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Hey it worked for trench warfare (allegedly) in WWI so it will work perfectly for home defense... Some people's kids

CombatAuto? Is that you?

The goal is always to stop the threat. Not kill, not incapacitate - stop. 15 rounds of 5.56/.223 > than 15 rounds of 9mm all day long. 5.56 with the right quality ammo for the job at hand is not the same as 55gr ball. Read up on the penetration issues and the differences in terminal ballistics between 5.56 and 9mm. You may be surprised.

There is no excuse in the world to make this OK. Somebody dropped the ball big time. Complacency kills folks. Homeboy got lucky.

Interesting article and very much inline with the observations I have had, leading me to the belief that "nothing you can hold in two hands is guaranteed to stop an adversary with one shot". If you believe in the "one shot, one kill" silliness enough to plan your defensive needs around it, you should seriously re-think your TTPs. Pay close attention to the last paragraph. Not all ammo is created equal. Keep in mind that for the majority of the piece he is talking about NATO FMJ. http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/10/daniel-zimmerman/medics-advice-shoot-heaviest-rifle-round-shoot-can-hit-shoot/

Yup. But stay in him. Sometimes he forgets.

I've been using OakleySI for a while. Fireman, EMTs, LE, and Military are all included. You have to re-apply every year for the program. It's not Oakley's entire line, just select frames lenses, clothing, watches, backpacks, and gloves.

KAC already provides all of the drop in rail systems already in use by big green now. It shouldnt be much of a stretch to switch the set up over to build these kits quickly and in quantity. Could they turn over a half million FRAKs tomorrow, no. Could they build 50k every 6 months or so after being awarded the contract? Probably.

Agreed. But I am happy they are doing it. Absolutely. I think KAC will get the upper contract and Geisselle will get the trigger contract. We shall see

I carry mine in a JM Custom Kydex IWB, DeSantis Scorpion IWB, or a Safariland ALS OWB holster. Safariland is really the only choice for a duty/OC type holster. I also use a Safariland ALS for competition shooting. For CCW I like Raven, Peters Custom, Fricke, JM Custom, CompTac, BladeTech. There are a few guys on the forum that seem to make nice holsters but I haven't had a chance to mess with them. Avoid Fobus, CAA, and any of the floopy cordura Uncle Mike type holsters. The plastic sights that come with Glocks are "place holders" and not meant for serious long term use, even the adjustavle ones. Glock does that because they know people are particular about sights and figure why charge you for quality sights if you are just gonna take them off and buy the ones you like to install - makes sense to me. When I budget for a Glock I always add $100 for sight + installation to the price in my head.

Looks like the fate of the M-4 FRAK has been decided. Looks an awful lot like the M4 SOPMOD Block II package. I find it interesting that the improved trigger will be procured seperate from the rest of the components. I also find it ironic that this is all based out of NJ.....

RIP Marine

I don't understand this at all. Why would you not want a more capable system that is faster and more intuitive regardless of how stable or repeatable your shooting platform is? Why the desire to use a legacy system that has been made obsolete over the last 20 years and has since been relegated to back up/emergency status by people who use these rifles daily in the same manner as you would for HD? Why aspire to mediocrity with the tool you may very well bet your life on?

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It really depends on many factors. What suppressor you have, what ammo you are shooting, where you are ahooting (indoor or outdoor), barrel length, etc....

Absolutely. I didn't have any of the right wheels for the Dremel at the time I did it, but I had the AG so I went with that.

You have an angle grinder and a dremel? I used this video to help me through it. Took about 1/2 hour (except for waiting for the paint to dry). Go to Harbor Freight and get some hi-temp BBQ or engine manifold spray paint. A cold blue pen from Brownell's is good to use too.

I wouldn't necessarily say it takes more skill to shoot irons over a RDS. I would say irons are simply a less capable system over a broad spectrum of shooting positions and are simply harder to shoot. A small but important distinction.

I don't know if I will sell my PM9, but I agree with you.

While I do want one, I know better than to be the first guy to buy a new model gun. Without ever having fired a G43, how can you honestly say this? Seems very disingenuous.

In order to keep the recoil impulse directed straight to the rear, the M16 FoW was designed to have a mechanical offset of approx 2.6". This will create a discrepancy between your line of bore and your line of sight that needs to be corrected by using the correct holdovers for your zero inside of 25 yards. Unfortunately, there really is no way around this, however with practice it becomes second nature. As others said, you need a riser to get your optic up high enough to be in your sight line with a natural head position. Look how high your iron sights are, see if those are comfortable. Rightisright has it backwards. You do not need a stock riser or cheek piece.

Sights first. Shoot the shit out of it and dry fire it a bajillion times - best Glock trigger job ever. Quality holster and gunbelt. 10 more magazines. Get some spare parts to cover preventative maintenance and swap them at intervals. KKM barrel if you can out shoot the gun.

As fR as I know, there is nothing out there that will be "hearing safe" without some kind of suppressor. And on SBRs, even a can isn't enough. Maybe someone else has an idea...... Maybe if you wanted to use .22 shorts or something for self defense, but I don't think that is such a great idea. If you ever have to shoot in defense of your life, you will likely experience auditory exclusion (as well as a host of other physiological and psychological factors - tunnel vision, time dilation, extreme attention to visual detail, "magnified" vision) making you not even hear the shots. I had a buddy in a shootout in New Brunswick. He never heard any of his or his partners shots. He only heard the first incoming round. He also couldn't figure out why someone was throwing beer cans at him. He realized a few "cans" in that the beer cans said .40 S&W on them and there were actually his partners brass flying in front of his face. You best bet in this lousy state is to keep a set of electronic ear pro near your HD gun, if you are worried about it.

Sordin/MSA Supreme Pro X that are plugged into our radios. They work well. They work well. Used to use them befores switching to the Federal. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't the same load in different boxes. I have about 3k of them stashed.

I would like the 75gr stuff, especially for our SBRs, but I've found the 64gr offerings to be a nice compromise amongst everything we have, from 11.5"-18" guns. It works great in all the testing we done and AAR's I've been able to get my hands on. It starts to get too complicated ordering 3 different duty loads and keeping track of who has what. Not to mention trying to explain why different guys had different rounds in the event of a shooting (God forbid).