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Best ways to hide vault room in the basement?

I’ve searched and looked on here so I tried to do due diligence if this is posted a lot. I am currently building my house, in the basement I’m doing a vault room with concrete and metal cased concrete for the roof. The room is 12.5 x 10.5. The entrance will be in a hall way the room in the other side will be a movie theatre type. What re cheap effective ways to hide the vault door?

Will 20 MOA scope base affect optical clarity of scope if sighted in at 100 yards?

I have never had a canted scope base. Getting a Seekins Havak PH2 that comes with a 20 MOA base on it mounted with 5, #8 screws. My question is if I dial 20 MOA (approx) down when sighting in at 100 yards, my scope will start there, not optically centered. My scope is a Nightforce 4-32 x 50 SFP. It has 90 MOA vertical travel range. Which means I will be using 20 of 45 (half of 90) MOA to get it sighted in. I should have 65 MOA of up travel left for elevation adjustments. I don’t really need a 20 MOA base as my shots won’t exceed 600 yards, more likely 400 yards. I don’t have the scope yet but have ordered it. I have always assumed if a scope was able to be adjusted within a range, the optical clarity should be the same within that range. I have read a scope performs best when optically centered. I’m not sure if that is true. For you guys that routinely dial for long shots, do you notice any degraded optical clarity when looking through your scope compared to it being optically centered? Will my scope still be as clear when viewing through it with 20 MOA dialed in all the time as a starting point? If it’s a problem I can try to get a 0 MOA base. Given it has 5 screws it would probably need to come from Seekins. Most of the REM 700 bases I see have 4 screws. I’m not sure they make them but probably do.

Gunsmithing Any thoughts on structured barrels?

Saw this today and wondered if the engineers and gunsmiths on SH had any thoughts on the claims made concerning structured barrels in terms of rigidity, whip, and cooling?


So I don’t know the folks at this site, and I am not calling them out. Just wondering about the science behind the claims, and if it is worth the coin.

Dyeing Magazines

My grandaughter wanted red magazines to go with her other red accessories on her 10/22. I'll admit that I instigated a little as I saw this originally posted on another forum and was intrigued. The process seemed pretty simple so I thought I'd try it.

We purchased some Rit DyeMore synthetic liquid dye in Racing Red from Walmart, disassembled 4 of the Ruger clear magazines, cleaned the parts first with dishwashing soap and a toothbrush, then with alcohol. Using a stainless pot on the stove I mixed about a third of the bottle with a quart of water (enough to cover the mag parts completely). I brought the water/dye mix to a boil, inserted the magazine parts and left them at a simmer for about 8 minutes while stirring constantly. Results are below. The other grandkids then wanted their own so we've tried different colors with mixed results. Red and blue worked great but purple and green came out a little dark. I'll try the purple and green again but next time won't leave in the dye so long.

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Wheels Coming Off in South Korea


Seems like everybody has suddenly got sporty.

I’m guessing the behind the scenes phone calls telling people to go nuts is working.

The last thing we need is an unstable South Korea with the north breathing down their neck. This guy is out of his fucking mind to declare martial law.

Yes, they have issues in the south but this will cause massive unrest.

It’s like they’re trying to provoke World War III. Oh wait, never mind.

And in the meantime, the ex French colony has entered civil war aided by outside forces… forgot which. They are mostly shitholes.

Everyone is going game in while the US is in hiding and Biden is busy brushing his toenails and clipping his teeth.


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Any FFL that can help with AR-15 shipment to restricted states

Live in California, interested in AR-15 that (as all of them) is not legal as sold and needs some modifications. Do you know intermediary FFLs that would be willing to (a) split upper / lower / ship separately - then I can make them compliant before assembly (legal approach) or (b) make modifications before shipment.

Thank you
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SOLD Trijicon Credo

Selling a like new Trijicon Credo 3-9x40 in Warne HyperLight Medium rings. MOA Precision Hunter green illuminated reticle. One Butler Creek cap included. 575 tyd for scope, rings, cap and Trijicon neoprene scope cover. Comes in Original box. Pm if interested.

Edit: HyperLight rings sold. 525 tyd with NIB Warne 500M rings

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Fuddlight, 762x39

Had a fairly new mini 30 in x39, that patterned, no matter what ammo....wolf or tula to Federal to Hornady... like 4-5" patterns at 50 yards... wasn't even worth trying further out. It was a truly terrible shooting rifle. It was intended to be a less than ideal weather, hunting rifle...it didn't make the cut.

So, I ditched it and picked up a Fightlite SCR lower and assembled a cheap upper in 7.62x39 mostly from parts I had, just needed a barrel and bolt.

Only 50 rounds through it so far, but it is exponentially a better shooting rifle than the mini... after dialing in and shooting a couple groups at 50, I took it out to 100 and managed to hold 20 rounds of crap wolf in a 3.5" group. I'll take it out to 200 & 300 yards for giggles but for me it's intended to be a 50-100 yard rifle, it seems to handle that well.

For fear of offending some...;)

I put a Leupold made, Redfield Revolution 3-9x40 on it... using an Amazon special, monstrum ultra low mount.

To further offend... it's got a 16" SS AR Stoner barrel (I believe it's made by BCA), but $65 delivered...why not?

Gas block is a bushmaster cut down A2, handguard is a UTG pro 7" ultra slim. Upper is an Anderson slickside, bolt is from KAK.

Disclaimer... I am in NY. The AR game sucks, but I've played it quite a few times. Instead of going that featureless route...again, I wanted to try something a little different. The Fightlite SCR fit that bill.

Flame away...

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