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Anyone knows of a reliable gun smith or armorer that can swap a barrel on a S&W 686+ revolver? If you used them even better. Any idea on the cost to do the work? Obviously someone local in NJ as the first choice. Thanks for any leads.

Or have a boating accident..............NJ..............

Any Black Friday purchases or perhaps Santa bringing u something this year?

You went w/ one of these? Guess it was carbine length? https://yhm.net/two-piece-gas-block.html This would of worked too? If you went with a longer handguard. https://yhm.net/yhm-9345.html From a money and time perspective it might just be cheaper to go with these types of gas blocks rather than messing with the bake, pin and threads.

Sure is a purdy lookin Garand. Is that the standard color on that wood or are they usually lighter colored brown?

So did you decide to go w/o the brake on that one build? If so how bad does the barrel look after? Did you just fill the hole up and put some paint back on the barrel? Who would address the threaded barrel portion for you?

Are LEO exempt or have to follow the same for their personal arsenal?

i need it so the concussion blasts to the left and right of me keeps everyone away...........

No linen in that closet lol. Hypothetically speaking this house should have an alarm minimally? If someone does break in and there's no deterrent such as a blaring alarm or the possibility of cops en-route they may just spend more time there than you would want. If to deter younger kids I think you will have to put a lock on that door regardless. It's going to be hard to check all the boxes when you have so many variables. When the kids are of age I would do the show and tell and give them the speech on guns and safety. Get rid of the curiosity before it gets the best of them. Even interior cameras like the Ring system can also help. If you have an existing Ring alarm you could also add a sensor to that door too.

Great collection but when if it ever enough..... maybe add the following to the family....M1A, Mini14 or 30, a Remington 700....

Swapping out the handguard ends up costing more later on especially if you want the ones that work with the A2 front sight.(Limited options) If you decide to remove the A2 sight you've wasted alot of money committing to this design just to swap later on. (trust us we all been there) If you haven't committed to an AR yet I would consider the free float handguard as a prerequisite. I like 13" guard on the 16" barrel to save some weight. If they have flip up sights that's a plus but if you going with magnifier/red dot combo that would be what I do. Also now you can also put on a flashlight if needed. Let us know what you decide on. I also forgot check this link on the forum for the other rigs other members have posted on this site. It can give you some other ideas.

Was wondering if anyone was watching. Both deals were very reasonable.

One can always thin out the inventory here and also unload the ammo so its'a win win for all! Just putting all the options out there!

You mentioned looking for the free floating handguards so the S&W and Colts are traditional carbine handguard setups. Also are you looking for a A2 style front site? If not then the two mentioned above are not the ones you are looking for. The Colt and S&W are nice rifles to start with but is that what you want as the first AR or not? If you are handy and patient maybe it will be worthwhile to build your own by starting with a complete upper then build around that. It's really easy going that route. All mine have been built this way and I have not had any issues with any of them. Don't ask how many it becomes an obsession as many here can attest to.

If he’s from NJ hopefully he posts some for sale here. I mean why pay commissions? just saying….

You don't cowitness with the magnifier AND the BUIS. Either magnifier and red dot OR red dot and BUIS OR red dot alone. IMHO. The BUIS is just that BACK UP. Should the red dot break or run out of battery that's when you would use them. You have to figure out what you want to do with the AR at the end of the day. You mentioned home defense and range rifle. Maybe take the magnifier out of the equation. The other option as we all joked about was another AR with a diff setup? What about a 3x prism scope? One piece design instead of the two separate pieces and etched reticle so even without batteries u can still acquire target. Not to be used with the BUIS. If you still want those as Stu mentioned go with 45 degree BUIS. Vortex, Burris and Primary Arms all make one. https://vortexoptics.com/spitfire-hd-gen-ii-3x-prism-scope.html https://www.burrisoptics.com/sights/ar-sights-series/ar-332 https://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-slx-3x32mm-gen-iii-prism-scope-with-acss-556-cqb-m2-reticle Another option is a 1-6x scope. Not ideal for home defense if total darkness. But that's what flash lights are for right? Lots of options and end of the day you can spend more on optics than the rifle itself. That's another rabbit hole.

Did you end up pinning the muzzle brake?

Magnifier looks like its mounted correctly. With the dot on you can focus on the target fine? After you drop the magnifier in the view is tiny? Did you manipulate the focus ring? Another thing when you If you have the magnifier flipping to the right will it interfere with the ejection port?

Does the magnifier flip to the left side? If not did you mount it backwards?

Ok so no pinning and standard buffer. Any experience using the VLTOR buffer/tube to get a 11.5 barrel to 26" OAL?

KrdShark what the OAL on that puppy? Standard buffer tube? Cute mag lol.

No prob there. I can co-witness with my BUIS. If I want to use it I flip my irons up. That's what got on my setup. My rear site is mounted on the last possible point on the rail and the flip magnifier right in front of it. I just flip it out of the way to co-witness with the dot.

Streamlights are reliable lights for the price. I actually use them for my handguns. Great bang for the buck. That model you referenced has some great reviews and 1000 lumens is plenty.

Here's some pics of the setups I have.

My first red dot setup was the Vortex Strike Fire 2 with the Vortex VMX-3T Magnifier that you referenced. Works great for range shooting. Not sure if the Vortex magnifier will work well with the smaller red dots like the Vortex Sparc or Romeo5. The magnifier can be flipped out of the way if you are just using the red dot on it's own. With home defense I don't think the magnifier is necessary. I eventually went with a Holosun 510C on another setup. It's lightweight and has a low profile. It has a larger FOV compared to the Sparc and Romeo5. No magnification just plain 1X red dot and works for me out to 100 yards with out issues. The Holosun does have the always on feature it will wake up when it detects motion which would be handy for home defense. Does the Sparc or Romeo5 offer that feature? Ever thought about a 1-6x scope with a lighted reticle? That's another setup that you may want to consider but prob not for a home defense. Another word of advise. Optics Planet may have decent prices but they have had really bad issues with fulfillment. Not sure if the last 18 months were just due to overwhelming volume but it seemed like anything I ordered based on their expected ship time was always way later than they advertised. I still have a charging handle that's been on back ordered since 12/2020 and they even asked me if I would like to cancel but I applied their rewards bucks to order so I am still waiting for it. YMMV but I don't bother ordering anything from them anymore. I can always find the same prices elsewhere. I'll try attaching pics of what I got so you have an idea what it will look like installed.