High Exposure

WOW! That is over 50% off from most places. Thanks John! I'm jumping on this.

I wish I could take credit. I learned it from Kyle Lamb during a Street Fighter course where every drill started sitting in the front seat of a car - if you don't keep your sling under control in the car it will hang up on you and that is a showstopper. Once you are out of the car, snap the rubber band and sling in.

Holds the sling against the stock so it doesn't get hung up on the way out of the safe or the closet. One quick tug and the rubber band snaps, then I can sling into my carbine with no issues. A wrap of scotch or masking tape works well for that purpose as well.

Here is a comparison photo of my issued Colt Commando SBR (11.5" barrel with stock fully collapsed), next to my personal MSAR Bullpup (16.5" barrel with fixed stock), and my HD rifle (an AR with a 16" barrel and stock pinned 1 click out): Note that the MSAR is just a tad shorter than the SBR. The bullpups are essentialy an SBR sized gun that does not require any Federal tax stamp - making them NJ legal carbine in an SBR sized package. Also note that my HD rifle is the longest of the three. The reason for that choice is simple - there is no free lunch. For the shorter overall length of the bulpup design you are giving up ergonomics and effeciency which translates to slower manipulations - reloading, malfunction clearing, building stable shooting positions, etc.... That being said, a standard AR with an overall barrel length of 16" is more than adequate to use in a residential structure. I was issued a Colt 6921 for years before being issued the SBR. I have noticed zero difference in manuverability in any residential structure. Even though I have an SBR and the bulpup, my choice for my HD gun is still an AR (with a 14.5" barrel with permanently attached 1.5" muzzle device to make the legal 16" requirement) and a stock pinned one click out. A rifle significantly longer than either of the other two rifles I could choose. In all my time carrying a 16" rifle, I have never wished for a shorter barrel or found it unwieldy during training or operationally. However, I have wished for a longer barrel a few times since getting the Colt SBR. In my experience, unless you are spending an inordinate amount of time armed with a long gun while in a vehicle, or are planning on conducting tubular assaults - fighting in a bus, train, plane fuselage, or onboard ships - where the shorter overall length really shines due to all the confined spaces, a standard AR is the way to go. Edited for clarity.

The SF SC1/2 are designed to hold 6 batteries with a spare bulb in the center. The SC1 is designed to hold different bulbs than the SC2. I have a couple of them. They are excellent spare battery holders, but are bulky for what they are, especially know that I don't need to protect a spare incandescent bulb as well since I switched to all LED heads in my lights. I much prefer the caddies that I linked to above and have them for AAA, AA, and CR123 batteries scattered around the house, in go bags, at work, in my truck, and on each of my armor carriers.

The SC1 and SC2 are designed to hold 6 lithium CR123 batteries and 1 spare incandescent bulb. The Invictus is an LED light. You shouldn't need a spare bulb. Buy whichever model carrier you want (SC1 or SC2) and just carry batteries in it. If you want to buy an incandescent flashlight (I don't know why when LED lights are all around better) then look on the SF website for what model bulbs each carry (I don't think the SC2 is even on the SF website anymore) Or spend significantly less and get a few of these: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1057188&gclid=CMfV-duGtMkCFUwYHwodD9cIWg&Q=&ap=y&m=Y&is=REG&A=details

It has nothing to do with being better than another or beyond reproach. The fact of the matter is that there are some things that everyone just doesn't need to know - for a multitude of reasons. Security reasons, privacy reasons, investigatory reasons. It's part of the job description of LEOs and it has nothing to do with being better or "more equal". There are certain thing Law Enforcement has to do as part of their sworn duties that non LEOs can't/shouldn't do - Just like someone who is not a Dr. can't write a prescription or perform surgery on someone. That doesn't make it a Police State any more than it makes it a "Dr state" because you aren't permitted to diagnose and treat cancer.

If it is a visible fastener it gets marked. Even though it it set up like my social guns, that rifle is a dedicated range/fun/training gun. Everything on that rifle could fall off and it wouldn't really matter. I just don't like to yard sale my gear.

I don't know what to tell you on scope choices. I never researched anything for a 10/22, let alone stainless .22 scope rings. Sorry Amigo. Check the Rimfire sub-forum. Guys there will probably have really good info for you. As far as a RDS, you need to buy quality. Get an Aimpoint PRO and you will get 50,000 hours (over 5 years) of constant on battery life. The optic probably costs more than the rifle, but "buy once - cry once".

I see you never had your light fall off your rifle in the second room of a house during an entry for a barricaded person. Besides all the disapproving looks from the team leader, it made it really hard to see the bad guy. It's a lot faster to look at all the little blue marks to make sure they line up than it is to find all the correct size wrenches and try to tighten them all up.

