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Unless of course your preference is to have the red dot in the bottom third all along. Then the above is perfectly normal and just personal preference

No this is not another lame cowitness question and I searched keyword back 18 months this has not been discussesd. CHECKO just posted an awesome picture of his cowitness looking through his rear sight to show his 1/3 in the AR pics section I completely understand the point of cowitness my question is I'm presuming most guys leave rear sight down when using optic as CHECKO stated. But then you can see in the pic when rear sight is up the red dot is not in the middle of the picture, I assume because of the 1/3 choice. So then this has to mean that his cheek/eye weld is different when using the optic vs both irons. Is this okay? I'm really glad he posted that pix because If all the millions of pics of cowitness on the web it is rarely through the rear sight. It's mostly "optic vs front sight". So if you zero your irons. Then flip them down and zero your red, you run the "risk" that your irons AND the red dot are in the bottom 1/3 when looking through all 3. Is that normal? I guess in real life if your optic failed you would rip it off and use irons and then there is no 1/3 thing but I just thought it was weird seeing both irons and red dot in bottom 1/3 simultaneously Thank you CHECKO for the picture. The genesis of this question is I'm pondering my first build and and grappling with the FSB being permanent versus flip up for both So the question: zero irons is separate from zero optic and don't care ever about looking through all 3?

Whether convicted or not in BOLD? Holy sh*t Did you add that emphasis or them ? You are set up for failure no question. Find out who approved those questions

MAIG ? I know it shouldn't matter but good to know for the OP

Agreed 100%. And it's stupid it make a hypothetical because he INDEED brought it upon himself. My worry is the newspaper article says "police respond to domestic dispute and 3 shotguns, 2 assault rifles and 4 pistols and 1000 rounds of ammo sized". Not faulting the police that's the law with a DD. it's the newspaper villification that would suck. Sure get your stuff back but you are toast in the public eye now I dont want a hobby to have that downside. And I will drop this now because I don't want this to drift about gun owners hiding their stuff. But I truly think the discussion about this guys stuff on display was an eye opener for me. Along with other past topics thats why I love this forum

Let me reiterate not hiding because afraid of governments or sormething like that. I mean just not having weapons accompany the newspaper article about your domestic dispute or your argument with your neighbor. Like this: you have one jug of moonshine in the kitchen nobdiy cares. You have 100 in the basement and it makes the newspaper

Nooooo. Not crazy like burying them. What i meant was that if the status quo is to have your "cache" displayed in the newspapers for everyone to see then isn't it wiser to have most of the stash out of plain sight ? I'm just saying how many hunters are on this board or sporting guys that have 6 long guns. You get into a domestic dispute and next thing you know your long guns are in the paper and you look like a loonie I think sound advice. HD at the ready and the rest where can't be found. That's what I meant And this is from a guy who has nothing but I take all these stories in here and say "what If that was me?" Minus the 20 page letter part. :-)

Mental note. My next house has a hidden gun closet I would still like to know what happens when your shit is in a vault ?

How do they get into a gun safe or vault? Bust it open ?

indeed... must focus on forum supporters

I just spent 15 mins on the midwest idustries site looking for this item.. are you guys the same? I know i bought PMAGs from you a while back and i was wondering why the site looked different.

Blemished. FYI if that matters

Right. Which then in turn is recharging the deep marine ? And that only takes two hours ?

When guys says "I can recharge a marine battery in two hours". Are they referring to recharging it via the inverter from their car? Or plugged in back home when the power is on? Back after Irene I was investigating a portable generator + invertor + marine battery to run a sump pump for a week. I would like to rotate back and forth between pump on generator and pump on battery and simultaneously recharge the battery when generator is running. Someone said it would take a VERY long time to recharge a dead marine battery via a generator using an invertor.

Great stuff. But remember the question wasn't what is the purpose of the nut, duh it's to hold the tube in place, the question was why a "castle" nut. I like the torque answer. And of course the OCD look answer. And maybe all else equal the ability to torque down a castle nut weighs less than torquing down a traditional nut? I dunno

Ahhhh. The torque thing. Well there you have it.

Somebody on here has to know why on earth whomever the engineer designing the first AR thought to himself.. "hey.. how about some convoluted ring that can only be turned with a custom made wrench..:" I mean c'mon. why not just a simple nut that any pair of channel locks can use? Is there some military or tactical origin for this? Or just to drive me crazy as i consider my first LPK build? do military guys carry that wrench with them in the field? I don't mean to insult the awesomeness of the design.. its just mind boggling.. maybe there's some science that i don't know about that keeping the ring round keeps it tight? It can't be so it doesnt snag on something because its common practice to have a sling mount there. What can it be?

And I'm the only guy who apparently has a problem with the stock of a long gun nudging the BOTTOM of muffs each time i shoulder so I'm distracted every time I long gun shoot with muffs

I am going to check out all the links above.. but for what I would like which is: Mid length, 16 inch, no front sight, top rail, handguard ready to accept an EFG. Predominantly for plinking (but i'm not looking for the cheapest build, I do like quality stuff). As of now in my limited research this is the best I've seen that covers the minimum of my needs above without me having to spend money (or time) replacing anything (like FSB). http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/ar-15-05/complete-uppers/16/psa-ss12g2-chf-16-5-56mm-1-7-mid-length-a2-profile.html That is $499...there is a $399 version that didn't have BCG or handle.. but it wasn't marked M4, T marks.. etc.. that is out of stock now, but was on sale $499 two weeks ago. Yes I know I have to take care of the hider. but I don't have to change gas block, and I don't have to swap out handguards. Yes i know the BCG is probably weak, but I can get going with this to start. If anybody knows a site for a complete, or mix of parts to get at least the above, or better, for $499 I will give you a box of ammo the day I take her out.. :-) I'm not in a rush for this build.. so like I said, I will have the above as my "basis" and then keep my eye out from there.

If I'm looking at a complete upper and it doesn't specifically say it has forward assist or dust cover then I assume it doesn't right ? Or does a description of "M4" automatically imply that All else equal how much does forward assist and dust cover add to a complete upper? 50 bucks? 75?

Loving this thread. Especially guys putting links up for complete upper sets besides the obvious like BCM and Spikes. Etc. And the discussion about top quality and then "next to top" Phosphate? No clue. Love this thread. Keep 'em coming.

Newb question here. They call this fixed because I believe it doesn't have "notches". But can you stll adjust how far the LOP will be by where you are just tightening it down on the tube? Like on this one. http://www.amazon.com/Magpul-MAG480-BLK-MOE-Fixed-Carbine/dp/B00CQ8HSUO/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1376879242&sr=8-22&keywords=magpul+moe+stock Can you set that pushed all the way forward or all the way back? And if the answer is yes. I don't understand why anybody ever buys an adjustable then to just have to pin it anyway

That's what I figured. I just wish they had two stock options. I want a PCC so bad but I just can't get over all that extra hunk of plastic.

Does it come with an option to not have the stock attached to the pistol grip ? Why do all PCC have that feature? The CX4 and USC are similar

Plan your groundhog counter measures before you set your foundation. You will thank me later