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143lrsd · Wednesday at 11:55 AM

Dirty D said:
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DocUSMCRetired · Wednesday at 11:53 AM

vanrichten said:
Using a Tactix 8 Solar Elite, isn't that supposed to include the Elite AB license? In ABQ it is showing that my App Level is Pro and the tactix 8 - 51mm is Ultralight. So I can only sync 5 profiles.

ETA : Even more annoying. The watch shows as having the Elite license on the devices screen but in the app settings screen it shows Ultralight.

Added pics.

This depends on the watch, but your app level is Pro so their is nothing to upgrade. Some Tactix 8s are Ultralite, and some are Elite. If this one is the Elite SKU PART NUMBER010-03407-10 then use the in app support function so we can see the logs and what the watch itself is reporting as.

Fig · Wednesday at 11:52 AM

What kind of pistol ammo are you recommending to all your Navy Seal customers who come in the store and want to learn to stak 'em like you can? Drillz? Experimental rounds of your own design?

I'll bet you recommend only the most "controversial" ammo!

Supa Killa Hand Gun Ammunition

Expert684 · Wednesday at 11:49 AM

Here's a picture of me picking off a midget insurgent (head shot) @ 3300 yds off hand.

brianf · Wednesday at 11:47 AM

GunGasm said:
I’m the fked up nuts

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Non 308 tac ops..butcher

TonyAngel · Wednesday at 11:45 AM

sharpshooter82 said:
Looking at getting either a 13.7inch or 14.5 inch with a short can max overall length under 17 inches. Rifle is going to used for ranges between 0-400 yards. Im in the UK so the having to adhere to the min 16inch barrel length does not apply. After some research the 13.7 inch barrel has 66fps (62gr ss109) less then a 14.5inch barrel. At 500 yards the difference is 48fps. Will the 66fps more velocity from the 14.5inch barrel going to make much difference for range and accuracy ?

I wholly understand what you're looking for. I am of shorter stature and prefer an AR that is easier to manipulate.

I do a good bit of shooting out to 400 yards. There was a time when I had one each of an 11.5, 12.5, 13.9, 14.5 and 16" barrels. I also shoot a lot of m855 and various 77gr loadings.

I haven't done any formal testing, but something I have noticed is that differences in performance among the differing barrel lengths did not become meaningful until the differences in velocity approached 300 feet per second. Put more plainly, when starting with an 11.5" barrel and increased barrel length and took note of performance increases, I did not see a meaningful increase in performance until I got to a 16" barrel where the velocity increase amounted to about 300 fps. I now run two setups. An 11.5 and a 16".

I run the 11.5" barrel with a YHM Fat Cat suppressor. The Fat Cat is one of the shortest suppressors you can get for a 5.56 and my setup measures just over 15".

If your decision is one of choosing between a 13.7 and 14.5, go 13.7. The difference in velocity is negligible. I just don't think you're going to meet your length goal with a 13.7.

If you decide to go shorter, consider the 12.5 rather than the 11.5. From a performance perspective, the 11.5 is fine, but even I feel a bit cramped by the limited space on the handguard. The extra space you get with a 12.5 is very noticeable..

You can also do a bit of velocity loss mitigation by going with a "fast" barrel. Some barrels typically get more velocity than others. For me, I've had good luck with Criterion barrels. Proof barrels run pretty fast as well.

I don't know what your budget is, but check out the Cobalt kinetics direct thread suppressor. It is very light, fairly short and performs very well. It is also pretty expensive. I like my Fat Cat. It's very short and performs very well. In terms of sound mitigation, it is one of the best I've heardThe downside is that it is gassy. A method of gas regulation was necessary.

As for m855, I do hear a lot of people say that they don't get good performance with it, but I've found it to be more than adequate for shooting steel out to 400. I shot the following groups at 100 yards with my 11.5 using a 3.5x ACOG. The target dots are 2" in diameter.

The group on the left was shot with Winchester m855 and the one on the right was with PMC m855. These are pretty typical of what I get with each respective ammunition.

Trx498r · Wednesday at 11:45 AM

mosin46 · Wednesday at 11:44 AM

LRI said:
Ever listen to an Annie Jacobson interview regarding nukes? It's sobering. I grew up on SAC bases and my ol man worked on Minute Man silos as a facility manager in the 80s and 90s. I was so ignorant to the evil that exists in the holes I used to drive tractors by as a kid working on a farm in the summer.

Annie was asked about a nuke attack from, say, North Korea along the southern California coast. If one were to detonate near the San Onofre nuclear power station located right on the northern end of Camp Pendleton, it would aerosolize enough radioactive material to make the entire west coast of the US uninhabitable from the ocean to the continental divide in Colorado.
For approximately 500 years.

Nuclear weapons have no business being anywhere on this planet. Period. If countries want to slaughter one another, that is fine. Do it the conventional way so the rest of us don't have to live off Pedialight while living in caves.

that is so right. nuc exchange anywhere is going to make things bad everywhere. the wind does blow around ya know. once they are used somewhere,i fear that the door will be opened for their use else/everywhere. i don't see any way to get them banned or removed world wide either. if memory serves,the agreements we had with,at least Russia,were dumped by George the 2nd and Trump in 1st term. NK is a loose cannon only under Chinese or Russian control maybe. Israel has about 300 i have read,another fanatic loose cannon. Iran is a question mark. some say they are working on it,some deny that. truth there,like everywhere these days,is hard to know.

steve123 · Wednesday at 11:44 AM

Makinchips208 said:
Old boss got into cutting rocks up. He bought an actual rock cutting saw, looked like a chop saw to me, had a diamond blade.
Not sure why a tile saw wouldn’t cut a rock, may be limited on the depth of cut?

