Alex V

I have a G SSA-E in my 18in SPR, SSA in my LaRue (go to rifle) and standard GI triggers in my backup rifle and in my wife's rifle. The SSA-E is a must for me in a precision type rifle. Having an SSA in the go to gun is a benefit, but it will still do it's job with a GI trigger.

most 1-4's will be less than 11" The Nightforce 1-4 is less than 9" long. SWFA 1-4 is a little over 10" long. The Vortex 1-4 are 1-6 is under 11" as well. All three are 30mm tubes. You failed to mention your price point. Most quality optics will be 30mm or 34mm, the 1" stuff is usually meh at best. Okay for plinking maybe, but won't stand up to hard use over the long run. Nightforce is bombproof for the most part, the SWFA scopes get really good reviews and are not expencive, Vortex seems to have a good following. The other guys like, USO, S&B, Steiner will be way more money but are top notch as well.

AR all day long...

Online. Love the guys at AIM, I usually have a package from them with an ORM-D sticker arive two or three times a month lol. I have also went through 500rds of 9(in a G19 and M&P9) and 40 (Beretta) from Freedome Munitions without any problems.

I would urge you to wait until the spring/summer and take a class with Chris/MDTS. I have been taking his classes for 3 or 4 years now. Every summer I take his pistol, carbine 1 and carbine 2 classes and will continue to do so as long as he continues to offer them. This year I missed his pistol class because of a family function and let me tell you, I was a giant baby about it. I would have rather been at the class. I have taken classes with other local instructors and I find his teaching method and material to be the best I have been exposed to. My wife has taken a class with him, and so have my parents. Everyone learned a lot and enjoyed every minute of it. I find just as much value in his class, having already taken many, as my wife did having taken none.

The H1 is waterproof down to 15' so you can go swimming with it... maybe even snorkling... but don't go SCUBA diving with it... Personally I find the T/H1 a bit too small. I love my AImpoint M3's but I just didn't jive with the smaller T/H1's. To each his own I suppose.

So looks like it's all over... well. Time to move...

Im a bit confused as to the references to zerioing the optic after surgery... once its zeroed, its zeroed. The buety of an RDS is that when its zeroed, it does not matter how, in what position, or what eye you choose to look through it. The RDS zero is not user dependant. I am right eye dominant and a righty, so when I shoot support side I have to close my right eye otherwise I do not see the dot, once I close my right eye, I see it clear as day. Obviosly there is no POA/POI shift. For the OP, if you are shooting a pistol, I would imagine that shutting your right eye would solve your probelm. This does make the whole point of an RDS a bit less effective since you are not shooting with both eyes open and limiting your situational awareness, but at least it will let you enjoy your firearms again. Would your body be able to train your left eye to become the dominant one over time? Honestly don't know, would be cool if it did.

Troy, DD, KAC all make carbine length rails that drop into the standard delta ring/HG cap. Stay away from UTG.

No one said to use you AR as a hammer or a wheel chuch for your car while you work on it. But most weapons ARE tools. For me they are not tools to take out Hadji, but they are tools to protect the life of my loved ones and myself, enjoy range time, and train. Same as the tools in the tool box in my garage are not used to make money as a machanica, but used to work on my racecar and so on. I also never said to abuse your tools, no one said to treat it like shit. I clean my firearms when they need it and so on, but if there is a scuff on them, I do not sweat it. I do not treat my rifles/pistols like a Faberge Eggs or the Crown Jewels. I am not looking to sell them. And even the LaRue rifle that I waited 6 months for is treated the same way. If I had a Magpul China Doll lower or the Costa PredatOBR, they would be treated like collectors pieces, but a standard AR is a tool and should be used as such. And now, back to your regular scheduled program.

Im with MidwestPX on this one. How the hell does a 15 round mag not seat until there are 9 rounds or less in it. This is just retarded. I have dousens of Midwest PX Mags and yes, most will not seat on a closed bolt with 15rd in them. The new Gen3s do but only on two of my 4 ARs (once again, tollorance issues) In classes I load all my mags to 14 just to avoid any issues and have never had a problem seating a mag on a closed bolt. I think you are doing something wront there OP. Same here... Unless you have the first AR ever produced or some other race one off, these are tools, meant to be used as such. These are probobly the same guys that buy Snap-On tools just to admire the chrome.

