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Very nice! Yankee Hill makes a good riser at a decent price for the EoTech: http://yhm.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_71_72&products_id=60 I use it with my EoTech on my S&W AR15-22. With a little bit of searching, you can grab one for around $25. Also, don't be afraid to cut the handguards to move the sling attachment back a little bit closer to the receiver. That's what I did - granted it was for a different mount but the application is the same. It took 5 minutes and it works great and looks good too. I will post a pic in a bit.

If you set the brightness correctly to begin with it is a non issue. I turn it down so it is barely visible when zeroing as it makes the dot appear smaller (in reality it does not change the size of the dot). The rest of the time, I leave it on a middle setting. If I am doing a job, or training that will have me going from bright to dark with a white light, I will verify that the setting I have it on will work with both. If it is so dark that you need the sight set to the lowest settings to avoid blooming and allow you to see past the dot then you will need your white light to positively ID your threat anyway. Just set the dot to work adequately with the white light you have.

Being an instructor for ballistic breaching i can tell you that that thing is an abortion of the highest order and is relatively useless for breaching. On the plus side, I think that there was a recent law change that will allow you to join the military and serve proudly even if you own one or think it looks cool.

Isn't there like 20MOA built into that mount? What distance are you zeroing?

What's the optic and mount you have there?

You are correct - mine is 125 lumens not 200. Mea Culpa.

The one I have is 200 lumens on bright setting. In all actuality I now find myself using the IR setting the most. Anyway, like I said, it is a nice light. Compact, light weight, well thought out and easy to use. I think you would find a riser a better fit and will give you a more comfortable cheek-weld for proper rifle placement regardless of what BUIS you choose.

If you want to support a company whose CEO is by all reports rabidly anti-2A then by all means, buy a Leatherman. Also having used the Leatherman MUT and the Multituasker, I found the Multitasker a much better tool.

For anyone else interested you can get them at Brownell's.

The interceptor vest is not a Plate Carrier. It is a vest. Different rules apply there as the soft armor is covering more of your body in a vest. A Plate Carrier is just that. It carries hard armor plates and offers protection front and back that is limited to only where the plate is with the sometimes optional coverage of a cummerbund for side plates. A vest offers a lot more soft armor coverage in addition to the hard armor plates.

Keep in mind that plate carriers are sized according to the plates that you are putting in them, not the wearer. For example, if you are issued Large (10"x12") plates, you need a large carrier even if you are a size small in shirts because a Large plate won't fit in a Small PC. The only measurement you will need is around your stomach to size the Cummerbund if that is an option you are going for. Also read this: http://sixty-six.org/x_drive/proper_wear_of_armor.pdf Very important read if you are planning to get armor.

If you used "flat sides" the whole nut would have had to have been much thicker in order for the "flats" to still be "meaty" enough to do the job.

The original Receiver Extension Locking Nut for carbines equipped with collapsable stocks as we know them wasn't "castle" shaped at all. That's it there on the left on a Colt 609 CAR-15 (better known as a Cotl XM177 Commando the first AR carbine with a collapsable stock as we know them today) Not all Rifles are built to the TDP and I can't tell you how many are not staked from the factory or were not re-staked after having a sling plate installed by a WECSOG Graduate. Because of this I carry a Multitasker (Multitool designed for use with ARs) at work and especially at the range. The Multitasker has a Receiver Extension Nut Wrench as one of its "blades" that gets a lot more use than I would like.

I have one - a low/high/IR model. I did not like it on my AR. It just wasn't bright enough and did not give off enough "spill" or for my needs/wants. So i put it on a breaching shotgun: Works great in the application I have it in now. The "switchology" is easy to use and comfortable. It is very light and compact as well as being extremely streamlined.

I keep a log with my long guns. The pistols I shoot the most just get new internal springs every other year and new mag springs the years in-between. I also pay more attention to the PM cycles with my work/duty guns then I do with my range guns.