I tried my metal cutting chop saw using a diamond masonry blade and it doesn't work well for harder rock, like that malapai for example (landscaping project), and cutting dry/no water it produces enough heat to turn the cutting area into molten lava so it takes too long.

I scrapped that project because I didn't want to spend the money on a water fed tile or rock cutting saw. I almost should buy one because I have enough of these rocks on my property, once cut into blocks, to build a small house with them, lol.

Trx498r · Wednesday at 11:44 AM

wigwamitus · Wednesday at 11:39 AM

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With a 9db gain antenna the signal will reach the drone better, but doesn’t the drone need to talk back to the controller?
That antenna will make the signal transmit further but will it receive the signal any better from the drone if its further away?

Short answer, YES, it is 9db gain in both directions.

My truck antennae are "bumps" (on the roof). I also use fox fury lander for taller grass.

GunGasm · Wednesday at 11:39 AM

things of beauty

(not sure why I couldn't insert them sorry)

260284 · Wednesday at 11:38 AM

80 gr ELD-VT, 6 Creed srp Lapua, CCI 450s, 18" 1-8", max load of H4350, 3380 suppressed.

TonyTheTiger · Wednesday at 11:38 AM

sharpshooter82 said:
Would the extra 66fps from the 14.5inch barrel give any mean-full advantage ???

No. I'd also say the average velocity loss is closer to 30-50fps than 66 anyway.

Hecouldgoalltheway · Wednesday at 11:38 AM

I HAVE NOT SEEN OJ SIMPSON. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS HIDING!

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GunGasm · Wednesday at 11:34 AM

I’m the fked up nuts

kcbird · Wednesday at 11:34 AM

Give a man a match and he'll be warm for a minute. Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Darryle · Wednesday at 11:32 AM

sirhrmechanic said:
Karachi has 20.3 million dirka dirka Mohammad Jihad types…. If it gets nuked… someone will have to come up with roughly:

72 x (20.3^6 / 2) = virgins….

Where are they gonna find those kind of numbers? That a a lot of virgins!

Minnesota

mosin46 · Wednesday at 11:32 AM

W54/XM-388 said:
That's actually what would start a real war.

Forget all the other stuff, in the future water might be what drives major conflicts.

read that somewhen in 90s-that 21st cent wars would be about water not oil. seems very likely in Eurasia. idiotic use of water in this country has already created problems many of us are aware of. nothing with <exico yet but seems there could be problems with Canada over river flows.

TonyAngel · Wednesday at 11:29 AM

sharpshooter82 said:
Looking at getting either a 13.7inch or 14.5 inch with a short can max overall length under 17 inches. Rifle is going to used for ranges between 0-400 yards. Im in the UK so the having to adhere to the min 16inch barrel length does not apply. After some research the 13.7 inch barrel has 66fps (62gr ss109) less then a 14.5inch barrel. At 500 yards the difference is 48fps. Will the 66fps more velocity from the 14.5inch barrel going to make much difference for range and accuracy ?

I wholly understand what you're looking for. I am of shorter stature and prefer an AR that is easier to manipulate.

I do a good bit of shooting out to 400 yards. There was a time when I had one each of an 11.5, 12.5, 13.9, 14.5 and 16" barrels. I also shoot a lot of m855 and various 77gr loadings.

I haven't done any formal testing, but something I have noticed is that differences in performance among the differing barrel lengths did not become meaningful until the differences in velocity approached 300 feet per second. Put more plainly, when starting with an 11.5" barrel and increased barrel length and took note of performance increases, I did not see a meaningful increase in performance until I got to a 16" barrel where the velocity increase amounted to about 300 fps. I now run two setups. An 11.5 and a 16".

I run the 11.5" barrel with a YHM Fat Cat suppressor. The Fat Cat is one of the shortest suppressors you can get for a 5.56 and my setup measures just over 15".

If your decision is one of choosing between a 13.7 and 14.5, go 13.7. The difference in velocity is negligible. I just don't think you're going to meet your length goal with a 13.7.

If you decide to go shorter, consider the 12.5 rather than the 11.5. From a performance perspective, the 11.5 is fine, but even I feel a bit cramped by the limited space on the handguard. The extra space you get with a 12.5 is very noticeable..

You can also do a bit of velocity loss mitigation by going with a "fast" barrel. Some barrels typically get more velocity than others. For me, I've had good luck with Criterion barrels. Proof barrels run pretty fast as well.

I don't know what your budget is, but check out the Cobalt kinetics direct thread suppressor. It is very light, fairly short and performs very well. It is also pretty expensive. I like my Fat Cat. It's very short and performs very well. In terms of sound mitigation, it is one of the best I've heard. The downside is that it is gassy. A method of gas regulation was necessary.

Ankeny · Wednesday at 11:29 AM

"For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." – Dwight D. Eisenhower

BCP · Wednesday at 11:27 AM

sharpshooter82 said:
Looking at getting either a 13.7inch or 14.5 inch with a short can max overall length under 17 inches. Rifle is going to used for ranges between 0-400 yards. Im in the UK so the having to adhere to the min 16inch barrel length does not apply. After some research the 13.7 inch barrel has 66fps (62gr ss109) less then a 14.5inch barrel. At 500 yards the difference is 48fps. Will the 66fps more velocity from the 14.5inch barrel going to make much difference for range and accuracy ?

12.5" could do it too

Barrel quality is the big one, a nice stainless barrel will give better velocity and last longer vs a cheap chromoly

UK so straight pull I'm guessing? And are you allowed to rebarrel it yourself like we do here in the states or does all the work have to be done by a licensed gunsmith?

Darryle · Wednesday at 11:27 AM

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