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You really carry your 0561? Mine just showed up last week from pre-order and it's HUGE! I like it... but I don't know how much I'm gonna carry it. Might end up selling it. (My 3" XM-18 flipper sees most of my pocket cary or my Strider PT CC.)

I think it's as simple as driving out the roll pin and then popping the end off. But maybe these interchangeable ones don't use roll pins?

Go have a look at PrimaryArms.com. They have a lot of decent (well review) glass for not too much money. I'm kinda in research mode for optics now myself... but I bought a Primary Arms Micro (Aimpoint T1 knockoff) for under $100 for my AR build. If I don't like it... I'm not as hurt by it as if I didn't like a $1200 ACOG. (I'm hoping to actually own a ACOG at some point... but after buying all the parts for my AR it's not in the cards right now.)

Comin' along nicely!

It can be done... but you sacrifice all the cool parts! There are certainly parts you can save on initially and you can always replace them later. For instance. No need for a Mega Billet Lower... a sub-$100 Spikes Lower works just fine. (Save you a couple hundred right there.) You don't need to have a Geissele SSA or Timney trigger (that'll save you roughly $200). You don't need a Nickel-Boron coated BCG (That'll save you anywhere from $50-$200). You don't need a MagPul UBR stock (That'll save you $200). You don't need free-float rails (that'll save you anywhere from $100 - $300). Fixed sights are much cheaper than Troy Tritium BUIS. The standard charging handle is fine... no need to spend $40-ish on a BCM Gunfighter. You don't need a $450 soft/hard case combo from LaRue, a soft rifle case just might be enough for you. No need to buy PMAGs, UGSI mags are good and cheaper. And don't even get me started on optics... My dream build would have me rocking an ACOG that just about costs about what I put into the rest of my rifle. I did upgrade a lot of those parts on my current build.... but I did a lot of homework before plunging in and made sure that I really wanted them bad enough or they made enough difference before I pulled the trigger. I think the best money I did spend on upgrading was on the trigger. Everything else is gravy... but the trigger made a world of difference.

Exactly this. I spent about 50% more than originally intended... but I'm much happier. I have everything I want. (For now. )

Superior. Teutonic. Engineering.

I have an HK45c and I'm in love. It feels perfect in my hand. It has shot anything I've fed it so far. There's quality in the manufacturing. Nice tight tolerances just about everywhere. I think the extra money is spent in the HK engineering it shows and I think it DOES make them more dependable than the average comparable pistol. I trust this gun hands down. End of the world gun... this... or more likely it's big brother... but definitely HK. Very rarely have I heard anything bad about H&K and the few times I heard about failures or issues, HK customer service made it right, no questions asked. I'll pay a premium for that alone. My buddy has a Sig P220. What a great gun. Nice and solid. Good performance. High quality. He hasn't had a problem (7 + years and thousands of rounds and he doesn't baby it one bit.) Doesn't fit my hand... but it's not my gun. He loves it.

Break-free CLP (Clean, Lube, Protect). It's a spray on borecleaner/lubricant.

Nice! Looks like it shoots as good as it looks! Congrats on the killer build!

Currently: - staple gun / staples - duct tape - scotch tape - leatherman - jewelers screwdriver (with torx/hex bits) - a couple rags - OTIS cleaning kit - Can of CLP - Spent brass bag - 5x disposable ear plugs - 3x shooting glasses - 1 pair Howard Leight Impact Sport muffs - Otter box w/ 12 C123/CR2s for weapon lights. - Spare flashlight - H&K cleaning mat - usually 200 rds of .45, 500 rds of .22, 200 rds. .223 (My pistols, my AR and their mags mags usually hang together in their respective cases.)

Nothing fell off or melted... I call that a success! Once those pesky customer builds are done... (I think I know one of those customers... he's a pain in the a$$! ) go have some more fun and give us a range report

Looks great! How's it shoot?

Midway makes some great bags. They generally have the right features and the price is good too!

Villa Rosa in Hawthorne, NJ (walking distance from my current house) And Pizza Town, Rt 46 Elmwood Park (walking distance from my old house). (I tend to congregate near butt-whoopin' pizza. When I was in college in Cleveland... I lived within walking distance of the only 2 good pizza places I knew of in that entire city. Mama Santa's and Captain Tony's.)

An ounce or 2 isn't much! I can say with about 99.9% accuracy that I haven't seen an AR build like that before!

That's exactly why I ordered my upper from you yesterday, instead of a month or 2 from now when I intended! (I had a little surplus tax return money, and the "anxiety" of wanting to get my build finished NOW.) That's a big difference from the Troy to the VTAC! (I was surprised at how much heavier the Troy MRF 12" was over the Centurion C4, something like 6-8 oz. heavier.)

That defines "maximizing rail space"!

+1 Just at the edge of your price range but worth every penny.

My buddy already dropped off his stuff in Clifton and now he's starting month #2. And I don't recall... he said that someone told him or he read somewhere that he really shouldn't bother asking about the status unless it's 3 months or more. Good luck! Spend the time researching and buying all the other stuff you might need.

Try out Primary Arms. They have a bunch of low cost optics. Take a look at the 1-4x scope for $120. Or even the 3x Compact.

That may be it then. He may need a higher quality optic with a focusing adjustment for the eye piece (is that the same thing as "diopter," like raz said? If so... I learn something new every day! ).

According to Amazon... that scope has a fixed parallax at 35yds. Does it have a separate adjustment for focusing the eyepiece? That might be why it's "blurry" to him at 25yds. (Don't hold me to it... I'm just guessing here.)

Best all around camping knife I've found that isn't a $400 Busse or similar is an ESEE. I've got an RAT-4 (now called an ESEE-4) with my camping gear and it's awesome. My only real regret is not getting the 5 or 6"... I've found that a slightly longer blade would be better for my needs. It's not too expensive, and it's tough as hell.

That's okay. I'm just overly curious. I think it look pretty cool as well, but I just wondered if there was a significant functional value too.