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Re: Savage FVT build to FVT/R (pic heavy) That looks gorgeous!! Thanks once again for doing this thread. It is helping to answer some questions I had for my savage.

Re: Savage FVT build to FVT/R (pic heavy) Thanks for the Post! I've been looking at doing the same thing but didn't know where to begin. I understand you are putting an adjustable length-of-Pull butt plate on the stock? Who did you go through for it? Boyd's or someone else? thanks once again...

Re: AN/PAS-13C PM Me, I may be able to help you out.

Re: AN/PAS-13C Those publications are considered controlled right now, as thermal systems are giving us the edge on the battlefield. I was teaching their employment and use at the Infantry school at fort benning. And the main issue with these sights is that most people are using the...

Re: AN/PAS-13C Should be TM 11-5855-316-10 for the light, and I believe 11-5855-326-10 for the med and heavy. Hope this helps.

Re: Need a thermal or nightvision, help out! If you are looking at getting thermals, there are not many out there yet that are on par with the military systems you may have usd for the price you are asking. Most I am aware of are going for anywhere from $10-$25,000 depending on model. What...

Re: Bullet Trace My biggest issue is not seeing trace, It's getting the scope set up so I can catch it. Are you going with a low magnification on the spotting scope? where are you focusing the scope to? I've heard 2/3rds of the way downrange from some folks, and others say get the target...

Re: Another Ghillie thread +1 to the muddy ditch. get down in it, do sugar cookies, low crawl, do snow angels, whatever you feel like. Just get that jute in the sh!t. It works wonders.

Re: Hide power point My question is this, Have you tried using your local resources (i.e state patrol if they have a SRT/SWAT) and see what they have? I don't know anything about the LE side of the house. I can give you the number to the army schoolhouse. They have a pretty good class, but...

Re: Self built chassis is done! Where did you get your carbon fiber from? did you actually make the shapes for the carbon fiber like say laying something out of fiberglass? or did you have a local shop do the work for you? If you did do the carbon fiber on your own, did you use your oven for...

Re: sniper school Keep in mind too, for the Army basic sniper course your observer is also your target. And in some cases during stalks, you were under direct observation at the ORP while you were vegging up. for the observers it was an advanced target detection exercise. and they were...

Re: More ghillie stuff Be careful in how you attach the Fastex clips. I tried using them on my regular ghillie for school. Not the best idea in hindsight, zip stripping them to reinforceent points didn't really work. as they would dangle and get in the way. as the ghillie wash tore the F#@k...

Re: Drag bag Depends on your budget. if you are using it for stalking at the army sniper school and are trying to do it on the cheap. I'd go with a M1950 weapons case from a miltary surplus store and modify it(sew on pockets, net w. jute, etc.)make sure you sew the lanyard to the top of...

Re: Multicam Ghillie Suit Another pattern to consider is the old Army desert camouflage night pattern. It's a OD green base color with a darker green grid work laid down on top of it. It's worked pretty good for me so far. Plus another bonus is you can pick it up for pretty cheap from an army...

Re: Sniper Training! God its scary that that is out on the internet. they've got a version in arabic now too.. food for thought...

Re: 1 or 2 Piece Ghilie? My question is are you planning on using this for school? if so, I'd keep with the three-piece suggestion. We had a guy who had a flight-suit in school and he never was able to get it camouflaged right. I can't speak for marines but the army stalks are an individual...

Re: some things i just cant figure out The main doctrinal reason I see that it is still being taught, is because the sniper's secondary role is intelligence gathering. And in the future, it is possible that we might be in a rural environment with more vegetation. The ghillie suit will be...

Re: The Stalk & Recon The only thing I would add is that beware of going through the bushes and thick veg, or getting to close to it. It might not have been you on that first try that gave your position away but the overhead movement of the surrounding vegetation. Especially if you are in...

Re: Target Detection help Thanks for all your help! I am just getting back from the graduation ceremony of Class 1-10. everything you put out definitely helped. Thanks once again!

I know this is going to sound kind of sacreligious, but is it a wise thing for military spotters to paint their spotter rifles? I know that it is the cool 'Delta Dan' thing to do, and it does make you blend in better on stalks, but in the fight we are currently in does it make sense? I...