Every manufacturer will have a preventative maintenance schedule for the replacement of parts. If you want to minimize the chances of having any issues with the weapon, that schedule should be followed. If you can't find a manufacturer's recommendation contact a local armorer and see what they suggest. Yes, many guns will run with parts well past what their replacement schedule predicts, but remember, the idea is to change the parts out before - hence preventative maintenance - there is an issue, not after. This will increase your chances that the gun will continue to run flawlessly allowing you to avoid a frustrating day at the range, a dismal finish in a comp, or an unfortunate end to a HD/SD incident. This applies to long guns as well as handguns. ETA: When you do replace a part, and the old part still works, chuck the old part in the trash anyway, don't keep it. That way you don't accidentally install the old part at a later date thinking it is a new one and then run into a bunch of issues that takes way too much time and money to replace, because you figure "Well it can't be XXXX because that is a new part, so it must be Y, Z, or W". That's frustrating.

That's a common mis-perception. Glad I could help.

You do realize that there aren't Cops out there divided into "teams" whose job it is to respond to these instances right? The "team" is just a term used for the first 2-4 Officers (they could be from any division - Patrol, Detective, admin, traffic, SRO, etc...) that arrive on scene, "team up", and enter the building hunting for the bad guy. All Officers are trained to the same standard in how to respond so whoever is working can respond with whomever else is working, regardless of what shift or even what Agency they work for. You may also have a few Cops trained to a slightly higher standard in order to assume tactical command of an ad-hoc team in the event of an AS situation. They will become the de-facto "team" leader regardless of rank. But they also aren't assigned to any organized "team" and the extra training is usually the result of a second or third hat that are in addition to their regular job responsibilities according to their assigned positions. Officers that receive Active Shooter training are not trained in hostage rescue, high-risk warrant service, or any SWAT related work. Their only training is how to move to the sounds of guns as quickly as possible while maintaing some semblance of safety via tactics and neutralize the threat appropriately. Also, on another note, I see a lot of reference to Police as "Peace Officers". Being a "Peace Officer" is only one small facet of our jobs, one that is used when dealing with Civil matters (as opposed to criminal matters which is what we are mandated to and permitted to handle). We are not allowed to become involved in strictly civil matters - evictions, landlord tenant disputes, custody issues, civil court orders, small claims stuff - but if requested we can standby as "Peace officers" to ensure that no crimes are committed while the situation is handled by the proper authorities, or simply stand by as witnesses while a civil matter is rectfied by agreeing parties to ensure nothing gets out of hand. It is a typically misunderstood part of LE work and being a "Peace Officer" or Officer of the Peace should not be confused with being a first responder (responding to assist citizen and first aid calls) or our main job of enforcing the laws that are in place.

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I agree 110% that the fawn story is absolutely rediculous and a waste of resources. It appears to be a completely inappropriate use of authority. But you aren't really comparing the euthanizing of a fawn with the killing of a child are you?

Full Disclosure - the upper with brake was already assembled and in the safe. I just built the lower, installed the rail and added the optic and bipod

Most people don't realize that. Now back to ARs. Just built this the other day while my kid was taking a nap from some spare parts I had laying around in my parts bin: BCM 16" Midlength Upper with standard barrel and FSC556 muzzle break DD Omega 9 Rail Gunfighter Mod 4 Charging Handle Defensive Edge SLR 15 Lower with Stag LPK Magpul PRS Stock Magpul MIAD Grip TD Bipod TA01NSN ACOG in LaRue Mount Not in the photo, there is now a Geissele SDE trigger in it and a Troy BUIS. Took it to the range and after a quick zeroing, it did this at 100 yards from the prone: I am not a precision shooter, but I was pleased with the results.

Right on. Just keep in mind that the EO draws power from the bateries even when the power has been shut off. You have to take the batteries out of the optic when storing it.

The EO Reticle is nice. The 1 MOA dot is crisp, precise, and easy to use. The 65 MOA ring is nice to draw your eye in. You can use it to gauge moving targets, but it has to be specific circumstances at specific ranges. To me the EO reticle, while very usable, is a bit busy and I prefer a single dot. The biggest drawback to the EO Reticle is that it is "drawn" on the screen with a laser. The laser, which draws a nice crisp outilne of everything you see in the reticle, uses a lot of power and cuts the battery life drastically.