MidwestPX

Magazines should be treated as consumable items. Use them enough and they will break. Without a magazine, a semi-auto rifle is an expensive club. I have a variety too because I'd hate to run into a situation where a rifle won't work with a given type of magazine and if that's all I've got, well, I've painted myself into a corner. I didn't buy mags just for myself. I bought mags to last my lifetime as well as my kids'.

Guys, let me share what I'm going into this next panic with personally. Keep in mind this is just for my personal shooting and separate from work: 1 - Case of 100 M2 PMAGs 1 - Case of 100 M3 PMAGs 1 - Case of 75 M3 20LR PMAGs 1 - Case of 100 D&H USGI mags 1 - Case of 100 Lancer AWM mags 10 - stripped AR15 lowers 3 - .308 AR receiver sets 60lbs of rifle powders 35lbs of pistol powders 2+ tons of projectiles 95K primers 5 - complete AR15 BCGs 2 - complete .308 AR BCGs 5 - Full AR15 LPKs 2 - sets of .308 AR specific LPK parts 30K+ rifle rounds 20K+ pistol rounds 40K+ .22LR Is it a little excessive? Yeah. Did I need anything during the last three spikes in demand to keep shooting or worry about whether or not I could keep my guns running not just for myself but over my kids' lifetimes? Nope. You may be saying to yourself, "That's easy for you, you're buying at wholesale and make a living doing this." The flip side to that coin is when shit hits the fan and there's zero availability, if I take even one BCG or lower from a shipment of inventory, my opportunity cost is astronomical because of what I could have sold that part for. We are in the golden age of AR15s and it WILL NOT last. Plan appropriately and don't say you didn't realize it could or would happen. It can, it does, it will.

All of them.

I'm using a Bartlein with a medium palma contour. It will be cut down to 24" and threaded for a can. If I wasn't using a suppressor, I'd go with a 26". But 24" leaves me enough barrel that I can set it back should it be needed due to erosion.

6.5. The heavier/longer bullets do better at extended range. This is more beneficial than the bump in velocity with the smaller 6mm.

Are you sure you aren't a closet Democrat? That's pretty liberal spending of taxpayer dollars

I'm in the group and I think I've seen that post.

Aren't they defunct now?

Are you sure it was handguard related and not attachment related? I've read reports of zero shifts with keymod accessories but not mlok.

Oddly, brass is the one thing I scrutinize heavily before purchasing. I want it to come from an indoor range that doesn't allow shooters to bring their own ammo which helps insulate me from getting brass that's been fired multiple times. I also won't buy .223 brass from military ranges or anywhere that allows the M249 family of guns to be shot as brass that comes out of a SAW is typically trashed after one or two loadings at best due to the very generous chambers of the M249. Luckily for me, being the guy who likes to attend carbine classes, I walk away with a fair bit of brass from each class.

I took a week long vacation to travel to the PNW and shoot long range with some old friends who were also my first customers nearly ten years ago. A: 1,450 yards B: 350 yards C: 600 yards D: 450 yards E: 700 yards We also had a target (not pictured at 250 yards). The panoramic stitch job by my phone was okay but not great. I was shooting gas guns and even as close as 600 yards, there was a noticeable difference between the 6.5C and .223. I suppose the gusting 30mph winds had a hand in that. We had a constant crosswind of about 10-15mph which wasn't too terrible to fight but those gusts were a killer. 6.5C load was a 130gr Berger Hybrid loaded to 2.850" (hence the use of KAC mags) over Hybrid 100V clocking in at 2,700fps out of my 20" barrel. I will likely turn this load down a bit as I ended up culling 20 pieces of brass due to primer pockets loosening. The .223 load was a 75gr Hornady HPBT loaded to 2.25" over IMR 8208 XBR which comes out screaming at 2,900fps out of my 18" barrel. The aftermath of shooting in high wind with talcum powder-like dust. I actually ran into a new-to-me failure with these guns. The dust was so fine, it worked itself into the firing pin channel of the large frame AR and seized the firing pin. I could chamber a round and not dimple the primer. I could pull the trigger and it wouldn't budge the firing pin. I had to strip it down and clean out the bore as best I could (which really involved squirting it with lube, cursing at it, and shaking around) to get the rifle running again. I ran both of my guns with suppressors. There was another 6.5C gas gun on the line so we pulled the Harvester off of mine and put it on his to check POI shift. I shot first and was pleased to find basically zero POI shift at 250 yards. The other 6.5C was shot and replicated my results. We took them out a little further and at a 600, found a .1-.2 mil shift which really isn't terrible. Actually quite good, really. Guns on the line. The shooter is engaging that 1,450 yard target with a Barrett M82A1. The funny part was using a low powered BSA scope on the Barrett. Coupled with ball ammo, none of us expected to get close but we had a few guys within a couple feet of the 0.8MOA target. The ballistic app I use proved to be rather useful since none of us had dope for the it but I was able to load a similar cartridge in the app and guesstimate the muzzle velocity. I also used this trip as an excuse to pick up a new Sig Kilo rangefinder. It met every expectation and I think it's the best deal going for rangefinders given the pricepoint, accuracy, and features. It's not quite as accurate as a Terrapin and I wish it had a tripod mount but otherwise, given a street price of around $500, it's hard to beat. Not pictured but heavily used was a 9mm SMG AR. Shooting 147gr bullets at subsonic speed, one of the shooters was able to walk rounds in on the 350 yard target. He was holding about 12' high and 8' to the right...

