom rail piece (BT20B) that goes on the spigot. I used it on my new lefty AIAW rifle and it worked great. It gives you just what you need to attach the Atlas with QD to the spigot (and nothing more).

Thanks - picked up a few boxes!