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  1. shoobe01

    Help with identifying a FN FAL

    Cannot fid a good photo of an intact one (and plenty of photos of for-sure ZA issue rifles with nothing there, or a whole paragraph of rollmarks instead) but a big one would be here where they removed before surplussing (or the story goes: deniability when sen to the Rhodesians but that seems...
  2. shoobe01

    Help with identifying a FN FAL

    THAT would be the "normal" FNH production serial, finally! Per the ARES lookup, that's lining up with stamping and feature dates:
  3. shoobe01

    Vacation GoBag....

    This /is/ this a gun forum right? I assume everyone carries a pistol, pretends they do regularly, or at least understands that people do. All that, despite probably never actually shooting anyone, at least on their own time. So, never shot anyone, don't need a pistol anymore... right? Same...
  4. shoobe01

    Vacation GoBag....

    I guess I am on the side of people who are default prepared though I do not think of myself that way. Of course the car has rags, baby wipes, snacks, water, tools, a shovel, a blanket or two, flares, etc. No packing, just driving around town, all season. On a road trip, my luggage comes. It...
  5. shoobe01

    Help with identifying a FN FAL

    A few more thoughts while reading up on it, not able to go to sleep: With the two cartridges broadly interchangeable, and FN for a long time configuring their guns to shoot both interchangeably AFAIK, .308 is likely just an indicator this is a non-military contract, commercial gun. It is a...
  6. shoobe01

    Help with identifying a FN FAL

    Sorry. Though I do lots of international/global work, very used to all these fora being US only so never remember to check. Certainly not a locally-produced gun, as FN didn't set up the factory but licensed Lyttleton, so it wouldn't say FN and Belgium for 100% sure. I'm extra not an expert on...
  7. shoobe01

    Help with identifying a FN FAL

    Appears to be the second most desirable FAL there is in the US. Early "G-series" FALs are actually on an ATF waiver (there may be a better term) but are (+/-?) entirely un-modified from their mil issue variants, so are pretty easy to convert to select fire. So: the most authentic ones that...
  8. shoobe01

    Left eye NOX w/ PVS on right?

    I didn't bolt it all up but oriented to the NF implied way on my bridge and... it's close. The NOX battery compartment is so far forward it only barely contacts, and someone with larger interpupillary distance would have no issues. The NF mount of course cheats more by allowing the azimuth...
  9. shoobe01

    Left eye NOX w/ PVS on right?

    Says it exists. https://apollogearco.com/products/adapter-for-mounting-nox18-thermal-to-panobridge It is their internal dovetail, to the Panobridge ONLY though. Odd they mount it right side up, with battery to the right. Interesting they get it to fit that way, even with the wrap-around for...
  10. shoobe01

    Left eye NOX w/ PVS on right?

    Talked about this exactly with another member today, trying among other conversation points to find a non-hacky solution to two-device-multispectral bridging. His thoughts were: The NOX is a bit wide. Not all thermals bump into a right-side PVS-14. Things like the IC mount are made for two...
  11. shoobe01

    Left eye NOX w/ PVS on right?

    Oh yes, this thread. I have since the above showing off customized a weird wrap-around J-arm to allow me to roatate the NOD to battery down, which gives a bit of space between the two units and room to get the interpupillary more dialed in, so it works even better now, much happier. The NOX...
  12. shoobe01

    Wanting a loosely built M24 clone. Help me get going if you can...

    If .308 and past-arm's length, more inspired-by than clone, then maybe... just go buy a PSS. Restock that when you find time/money to get closer to whichever version of the M24 you like, accessorize a bit, but it starts pretty close and the long action doesn't get you anything with a short...
  13. shoobe01

    Which glasses when shooting?

    Eye fatigue could also be that you do not have the scope diopter (and parallax when relevant) dialed in right. Eyes can compensate for a lot, but... not well, and it gets tiring. So another thing to make sure you have right :)
  14. shoobe01

    Which glasses when shooting?

    (Glasses, ineligible for contacts or surgery, for around 30 years. 52 years old now. I have /all/ things wrong. Diopter, astigmatism, cylinder, etc. I have, after some other attempts, done the progressive lenses in /everything/ even my outdoors glasses. Even my shooting-specific glasses. Gotta...
  15. shoobe01

    Advanced Marksmanship The "Lightbulb" Moment With Respect To Home Range Data

    This (ish). I design systems for consumption of complex data, and have done actual research on it (and write books, etc). Lots of good stuff, but the short version is: people vary. From experience or just apparently innately. Say... should you provide a map or written directions to your house...
  16. shoobe01

    Best time going through airport security in 21 years.

    As far as I can tell, gunfire residue doesn't set off the detectors. I've traveled in the past with the 3DAP as my only luggage, several times just left the computer and clothes in the hotel room while I have range stuff in the bag and use it as a rest. Seen them, more than once, do the...
  17. shoobe01

    Mistery magazine

    As per OMWG: Baikal 10 round mag: 13 round mag. 10 rounders have a very prominent weld/joint halfway down the mag. That bone colored follower is pretty unique, helps remind me which one it is, aside from the whole single/double stack thing.
  18. shoobe01

    How do you carry a DSLR/Mirrorless camera while hunting or hiking?

    Depends on the purpose. If mostly for once set up, in a bag (currently, a Canadian Forces PVS-7 case, but plenty at camera stores) stuffed in the pack. If it's largely a photo excursion, simply slung across a shoulder, riding under my left arm. SKY-1A sacrificial filter. Once when I broke that...
  19. shoobe01

    Surveillance-proof phone?

    Seriously? "Protect from cancel culture" makes this obviously a joke/scam. Rest of it: only under very narrow definitions of not being snooped upon, if you spend lots of money and time. You can't buy a magic device, unless you use it very carefully also. Remember they could wiretap...
  20. shoobe01

    Feedback Good Guy List

    artofthepoint sold me something semi-obscure, in great shape, cheaply :), and shipped it fast and securely. GTG.
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