Yes, the MWS with a 6.5 barrel. It shot like a laser and I'm very happy with it. I'm building a bolt primarily because the recoil impulse is so much shorter and shooting a bolt is just plain easier.

I am pleased to announce that the first shipments of 15/20 AK47 PMAGs are headed out to dealers. These are MOE PMAGs (steel reinforced M3 20rd mags have not been released) with an MSRP of $22.95. The first shipments are headed to: Joe Bob Outfitters Howell Gun Works Shooters Sporting Center

Fuuuuuu...I want a Mark 7 so badly. I'd throw it on a dedicated brass prep machine and load manually on another 1050.

The Whiskey 3 is noticeably nicer than the X-Ray but for me personally, not twice the cost nice.

That's pretty low volume for a progressive so I'd stick to a single stage. I do this for 6.5 Creedmoor and .458 SOCOM. I size the brass then throw them in the tumbler one night. The next session, I finish brass prep as needed then prime. The ready-to-load brass then gets set aside for when I'm ready to load.

I just got back from shooting gas guns out to 1,450 yards with one being a 6.5C. That being said, I'm building a bolt gun now. If I were you, I'd see how much it would cost to work over the action you have and drop it in a chassis. I'm going with a PTG-blueprinted short action 700, Timney trigger, Kriger medium palma 1:8 barrel (cut down to 28" and threaded for a can), and dropping it all into a KRG X-Ray. I handled a Whiskey 3 over the weekend and while it's nice, I just can't justify the added cost. Same goes for the PTG action over the Surgeon that I played with.

About the same, yeah.

Can you clarify?

6.5 Creedmoor. There are plenty of factory loadings already available with some great bullets. I've shot the factory 120 and 140 amax loads which were more accurate than I and I'll be shooting the 140 ELD factory load later this week alongside my 130gr Hybrid handloads. I've found that my Hybrid loading is more consistent (about half the variation of factory) but that hasn't translated into tangible benefit yet as I'm the weak link. You could certainly go with .308 at that range without issue but your adjustments would be greater.

I've used Aimpoint's CS a couple times and every time, they've gone above and beyond. I had a bad T1 that wouldn't stay on during recoil and it wasn't a loose battery. The other time, the windage knob didn't work on a PRO. Both times, I couldn't tell if they fixed or replaced but I had the optics back with extraordinary speed.

It looks like the HDMR came with the G2 a few years ago so it's not a current production scope. When compared side by side, I believe the HDMR and DMR are essentially identical.

Are you sure it's a HDMR? The DMR comes with the G2 reticle (which I like) or mildot (which I have) while the HDMR comes with one of two Horus reticles.

Depending on your current .223 setup, you may just want a new upper as 300 yards is a chip shot for .223. I'm taking one of mine out to 1K this week.

I have a DMR because I'm not a fan of Horus reticles but they're very similar otherwise. Great price and you can't beat the value.