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  1. sinister

    M118LR all the same regardless of the name on the box?

    If it's in Winchester brown boxes it might just be contract over-runs -- or it could be ammunition that failed government acceptance for a number of reasons (precision, pressure, tarnished cases, etc. per contract mil-standard. Anyone can put a label on a box. Not sure how many call it M118LR...
  2. sinister

    Any 1911 aficionados here?

    Nothing special -- just my generic hundred and five year old blaster.
  3. sinister

    Is a Kestrel essential kit??

    Mission Essential (in that if you don't have one you'll fail)? No. Mission Enhancing, definitely. It will obviously help you speed up a learning-training cycle. Will you fail a course of fire (or miss a trophy animal, or worse yet not connect on a bad guy when you're providing overwatch...
  4. sinister

    Captain's log- it's 12 DEC 2024 and my wife was right...

    I bought a Wustof Chinese Chef-style knife and a big-ass cleaver. I love these things.
  5. sinister

    M1C / MC-52 scope

    My son bought an older Kollmorgen from a place in Wyoming a couple of years back. One of the guys on the Virginia Rifle Team modified the Harrington and Richardson I gave my son.
  6. sinister

    US Army screwing up , yet again , DEI ??? .

    The contractor who operates the central student arms room for weapons and sensitive items also has the contract for Fort Bragg. Both posts identified the arms and equipment were missing which brought in CID.
  7. sinister

    Female USCG officer got two divers chopped up, IMO willfully, 1980s.

    I cannot believe a single Coast Guard officer (regardless whether its reproductive organs are internal or external) doesn't have a single brain cell to recognize dive operations are occurring and would order a civil ship's captain or master risk killing one of his crew or (even worse) someone...
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    resizing range pickup 5.56 brass

    Headspace is simple -- it's the body diameter that can bite you (approximately 1/4" above the base). I used a Dillon die to size once-fired brass from GI M4s, trimming-to-length with a Giraud. During slow fire pair-fire standing practice on Quantico Range 4 I dropped my first round loaded with...
  9. sinister

    .308 - Sierra 169 SMK loads

    168, 169, 175:
  10. sinister

    Differences among the Binocular NODs

    7. Jerry There are also a few differences between filmed and unfilmed tubes and whether or not you have manual gain. Supergain will be awesome.
  11. sinister

    Fieldcraft Jacket Question

    Just trying to help. This is a sniping forum. You're asking for something in a specific camouflage pattern but the item you're wearing now is commercial (I'm assuming non-OCP/MC). If you're in a work position it should be issued. You're asking for input on commercial off-the-shelf items for...
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    Fieldcraft Jacket Question

    Spray paint the overwhites or smock over everything. Or you can start with a fishtail or night desert parka. You can wear over street or civvy clothes or nothing but a naughty nighty -- and blend. Parachute Regiment suited up for the Suez combat jump. A smock can cover lots of layers. You...
  13. sinister

    Fieldcraft Jacket Question

    Any thermal clothing you want. Overwhites or an OCP/MC smock over everything. Done.
  14. sinister

    Differences between the Mark 4 Leupold M3 and the Vari-X III M3?

    From foggy memory the M3LR originally came out as the VX-III in 1998 or 1999. Turrets were clockwise for elevation. Once picked up in the Mark 4 line the turrets changed to counter-clockwise for elevation for a little more speed (for a right-handed shooter adjusting the turret with his left...
  15. sinister

    GET YOUR NUCLEAR STIFFY RIGHT HERE!

    US Navy submarines to re-arm with nuclear cruise missiles after 3 decades The SLCM-N would fulfill a critical role as a sea-based nuclear deterrent below the strategic level on the nuclear escalation ladder. Kapil Kajal...
  16. sinister

    RWS 223 brass

    Yep, virgin cases straight from Lake City with staked match primers. They shipped them to us in 20mm Vulcan cans. Back in my day the load was V8 -- 23.5 grains of VV N135 pushing a Sierra 80. I'm told they've moved on to new magic. I'm currently shooting 23.4 of IMR 8208 BR under a Berger...
  17. sinister

    We saw some military history made today...

    The theater-range version of the RS-26 was banned in the intermediate missile treaty between the US and the Soviet Union. They were to dismantle theirs and we withdrew Pershing II from Germany. No surprise they lied. Each theater-range RS-26 can carry six re-entry vehicles with four warheads...
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    We saw some military history made today...

    To a point. Clinton promised the Ukrainians the US would come to their aid if they gave up the nukes and cut up the Bear bombers the Russians left behind when the wall fell. Unlike Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland, Georgia and Ukraine didn't join NATO before the music stopped and there...
  19. sinister

    We saw some military history made today...

    The RS-26 is typically an ICBM. In the intermediate (theater) range mode it carries more weight (it doesn't need as much fuel).
  20. sinister

    Source for steel E-type targets?

    "A" or "Able" target (200 and 300 yards): B or Baker (500 and 600): C Target: D or Dog: E target: E-type left, F-type right:
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