Thats the whole reason I am saying its not "that" hard. Its not the like the requirement is to hit an MOA size target. You have to basically hit a torsou sized target. All you have to do, is get 48 out of 60 "HITS" not center of mass, not ocular cranial cavity, just "HITS" I agree with both of you, but even cops need to be responsible for every round leaving their weapon. Not just shooting at something. We can also bring up Amadou Diallo... 41 rounds fired, 19 hits and he did not have a gun. He had a wallet. I am not discussing if the shooting was justified, I am simply saying that based on the marksmenship displayed by the avarage LEO in these cases and many others, the requirements for pistol qualification for LEO is clearly not difficult. If they all passed and then proceeded to miss their targets, clearly the standard is not very high. Following that line of thinking, along with observations of LEO is shooting classes vs non LEO, non .mil student I made a simple deduction that if the NJ CCW requirement was the same for citizens as it would be for LEO's most would not have a problem pasing the requiement. I made a grossly exadurated joke to make my point. You guys are using my example to argue a point I am not contesting.

glad I can amuse :-D I am sure the NYPD course of fire to qualify is not far different, have not looked it up yet, but let's not forget this: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/22/nypd-sued-over-shooting-at-empire-state-building/ You can say the LEO's were under stress... But if they passed the NYPD quali, and still hit 8 bystanders... Simple math, NYPD Quali ≈ NJ Quali = Pass = shot 8 bystanders; Quali ≠ Good Marksmanship; Quali = Not Too Hard :-D

Attached is the full course of fire for this quali. Sounds like fun, but not something that will be imposible for a pricticed fireamrs owner to complete. firearms qualifications - pistol.pdf

Personaly, I use a chest rig, but I would like to get a PC in the future. Its not that I need it, I want it. I don't need 5 AR's I want 5 of them. I don't need a 600+hp Trans Am, I want one. Its simple. He wants it, let him buy it.

LOL. I actualy shoot better single handed weak side. I could be up for this, just not sure how we can simulate night time? I doubt any range will turn the lights off... I am almost positive most on this forum/thread can qualify to those standards. Like I said, I have seen numerous LEO's shoot, they are not exactly Vasily Zaytsev. The requirement is to get 48 hits on an FBI Q target... that is esentialy the size of a human tourso. Nothing about holes "toughing" From the 25 yard position you have 30 seconds to make 4 hits from keeling and above cover/strong side of cover. If that is the hardest part, its not too hard. Sorry guys.The closer in faster shooting does sound like fun tho.

US Elete Gear in Hawthorn may have them. At least on their website they have Mayflower, Blue Force Gear and Tac. Tailor carriers. They were super nice when I was looking for an Arc'teryx jacket.

3 out of 4 LEO's I know personaly said to me "Why do you need an AR?" and 1 of 2 FBI agents (working in NJ) I know personally told me I should not have the right to carry. My pole says 66% against lol. Needless to say I no longer speak to those 4....

it it's some kind of LEO standard, I am sure most will not have a problem passing the requirement. I have seen how LEO's shoot... if they can do it, a retard with half a gimpy hand can as well.

good news indeed. tho it took them 7 months to get me my two permits, if I dont find the 9mm Shield I want I may need one extended...

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." NJ LEOs, for the most part, like the fact that they are better than you, and they would like to ensure that the status quo is maintained.

My pistol purchas permits are ready to be picked up... I should do the same when I pick 'em up this week :-D

for show much? doubt this will change anything... This is why the NRA won't see a dime of my money...

I have a Bladetech for my 90-two and have used it a lot in classes with no complaints. That being said, I love the Raven Concielment Phantom I got for an M&P9 with light.

DUDE! I could kiss u! (no homo) I am on Lex as well, these guys are 10 blocks away. Im there! They have a open box Steiner 5-25MSR for $2500! I can check it out and order online to save on Tax! Freakin' awesome! You da man!