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as far as I know, anyone can buy one. It is ideal for patrol cops because it is sized well to go over the soft armor you already wear. The carrier itself has no armor. You need to buy the plates and backers (if necessary) separately. If I was buying a PC for myself without the requirement to fit over armor I am already wearing, I would probably get the TT/Shellback Banshee (or whatever they just replaced it with is called).

Rob, Thanks for taking the time to post and thanks for the invite. Unfortunately I will be attending an active shooter class that week, otherwise I would take you up on it. I didn't think it was a hit piece. I thought it was an honest AAR from a guy who expected one thing and got another. Good luck with the class.

Fair enough. I've trained with VTAC, EAG, Sights and Trigger, Spartan, Tomahawk, Blackwater, Northern Red, you get the picture..... I haven't just read up it, I have gotten some gouge from people in the industry, people I trust, and for me - that's enough. Like I said, do your research and get the most you can for the money. If it's the worst class ever, you still learn something - even if it is what not to do.

Like I said above - do your own research on any instructor/school before you spend your money. Make sure you are getting your money's worth and learning the skills you desire in reference to what your training goals are. I'm lucky that I know a few guys in the industry and I hear the inside scoop on a quite a few. It's like having a friend who is a health inspector - You know where to eat and where not to eat, despite the restaurant reviews. My opinion is Pincus won't get a dime of my money. Ever.

Pincus is a charlatan of the first order. He is on the level of Yeager, only Pincus is mostly housebroken. The only thing he is an SME on is self promotion on social media, and inventing stupid things that nobody.....and I mean nobody with any experience teaches. He has the uncanny ability to ingratiate himself with rich and influential folks who buy his b.s. and making untrained people who don't know what they don't know think he is a tactical God and defend Pincus' reputation to the death. Here is recent AAR from a SWAT Cop I know from down South that Pincus hasn't been able to scrub from the internets yet: Pincus (like Alias Training's Paul Hotalling) is a king of threatened litigation and Internet clean up of any bad AARs, or unfavorable reviews. You have to really dig to find them. He has the classic shitty trainer resume. Little to no military/PMC experience (he went to Annapolis I think), worked as a cop for a short time at more than one agency, then once he feels he has his "chips" he hangs a shingle and fakes it to everyone that doesn't know better and harasses anyone that does and calls him on it. Look around. You will find more. There are tons of guys that know a thing it two out there that have been to his classes and had reactions ranging from "less than pleased" to "outright furious" as to what he teaches and how he treats his students. A-Tech - I would be very interested in an AAR if you do attend.

Pincus? I'll pass. Do some research and due diligence on him before deciding to give him your business.

I use Ameriglo Spartan sights on all my Glocks. Don't know the width of either off the top of my head. You could look it up though, I'm sure its on Ameriglo's website.

Fuck steel! Get a hybrid HDPE/Ceramic. It is lighter and wil Cover a wide range of rifle threats. Check out Velocity Systems and SKD. They have good armor for decent prices. Pay close attention for the chosen armor's ability to stop your issued duty rounds for the riflegun. You want your armor to stop your partner's rounds if necessary. Look at the threats in your area. Are you seeing more AKs/SKS, or more of grandpapy's .30-30? Tailor your armor to that. When you start researching, it is all voodoo and black magic - Trust but verify. Again, as far as quickly donning - Don't rush, don't get sucked into the "rapid" part of "Rapid Response" - (side note, I hate the term "rapid response". It should be "Deliberate Response". Don't be fast, be thorough. But that is a topic for another day.) Jon, I am working 6p-midnight. Call me after you have dinner.

Buy good gear that covers you appropriately and armor that will stop the rounds you need it to. Take the 30-45 seconds and gear up correctly - "haste makes waste" has never been truer then when you are scared and your heart rate pegs 200, and it feels like you are wearing boxing gloves of you try to do anything you haven't practiced ad-naseum. You only have the rest of your life ahead of you. "Go slow - but hurry up about it" is what you need to rememebr. Don't get wrapped around the axle on how fast you can throw it on. All PCs can be put on quick enough with practice - yes, you need to practice getting dressed I stop immediately when I get a hot call, get out, put on my armor and sling my rifle, before driving to the meet up/deployment point for the call. Don't be donning armor in view of the crisis scene. This is the carrier I have for patrol: http://www.uniteduniform.com/protech-plate-rack-tac-pr/ I put three rifle mags across the front with an IFAK and smoke grenade on the back.

Fixed it for ya But you are absolutely correct: It's a software issue, not a hardware problem.

That was from last May. There has been many responses detailing the flaws in his argument. Each is more articulate than what I would have responded with, but they hit all the points I would have brought up. There have been NDs as long as there have been guns. Revolvers, 1911s, DA/SA, it doesn't matter. Keep your finger off the trigger and it doesn't go bang. My favorite is from Ron Avery, who's opinion I respect very much: https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/training/articles/8572554-Dont-blame-the-gun-Why-the-argument-against-striker-fired-guns-is-flawed/ Another: https://www.policeone.com/police-trainers/articles/8558783-No-Glocks-for-cops-Why-the-DA-SA-argument-is-flawed/ And one from 2 weeks ago: https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/training/articles/8572554-Dont-blame-the-gun-Why-the-argument-against-striker-fired-guns-is-flawed/ I am very comfortable carrying a Glock at work and when off duty.

Meh.... If you like it, get it.

Only $31: http://shopwilsoncombat.com/mobile/Wilson-Combat_BCM-Starburst-Gunfighter-Grip-Black/productinfo/TR-GRIP-BLK/

Ok, cool. WTF was I remembering... Maybe I was thinking of Remington instead of FN.... Trying to remember this is going to drive me bananas.

