MidwestPX

Why limit yourself to a projectile with inferior terminal ballistics? A proper JSP/JHP is going to do so much more damage than FMJ. M855 is designed to poke holes in lightly armored targets while a Speer Gold Dot is designed to wreck tissue. As to the original question, I zero with plinking ammo and I don't worry about the difference in POI between plinking ammo and defensive ammo because for my purposes, the odds of having to deploy a carbine in a situation where mechanical offset is less than the difference in POI between the two rounds is essentially zero. I'm not LE/MIL and I'm not training to pop targets at more than 50 yards with my primary training rifle. Can I do it? Sure but do I worry myself over knowing the holds at 100, 200, and 300 yards or further to compensate for the difference? Nope. I get more POI shift out of having a suppressor on or off the rifles than I do as a result of switching between plinking and defensive ammo.

...you tellin' me to shut up?

FYI the Black Friday deal I just posted today is our LTG LPK for $24.95. http://midwestpx.com/index.php?cPath=110

This is the thread where the OP reported the assault: http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=855768 There are at least three threads on CGN about this and I haven't had a chance to stay on top of it all. I wasn't posting to ask people to donate. Even if the story isn't real, it serves as an excellent reminder for why I posted: keep your eyes open and always be processing your surroundings.

This was posted on another forum I sponsor and wanted to share here: Remember to keep your eyes open and pay attention to all three hundred and sixty degrees. Situational awareness is your first line of defense, your gun is your last. The forum where this story was posted set up a donation link and the forum members raise over $2K in donations in the first 24 hours and they're taking up tool collections from members to help the victim. It's always heart warming to see such generosity, especially in a world where negative news is the first to be promoted.

It's not a NJ law, it's a federal law. While he can sell it to you, it would have to be transferred by an FFL in the state in which you are a resident. On the 4473, receivers, no matter what condition (stripped, with partial LPK, or complete with stock), are transferred as "Other" which an FFL can only transfer to a buyer at least twenty one years of age and a resident of the same state.

Those of you who picked up mags from the first batch of cut down PMAGs, I'd love to hear from you. Good, bad, or ugly! I would expect that if anyone ran into any issues, they'd contact me about them but it's been pretty quiet thus far. There was one customer who couldn't get the mags to seat at all in a Bushmaster and I asked that he try it without the upper on the lower...never heard back so I'm guessing it was an issue with the upper. Anyway, I'd like to hear what you guys have to say!

Rumored to be in the $500 range.

The good news is, spray paint is relatively easy to remove should you not be happy with the result

http://midwestpx.com/product_info.php?cPath=70&products_id=316 Two stage combat-oriented trigger. The first trigger Geissele produced, IIRC. It's a good trigger if you're a two stage kind of shooter. I was until I got an S3G and it turned my world upside down.

Triggers are dangerous. It's like shooting with a RDS before learning to use iron sights. They can become a crutch that covers up a deficiency in fundamentals. In a carbine class I hosted, we had a CAG guy win the shoot-off with an unmodified USGI trigger right out of a DPMS LPK. It was gritty, it was creepy, it was heavy. But he shot the hell out of it to be the best shooter out of a class of 20. I think everyone should shoot a standard trigger to appreciate an aftermarket one and to not short change themselves in developing their skills.

I like the rattle can look after the rifle picks up some character i.e. scratches and chips in the paint.

WOA = White Oak Armament ALG = ALG Defense, sister company of Geissele Automatics

With the ambidextrous options that are out there such as the AXTS and Mega lowers, the BAD lever isn't my go-to choice when it comes to ambidextrous bolt manipulation. It's not a bad piece of gear if you train to use it but there are other alternatives that I would lean toward, given the option.

I'd give the ALG ACT a hard look. It's a little heavier pull but there's no creep and it's a very crisp break. It's fast becoming one of my favorite triggers, especially considering you can get it with an LPK for under $90: http://midwestpx.com/product_info.php?cPath=100&products_id=659

In my experience, a lack of powder.

The C4 rail is nice (I stock those as well as CMRs) if you're looking for a traditional quad rail setup. My gripe is primarily weight related but the lock up to the receiver is solid. Fortis and Mega's MKM have spoiled me.

I had heard it's supposed to replace foliage green. No ETA on release though.

It's slightly heavier and some say it results in softer shooting but if you're looking for additional mass to slow the action, you would be better served by bumping your buffer weight from a carbine to heavy or heavy to H2. No compatibility change with the receiver or barrel. When it comes to feedramps, you just want to make sure the receiver has the scallops cut in it to line up with the M4 feedramps in the barrel extension.

You sound like someone in need of one of my upcoming Fortis uppers and billet lowers

A full-auto profile carrier will not make a semi-auto gun fire automatically. What it refers to is the underside of the carrier having the extra material needed to trip an auto sear which is usually milled out of semi-auto carriers. They are perfectly legal to own and use as long as you keep the select fire fire control group parts out of the gun.

Yep.

This guy: http://fortismfg.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=73

I don't do pin/weld jobs but if I did, this would be the way I'd do it. It's easier to drill through the brake when it's unattached. Get it timed and drill into the threads through the hole in the brake then pin and weld.

Free floating refers to the barrel and whether or not anything is touching it that could affect accuracy. On an AR, that means that at no point forward of the receiver, does the handguard touch the barrel.