Brother, it all depends on how much you want to spend. What kind of rifle? What kind of optic? Do you need MOA built into the mount? I am not the most knowledgable on scopes and mounts, I only have 1 scope, the rest being RDS. Vlad G or some of the precision guys may have a better take. Personally, I prefer levers over knobs for optic mounting - ADM, LaRue, etc... (excluding ARMS, fuck that guy). I did just pick up an ADM Recon Mount for my Vortex Strike Eagle. It's a one piece mount with throw levers. Very nicely made and affordable.

Hey Checko, stake it.

I put Blue Loctite (not Red) on everything that bolts/screws metal to metal. Then take a paint pen and make witness marks so you can tell if it starts to back out on you.

Zeke, I will take you up on that offer gladly brother!

I hope she has big hands. I have little tiny hands and I can barely reach the trigger adequately On the topic of a hammer - DA revolver, DA/SA semi, striker fired semi - it doesn't matter. If you violate the first and third rule of firearm safety, you will eventually have an ND. Plenty of people that aren't Mall Ninja/Operators shoot striker fired pistols with no issues. Plenty of people that are Mall Ninja/Operators have NDs with DA only guns - revolver and semi, heavy trigger or light, trigger safety or not. It's a software issue, not hardware. I personally think a double action/single action trigger is harder to shoot than a gun with a single trigger pull type - whether that is striker fired, SA only, or DA only.

I have no issues with Sig's standard lineup (220, 226, 229, 239). I'm just saying make sure you shoot one and you don't like something better. You may decide you like an HK, S&W, Glock, etc.... Better. You may shoot the Sig and decide you hate the high bore and muzzle flip, the grip may not feel right, you can't reach the decocker, etc.... I learned this lesson the hard way when I bought my HKP2000. On paper it was the perfect gun. It had evertyrhing I wanted: different size back straps, ambi-controls, LEM trigger, it was HK! I walked in to Ray's Sport Shop and dropped $800 on it without ever firing one. I proceeded to struggled to shoot it well over the next 4 years before I sold it. What is the rationale for preferring a hammer fired gun for HD/SD?

Before you drop your hard earned cash on anything, go shoot a Sig, preferably one of the models you are looking at.

Incorrect. Their goal is a world wide Caliphate. They don't want to destroy the world, they want to convert it. If that takes killing and destruction of the entire civilized western world, that's fine - As long as the end result is that their particular brand of Islam is the only religion on the planet.

I'll get right on that! :rofl:

For those interested, Soldier Systems has published the actual settlement documents as a .pdf : http://soldiersystems.net/2015/11/27/the-l-3-communications-settlement-with-the-us-government-over-fraud-charges-stemming-from-eotech-holographic-weapon-sights/ According to this paper work, the known/concealed Eotech zero drift, due to temperature change, was as much as 6 MOA in the carbine/rifle optics, and up to 12 MOA in the support/indirect fire weapon optics! Parallax shift at 32 degrees Fahrenheit was 12 MOA, and at 5 degrees Fahrenheit it was 20 MOA!

They are smart enough to realize that they can't do it all on their own right now. They are also permitted to violate the tenets of their religion if they are doing it to further Islam thanks to "Taqiya". The extremists are playing the long game. They will do what they need to do now in order to ensure a worldwide caliphate later.

Fober optic only capture and enhance ambient light. They will not glow in complete darkness. Tritium sights produce their own light and will glow even in total darkness. There are combo sights that do both. I believe that Ameriglo and Meprolight make both kinds of sights. Choose what you want carefully. I am partial to Ameriglo Spartan sights on my Glocks. That being said, tritium nights sights are only valuable for about 20 - 30 minutes twice a day (during dawn and twilight) under normal conditions. If it's too dark you need a light to acquire and ID a threat before engaging anyway, which makes the tritium sights unnecessary. If it's bright enough to acquire and ID your threat without the use of a white light, you shouldn't be using the tritium dots, as your sight picture should be defined by the crisp outline of the front sight blade centered on your target.

I'm saying that the business of terror and narcotics are so intertwined you would not believe it. ISIS, like AQ, use the sale of narcotics as a means to support their organization. They use South and Central American cartels to facilitate the sale of their products across the globe. I would not be surprised at all if in the name of preserving a good working relationship with each other, ISIS notified their partners of the attack.

I take it to be the opposite. They discovered they were promulgating a false story and yanked it. I don't believe it for a second. Narco/Cartel members and these terrorists work hand in hand. No doubt in my mind that any narcos in Paris knew to stay home that night.