Works now!

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FYI: JP Clamp On Adjustable Gas Block for .750 barrels: https://www.jprifles.com/buy.php?item=JPGS-9 Many companies make their gas ports bigger than the spec so they will run on the shitty cheap ammo many people buy. It creates a false sense of reliability.

If I remember correctly, FN has access to the M16/M4 TDP following a failed lawsuit by Colt to keep it in house - Colt was ordered to play nice and share.* Most of the AR rifles FN build are used to fulfill contracts to the allies militaries/police forces/fledgling liberated governments/pre-terrorist organizations/etc... supported by the US that request AR pattern guns. They are not for the U.S. military. Occasionally, FN parts will make their way in/on US M4/M16s as unit armorers will use the FN guns slated for dispersal to indig forces as sources for parts to get US guns up and running or perform preventative maintenance as appropriate. (FN does provide the M249 and M240 MGs to the U.S. military) * I don't usually like to post stuff I haven't recently verified/sourced but can't remember where I read that. I will try to find a source....

It's really hard to tell apart your smart ass posts and your real ones Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk He's being serious. The weakest point on previous polymer AR attempts and other older model polymer lowers was where the receiver extension (buffer tube) screwed into the threads at the rear of the lower receiver. It routinely cracked at the rear takedown pin from the stress created by the leverage from the receiver extension. CavArms solved this issue by making it a non-issue: they integrated an A2 stock into the lower receiver and made it a one piece design. Robar is now making a very very nice (and by all accounts exceptionally well made and sturdy) polymer lower and upper receiver set - if you are looking at other polymer AR setups: http://polymar15.robarguns.com The polymer upper may even work with your lower - which would be pretty cool.

Forged receivers are actuay stronger than billet versions anyway, so they did you a favor! Nice stick Rob.

We used to issue and use .40 Gold Dot 180gr for duty and Gold dot in 9mm and .45ACP for off duty. We have since switched to the .40 180gr Federal HST for duty ammo (corresponding loads of FED HST in 9mm and .45ACP for guys that have off duty guns in those calibers). The HST is the next generation of the Gold Dot design (Fed and Speer both being owned by ATK) with improved expansion and weight retention through most mediums. We do not issue the bonded stuff, just the jacketed. (It is not barrier blind and we don't want it to be. P=Plenty when shooting through glass or other bullet killers.) Now it looks the the next evolution is might be back in Speer's court with their G2 offering after the FBI solicited a new 9mm round - Speer 147gr G2 JHP. Designed for use in full size guns (barrels longer than 4") it allegedly is a hybrid of the Gold Dot and HST bullet geometry with a polymer tip like the Hornady Critical Defense/Duty. Truth be told, I am not sold on it. I am satisfied with the test results I have personally witnessed from the HST and am not in a rush to switch.

No Sig226GuyNJ nothing against you, not implying anything. Sorry for the confusion, I can see how what I wrote may be taken that way. I don't like acknowledging bad guys. I don't like using anything they do for any purpose other than to learn how to defeat them faster. It disturbs me that these things happen at a fundamental level. Even knowing misses v. hits, or the average hits to death, etc... won't prove anything useful. There is a lot more info to be had, distinctions to be made, and data to pore over, before we can find anything useful in a wikipidea post about this instance. For example: - How many died from .22 hits v 9mm hits? - How many times were each victim hit? - How many hits were after the victim was already incapacitated by previous rounds? - How many were incapacitated instantly v. lingered? - All hits aren't equal - I doubt any two people were hit in the exact same spot. Which hits were more effective? Which rounds hit where? - All victims aren't equal - unless there were clones there - critical areas are very slightly different for everyone, not to mention people are 3D. A slight change in body position can cause huge changes in the size of a critical area. The only true measure of the effectiveness of a round is to compare it amongst like rounds in a calibrated and controlled environment. Expansion, projectile weight retained, wound channel/cavity, velocity, penetration, etc... can be measured and energy can be calculated. Those numbers can then be applied to different medium in theory. By studying this ballistic theory you can pick the best round for you based on your goal. Unfortunately, ballistically speaking, all you have going into a gunfight is said theory. Everything else is anecdotal and specific to that particular shooting. Ft hood shooter, Columbine, VA Tech, most police shootings, while some useful info can be gleaned, it is all anecdotal as no two gunfights are identical. Hits that should be instantly fatal often aren't. People routinely drop instantly from hits that should be survivable. All you can do is pick the offering you think will work best for your situation and do your best to put as many rounds into the area of the body statistically known to cause incapacitation the fastest as quickly as possible. Barring a CNS hit, rapid incapacitation is a hydraulic problem - let fluid out, let air in. The faster this happens, the faster a threat stops being a threat.

I find it disturbing that you are using that as a benchmark for ammo selection on multiple levels. You are also looking at that incident in a vacuum. He fired at least 174 rounds during the second attack in that incident - unknown how many he fired in the first attack. You plan on firing that much during an HD incident? He also had no one firing back. It didn't matter how immediately effective his rounds were. He wasn't stopping a threat. He was hurting innocent people. Many were shot at close range. His victims where trapped in classrooms and didn't fight back. He could have likely achieved those numbers with a bat, knife, or frying pan.

From Hornady's Website: http://m.hornady.com/support/critical-duty-and-critical-defense Defense v Duty .PDF: http://m.hornady.com/assets/files/Critical-DUTY-vs-Critical-Defense.pdf

ATF, FBI, DEA, etc... have already done that for you. Here's the gist: FBI DEA/ATF San Diego PD And here is a NJ DCJ test from 2003: http://www.nj.gov/oag/dcj/njpdresources/pdfs/wallboard_test.pdf